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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

Mark Ward Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Justice
281. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are any proposals to purchase a facility (details supplied) for use as IPAS accommodation; the number that may be accommodated if the complex is purchased; and if he plans to engage with the local community about future plans for this facility. [35004/25]
Matt Carthy Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Justice
292. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the exact step-by-step process by which voluntary departures by those who have been unsuccessful in their application for international protection is tracked and recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35171/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Justice
144. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is engaged in any negotiations, planning, or contractual arrangements for the use of the Old Rectory site in Glanmire, County Cork, as a location for an IPAS centre or for the accommodation of international protection applicants; if so, when this site was identified; the proposed capacity and timeline; whether local r…
Matt Carthy Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Justice
145. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average rate per bed per day paid for accommodation in IPAS accommodation in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34903/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Justice
146. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the lowest rate per bed per day paid for accommodation in IPAS accommodation in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34904/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Justice
147. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the highest rate per bed per day paid for accommodation in IPAS accommodation in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34905/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Justice
629. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine the case for rescinding an international protection accommodation contract (details supplied); if a full review will be carried out into how we have reached this point, despite the local community raising these concerns for over 12 months which have been completely ignored by the Department and Local Authority; and if he …
Aidan Farrelly Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Justice
638. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update in respect of a property (details supplied); if his Department has extended or granted a contract to provide international protection applicants accommodation; the duration of contract, and whether it includes and optional extension; the amount provided to the provider to date since it has been used as an accommodation…
Gary Gannon Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Justice
679. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a situation concerning an international protection applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 18 Jun 2025 · to Justice
117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will intervene in the case of an individual (details supplied) resident in IPAS who has gone into debt as a consequence of IPAS' failure to pay bills as they had indicated. [32963/25]
Matt Carthy Written 18 Jun 2025 · to Justice
119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for details of all IPAS accommodation centres located in properties currently owned by NAMA; the details of all IPAS accommodation centres located in property previously owned by NAMA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33071/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Justice
610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, in light of the increasing demand for accommodation for both international protection applicants and beneficiaries of temporary protection, particularly those fleeing the war in Ukraine, he will outline in full any current or projected plans for the establishment, expansion or repurposing of accommodation centres within Cork north …
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Justice
611. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he or his officials have engaged directly with local property owners, commercial agents, or other private accommodation providers within Cork north central to secure such facilities, and to detail the nature and extent of those engagements to date (details supplied). [32134/25]
Réada Cronin Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Justice
406. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has offered an International Protection Application Services, IPAS, contract to an individual or group at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/25]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Justice
408. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to respond to queries raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31356/25]
Michael Murphy Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Justice
415. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the modular housing development in Clonmel; the completion and handover date, per unit cost, and the long-term strategy for the site (details supplied); the steps being taken to prepare a policing plan; the engagement that has taken place between his Department, the OPW, local gardaí and the local community; and the…
Peadar Tóibín Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Justice
421. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the services his Department or any bodies reporting to it are carrying out in Carrigtwohill (details supplied). [31528/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Justice
422. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out, in respect of Dublin airport where applications for international protection may be made in four scenarios (details supplied). [31530/25]
Matt Carthy Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Justice
243. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection in accommodation supported by the accommodation recognition payment, through the Irish Red Cross pledge campaign, the offer a home scheme operated by local authorities or by private arrangements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31136/25]
Matt Carthy Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Justice
244. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection in each local authority area or county in accommodation supported by the accommodation recognition payment through the Irish Red Cross pledge campaign, the offer a home scheme operated by local authorities or by private arrangements, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on…
Matt Carthy Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Justice
245. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of properties currently contracted by the State to provide accommodation for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection, and the total number of beneficiaries of temporary protection currently residing in these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31138/25]
Matt Carthy Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Justice
246. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of properties currently contracted by the State in each local authority area or county to provide accommodation for Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection; the total number of beneficiaries of temporary protection currently residing in these properties, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the m…
Malcolm Byrne Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Rural
398. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason that yet again no project from the Courtown-Riverchapel area of County Wexford was awarded funding under the latest round of the Community Integration Fund, even though an IPAS centre has operated in Courtown, County Wexford for many years and there is strong integration with the local community; and if he wi…
Peadar Tóibín Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
993. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are any plans or actions being undertaken to provide IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied). [29283/25]
Carol Nolan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
995. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants for protection that have been issued with a notice upon making their application advising them of the fact that may opt to voluntarily return at any stage before he refuses to give a refugee or subsidiary protection declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29289/25]