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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

Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Justice
279. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is any flexibility to the moving date for families (details supplied). [66031/26]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
815. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the extent to which he has implemented the recommendations of the Comptroller and Auditor General’s 2024 report on IPAS contracting, particularly regarding proof of ownership, fire certification, insurance documentation, and planning compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64240/26]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
816. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he has introduced to prevent the awarding or renewal of IPAS contracts to companies whose directors or beneficial owners have been associated with criminal gangs, including those implicated in the Drogheda feud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64239/26]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
817. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS contracts currently under review or terminated due to concerns relating to ownership structures, undisclosed overseas funding sources, or links to organised criminality, as highlighted in recent media reporting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64238/26]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
818. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he is taking to ensure that companies awarded International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) contracts are subject to full criminal background and financial probity checks, in view of recent reports that contracts were previously issued to entities linked to individuals investigated by the Criminal Assets Bureau and th…
Carol Nolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
819. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of legacy IPAS contracts that have been renewed despite documented lapses in planning permission, fire safety certification, or insurance compliance; the rationale for allowing such renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64241/26]
Niall Collins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
821. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a service provider will receive payment due (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64351/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
830. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of student accommodation facilities which are currently in use housing IPAS applicants and not available to students for the 2026-2027 school year. [64376/26]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
831. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accommodation contracts between IPAS and private companies that have been withdrawn or terminated since 1 January 2025; if he will provide a list of the companies concerned; the centres which they operated; and the reasons for the withdrawal or termination. [64498/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
834. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IPAS inspection of Dolcain House accommodation centre, Monastery Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 (report reference IPPSI0073) has been carried out since the most recently published inspection report dated 1 August 2025; if so, the date on which any such inspection was carried; when the resulting report will be published; if not, when…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
896. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently respond to concerns raised regarding conditions for residents at an IPAS centre in Wicklow (details supplied). [65031/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Justice
921. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of student accommodation facilities which are currently in use housing IPAS applicants and not available to students for the 2026-2027 school year; and the number of student beds no longer available to students as they are in use as IPAS accommodation. [64375/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
402. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions and convictions secured under section 26(3) of the International Protection Act 2015 in each of the years from 2015 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54347/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
403. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted or commissioned a review or assessment of the interaction between section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 and public confidence in the reporting of criminal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54348/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
404. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has considered introducing an amendment to section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 to provide for an exception to the prohibition on identifying an applicant for international protection once that person has been charged with a serious indictable offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Shay Brennan Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
408. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residents in the IPAS centre on the Ballyogan Road; and the number that are men. [54386/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
409. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time the IPAS centre on the Ballyogan Road will be open for. [54387/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
416. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian nationals that have been granted international protection in Ireland in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number that were refused; and the number currently awaiting a decision on their application for protection, in tabular form. [54490/26]
Matt Carthy Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Justice
426. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time of applications and appeals for international protection, by quarter in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54647/26]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Justice
302. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will undertake a review of section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 to determine whether amendments are required to ensure that An Garda Síochána may publish the name, photograph and other identifying details of an international protection applicant where there is a risk to public safety, or where that person has been …
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Justice
303. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the step-by-step process that applies to a person who arrives in the State without a passport or other travel document and subsequently seeks international protection, including the procedures for screening, identification, biometric data collection, registration of the application, accommodation arrangements, examination of the claim,…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Justice
304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the process by which unaccompanied minors seeking international protection are assessed on arrival at a port of entry; the State agencies involved in this process; the Department that is ultimately responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53864/26]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
504. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to strengthen identity verification processes during the international protection screening procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52744/26]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
506. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any return orders have been issued under the return border procedure since the commencement of the International Protection Act 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52746/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
518. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Numbers 369, 370 and 371 of 2 July 2026 (details supplied), whether residents of the Citywest Reception Centre who are refused re-entry due to alcohol or substance consumption are required to remain outside the centre; and if so, the duration and under what supervision; the specific measures in place t…