728. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have applied for international protection from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025; of the people who have made their applications in that period, the number who have received a decision in the first instance or separately on appeal; the number who have received a protection status or leave to remain; …
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
100
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 26 |
| April 2025 | 73 |
| 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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729. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those people who have applied for international protection between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024 have received a final decision within a 12-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/26]
730. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of current outstanding applications and appeals for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5855/26]
731. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of applications for international protection from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025, where decisions have been made, have resulted in protection status or leave to remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/26]
732. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of international protection applicants who do not have leave to remain; the number who have been requested to leave the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/26]
737. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full list of accommodation premises currently in use, or used at any time since 1 January 2022, in County Kildare by the International Protection Accommodation Service and Ukrainian emergency accommodation/temporary protection accommodation; if details will be provided in relation to each premises (details supplied); and if he …
744. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the supports that are in place for people who have left the IPAS system and now find themselves homeless. [5958/26]
765. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current maximum IPAS capacity; the maximum IPAS capacity in February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6431/26]
766. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current IPAS occupancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6432/26]
767. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans to open more IPAS accommodation centres to accommodate all male applicants on arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6433/26]
485. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people waiting decisions in the international protection system in employment, broken down by category of employment, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5343/26]
486. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of those waiting for decisions in the international protection system who are in employment, the number who are in employment which pays the minimum wage; the number in employment that pays between the minimum wage and the average industrial wage; the number that are in employment that pays above the average industrial wa…
707. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether she will agree to grant a visa to a human rights defender from Saudi Arabia (details supplied) who is at risk of deportation from Bulgaria to Saudi Arabia. [3815/26]
736. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS accommodation centres currently operating with the exempted development regulations set out in SI No. 605/2022, S.I. No. 376/2023, and section 181 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, with a breakdown by local authority area, exempted development type and number of people accommodated in each category. [3959/26…
739. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) and allow for accommodation in this genuine case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4047/26]
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Approved Housing Bodies are providing accommodation for former residents of IPAS centres who have not yet been given leave to remain, and if he will provide statistics and other details of the numbers and the AHBs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4214/26]
455. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures taken by IPAS to ensure the suitability of accommodation for people with serious medical conditions when planning transfers of people with status; the opportunities people with status have to raise their medical needs with IPAS when given a transfer notice; the number of transfers that have been stopped, delayed or re…
458. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for a local international protection centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3091/26]
115. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 24 September 2025, if we will provide an update on the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/26]
1643. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for a first instance decision for international protection applicants. [74308/25]
1644. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for an appeal decision for international protection applicants.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74309/25]
1662. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by his Department, for 2025, in settlement payments, compensation, damages or negotiated payments arising from the repudiation, cancellation or termination of international protection accommodation contracts, including payments already made, payments legally committed to, and any financial provisions recorded in …
1663. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by his Department, for each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in settlement payments, compensation, damages or negotiated payments arising from the repudiation, cancellation or termination of international protection accommodation contracts, including payments already made, payments legally committed t…
1665. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the current contract between the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and a hotel (details supplied), is due to cease; if the facility will be discontinued as an IPAS centre and permitted to return to operation as a hotel; the plans the Department has regarding the future use of this facility; and the …
1670. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of instances to date where a contract with providers of accommodation for people fleeing the war in Ukraine has been terminated where a breach of contractual obligations was identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74909/25]