675. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average number of IPAT appeals completed per whole-time equivalent Tribunal member in each year from 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32926/26]
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682. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department conducts beneficial ownership checks on entities contracted to provide IPAS accommodation, including where the Irish contracting entity forms part of a wider corporate group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32937/26]
683. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether IPAS accommodation providers are required to disclose parent companies, connected entities, beneficial owners, directors, related-party leases, management companies or offshore ownership structures as part of the Department’s due diligence process. [32939/26]
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the specific locations of each of the seven large-scale international protection accommodation service centres that are proposed to be exempted from normal planning requirements under the General Scheme of the Planning and Development Act (Planning Status of State Sites) Amendment Bill 2025; and to confirm the current operat…
828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a written explanation of the criteria used by his Department and by IPAS to classify or distinguish between different categories of international protection accommodation centres, including the basis on which certain centres are designated as large-scale or "mega" centres; whether such classification is determined by referen…
829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the planned maximum capacity of each of the seven IPAS centres proposed to be covered by the forthcoming planning exemption legislation; and to outline the rationale for exempting these centres from the standard planning process, given that the High Court has previously found issues with the planning basis for existing State-owned IPAS…
831. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware that total State expenditure on international protection accommodation rose by 19% to €1.2 billion in 2025 despite a 30% drop in the number of new arrivals; the reason the cost of accommodating asylum seekers has increased from €38 per person per night in 2018 to €99 per person per night in 2025; what steps are bein…
832. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal accepted more than 15,000 appeals in 2025 and had approximately 19,000 cases on hand at the end of that year; what additional resources, staffing or legislative measures are being considered to address this backlog; whether the Government’s own analytical report has…
833. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware that approximately 80% of international protection applications are rejected at first instance but that around 62% of those decisions are subsequently appealed, prolonging accommodation stays and increasing costs to the State; the reason the International Protection Appeals Tribunal had approximately 19,000 cases on…
836. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware of consistent media reporting that companies and individuals registered for tax purposes in offshore jurisdictions, including the Isle of Man, have been awarded contracts by his Department for the provision of International Protection Accommodation Services; in all instances where the Department has contracted with …
1374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the governance arrangements within his Department and within the International Protection Accommodation Service for monitoring expenditure on the transport of international protection applicants between ports of entry, the International Protection Office, and accommodation centres; whether annual expenditure ceilings or budget control…
1375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether transport services used for the transfer of international protection applicants to accommodation centres are procured through national public procurement frameworks, individual accommodation centre service contracts, or other arrangements; the number of transport providers engaged for this purpose since 2021; and if he will ma…
1376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department or the International Protection Accommodation Service records the number of international protection applicants transported between ports of entry, the International Protection Office, and accommodation centres each year; and if such data is not recorded, whether the Department intends to introduce a monitoring …
1377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any analysis of the average cost per person associated with transporting international protection applicants within the International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20385/26]
1378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether transport costs associated with the movement of international protection applicants are included as separate line items within accommodation centre contracts funded by the State; and whether the Department holds aggregate data on these transport costs across the International Protection Accommodation Service system. [20386/26]
1379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether transport expenditure associated with the movement of international protection applicants within the International Protection Accommodation Service system is reported separately in departmental accounts or programme expenditure reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20387/26]
1380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether transport expenditure within the International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation system has been subject to internal audit, value-for-money review, or examination by the Comptroller and Auditor General within the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20388/26]
208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure incurred by the State over the past five years in transporting newly arrived international protection applicants from points of entry, including Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock airports, to a centre (details supplied); the expenditure by transport type including private coach hire, contracted transport providers, …
195. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason an international protection applicant who had threatened the life of a female staff member at an IPAS facility, was not detained or deported, but moved to another IPAS facility (details supplied), potentially putting the safety of staff members and local residents at risk; and the measures that have been put in place to prot…
196. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the procedures in place to apprehend and detain an international protection applicant who has been removed from one facility due to violence or the threat of violence against a staff member or resident, and who does not present himself at his new accommodation, as per instructions from the IPAS mobility team. [15325/26]
449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time from initial international protection application to first instance decision; the average time to final determination including appeal; and the measures being implemented to reduce decision timelines in 2026. [13864/26]
450. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of final negative international protection decisions issued in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of deportation orders signed in each year; and the number executed; and whether additional resources have been allocated to enforcement capacity in 2026. [13865/26]
469. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, in the awarding, renewal, or continuation of contracts or payments under the International Protection Accommodation Services, his Department assesses company-law compliance at group level, including the compliance status of any parent or holding company of a contracting entity; and if he will outline the governance checks appl…
470. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether failure by a parent or holding company of an International Protection Accommodation Services contractor to file annual returns with the Companies Registration Office within statutory timeframes is treated as a material governance or compliance risk by his Department; and if he will detail how such risks are evaluated. [11422/26…
471. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether State payments under International Protection Accommodation Services contracts may continue to be made to a subsidiary company where a parent or holding company is non-compliant with Companies Registration Office filing obligations; and what safeguards or conditions apply in such circumstances. [11423/26]