Emergency Accommodation

288. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific health measures in place for international protection applicants residing in emergency accommodation (details supplied) where a co-resident has tested positive for Covid-19; if there are protocols to ensure isolation and medical care for those sharing rooms and communal spaces with infected individuals…

801. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legal, statutory or circular basis for the application of the local connection condition to the provision of homeless emergency accommodation. [29574/25]

842. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that, when assessing people for homelessness and access to emergency accommodation, local authorities are applying a local connection protocol (details supplied) which has no basis in law; if he will direct the County and City Management Association to withdraw this protocol, given the serious lega…

366. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children living in emergency accommodation for twenty-six months or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26732/25]

367. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Children living in emergency accommodation for thirty-six months or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26733/25]

579. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of persons, adults and children, currently living in emergency accommodation in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/25]

580. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the figure for the number of people, adults and children, currently homeless in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/25]

678. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of individuals, families, and children currently in emergency accommodation, disaggregated by county and by duration of stay with a breakdown of under 3 months, 3 to 12 months and over 12 months. [23331/25]

679. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of children who have been in emergency accommodation for more than six months in each of the past three years. [23332/25]

269. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1230 of 29 April 2025, the details of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive inspectorate including any process for making complaints to the inspectorate and the purpose and terms of reference of the inspectorate. [22572/25]

344. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to develop and introduce national standards for persons living in emergency accommodation centres or reception centres that include a component that considers child safeguarding, in conjunction with HIQA, in the context of international protection. [22631/25]

345. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to conduct an annual audit in respect of the protection the human rights of persons residing in emergency accommodation or reception centres. [22632/25]

346. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to enhance education and physical educational opportunities for persons under the age of 18 living in emergency accommodation or reception centres. [22634/25]

348. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to utilise approved housing bodies in the context of emergency accommodation provision for persons in the international protection system. [22636/25]

115. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address the increasing number of children in emergency accommodation; and whether she accepts that this constitutes a breach of children’s rights. [21011/25]

1217. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to ensure that LGBTQ+ individuals are protected in emergency accommodation settings; if comprehensive training on LGBTQ+ competency is mandatory for council housing and homeless service staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19391/25]

1230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason emergency accommodation services are regulated by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive rather than HIQA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19545/25]

1339. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if people leaving IPAS accommodation in Dublin who have been granted leave to remain, are in employment in Dublin and have children in schools in Dublin, are eligible to access emergency accommodation in Dublin; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20793/25]

1804. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants are currently reliant on emergency accommodation or are homeless due to lack of capacity in IPAS centres. [18857/25]

1821. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to a Ukrainian family (details supplied) in desperate need of accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19076/25]

652. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will make a statement on nutrition and access to play areas and recreational facilities for children in emergency accommodation; and the measures taken by his Department to monitor children’s wellbeing while in emergency accommodation. [17638/25]

275. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection currently residing in the State; of that number, how many are in hotel and bed and breakfast accommodation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16341/25]

278. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update in relation to the ARP scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16407/25]

98. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding provided to every local authority for the provision of emergency accommodation in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14483/25]

178. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total amount paid by Tusla to the providers of special emergency accommodation, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [14268/25]