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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

Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applications determined at first instance in each year from 2020 to date in 2026; and the number and percentage refused in each year. [52967/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants refused international protection at first instance who subsequently secured refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain on appeal in each year from 2020 to date in 2026. [52968/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants from designated safe countries of origin who were granted international protection or permission to remain in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, by nationality. [52969/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of appeal or review stages available to an applicant following a negative international protection decision; and the average time taken at each stage for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [52970/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, including administration, legal aid and interpretation costs. [52971/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
532. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost to the State of judicial review and other court proceedings arising from international protection and immigration cases in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, including legal costs and interpreter fees. [52972/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
533. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent on translation and interpretation services across the international protection system in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [52973/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
153. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS residents accommodated in each accommodation type (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52094/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
154. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost incurred relocating IPAS residents between accommodation locations in each year from 2023 to date in 2026, broken down by transport, removals/storage, temporary accommodation, administration, and other relocation costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52095/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
155. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure on transporting IPAS residents between accommodation locations, including transport costs contained within accommodation provider contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52096/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
156. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of planning applications or Section 5 exempted development declarations relating to IPAS accommodation submitted since 2023, by county; and the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52100/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
157. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of private landlords or property management companies currently providing self-contained apartment accommodation for IPAS; the total number of apartment units managed by each provider, where disclosure is permissible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52101/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the occupancy rate of apartment accommodation together with the number of apartment units vacant for more than 30 days in each year from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52102/26]
Seán Crowe Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
162. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to report on the removal and confiscation of private fridges and a prohibition of the storing of food or medication in the rooms at an IPAS centre (details supplied); if he is concerned that this may have a deleterious effect on elderly or very young residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52231/26]
Carol Nolan Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
164. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or the International Protection Office collects data on the number of instances where a person is found to have made a false and/or misleading statement on their application for international protection; if so, the number of such instances from 2020 t to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the…
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
166. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether residents at IPAS accommodation are entitled to keep foodstuffs in their room; whether refrigerators privately purchased by IPAS residents are allowed in rooms; if his attention has been drawn to management at an IPAS accommodation (details supplied) that are confiscating privately purchased refrigerators from rooms; and if he…
Carol Nolan Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Health
240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2125 of 9 June 2026, to provide details of the costs paid to GPs for the provision of session clinics and consultations in 2024 and 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52158/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
546. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for additional IPAS accommodation centres in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50990/26]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
557. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants in each of the border, accelerated, standard, AMMR and inadmissibility procedures under the International Protection Act 2026; the nationalities represented in each procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51159/26]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
559. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is considering introducing the international protection child payment, outlined in the White Paper to End Direct Provision, as a crucial anti-poverty measure in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51161/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
561. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of male international protection applicants who have been left without accommodation on arrival each month from January 2026 to date; if he plans to end this policy in the short term; and if so, the way in which he plans to meet the temporary accommodation needs of these individuals. [51193/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
562. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of households with status in IPAS accommodation who have been written to with a notice of transfer; the breakdown of those households including the number of children affected; whether best interest assessments have taken place with respect to those children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51194/26]
Matt Carthy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
583. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of staff in the International Protection Office and International Protection Appeals Tribunal; if his Department plans to increase the number of staff in each following the introduction of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51441/26]
Matt Carthy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
584. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the number of staff in the International Protection Office and International Protection Appeals Tribunal by 10%, in tabular form. [51442/26]
Matt Carthy Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
587. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the targeted recruitment for the International Protection Office and appeals tribunal, following the introduction of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51445/26]