350. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 72604/26 if he will answer the original question and provide the number of smaller-scale and residential properties purchased by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the accommodation of more vulnerable international protection applicants. [75005/26]
Topics / International Protection
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsInternational Protection
1,252 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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1,243 written, 9 oral
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| May 2025 | 78 |
| June 2025 | 33 |
| July 2025 | 70 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 112 |
| October 2025 | 48 |
| November 2025 | 140 |
| December 2025 | 79 |
| January 2026 | 52 |
| February 2026 | 65 |
| March 2026 | 31 |
| April 2026 | 48 |
| May 2026 | 97 |
| June 2026 | 74 |
| July 2026 | 47 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 39 |
| October 2026 | 48 |
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351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS accommodation contracts terminated since 1 January 2025 on grounds relating to the integrity, conduct or criminal associations of the provider, as distinct from cost or capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75237/26]
352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether checks on the directors, beneficial ownership and financial standing of IPAS accommodation providers are now carried out before contracts are awarded; whether those checks include engagement with An Garda Síochána or the Criminal Assets Bureau; the date from which they have applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount paid to the operator of the former IPAS centre at Georges Street, Drogheda, from the award of its contract to the termination of that contract in November 2025; whether any sums remain due to or recoverable by the State following the company's entry into voluntary liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
360. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs of charter flights deporting failed international protection applicants in 2025 and to date in 2026; the destination of each flight; the number of deported people on each flight; the number of Gardaí on each flight; and the breakdown of costs on each flight. [75289/26]
115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications received during the self declaration of need process within the State accommodation of beneficiaries of temporary protection; the breakdown of those applications that can be provided in terms of gender, age profile and any other available data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74636/26]
131. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if it is part of his Department's strategy to reduce numbers in IPAS accommodation by moving persons who have been given leave to stay into homeless accommodation. [74785/26]
654. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the rate of progress regarding the reduction in the number of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection in State-supported accommodation; the current total number of persons remaining in such accommodation; and whether the initial tranche and capacity of designated accommodation centres are projected to prov…
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]
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]
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]
737. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount paid in accommodation-related contracts to the twenty largest providers of international protection accommodation during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74267/26]
738. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracts for international protection accommodation awarded without a public tender process since January 2022 and the total value of such contracts. [74266/26]
739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ten electoral divisions with the highest concentration of international protection accommodation per capita and the corresponding figures in each case. [74265/26]
740. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants whose whereabouts are currently unknown to the authorities following registration of their claim. [74264/26]
741. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants for international protection who have made more than one application in Ireland or elsewhere within the European Union, insofar as such information is available through Eurodac or other systems. [74263/26]
751. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, where a person convicted of a sexual offence is an asylum seeker, if the confidentiality provisions of international protection legislation prevent that person being named in reports, even in cases where the victim has requested that they be named; and the legal basis for the position. [74050/26]
512. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement that has taken place with South Dublin County Council concerning the housing, homelessness, community service and other local impacts associated with residents moving from the Citywest Hotel and convention centre following the granting of international protection status; and whether there is a formal written protocol…
513. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific arrangements that are in place to support persons who have received international protection status to move from the Citywest Hotel and convention centre into mainstream accommodation; the number of such exits from Citywest in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number currently awaiting move-on accommodation. [71472/26]
514. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with reference to the Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2025, which records that 5,123 persons who had received international protection status remained in international protection accommodation services, IPAS, accommodation at the end of March 2026, to provide the current number of per…
516. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration noting that the Comptroller and Auditor General records an estimated accommodation capacity of approximately 2,300 persons at Citywest hotel and convention centre, whether his Department has undertaken or participated in an assessment of the impact of this population on services and infrastructure in Citywest, Saggart, Rathcoole an…
517. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether all fire safety deficiencies, which were identified in his Department commissioned 2025 ORS fire safety assessment and associated inspections of the Citywest Hotel and convention centre, have now been fully rectified; the date on which his Department was satisfied that all matters identified as requiring urgent or immediate…
522. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date the Department became aware of the 2025 ORS finding that a door-control system on cross-corridor fire doors at Citywest could hinder escape; the date the system, which ORS recommended be removed immediately, was removed or rectified; who verified the escape route was thereafter compliant and safe; and whether persons remai…
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration notwithstanding operational security considerations, whether there is a formal mechanism whereby information indicating that an applicant for international protection has links to a prescribed terrorist organisation is communicated to the authority responsible for determining or reviewing their protection status; and whether such infor…
541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants accommodated by IPAS who are currently serving custodial sentences; the duration of their sentences; the number whose IPAS accommodation remains allocated during imprisonment; the number whose accommodation was withdrawn; and the annual cost of retaining accommodation for applicants who…