International Protection

1612. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for confirmation of whether the current use of a premises (details supplied), as accommodation for international protection applicants is operating under Section 5 of the Planning and Development Act; and if so, for details of when this exemption is due to expire. [45730/25]

1613. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for confirmation of whether the Government or any State Department has agreed to purchase a premises (details supplied), or any part thereof, for the purpose of permanent or expanded use as an IPAS centre; and if so, for details of the transaction. [45734/25]

1615. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the examination undertaken into the capacity of a premises (details supplied) and services in the surrounding town of Clara prior to its redesignation as a designated accommodation centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45745/25]

1616. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the additional supports he will be providing to ensure the new arrivals to an accommodation centre (details supplied) will have adequate access to basic services, including healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45746/25]

1617. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when discussions to redesignate a premises (details supplied) as a designated accommodation centre first began with the owner of the property; when the contract was finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45747/25]

1639. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on IPAS accommodation in 2024; the amount spent each month to date in 2025; the total expenditure to date in 2025; the estimated total expenditure for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46109/25]

1640. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on Ukrainian TPD accommodation in 2024; the amount spent each month to date in 2025, the total expenditure to date in 2025; the estimated total expenditure for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46110/25]

1641. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on the Ukrainian accommodation recognition payment in 2024; the amount spent each month to date in 2025, the total expenditure to date in 2025; the estimated total expenditure for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46111/25]

1642. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department continued to lease accommodation for Ukrainian refugees from a company (details supplied) after it was found to have supplied fake Garda vetting clearances to Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46115/25]

1643. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to seek any repayment of State monies paid to a company (details supplied) following revelations that the company was found to have supplied fake Garda vetting clearances to State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46116/25]

1659. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the criteria which hospitality accommodation providers must have met in order to apply to host beneficiaries of temporary protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46406/25]

1660. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2140 of 29 July 2025, if the information regarding the number of people awaiting decisions in the international protection system in employment, by category of employment, in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular form, is now available; and if he will make…

1661. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2141 of 29 July 2025, if the information regarding the breakdown of those awaiting 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 wa…

1667. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his view of the insolvency of a business (details supplied); the provisional liquidation of companies connected to its ownership; the High Court proceedings concerning the validity of the Section 5 planning declaration; ongoing enforcement action for alleged unauthorised development at the site; if he will now r…

1670. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants currently awaiting a first-instance decision; the average and median waiting times; and the steps being taken to reduce these waiting times to under 12-weeks in line with practices in other EU states. [46530/25]

1672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has assessed whether the reduction of the waiting time for labour market access permits has contributed to an increase in the volume of international protection applications; and if so, to provide the data underpinning this assessment. [46532/25]

1674. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for international protection that were submitted by persons who had initially or previously entered the State on an international student visa in each year 2015-2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46630/25]

1675. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for international protection that were submitted by persons who had initially or previously entered the State on an employment visa in each year 2015-2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46631/25]

1902. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the statistics that document the prevalence of physically disabled persons who have entered Ireland seeking international protection within the past 20 years. [41433/25]

1905. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a Palestinian family living in Egypt without legal residency can seek asylum in Ireland; the options available to said individuals; the way in which the State is assisting Palestinian refugees in third countries; and if the State will support this family in this process. [42937/25]

1931. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review his Department’s policy to ensure that when Ukrainians are notified of the cessation of their current accommodation contract, that the alternative accommodation they will be offered is identified to them at that point, not at the point of cessation of the contract; and if he will make a statem…

1941. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the properties purchased by the State to accommodate asylum seekers and refugees; the number purchased; the number currently in use and the number that are empty. [41137/25]

1947. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, in the absence of a harmonised EU-wide approach to exiting temporary protection, under existing domestic legislative/administrative arrangements the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries that would qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence requ…

1948. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has sought any legal advice or guidance concerning the period of continuous residence in the State exercised by temporary protection beneficiaries as to whether this may qualify as part of the duration of reckonable residence required for the purposes of eligibility to apply for long-term residency in the Sta…

1953. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the occupancy rates of modular homes built for Ukrainian refugees since their completion on each site; the number that have been vacant by month; and the plans in place to use any vacant units for homeless Irish persons, in tabular form. [41220/25]