815. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the extent to which he has implemented the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s 2024 report on IPAS contracting, particularly regarding proof of ownership, fire certification, insurance documentation, and planning compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64240/26]
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816. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he has introduced to prevent the awarding or renewal of IPAS contracts to companies whose directors or beneficial owners have been associated with criminal gangs, including those implicated in the Drogheda feud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64239/26]
817. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS contracts currently under review or terminated due to concerns relating to ownership structures, undisclosed overseas funding sources, or links to organised criminality, as highlighted in recent media reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64238/26]
818. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he is taking to ensure that companies awarded International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) contracts are subject to full criminal background and financial probity checks, in view of recent reports that contracts were previously issued to entities linked to individuals investigated by the Criminal Assets Bureau and th…
819. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of legacy IPAS contracts that have been renewed despite documented lapses in planning permission, fire safety certification, or insurance compliance; the rationale for allowing such renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64241/26]
821. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a service provider will receive payment due (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64351/26]
830. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of student accommodation facilities which are currently in use housing IPAS applicants and not available to students for the 2026-2027 school year. [64376/26]
831. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accommodation contracts between IPAS and private companies that have been withdrawn or terminated since 1 January 2025; if he will provide a list of the companies concerned; the centres which they operated; and the reasons for the withdrawal or termination. [64498/26]
834. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IPAS inspection of Dolcain House accommodation centre, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 (report reference IPPSI0073) has been carried out since the most recently published inspection report dated 1 August 2025; if so, the date on which any such inspection was carried; when the resulting report will be published; if not, when…
896. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently respond to concerns raised regarding conditions for residents at an IPAS centre in Wicklow (details supplied). [65031/26]
921. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of student accommodation facilities which are currently in use housing IPAS applicants and not available to students for the 2026-2027 school year; and the number of student beds no longer available to students as they are in use as IPAS accommodation. [64375/26]
402. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions and convictions secured under section 26(3) of the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years from 2015 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54347/26]
403. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted or commissioned a review or assessment of the interaction between section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 and public confidence in the reporting of criminal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/26]
404. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has considered introducing an amendment to section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 to provide for an exception to the prohibition on identifying an applicant for international protection once that person has been charged with a serious indictable offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
408. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residents in the IPAS centre on the Ballyogan Road; and the number that are men. [54386/26]
409. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time the IPAS centre on the Ballyogan Road will be open for. [54387/26]
416. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian nationals that have been granted international protection in Ireland in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number that were refused; and the number currently awaiting a decision on their application for protection, in tabular form. [54490/26]
426. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time of applications and appeals for international protection, by quarter in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54647/26]
302. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will undertake a review of section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 to determine whether amendments are required to ensure that An Garda Síochána may publish the name, photograph and other identifying details of an international protection applicant where there is a risk to public safety, or where that person has been …
303. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the step-by-step process that applies to a person who arrives in the State without a passport or other travel document and subsequently seeks international protection, including the procedures for screening, identification, biometric data collection, registration of the application, accommodation arrangements, examination of the claim,…
304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the process by which unaccompanied minors seeking international protection are assessed on arrival at a port of entry; the State agencies involved in this process; the Department that is ultimately responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53864/26]
504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to strengthen identity verification processes during the international protection screening procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52744/26]
506. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any return orders have been issued under the return border procedure since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52746/26]
518. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Numbers 369, 370 and 371 of 2 July 2026 (details supplied), whether residents of the Citywest Reception Centre who are refused re-entry due to alcohol or substance consumption are required to remain outside the centre; and if so, the duration and under what supervision; the specific measures in place t…
527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applications determined at first instance in each year from 2020 to date in 2026; and the number and percentage refused in each year. [52967/26]