658. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will remove the planning circumvention available to IPAS centres to ensure greater transparency and communication engagement. [15598/25]
Topics / International Protection
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsInternational Protection
1,252 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,252
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1,243 written, 9 oral
100
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 26 |
| April 2025 | 73 |
| May 2025 | 78 |
| June 2025 | 33 |
| July 2025 | 70 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 112 |
| October 2025 | 48 |
| November 2025 | 140 |
| December 2025 | 79 |
| January 2026 | 52 |
| February 2026 | 65 |
| March 2026 | 31 |
| April 2026 | 48 |
| May 2026 | 97 |
| June 2026 | 74 |
| July 2026 | 47 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 39 |
| October 2026 | 48 |
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659. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate the effects of establishing an IPAS centre in the Ballina area of County Mayo; and if the findings will be published. [15599/25]
660. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline any agreements or contractual arrangements made with a developer (details supplied) for the redevelopment and operation of the property as temporary accommodation for international protection applicants. [15600/25]
661. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the total number of IPAS centres in Mayo. [15601/25]
662. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the list of other properties in Mayo that are under consideration or offer to his Department for the provision of asylum accommodation. [15602/25]
663. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department is coordinating with Mayo County Council and other relevant authorities to ensure the property meets all necessary standards and regulations for its proposed use. [15603/25]
664. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for the decision-making process; and if approved, the expected timeline for the opening of the centre. [15604/25]
666. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres approved in each Gaeltacht, by year for past five years, and by Gaeltacht area; the number of applicants who have resided, or are residing there; and if the Department has done an assessment on the impact on the unique linguistic and cultural identity of those areas. [15636/25]
667. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth pursuant to statements by the current Tánaiste that the last hotel in a town or village will not be used to accommodate asylum seekers or refugees, the number of these currently being used for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15637/25]
279. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to address concerns that the proposal to allow the Carna Bay Hotel in Carna, in the Connemara Gaeltacht, to be used as an international protection accommodation centre will have a serious impact on the ability to retain a culture of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14876/25]
351. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether or not his Department have acquired, vis-a-vis a leasehold contract or direct purchase, a building in Shannon, County Clare to establish a new accommodation centre for international protection applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14718/25]
352. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address concerns that the proposal to allow the Carna Bay Hotel in Carna, in the Connemara Gaeltacht, to be used as an international protection accommodation centre will have a serious impact on the ability of the area to host those who want to educate themselves about the Irish language; and if she will m…
353. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the status of the Carna Bay Hotel in Carna, in the Connemara Gaeltacht, with respect to its use as an international protection accommodation centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14877/25]
218. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being made to re-accommodate Ukrainian families following the closure of the temporary accommodation centre at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14596/25]
220. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria for the establishment of a temporary accommodation centre in any given area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14598/25]
190. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice the actions being taken to decrease the processing time for international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12884/25]
374. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional staff, by grade, that were recruited for the international protection office in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13132/25]
934. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, without any further delay, he will refuse the request by the then- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O'Gorman, to annul the decision by the councillors in the Athlone/Moate district of Westmeath County Council, which they took to invoke a prohibition order regarding the erection of t…
1315. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who resided at a premises on a weekly basis in 2024 and to date in 2025 (details supplied). [10816/25]
1332. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding plans for the provision of an International Protection Accommodation Service centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10997/25]
1338. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans regarding the Programme for Government commitment that international protection applicants would be provided with accommodation with restrictions on their movement, specifically this new type of accommodation which would restrict applicants' movements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [111…
1340. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the eight women and 20 children residing in the grounds of a nursing home (details supplied) who have been told to leave their accommodation by mid-March 2025; if she will ensure they are placed in appropriate accommodation in the community in which they have been living; and if she will make a sta…
1370. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that an IPAS in Newbridge was closed with only 24 hours’ notice to residents; the reason this was done; if the building will be repurposed or continue to function as an IPAS centre in future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11454/25]
1376. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is her Department's intention to use Thornton Hall as a site for IPAS accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11533/25]
1377. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of expressions of interest received by her Department for the acquisition or lease of sites for international protection accommodation; when her Department expects to have assessed these submissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11535/25]