Questions

809. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the funding provided to date by Cuan to the National Women's Council; the purposes of each funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39332/26]

810. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department accepts the recommendation that survivor engagement on gender-based violence should be embedded across all Government departments rather than led primarily by Cuan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39333/26]

200. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department is taking to monitor the practice of asylum seekers visiting their country of origin from which they supposedly fled as a result of persecution and then returning to Ireland; his views on such conduct; whether it should be prohibited by law or result in asylum status being revoked or applications refused; and t…

714. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a person applying for international protection must include details of any transmissible diseases they may be living with, such as HIV, or tuberculosis, in their application for international protection status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36548/26]

715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of instances from 2019 to date where a person applying for international protection has included details on of any transmissible diseases they may have been living with or were being treated for, such as HIV, or tuberculosis, in their application for international protection status; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

159. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the legislation under which his Department can acquire residential houses to be used to accommodate persons in need of emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/26]

160. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the proportion of international protection applicants classified as minors who presented to IPO offices without any or valid documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35666/26]

778. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties he is listed as owner of on behalf of his Department; the county locations of same; the total costs incurred in purchasing these properties; the number that are allocated for use as international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34096/26]

798. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on his Departments implementation of any of the recommendations contained in the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34294/26]

799. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department accepts the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System finding that minority ethnic and migrant groups are disproportionately represented in the criminal justice systems of Canada, Australia, New Zealand and England & Wales; if he will publish disaggregated crime,…

800. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has considered the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System warning that the absence of ethnic monitoring allows agencies to “escape accountability” for disparities; the steps his Department is taking to collect and publish data on the over-representation of foreign nationals and no…

801. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the Government intends to address the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System identified risks of stigmatisation when publishing ethnic crime data, while ensuring that the Irish public can have a transparent debate on any links between mass immigration, specific migrant …

802. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the findings in the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System on the extreme over-representation of Indigenous and migrant-descended groups in the criminal justice systems of comparator countries have prompted any review of Ireland’s immigration policy; if he will confirm whether f…

803. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if has examined the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System evidence that self-identification combined with officer perception is used successfully in England & Wales and New Zealand to capture accurate ethnicity data at the point of stop-and-search and arrest; if he will commit to i…

804. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for his Department’s response to the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System conclusion that victim ethnicity data is the least developed area across all comparator jurisdictions; if he will publish hate crime and victimisation statistics broken down by ethnicity and migrant status to in…

805. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason Ireland continues to lag behind the comparator countries examined in the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System in routinely recording and publishing ethnicity data in the criminal justice system; if the Government’s reluctance is due to concerns about what the data on migran…

806. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm that the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System recommendation for contextualised publication of ethnic data (to avoid implying direct causal links between ethnicity and crime) will not be used as a reason to suppress or delay the release of statistics on foreign nati…

807. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, in light of the Ethnic Monitoring report’s emphasis on the need for evidence-based policy to address disparities, his Department will now commit to a full public debate on the relationship between ethnicity, recent migration patterns and crime rates in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34303/26]

819. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected average time from lodgement of an international protection application to final decision and removal under the International Protection Act 2026; the anticipated impact of the new Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals on appeal processing times and the right to remain pending appeal; the estimated additional annual cost …

820. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of screening centres designated to date under the International Protection Act 2026; the number of applicants exempted from the obligation to travel to a screening centre in the first three months of operation; the maximum duration of detention permissible under the new border return procedure; and whether he is satisfied th…

821. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated number of family members expected to enter and reside in the State annually under the family reunification provisions of the International Protection Act 2026; the criteria applied to "stable relationships" and dependent relatives; the measures in place to prevent chain migration and additional pressure on housing and ser…

822. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated additional annual cost to the State of providing material reception conditions under the Reception Conditions Directive as transposed in the International Protection Act 2026; the number of applicants expected to qualify for accommodation, allowances and health/education supports; whether reductions or withdrawals of bene…

823. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Government's planned annual intake under the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework as provided for in the International Protection Act 2026; the projected cost per resettled person including family members; the mechanism to ensure that such admissions do not undermine the integrity of the domestic asylum system; a…

824. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Eurodac hits recorded since the commencement of the relevant provisions of the International Protection Act 2026; the number of those hits that resulted in accelerated procedures, transfer requests or removal orders; and whether he is satisfied that the biometric and data-sharing regime will prevent repeat or forum-shoppi…

825. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the contingency plans and additional resources that have been allocated under the crisis and force majeure provisions (Regulation (EU) 2024/1359) of the International Protection Act 2026; the threshold for triggering temporary protection for mass influxes; whether these provisions include any mechanism to suspend new applications at th…