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Question· writtenPQ 1558asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if a feasibility study has been carried out in relation to the possibility that asylum applicants who fail in their initial application could make their appeal from the safe third country that they arrived from, through the Irish Embassy in that country. [32423/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1533asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1533. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a decision refusing asylum to a family (details supplied) will be reviewed. [32093/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1523asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1523. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to consider a scheme that would assist Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; if she will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31967/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1522asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1522. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 8 May 2024, if he will consider a scheme that would assist those Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; and if he will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31966/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1442asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1442. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff who have been employed by IPAS to process asylum applicants this year and for each of the past five years. [31139/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the duration for which the emergency suspension of planning law for the location of asylum applicant accommodation will continue; if he will continue this suspension of planning law in this sector indefinitely; and if proper planning will be achieved if there is no planning process in this sector. [32431/24]
Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
186. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of people who have been refused leave to land at a port, or at the border with Northern Ireland, in 2023 and to date in 2024, broken down by nationality and location of the refusal; the number of those who refused leave to land applied for international protection, in tabular form; if those refused leave to land are given information on their right to apply for asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30135/24]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2024
185. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the procedures her Department followed in presenting the motion for Oireachtas approval of the Regulations and a Directive of the European Parliament and the Council on international protection, asylum, and migration before both houses of the Oireachtas; if all statutory obligations were fulfilled under the European (Scrutiny) Act 2002, as amended by the European Communities (Amendment) Act 2002 and the European Union Act 2009, and any other regulations; the details of the specific dates and procedures followed; the specific processes and procedures; the timeline of the dates that confirm compliance with the legislation; to provide copies of any available documentary evidence of the processes and procedures that were followed; if information notes provided to the Houses of the Oireachtas by her Department will be provided, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30113/24]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
516. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice the reason Brazil, which has been considered a stable liberal democracy for decades, was not deemed to be a safe country for the purposes of the Irish asylum process until recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29363/24]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
515. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice to list all countries which are currently designated as safe countries for the purposes of Irish asylum applications; to list all other countries which are currently under consideration for such a designation at present, in tabular form;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29362/24]
Question· writtenPQ 490asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
490. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be any changes to the social welfare supports received by Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Ireland before March 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29634/24]
Question· writtenPQ 489asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 July 2024
489. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be any changes to the pension (non-contributory) received by Ukrainian refugees who arrived in Ireland before March 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29632/24]
Question· writtenPQ 376asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 July 2024
376. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice whether she is aware of any concerted pattern or practice whereby drivers in a company (details supplied) or other taxis are being hired to bring asylum seekers from Northern Ireland to Dublin; the steps that are being taken to monitor such practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28921/24]
Record· Divisionvote_114carried
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2024
Question again put:
Record· Divisionvote_113lost
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2024
Amendment put:
Question· writtenPQ 109asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2024
109. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Social Protection if the accommodation recognition payment to accommodate refugees from Ukraine is taken into account in the means test for fuel allowance or any other subsidiary payments from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27419/24]
Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 June 2024
82. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if additional resources and funding will be provided for schools integrating refugee and asylum-seeking children, ensuring they receive the necessary academic and social supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27520/24]
Question· writtenPQ 300asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2024
300. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if a repatriation agreement remains in place between Ireland and Nigeria; if not, when the agreement ended; the number of persons repatriated under the agreement since it came into effect; the total costs incurred for repatriation of these individuals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27159/24]
Question· writtenPQ 299asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2024
299. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice her plans to alter the time limit beyond the current 12 months during which a refugee or a person with subsidiary protection can apply for family reunification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27110/24]
Record· Divisionvote_1carried
Ireland · Seanad Éireann · 19 June 2024
Question put:
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2024
112. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify several queries (details supplied) in relation to the changes to social welfare payments for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26344/24]
Question· writtenPQ 111asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2024
111. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on his Department's plans to close accommodation sites in County Clare which are currently housing Ukrainian war refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26340/24]
Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2024
56. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers who have not been provided with accommodation by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26080/24]
Question· writtenPQ 919asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
919. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what support will his department provide Irish-Palestinian third-level students that have been evacuated from Gaza and are seeking to continue their education in Ireland given they might not satisfy the residency requirement for the ‘free-fees initiative’ which also applies for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25567/24]
Question· writtenPQ 918asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
918. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his department has been made aware of any Palestinian students who have been evacuated from Gaza by the Department of Foreign Affairs and wish to continue their education in Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Ireland; and what steps has he taken to support such students to enrol in third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25566/24]
Question· writtenPQ 636asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
636. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current accommodation supports and the rates of payment that Ukrainian refugees are entitled to, broken down by accommodation type that is, hotels, those staying with families, and so on and the dates that any reductions are set to take effect, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/24]
Question· writtenPQ 634asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
634. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of all hotels and accommodation providers in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare who are contracted to supply accommodation to Ukrainian war refugees and international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/24]
Question· writtenPQ 560asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
560. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if a person with refugee status in Ukraine, who is legally resident in Ireland due to the war in Ukraine, can apply for Irish citizenship as he has no passport from his own country and no prospect of getting one as he is a refugee; or if he becomes entitled to apply for Irish citizenship after 5 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25384/24]
Question· writtenPQ 526asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2024
526. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on free legal aid to people who have failed in their initial application for asylum in Ireland for each of the past ten years. [24748/24]
Question· writtenPQ 224asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2024
224. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who became an Irish citizen by naturalisation, having been granted refugee status in 2003 and who has lived here for 24 years; if it is possible to have their status regularised with their correct name after this long passage of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24488/24]
Question· writtenPQ 402asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2024
402. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline where asylum seekers and refugees have been accommodated, by county, in 2023/2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23720/24]
Question· writtenPQ 351asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2024
351. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that a judge (details supplied) in the High Court in August 2020 criticised her Department for not implementing an aspect of the State's refugee regime when an Act stated the Minister ''shall'' establish a board, but did not, saying it was a way of undermining the rule of law ''to commence the legislation, but simply do nothing to implement it''; and if successive Ministers have failed to fully implement the Parole Act 2019, even though a commitment is included in the Programme for Government, to ‘fully enact the Act’. [24081/24]
Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2024
289. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline, with regard to his Department's removal of tents in Dublin and the recent moving of asylum applicants, what measures are being taken to ensure that these tents are being recycled or environmentally disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23927/24]
Question· writtenPQ 546asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
546. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what resources have been allocated towards consultation with communities where accommodation for asylum seekers is to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23008/24]
Question· writtenPQ 545asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
545. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the record of consultation that has taken place with communities where accommodation for asylum seekers was to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23007/24]
Question· writtenPQ 544asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
544. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the current approach to consulting with communities where accommodation for asylum seekers is to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23006/24]
Question· writtenPQ 528asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
528. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of additional funding his Department has given to charities since December 2023 for the purpose of providing tents and sleeping bags to homeless asylum seekers (details supplied). [22841/24]
Question· writtenPQ 520asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
520. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown of the daily costs associated with goods and services, to include per-night accommodation cost, meals costs, any diem costs and daily allowances, provided to persons who have claimed asylum or international protection in Ireland, but have not yet had their applications reviewed by immigration authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/24]
Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
515. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline, with regard to his Department’s removal of tents in Dublin and the recent moving of asylum applicants, what measures are being taken to ensure that these tents are being recycled or environmentally disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22545/24]
Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
502. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number, county location and cost of land purchases made by the Government in order to provide accommodation for asylum seekers and people from Ukraine in each of the past ten years. [22466/24]
Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of international protection and Ukrainian refugees currently being accommodated at a location (details supplied); whether any residents have been moved or are proposed to be moved to alternative accommodation, the reasons for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22430/24]
Question· writtenPQ 427asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the method her Department uses to confirm that a person visiting Ireland on a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa has left the country. [22465/24]
Question· writtenPQ 426asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
426. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that applied for a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa for each of the past ten years; and the breakdown of the top 15 countries in each cohort. [22464/24]
Question· writtenPQ 425asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 May 2024
425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that applied for asylum in each of the past ten years who gained entry to the country by way of a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa. [22463/24]
Question· writtenPQ 84asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2024
84. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice how many people were granted refugee status, subsidiary protection and permission to remain the country in the past twelve months, by month, type of status granted and nationality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22118/24]
Question· writtenPQ 83asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2024
83. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applications received in the past 12 months, by nationality of applicants and month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22117/24]
Question· writtenPQ 82asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2024
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of people refused permission to enter Ireland via inbound flight in the past 12 months who subsequently applied for international protection, by nationality of applicants and month; the number refused permission to enter Ireland who were actually turned back with the airline that brought them in, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22116/24]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2024
50. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount being paid to a company (details supplied) to remove the tents of asylum seekers; with a breakdown of the amount received per removal and the details of any other company being paid by his Department for this purpose; in tabular form. [21979/24]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2024
509. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, given that there appears to be a renewed emphasis on the possible suitability of individual housing units to be considered for IPAS accommodation, he will outline what the minimum number of refugee spaces his Department will consider for contract accommodation; the specific considerations his Department is applying when reviewing such property offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21266/24]
Question· writtenPQ 462asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2024
462. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been forcibly displaced four times in Gaza after the building in which they lived was completely destroyed and whose parents and siblings in Ireland are desperate for the person to join them; if she and her Government colleagues will implement special measures in fast-tracking visa applications, similar to the fast-tracking of visa applications for Ukrainian refugees, for Palestinians who urgently want to join family here; if she will expedite the person’s visa application as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/24]