International Protection

131. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department’s plans to actively engage with communities before opening IPAS centres in their areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7761/25]

617. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for IPAS who reached the State via the north of Ireland last year and for each of the past five years. [7132/25]

618. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for IPAS registered at the airports, ports and the IPO respectively, in 2024 and for each of the past five years. [7133/25]

619. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for IPAS that have used the courts to appeal. [7134/25]

620. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount the IPAS applicant process has cost for each of the past five years. [7135/25]

621. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount the International Protection Appeals Tribunal has spent on external decision-making services in each of the past five years. [7136/25]

622. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount the total International Protection Appeals Tribunal has cost in each of the past five years. [7137/25]

623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how the average length of time the IPAS application process taken for each of the past five years; the length of time the longest IPAS application process has taken for each of the past five years. [7138/25]

625. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of checks for asylum seekers that have been undertaken along the border with the north of Ireland by the Gardaí, for each month, for the past five years. [7141/25]

642. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice whether he will permit this Deputy to visit the International Protection Office to see the operation and to ask questions of the staff. [7368/25]

643. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the purpose of having presenting officers present at international protection appeal hearings; the number of times a presenting officer was present during an appeal in 2024, in the context of the overall number of appeals that were heard; if there has been a change in his Department’s policy to not have a presenting officer present for every a…

681. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the full vetting process of all those seeking international protection in the State; the way international protection applicants and asylum seekers can be granted asylum in the State if they have been charged with a criminal offence in another EU jurisdiction; the way the vetting process works or may have failed in such a scenario; how the …

683. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the actions taken when a person seeking international protection is found guilty of a crime in this State; if such persons will have their leave to remain in the state revoked and be deported; the reason there has been evidence of instances of international protection applicants being involved in crime and released on bail; the number of in…

693. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the recognition rate, including appeals, for all international protection applicants, and the recognition rate, including appeals, for applicants from designated safe countries of origin, for all of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8095/25]

727. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a temporary extension until June to the contract with an accommodation provider (details supplied) for accommodation for people from Ukraine who are beneficiaries of temporary protection in order for them to complete their education and find alternative accommodation; and if sh…

728. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of landlords availing of the accommodation recognition payment (to provide accommodation to refugees from Ukraine) in 2024; the cost to the Exchequer in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8046/25]

729. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular units constructed for international protection applicants or refugees in each of the past three years; and the total cost of delivery of these units each year. [8076/25]

730. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider devising a multi-faceted induction, educational programme for persons who arrive in Ireland seeking international protection or as beneficiaries of the European Union's Temporary Protection Directive in order that they become familiar with access to services and education in Ir…

733. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants; the number of them that are occupied and empty at the most recent date at which this information is available. [7152/25]

734. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for her decision on whether to extend the accommodation recognition payment beyond 31 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7153/25]

740. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine a case regarding international protection (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7240/25]

749. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to buy a series of centres to house international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7342/25]

750. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will actively engage with communities before opening IPAS centres in their areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7343/25]

765. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if another IPAS centre is being opened in Dublin south west (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7582/25]

771. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the situation at a location (details supplied) and the plans to remove Ukrainians and replace them with IPAS applicants; if the Minister will meet with a group of residents to discuss their concerns regarding the use of this hotel for IPAS residents; and if she will make a state…