Parliamentary questions

528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants refused international protection at first instance who subsequently secured refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain on appeal in each year from 2020 to date in 2026. [52968/26]

529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants from designated safe countries of origin who were granted international protection or permission to remain in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, by nationality. [52969/26]

530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of appeal or review stages available to an applicant following a negative international protection decision; and the average time taken at each stage for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [52970/26]

531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, including administration, legal aid and interpretation costs. [52971/26]

532. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost to the State of judicial review and other court proceedings arising from international protection and immigration cases in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, including legal costs and interpreter fees. [52972/26]

533. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on translation and interpretation services across the international protection system in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [52973/26]

534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who availed of assisted voluntary return programmes in each year from 2020 to date in 2026; and the total amount paid by the State under such programmes. [52974/26]

535. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted permission to remain under the 2022 scheme for the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants; and the number of applications refused. [52975/26]

536. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted permission under the 2022 regularisation scheme who have subsequently obtained Irish citizenship through naturalisation, by year. [52976/26]

537. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of the 2,272 cases processed under the accelerated border procedure to date, the number of deportation orders issued, the number of enforced removals carried out, the number of voluntary returns; and the number of cases still awaiting removal following a final negative decision. [53020/26]

538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of the 2,272 cases processed under the accelerated border procedure to date, the primary reasons for the gap between orders issued and persons actually removed, including the proportion attributable to judicial review proceedings, appeals, absence of travel documentation, and lack of origin-country cooper…

539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of the 2,272 cases processed under the accelerated border procedure to date, the average and longest time elapsed between a deportation order being signed and actual removal from the State; and the estimated cost per case of operating the accelerated procedure, including detention, legal aid, and processi…

540. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of solicitors who have formally resigned or withdrawn from the criminal legal aid panel since 1 July 2026, broken down by county; the number of solicitors currently on the panel in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/26]

541. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a site (details supplied) is currently in use by the State; if so, the purposes of which and the details of the agreement with the landowner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53080/26]

542. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of the Garda vetting review recommendations; when reforms will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53099/26]

543. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who have been reassigned from a Garda station to other responsibilities as part of the operation to police Ireland's Presidency of the EU Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53106/26]

544. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the community-based CCTV grant aid scheme is still open for applications; if sports clubs can apply for support through this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53120/26]

545. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a schedule of the number of PSA licences refused, revoked or not renewed by the Private Security Authority since the authority came into existence; and if he will clarify whether applicants for licences must provide tax compliance certificates as part of an application for a licence to operate,…

546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Department has conducted a formal cost-benefit analysis of Ireland opting into EU return hub arrangements; if such an analysis exists; if so, if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53219/26]

547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the legal basis under which return hub arrangements would operate for Irish cases; which third countries have been assessed for compliance with international human rights obligations; if a risk register or equivalent assessment exists for this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53220/26]

548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify the discrepancy between his Department's stated position on opting into EU return hub rules and the Taoiseach's comments in Strasbourg on 7 July 2026 that there are no immediate plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53221/26]

549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a formal Government position on EU return hub opt-in has been agreed at Cabinet; if not, the timeline for such a decision. [53222/26]

550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department has had any engagement with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53239/26]

551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of enforcement actions taken in relation to e-scooters in each of the years 2024 and 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53246/26]

552. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on a visa application (details supplied); the current status of the application; the reason for the delay in processing the application beyond the anticipated timeframe; whether all required documentation has been received; when a decision is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter…