705. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the current temporary protection contract for the accommodation of Ukrainian citizens at the former Sacred Heart Convent in Roscrea will end; and if it is planned to renew this contract. [73929/26]
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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,585 | 1,436 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,499 | 162 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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706. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can prioritise the residency permit renewal of an individual (details supplied). [73930/26]
707. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider introducing flexibility for the income threshold for the temporary protection transition scheme when the person applying is a carer, a lone parent or is a person with disabilities. [73931/26]
708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reports received by him and the Minister of State at his Department under section 8 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number transmitted to the Protected Disclosures Commissioner within the ten day period required by section 8(3)(a) of the Act; the number tran…
709. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to ensure that the conditions under which interpreters are engaged for court and other justice-sector services support the availability and retention of suitably qualified interpreters, particularly in light of the State’s obligations concerning access to justice and fair proceedings. [73935/26]
710. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average time taken by An Garda Síochána to close a protected disclosure in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of protected disclosures closed in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74345/26]
711. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to review correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74447/26]
712. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of dedicated community Garda units in each of the Garda stations in the constituency of Dublin Bay South; and the number of Gardaí dedicated to community Garda policing alone in each of those stations. [74445/26]
713. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will be transferred to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as committed to in the Programme for Government; the steps that remain outstanding before the transfer of functions order can be made; the reason for the delay to date; and if he wil…
714. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of protected disclosures made to An Garda Síochána that, as of 1 October 2026, have remained open for more than one year, more than two years and more than three years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74344/26]
715. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the transfer of responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 from the Department of Justice to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and to provide a timeline for the completion the transfer. [73967/26]
716. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is considering raising the current prize winnings threshold from the current €365,000 under the current lotteries Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73953/26]
717. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will allow the timely processing of all legal cases involving Gazan students who have been accepted into Irish universities but have had their visas denied, so that all students with visas can be evacuated on 9 November, given that SETU are willing and asking to accommodate all three of their new Gazan students who are ho…
718. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason no more than three students from Gaza had their appeals upheld. [74458/26]
719. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of study visa applications received from students ordinarily resident in Gaza in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of such applications that were refused in each year. [74012/26]
720. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the top ten nationalities of international students in Irish higher education institutions that are subject to visa requirements; the number of study visa applications received from each such nationality in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of visa refusals issued in each year for each nationality. [74011/26]
721. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties that have been removed by his Department from the private rental market for use as international protection accommodation since January 2022. [74296/26]
722. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether RTÉ or any other media outlets or platforms has received any guidance, formal or informal, from his Department, regarding reporting of migration, asylum or deportation matters. [74276/26]
723. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted permission to remain in the State on humanitarian or exceptional grounds following a failed international protection application in each of the past five years, together with the grounds relied upon in each case. [74275/26]
724. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department or the Government possesses estimates of the number of unlawfully present migrants currently residing in the State; and if so, the basis for those estimates. [74274/26]
725. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders that have effectively lapsed in practice due to the passage of time, legal obstacles or the inability of the State to locate the individual concerned. [74285/26]
726. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the oldest currently unexecuted deportation order on record; and the reasons it remains unenforced. [74284/26]
727. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Government has considered linking visa issuance or bilateral cooperation arrangements to the acceptance of nationals subject to deportation orders. [74283/26]
728. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the states with which Ireland has experienced the greatest difficulties in securing returns under deportation orders. [74282/26]
729. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportations prevented due to refusal or delay by a receiving state to issue travel documents in each year since 2020. [74281/26]