424. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons' fingerprints that were checked against Eurodac in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [69807/26]
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435. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people referred to the border procedure; the nationalities of those applicants; the reason for each application of the border procedure under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70064/26]
440. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people referred to the accelerated procedure; the nationalities of those applicants; the reason for each application of the accelerated procedure under the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70065/26]
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum seekers that are currently sleeping rough; his plans to stop this from happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49380/26]
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to ensure that all asylum seekers in State-contracted accommodation will have appropriate, safe, secure, and State-provided accommodation prior to the planned withdrawal of the current accommodation service in August 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/26]
794. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to give an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34265/26]
369. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to ensure that asylum seekers have appropriate permanent accommodation while their status is being processed and reduced reliance on emergency accommodation services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21368/26]
668. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a company (details supplied) was paid more in asylum accommodation payments for the last quarter of 2025 than it was in the last quarter of 2024, given that the State purchased both the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre, which make up the greater part of the accommodation supplied by the former owner; and if he will make …
669. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way the State's purchase of the Citywest Hotel and Convention Centre can be justified as a saving in public funding given that the former owners continue to be paid for the provision of accommodation, and at a higher level than before the sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16840/26]
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation's review; if it includes recommendations for tougher border controls to prevent exploitation of Ireland's asylum system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14140/26]
801. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of failed asylum seekers who have remained in Ireland beyond their appeal periods in the past two years; the actions taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7850/26]
345. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria used to determine whether or not a country is safe for the purposes of decisions on international protection and asylum. [7165/26]
651. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to three asylum seekers who have been targeted for physical attack, if they will be moved to a new location to ensure that they are not targeted again given the circumstances (details supplied). [69673/25]
135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to stop forcing homeless asylum seekers to sleep rough over the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68247/25]
138. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has concerns for the safety of homeless asylum seekers in light of racist attacks; the action he will take to protect them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68248/25]
758. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the support that is offered to a person who has applied for temporary protection but is refused due to having received temporary protection in another member state. [63129/25]
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions brought in the past three years for providing false or misleading information during asylum, visa, or deportation processes; and whether legislative amendments are being considered to increase penalties for such offences. [63777/25]
748. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of cases where the applicant seeking asylum was refused but are now under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61352/25]
749. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of appeals by asylum seekers who appealed the decision not to grant them asylum; the number of these appeals where a decision was reached for each year ending 31 December 2023, 31 December 2024 and for six months to 30 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61353/25]
1239. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is engaging with Cork County Council regarding integration supports for asylum seekers and refugees in Mallow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59002/25]
1281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in light of the recent violent disruption outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in Dublin (Citywest Hotel) and the serious implications for accommodation, public order and community confidence, the current national and regional accommodation capacity figures for asylum seekers and pending decisions, broken down by county; the criteri…
48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have applied for asylum in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [53288/25]
687. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine issues with the States labour market access permission system for asylum seekers outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51469/25]
831. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is any charge put on people for rent and board in IPAS locations where it has been proven that they have falsely applied for asylum; if there are any sanctions at all; if he is investigating organisations that are possibly assisting in false claims; and when he will introduce rent for people working who are living in asylum …
832. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time it took, on average, to process the first application of an asylum seeker who is not from a safe country, for each of the past five years. [47879/25]