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International Protection

1,252 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

1,252
questions
1,243 written, 9 oral
100
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
14
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20259
February 202583
March 202526
April 202573
May 202578
June 202533
July 202570
August 20250
September 2025112
October 202548
November 2025140
December 202579
January 202652
February 202665
March 202631
April 202648
May 202697
June 202674
July 202647
August 20260
September 202639
October 202648

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Aontú164 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil98 from 25 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael109 from 15 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party12 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent228 from 8 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland219 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party69 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity27 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin252 from 24 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 189
  2. 116
  3. 115
  4. 95
  5. 69
  6. 58
  7. 55
  8. 46

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Paul Lawless Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1490. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for confirmation of the projected capacity of a property (details supplied) to accommodate international protection applicants. [44990/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1491. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for confirmation of whether an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate the effects of establishing an IPAS centre in the Ballina area of County Mayo; and, if so, for details of when and how its findings will be published. [44991/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1492. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for details of any agreements or contractual arrangements entered into with the developer for the redevelopment and operation of a property (details supplied) as temporary accommodation for international protection applicants [44992/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1493. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for details of how his Department is coordinating with Mayo County Council, and other relevant authorities, to ensure a property (details supplied) meets all necessary standards and regulations for its proposed use. [44993/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1494. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a timeline for the decision making process to date and, if approval is granted, for the expected timeline for the opening of a centre (details supplied). [44994/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1500. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the appeals process available to persons whose applications for subsidiary protection or humanitarian leave to remain have been refused; if he will ensure access to legal advice for applicants in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45023/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1509. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the value of all payments made by his Department to a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; to provide a breakdown by quarter of each payment specifying the purchase order number, date of payment, description of goods or services, cost centre or programme under which the payment was made; t…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1524. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to expand the remit of the IRPP to include Rohingya refugees unable to return to Myanmar; if there are criteria under which a person from the Rohingya group may access the IRPP programme; if so, if his officials may communicate this with individuals from this community who are awaiting information; and if he will ma…
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1529. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Palestinian nationals granted international protection in Ireland in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of Palestinian nationals refused international protection in these years; and the number of Palestinian nationals currently awaiting a decision on their international protection application, to date in 2025, i…
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1530. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian nationals that have been granted temporary protection or international protection in Ireland in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number that were refused; and the number currently awaiting a decision on their application for protection, in tabular form. [45292/25]
Sean Fleming Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1535. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the number of people that are still in IPAS centres having been refused permission to remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45317/25]
Sean Fleming Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1536. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the number of people that have been given permission to remain in the State but are still residing in IPAS Centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45318/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of incidents recorded at facilities from 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, by month, as logged by An Garda Síochána on the PULSE system and by his Department or its contractors in incident reports categorised by incidents (details supplied) by month, in tabular form. [45341/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the number of incidents at facilities (details supplied); the number of Garda call-outs; the number of incidents resulting in arrests, charges; files submitted to the DPP; and the status of prosecutions including outcomes where available for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, in tabular form. [45342/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of victims by cohort that were recorded, including residents, staff or contractors, members of the public, and members of An Garda Síochána, with confirmation of any recorded injuries at facilities (details supplied); the number of exclusion orders, evictions from the facilities, or transfer decisions arising from serious m…
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1541. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the policing and overtime costs attributable to facilities for the period 1 January to 31 August 2025, including the deployment of public order units; the total cost to his Department for security provision at the facilities; and the cost of contracted on-site security or supplementary security personnel (details supplied). [45345/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1542. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm whether his Department's official figures for incidents at facilities (details supplied) in the period 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, match figures reported in public discourse; the reason for any variance including definitional or classification differences. [45346/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if she will publish the corrective action plan timelines for non-compliant IPAS sites (details supplied), the inspection cadence for Cork centres and a summary of resident safeguarding indicators now monitored in real time. [45421/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected ten-year whole-life cost for the State’s purchase and operation of a hotel and campus (details supplied), including capital upgrades, security, on-site health, education and transport supports; the current on-site headcount; the 2025 monthly operating cost; and the cost comparison with a counterfactual lease model presen…
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1578. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification applications received; the number approved; the number of dependants admitted under the International Protection Act 2015 for each of the years since 2019; and if he will publish the internal business case referenced in documents released to RTÉ under freedom of information. [45556/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1579. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason records on additional staffing and funding for international protection applications were withheld until compelled by appeal under FOI; and if he will commit to ensuring that future asylum related data is published proactively and in full. [45557/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1580. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether family reunification rights under the International Protection Act 2015 are being applied more broadly than the statutory definition in view of recent court rulings; and if he will set out his Department’s position on this matter. [45558/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1581. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the legislative framework on family reunification in view of the fact that approvals now average 2.5 dependants per applicant, effectively doubling asylum intake numbers. [45559/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1582. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has considered introducing thresholds or conditions, such as financial capacity, housing availability, or integration requirements, before family reunification rights can be exercised. [45560/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether persons that arrived in the State without identification documents are subsequently permitted to exercise family reunification rights; and if so, the way in which identity verification of family members is conducted in such cases. [45562/25]