788. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current arrangements in place for assessing the age of persons who claim to be minors when seeking international protection or temporary protection, including the role of his Department, the International Protection Office and Tusla; whether these arrangements are under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6353…
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789. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has examined the age-assessment model in operation in Denmark, including the use of medical imaging and other scientific methods, with a view to speeding up age assessments in Ireland; if any analysis, advice or reports have been prepared on this option; if any novel testing methods such as qPCR or droplet digital P…
842. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a contract (details supplied) will terminate; if his department plans to renew the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63999/25]
365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to respond to concerns that IPAS is providing an unsafe environment for residents at a centre (details supplied). [62380/25]
378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given the forthcoming International Protection Bill 2025 and the pilot project which has processed over 300 decisions since July, the assessment that his Department has made of the current backlog in international protection appeals; the estimate that has been made of the additional resources required to meet the June 2026 EU processin…
379. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if all IPAS centres in operation have a valid fire safety certificate; the number of centres found to have fire safety concerns during inspections in 2025; if any IPAS centres have been allowed to begin operations without a fire safety certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62578/25]
381. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 22 October 2025, if the response to the question regarding whether a company which operates international protection accommodation at a site (details supplied) are facing legal proceedings under the Fire Services Act in relation to taking water by tanker from a fire hydrant, a practice which…
382. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals currently availing of the higher daily expense allowance; the number of those who have been offered accommodation and declined it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62650/25]
383. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether individuals who decline offers of accommodation continue to retain eligibility for the higher daily expense allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62651/25]
384. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for applications for international protection at each stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62652/25]
701. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans regarding communications to members of a leisure centre (details supplied); who have paid membership fees but cannot access facilities; if the Department will ensure information is provided to members via management of the facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60985/25]
707. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on measures he is taking to ensure a financial contribution is made by employed and self-employed IPAS residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61025/25]
712. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the gym and leisure facilities at a location (details supplied); when services will be reopened to members of the local community; if he will guarantee that these services will remain open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61070/25]
713. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 23 September 2025, if he will address specific concerns raised (details supplied). [61077/25]
718. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian nationals who were in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive in each month from February 2022 to date in 2025. [61099/25]
719. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of any proposals to provide IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61110/25]
723. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains, or has commissioned, a fully-loaded marginal (incremental) cost per international protection applicant, encompassing not only IPAS accommodation and supports, but also cross-Departmental costs, processing, legal aid, healthcare, education/ETB language provision, social protection allowances, interpretation…
724. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the unit processing cost per international protection case at the International Protection Office (IPO) and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT), together with median/mean end-to-end processing times and caseload volumes, by year from 2022 to date in 2025; and the cost composition (staffing, interpretation, expert repo…
725. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the annual expenditure attributable to IP applicants within Immigration Service Delivery for 2022 to date in 2025 (registration, permissions, compliance activity), and any available per-applicant cost estimates. [61174/25]
726. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the State has a single, auditable per-applicant cost for international protection that includes processing, legal aid, healthcare, education, social protection, interpretation, transport and overheads; if not, if he will commit to producing it within 2025 and publishing the methodology. [61178/25]
727. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that once IPAS centres are established that Deputies will be included in community engagement; the reason this is not standard practice at the moment (details supplied). [61183/25]
728. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is satisfied with the level of training of the IPAS staff and refugee staff employed by a company (details supplied); and to outline the standards, qualifications and employment headings under which staff are employed. [61194/25]
729. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian refugees and the number of IPAS applicants resident at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61195/25]
730. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the medical and security facilities on site at a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61196/25]
731. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans he or the Government have to ameliorate the loss of facilities (details supplied); the way in which the Government proposes to invest in the locality in a substantial way that attempts to mitigate the substantial loss to the community. [61197/25]