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Question· writtenPQ 595asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2014
595. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a citizen of Ireland (details supplied), a minor, must live in residential style accommodation for asylum seekers in County Sligo because their parent is obliged to live in the residential style accommodation while awaiting a decision on their application for temporary residence here; when it is expected that their parent's application will be processed; when a decision is expected to be made on the application; if any arrangement will be made to have the parent and child provided with alternative accommodation in the community taking into consideration that the child is a citizen of the Irish Republic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31516/14]
Question· writtenPQ 145asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2014
145. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the EU and UN continue to monitor the situation in Burma, with particular reference to ethnic cleansing against the Kachin and Rohingya people; if the extent of the human rights abuse and regime of terror is fully appreciated by the international community; if any attempt is being made to inspect refugee camps with a view to identification of the full scale of violence against the civilian population, including women, teenagers and children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31104/14]
Question· writtenPQ 646asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2014
646. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/14]
Question· writtenPQ 645asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2014
645. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for subsidiary protection in a case (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29545/14]
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2014
626. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time broken down by years that current asylum seekers have been living in direct provision accommodation. [29145/14]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2014
123. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the common European asylum system that was discussed at the June EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29216/14]
Question· writtenPQ 176asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
176. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an appeal to remain in the State in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny. [28943/14]
Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 July 2014
167. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in the Irish asylum process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28894/14]
Question· writtenPQ 635asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
635. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors claiming asylum who have been reported missing in each month since 1 January 2011; of these, the number who have been located by the Garda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28184/14]
Question· writtenPQ 420asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
420. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of asylum applicants awaiting a decision at first instance and on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28177/14]
Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
407. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the plan in place to expedite the processing of applications for asylum in view of the clear negative impact of long-term stays on residents in direct provision centres. [28110/14]
Question· writtenPQ 406asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
406. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons since 2000 who have been and are currently in direct provision centres; the number of applications for asylum processed each year to date; and if she will provide a breakdown, by number of years, of the time spent by residents in direct provision centres before their applications are processed. [28108/14]
Question· writtenPQ 405asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
405. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the target processing times for applications for asylum; the number of staff tasked with processing applications and the performance against those target processing times. [28107/14]
Question· writtenPQ 404asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
404. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [28105/14]
Question· writtenPQ 98asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2014
98. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recent World Refugee Week, if his attention has been drawn to the UNHCR estimates that more than 86,000 persons have left Burma on boats since June 2012, the majority of which are of the Rohingya Community risking injury or death as a result of fleeing; the representations that have been made in respect of the UNHCR's call for temporary arrangements to be made for the Rohingya until the situation stabilises including the call for acquiring the documented right to remain in the host country for the designated period, protection against arbitrary detention, respect for family unity, guarantees of shelter as well as access to service and lawful work opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27846/14]
Question· writtenPQ 486asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014
486. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 546 of 17 June 2014, her proposals for dealing with those in the direct provision system in view of the fact that the single procedure would not benefit these people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27265/14]
Question· writtenPQ 453asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014
453. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers currently in receipt of direct provision in the State; her views regarding direct provision; the average processing time for asylum seekers in receipt of direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26702/14]
Question· writtenPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014
84. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers and others in direct provision; the number in direct provision for more than two years; her policy regarding this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26573/14]
Question· oralPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2014
72. Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the system of direct provision for asylum seekers; and her views on the number of children in the system, the length of time spent by asylum seekers in direct provision centres, the living conditions and standards, and the absence of independent inspection or complaints procedure. [26757/14]
Question· writtenPQ 588asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2014
588. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received by her Department under the Syrian refugee initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25888/14]
Question· writtenPQ 582asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2014
582. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform the system of direct provision for asylum seekers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25739/14]
Question· writtenPQ 549asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2014
549. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate a review of the direct provision scheme for asylum seekers, which has seen adults and children confined to totally unsuitable accommodation for many years in total violation of their human rights and dignity. [25274/14]
Question· writtenPQ 191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 June 2014
191. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if reconsideration of refusal of refugee status will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25188/14]
Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 June 2014
186. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford in respect of whom a decision by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal has been set aside by the courts; if, in the context of a new application for asylum being made, such application will not be influenced by the previous decision of the tribunal or commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25173/14]
Question· writtenPQ 126asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2014
126. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide information on a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 in the asylum process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24887/14]
Question· writtenPQ 125asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2014
125. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath and his family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24851/14]
Question· writtenPQ 432asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2014
432. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to implement an amnesty for asylum seekers who have been here for more than five years, or any other measures to reduce waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24316/14]
Question· writtenPQ 690asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2014
690. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will confirm the position of her Department with respect to Syrian nationals seeking refugee status here; if priority for refuge will be given to Syrian refugees with family here; if Syrian refugees with family members who are nationalised here have an entitlement to refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22956/14]
Question· writtenPQ 651asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2014
651. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which there is any further assessment of eligibility for temporary long-term residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22257/14]
Question· writtenPQ 648asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2014
648. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review will be undertaken in the matter of residency entitlement previously refused in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22132/14]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2014
199. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in respect of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22071/14]
Question· writtenPQ 190asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2014
190. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent remarks by Ms Justice Maureen Harding Clark in her recent written explanation of a High Court judicial review, which quashed a decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal and which included the comment: "Sometimes the Court is called upon to review a decision which is so unfair and irrational and contains so many errors that judicial review seems an inadequate remedy to redress the wrong perpetrated on an applicant. This is such a case."; the support of Amnesty International for the applicant; the accountability there is for members of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal; the means, if any, that exist for the censure or removal of RAT members where blatant abuse of process take place; in view of the defiance by a second RAT member of the High Court judicial review in this case in a second hearing and the decision of the chair of the RAT to hold a third hearing, if she intends to make any inquiry into such an inexplicable and potentially costly waste of time and legal expense, not to mention the distress caused to the applicant in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21943/14]
Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2014
188. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013 and 13 February 2014 the number of persons living in direct provision and elsewhere here who made their application for protection more than five years ago and are awaiting or engaged in asylum-related judicial review proceedings; and if she will provide a breakdown by duration of persons within this group who have deportation orders and by duration and current stage of asylum process of persons within this group who do not have deportation orders. [21930/14]
Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2014
157. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding conditions in the Clondalkin Towers Refugee Centre, Ninth Lock Road, Dublin 22; her plans to improve conditions in this centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21688/14]
Question· writtenPQ 156asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2014
156. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on planned legislation relating to the asylum process. [21687/14]
Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2014
151. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the ongoing severe persecution of Christian communities in Syria, Egypt, Iraq and other parts of the Middle East, the measures he has taken, as part of a unilateral initiative by Ireland and-or working with our European partners, to address this issue; if he has considered offering asylum here to those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/14]
Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2014
115. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in view of the fact that more than one third of all asylum seekers living in direct provision are children, if he has been in contact with the Department of Justice and Equality to review and update the existing child protection safeguards in direct provision centres; his views on whether the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority should be extended to inspect the direct provision accommodation centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21049/14]
Question· writtenPQ 161asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2014
161. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Defence the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of lands adjacent to the centre by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20384/14]
Question· writtenPQ 149asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2014
149. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the recreational facilities or areas for residents to exercise that will be retained at the asylum seeker centre Knockalisheen after the proposed sale of lands adjacent to the centre by the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20383/14]
Question· writtenPQ 625asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
625. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the fact that Ireland's direct provision system was 14 years old last week, his plans to get rid of the current system and replace it with something more modern, humane and fit for purpose. [19617/14]
Question· writtenPQ 598asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
598. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19537/14]
Question· writtenPQ 594asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
594. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the gross inequality of treatment of asylum seekers in the context of direct provision; the reason Ireland has opted out of participating in the revised EU laws which form part of the common european asylum system which ensure the consistent and equitable treatment of asylum seekers, consequently placing Irish immigration laws out of line with that of other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19473/14]
Question· writtenPQ 593asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
593. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Ireland is not complying with the EU reception directive which provides for minimum conditions for asylum seekers, including the opportunity to work and be self-sufficient if their application is delayed through no fault of their own; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/14]
Question· writtenPQ 538asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
538. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18664/14]
Question· writtenPQ 536asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
536. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate notwithstanding his reply to a previous parliamentary question in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan whether consideration is likely on humanitarian or compassionate grounds in view of their medical history and evidence submitted regarding their attendance at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, coloscopy clinic and Beaumount Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18656/14]
Question· writtenPQ 532asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
532. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be called for interview in respect of their application for asylum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18574/14]
Question· writtenPQ 528asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
528. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the method and criteria used in the appointment, not initial selection, of members to the Refugee Appeals Tribunal in November 2013 and March 2014; if he will consider introducing a legislative requirement in the long-awaited IRP Bill that such appointments must be made through open competition along with a legislative requirement that members possess an expertise in refugee law; and if he will consider publishing statistics relating to each RAT member’s decisions in order to ensure a broad consistency, particularly in relation to credibility issues, reasonableness, use of country-of-origin information and the standard-burden of proof required. [19466/14]
Question· writtenPQ 526asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2014
526. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Irish Government will accept 100 Syrian war refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19376/14]
Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 2014
473. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons detained under section 9 of the Refugee Act 1996 in 2012 and 2013 and the average length of detention; the number of persons detained under section 5 of the Immigration Act 1999 in 2012 and 2013 and the average length of detention; the number of persons detained under section 5 of the Immigration Act 2003 in 2012 and 2013 and the average length of detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17441/14]
Question· writtenPQ 194asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 April 2014
194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in examination of the background of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15928/14]