800. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline of the decision to locate 374 asylum seekers in IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied); the reason her Department did not release the number of people located at this site to public representatives or members of the local community; the company or companies in receipt of payment for provid…
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801. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total spend for IPAS accommodation services at a location (details supplied); when the first payment was made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7930/25]
308. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are IPAS accommodation centres which have vacant rooms and yet are not admitting new residents; the way he plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6836/25]
311. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will undertake a fundamental review of a State contract (details supplied). [6881/25]
186. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6773/25]
195. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment scheme beyond 31 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6667/25]
620. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status on the provision of accommodation for beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine in a hotel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6181/25]
621. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently on a waiting list for IPAS accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6313/25]
637. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on efforts to ensure that employed or self-employed IPAS applicants, living in State-provided accommodation, will contribute to the costs incurred by the State, as set out in Article 5(2) of S.I. No. 230 of 2018 (Reception Conditions Regulations); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5620/25]
641. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she plans to extend the accommodation recognition payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5718/25]
643. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will extend the accommodation recognition payment until at least March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5778/25]
650. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list all properties that have housed international protection applicants in the past twelve months, by county, and in the case of Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form. [5934/25]
651. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who have been accommodated in the past twelve months, by county, and in the case of Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form. [5935/25]
655. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is intended to extend the accommodation recognition payment for hosting refugees from Ukraine beyond 31 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6016/25]
656. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection are in accommodation supported by the accommodation recognition payment, in tabular form through the Irish Red Cross Pledge Campaign, the offer-a-home scheme operated by local authorities, or by private arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6017/2…
657. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered how the decision of the British government to cut funding for its Homes for Ukraine scheme and other schemes aimed at Ukrainians in Britain will impact on correspondence schemes in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6018/25]
660. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on emergency accommodation for IPAS applicants at Kilbride Army Camp, County Wicklow, in light of residents reporting overcrowding, a lack of hot water and very poor sanitary conditions; if she can report on who is responsible for the provision of services at the site; the oversight her Department has of …
664. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an IPAS application has been submitted for a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6169/25]
678. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether her Department are considering using a former residential convent (details supplied) for persons seeking international protection; if so, the breakdown of the number of persons who will occupy this building, families and so on; if local persons will be consulted given the location is situated close to a Poba…
512. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of payments made under the accommodation recognition payment (ARP) since it was increased to €800 on 1 December 2022; the number of persons who have availed of the ARP per county; the number of landlords who were paid under ARP scheme per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4683/25]
513. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of property owners in each county and for each month from January 2023 to January 2025 inclusive in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4684/25]
514. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details on the content of the induction course given to all newly arrived international protection applications and beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4838/25]
519. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the current status and future plans for the ARP scheme. [4038/25]
523. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to review as a matter of extreme urgency the relocation policy for Ukrainians in light of the huge ongoing upset/anger currently being experienced in Ballybunion, County Kerry, by both the Ukrainian community and the local community, including the impact on local businesses, shops, employment and local schools, and…
524. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an overview of remedial actions which will be undertaken by the International Protection Accommodation Service in response to the Health Information and Quality Authority report on standards at the Knockalisheen accommodation centre in Meelick, County Clare (published on 20 January 2025); and if she will make a s…