1296. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full cost to his Department of providing of transport arrangements for IPAS children attending childcare facilities/school including taxi’s, school bus/ alternative transport arrangements; if his Department covers these costs or if they are covered by the Department of Education and Youth and/or Department of Children, Disabili…
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
questions
1,243 written, 9 oral
100
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
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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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1303. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the current status of the IPAS accommodation centre at (details supplied); if he will confirm whether the centre is to remain in operation, expand, reduce capacity, or close; if he will provide the number of new applicants accommodated there in since the beginning of May 2026; and if he will make a sta…
1309. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the closure of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41773/26]
1310. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline where the staff of a centre (details supplied) are being redeployed to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41774/26]
1311. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of children attending school living in a centre (details supplied); the measures that will be taken to allow them to continue in their existing schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41775/26]
1321. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No.1 of 14 May 2026 and his comments in the Dáil on 14 May 2026 in response to the question, in which he indicated that the Temporary Protection Direction will likely be extended on a restricted basis; to outline any information he has on the form such an extension would take; and if he will make a st…
1336. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the process whereby a facility is scheduled to transition to a processing centre in the coming weeks; whether a curfew will be introduced given that none of the new residents will be expected to be working during this period; whether consideration can be given to indoor and outdoor socialising areas in their own r…
1337. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for the existing residents in a facility (details supplied) who are not subject to deportation orders, and will need to leave following its transition to a processing centre; the consideration that has been given to facilitate them continuing in their existing employment, and for children to continue attendance in …
1338. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the future plans for the Ukrainian residents currently at a facility (details supplied) in terms of the length of time they are guaranteed accommodation; whether their employment and school needs will be facilitated in terms of future accommodation on a staggered basis while the occupation of Ukraine continues; and if he wil…
1353. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the response to serious concerns regarding the impact of the Citywest IPAS accommodation centre (details supplied); the duty-of-care assessment that has been carried out for the existing local community and for businesses operating within the Citywest campus since the State acquired the complex; the Department, agency…
1357. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide clarity on the new guidelines for temporary protection supports for Ukrainians (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42405/26]
1364. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when his Department will take over management and operations of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42579/26]
1365. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will establish a working group made up of resident groups (details supplied) and the community engagement team when his Department take over the running of the IPAS centre; the action been taken to increase engagement with local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42580/26]
1366. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to give an update on the plans for a facility (details supplied) to transition to a processing centre; when this will happen; to outline what this will mean for the facility; the processing times expected per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42581/26]
1375. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the immigration or residence permission planned for elderly Ukrainians under temporary protection after March, 2027; to outline whether humanitarian circumstances such as age, widowhood, dependency on family members in Ireland, and long established family ties will be taken into account; whether people in these circumstances may …
1386. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expand on the role of IPAS resident welfare services; the funding provided to the service by his Department in 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42896/26]
1387. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has a formal working agreement or contract with any NGO operating in the international protection advocacy space; if so, the costs associated with same from 2021 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42897/26]
1426. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will examine the case of persons (details supplied) who have been residing in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive since 2022 but have experienced significant delays in receiving updated temporary protection certificates and Irish residence permit cards despite completing all required renewal and update processes.…
1427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently examine a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/26]
1444. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify a matter in regard to the temporary protection transition scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43875/26]
1449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the 12-month transitional operating arrangement with an organisation (details supplied) has been extended or is proposed to be extended; the length of any extension; the estimated value of the extension; the procurement basis relied upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44021/26]
1450. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration what safeguards are in place to prevent incumbent advantage arising from the current operator’s transitional role at Citywest in any future tender for the long-term management contract; whether information barriers, conflict-of-interest declarations, independent procurement oversight or equal-treatment measures are in place; and if he…
1451. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration who has ultimate operational accountability for the wider Citywest IPAS campus where State-owned accommodation operates alongside privately owned or privately operated IPAS accommodation, including responsibility for safeguarding, security, complaints, fire safety, road access, public order incidents, emergency planning, local busines…
2125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all international protection accommodation service centres operating in the State which have an on-site medical room, clinic, or healthcare facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42886/26]
2126. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health to specify, for each international protection accommodation service centre with on-site healthcare provision, the type of healthcare services provided; if the service includes GP, nursing, healthcare assistant, mental health, or emergency response provision; the days and hours of operation; if healthcare staff are physically present on-site 24 hours per day; and …