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Question· writtenPQ 293asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
293. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the locations in which refugees arriving from Afghanistan will be accommodated initially on their arrival in Ireland; if they will be permanently accommodated in a small number of locations or dispersed throughout the State; the support that will be given to them on arrival and subsequently to settle in Ireland and make successful lives here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47378/21]
Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
290. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the numbers of children and families from the Mória refugee camp who have been resettled in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47252/21]
Question· writtenPQ 285asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
285. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to expand the Irish Refugee Protection Programme in order to accept an increased number of refugees from Afghanistan; the engagement he has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47276/21]
Question· writtenPQ 284asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
284. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the intake of refugees from Afghanistan; if he is putting in place a programme to assist any unaccompanied minors coming from Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47253/21]
Question· writtenPQ 204asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
204. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth and the Minister for Justice with regard to expanding the Irish Refugee Protection Programme to facilitate an increased number of asylum seekers from Afghanistan to be granted refugee status in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47197/21]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will increase the number of places on the Irish Refugee Protection Programme for Afghan nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47190/21]
Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
56. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation relating to Afghani refugees; and if Ireland plans to increase its allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47163/21]
Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
55. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is still assisting asylum seekers that are trying to exit Afghanistan either directly or through a third country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/21]
Question· writtenPQ 22asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2021
22. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will accede to requests for refugee status made by Afghan nationals who work for an Irish company based in Kabul, Afghanistan. [46696/21]
Question· writtenPQ 585asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2021
585. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will request her Department to reconsider the rejection letter issued. [46774/21]
Question· writtenPQ 580asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 September 2021
580. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice the status of an asylum case (details supplied). [46572/21]
Question· writtenPQ 145asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2021
145. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the postnatal supports that are available to asylum seekers who give birth in Ireland; the policy that is currently available for the postnatal care of both asylum seeker mothers and their babies in direct provision centres or hotel accommodation; if his attention has been drawn to the particular case of a woman (details supplied) who was transferred to another centre with a newborn baby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45728/21]
Question· writtenPQ 318asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 September 2021
318. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of refugees Ireland will take in from Afghanistan; the timeline for their arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44567/21]
Question· writtenPQ 317asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 September 2021
317. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will facilitate an increase in the number of Afghan refugees offered international protection here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44493/21]
Question· writtenPQ 90asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2021
90. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Transport the status of the work being carried out in relation to the issuing of driver licences to applicants for international protection, that is, asylum seekers which is currently not permitted; the timeline for introduction of legislation to the Houses of the Oireachtas as committed to in the Government White Paper to end Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43725/21]
Question· writtenPQ 554asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2021
554. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum applications from Afghanistan between 1997 and to date in 2021; the number given some form of international protection in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43669/21]
Question· writtenPQ 347asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 September 2021
347. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans that are in place to assist asylum seekers to exit from Afghanistan, either directly or through a third country; if there will be an agreement of safe passage with the current Afghan government; and the documentation that needs to be provided. [43226/21]
Question· writtenPQ 938asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
938. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will fast-track family reunion applications and broaden the criteria for Afghan refugees in the country especially those with outstanding family reunification applications. [42798/21]
Question· writtenPQ 909asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
909. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the process through which a person who has qualified for refugee status in the State but who has young children in their home country may go about seeking to bring their children to Ireland. [42346/21]
Question· writtenPQ 769asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
769. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports or assistance programmes, services or phonelines available to persons who have qualified for refugee status to help them move out of direct provision centres. [42349/21]
Question· writtenPQ 768asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
768. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently residing in direct provision centres in the State who have qualified for refugee status but continue to reside in direct provision centres. [42348/21]
Question· writtenPQ 757asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
757. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current position regarding the resettlement of further Afghan refugees in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42248/21]
Question· writtenPQ 740asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
740. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of applications received from communities under the community sponsorship Ireland scheme for refugees each year since it was incepted; the number of these applications that have been completed; the number of families accommodated each year under this scheme; the total number of refugees involved; the locations that have been successful with their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43083/21]
Question· writtenPQ 738asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
738. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to resettle a minimum of 1,000 Afghan refugees. [42795/21]
Question· writtenPQ 737asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
737. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase resettlement places for Afghan refugees and provide additional support and assistance for the Irish Refugee Protection Programme and participate in the wider EU redistribution. [42794/21]
Question· writtenPQ 469asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
469. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government is prepared to intervene to offer asylum to persons (details supplied) under direct threat from the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42849/21]
Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
468. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is prepared to offer asylum to Afghan academics who are at threat from the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/21]
Question· writtenPQ 152asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2021
152. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure asylum seekers are permitted to apply for a driver licence. [42809/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1227asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1227. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors from Lesvos, Greece that have been resettled in Ireland in line with the Government commitment made in October 2020; if further consideration has been given to resettling additional numbers of asylum seekers and unaccompanied minors from Lesvos, Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1219. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the International Protection Accommodation Service has responsibility for providing quarantine accommodation for refugee family members given the prohibitive costs of hotel quarantine facilities for family members who have a right to be reunified with their family members in Ireland in accordance with the International Protection Act 2015; if not, if quarantine hotel fees will be waived for beneficiaries of refugee family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40260/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1214asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1214. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to end direct provision and implement an alternative system that will effectively and humanely process both new applications of asylum and address the backlog of existing cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39804/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1198asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1198. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees resettled in the State annually since 1 January 2015; and the number of refugees that were under 18 years of age at the time of resettlement. [39304/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1193asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1193. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the operation on community sponsorship Ireland stream for resettling refugees as established in 2018; and the breakdown of refugees who have been resettled under this initiative by county in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [39175/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1192. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees that were successfully resettled according to the 2020 target of 650 and the 2021 target of 700. [39174/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1191asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
1191. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a progress report will be provided on the Irish Refugee Resettlement Programme commitments namely, resettling 2,900 refugees between 2020 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39173/21]
Question· writtenPQ 812asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 July 2021
812. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the European Commissioner for Home Affairs statement calling on Greece to stop the practice of pushbacks forcing refugees and migrants back to Turkey instead of allowing them into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39303/21]
Question· writtenPQ 280asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2021
280. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will suspend the compulsory moving of five families from a direct provision congregated setting (details supplied) until own-door or independent living accommodation can be located within the community they have been residing in. [38870/21]
Question· writtenPQ 279asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2021
279. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it will be ensured that all children and families in direct provision being moved from congregated hotel-style living are housed in own-door or independent living accommodation as close as possible to the community in which they have been residing. [38869/21]
Question· writtenPQ 277asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 July 2021
277. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the asylum seekers being moved from Cork to Letterkenny despite the impact this will have on integration (details supplied); if they are being moved for own-door accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/21]
Question· writtenPQ 595asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 July 2021
595. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce statutory time limits for decisions on asylum applications. [38084/21]
Question· oralPQ 88asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2021
88. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for applications for asylum, leave to remain and associated permissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37158/21]
Question· writtenPQ 423asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 July 2021
423. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the details of the student support scheme for asylum seekers for the academic year 2021-2022 will be published. [36377/21]
Question· writtenPQ 422asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 June 2021
422. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if the leave-to-remain application by a person (details supplied) can be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34734/21]
Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2021
189. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the practice of where unaccompanied children who come to Ireland to seek asylum are being removed from their foster families and placed in direct provision when they turn eighteen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32480/21]
Question· writtenPQ 1025asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 June 2021
1025. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding allocated in 2021 to the asylum and migration integration fund; the amount spent to date; and the breakdown of the allocation of this expenditure to date. [32013/21]
Question· writtenPQ 71asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2021
71. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the transfer of unaccompanied child migrants to Ireland as refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28743/21]
Question· oralPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2021
52. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers who have been granted permission to remain in Ireland but are still living in direct provision centres; and the reason they remain in direct provision. [28442/21]
Question· writtenPQ 24asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2021
24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider bringing to Ireland at least an additional 400 refugees from Lesbos and or other refugee camps in Greece. [41661/20]
Question· writtenPQ 206asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2021
206. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost associated with widening access to student assistance fund support for migrant, asylum seeker and undocumented students. [28557/21]
Question· writtenPQ 380asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2021
380. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to help vulnerable migrant job seekers, including asylum seekers, to access the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27665/21]