430. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to specify, for each International Protection Accommodation Service centre operating, the total resident capacity; the current occupancy level; the number of healthcare staff assigned to the centre; and the ratio of healthcare staff to residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40827/26]
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| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,665 | 1,495 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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431. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to specify, for each International Protection Accommodation Service centre, how many healthcare staff are directly employed by the HSE; the number that are agency staff; the number that are employed through NGOs, charities, or private contractors; the names of any contracted healthcare providers operating within IPAS centres; and if he…
432. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the annual cost to the State of healthcare provision within International Protection Accommodation Service centres for the years 2023, 2024, and to date in 2026, including GP services, nursing services, agency staffing costs, mental health supports, interpretation services, and emergency response arrangements; and if he will…
433. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any International Protection Accommodation Service centres operate without access to regular on-site healthcare provision; if so, the alternative arrangements in place for residents requiring medical assessment or treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40830/26]
434. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if healthcare staffing standards, minimum staffing ratios, or clinical governance requirements apply to International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation centres; to provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40831/26]
435. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or the HSE has conducted a review regarding healthcare staffing adequacy within International Protection Accommodation Service centres, continuity of care, reliance on agency staffing, or emergency medical response capability within large accommodation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40832/26]
436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on agency healthcare staffing within International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation centres in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40833/26]
437. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to publish a national overview of healthcare provision, staffing levels, and associated costs within International Protection Accommodation Service accommodation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40834/26]
438. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail, the number of people prosecuted and/or incarcerated for organised crime drug related offences in Ireland for each of the years 2015 – 2026, inclusive in tabular form. [40850/26]
439. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for information on the implementation of Grace's Law; the number of arrests made, prosecutions pending and convictions under the new legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40925/26]
440. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he is taking to tackle rising hate crime, racism, online extremism and social division in Ireland; the progress made under the National Action Plan Against Racism 2023-2027; the way such progress is being measured; the measures being taken with An Garda Síochána, schools, local authorities and social media platforms to preve…
441. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents classified as hate-related, extremist-related or politically motivated recorded by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years, broken down by county and category; the number resulting in prosecution; and whether his Department has identified any increase in online radicalisation activity. [40969/26]
442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of frontline Gardaí assigned to public order, community engagement and hate crime investigation duties in each Garda division; the number of vacancies currently existing; and the additional resources requested by Garda management since 2020. [40970/26]
443. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite the join family visa of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41102/26]
444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether a single consolidated national dataset currently exists recording the number of persons refused emergency domestic violence accommodation due to lack of refuge capacity; and if not, whether their Department intends to establish such a reporting mechanism. [41159/26]
445. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of occasions on which domestic violence refuges reached full capacity in each county in each of the past five years and to date in 2026. [41160/26]
446. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national waiting-list or overflow accommodation mechanism exists for persons unable to access domestic violence refuge accommodation due to capacity constraints. [41161/26]
447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether Cuan or his Department collects data on repeat requests for emergency domestic violence accommodation by the same individuals following initial refusal due to lack of capacity. [41162/26]
448. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has assessed conviction rates, prosecution rates, withdrawal rates or evidential barriers associated with coercive control prosecutions since 2019. [41164/26]
449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national target or benchmark exists regarding maximum waiting times for protection orders, barring orders or safety orders in the District Court. [41165/26]
450. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department receives regular statistical reporting from the Courts Service regarding domestic violence-related applications and waiting times. [41166/26]
451. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any cross-Government expenditure review has been undertaken to quantify total State spending on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence supports prior to the establishment of Cuan. [41167/26]
452. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national forecasting model exists regarding future refuge accommodation demand arising from housing pressures, homelessness risk and population growth. [41168/26]
453. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current occupancy rate of domestic violence refuge accommodation nationally and by county. [41170/26]
454. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of women and children placed outside their home county due to a lack of refuge accommodation availability in each of the past three years. [41171/26]