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Question· writtenPQ 436asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2015
436. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in response to the criticism from the United Nations Special Representative on Migration that Ireland is not accepting enough resettlement refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria, her plans to increase the numbers being accepted. [28426/15]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
255. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the correct residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27474/15]
Question· writtenPQ 247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
247. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for permission to remain subject to section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27271/15]
Question· writtenPQ 241asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
241. 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 Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27212/15]
Question· writtenPQ 238asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
238. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the standard of accommodation allocated to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2 will be inspected, as it is unsuitable for the person's needs; and if better alternative accommodation will be arranged to suit this person's circumstances. [27202/15]
Question· writtenPQ 234asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
234. 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 Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27174/15]
Question· writtenPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
18. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is in favour of permitting asylum seekers to work while their applications for asylum are being assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27057/15]
Question· writtenPQ 15asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
15. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances around claims of a recent influx of immigrants to Ireland in the space of one month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26907/15]
Question· oralPQ 3asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the independent working group report on asylum seekers that, among other issues, recommends the provision of residency to those who are over five years in direct provision centres and an increase in the weekly allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27088/15]
Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2015
168. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures whereby a non-national and non-European Union citizen who is not lawfully present here and who will not be subject to mistreatment if deported to that person's home country, may be entitled to regularise his or her status and remain lawfully here, that is, in circumstances where the asylum process would have no application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26631/15]
Question· writtenPQ 150asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2015
150. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify, of the 700 migrants her Department claims are coming to Ireland in a recent spike in immigration numbers, the number who are seeking asylum, and of those seeking asylum, their nationalities; the number of persons who were refused permission to enter the country and turned away; the reason this is putting pressure on public and immigration services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26515/15]
Question· writtenPQ 371asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2015
371. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in Ireland, given that her Department is to submit its revised plan to the Commission in June 2015 following consultations with community and voluntary organisations; when this will be completed; and when Ireland will be in a position to make a call for applications to the fund. [26086/15]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2015
142. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if long-term residency is available in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; if an application for long-term residency might now be accepted in this person's case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25614/15]
Question· writtenPQ 171asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2015
171. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report (details supplied) that recommends that the weekly allowance paid to asylum seekers be increased significantly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25378/15]
Question· writtenPQ 371asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
371. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that contractors have been engaged to work in the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner, dealing with refugee determination matters, rather than using civil servants; the way these contractors were selected and appointed; if she will provide a list of the payments made in respect of these contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24806/15]
Question· writtenPQ 370asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
370. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24762/15]
Question· writtenPQ 363asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
363. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation regarding asylum provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24697/15]
Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
362. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to alter the workings of the direct provision system for asylum seekers. [24696/15]
Question· writtenPQ 352asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
352. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the asylum migration and integration fund; and if Ireland will be in a position to make a call for applications under the fund in the coming weeks. [24494/15]
Question· writtenPQ 183asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2015
183. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the further procedures available to substantiate an appeal for long-term residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford whose application for subsidiary protection has been rejected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24415/15]
Question· writtenPQ 181asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2015
181. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 14 May 2015, and to where a recent decision was received from the Refugee Appeals Tribunal under section 16(2)(a) of the Refugee Act 1996, to the effect that the appeal was rejected, if she will set out in what further way the applicant may have the case further considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24413/15]
Question· writtenPQ 180asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 June 2015
180. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received for refugee and asylum status in each of the past five years to date; the numbers approved, rejected, or pending, excluding those applications made prior to the period in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24412/15]
Question· writtenPQ 137asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015
137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the working group to report to the Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, will be published before it is debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/15]
Question· writtenPQ 136asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015
136. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers and the direct provision system, before the recommendations are considered by her and brought before the Cabinet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/15]
Question· writtenPQ 490asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2015
490. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Health Information and Quality Authority report of child and family service areas of counties Louth and Meath, the training proposed to address the stated needs of practitioners regarding the asylum seeking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23810/15]
Question· writtenPQ 412asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2015
412. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any migrants assisted by the crew of the LE Eithne in the Mediterranean Sea have claimed asylum under Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/15]
Question· writtenPQ 912asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
912. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a Palestinian refugee (details supplied) who had to flee his home in Syria due to the conflict there, who has been living in Jordan but now faces deportation back to Syria, where he faced possible torture and death; if the Minister will raise this case with his Jordanian counterpart and call on the Jordanian authorities to stall the person's deportation, while Germany processes the person's application for asylum. [22361/15]
Question· writtenPQ 594asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
594. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, to date, in the determining an application, by reference to provisions of section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended) and section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996 (as amended), in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22445/15]
Question· writtenPQ 550asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
550. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the progress to date in the determination of an application pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, and section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996, as amended, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21689/15]
Question· writtenPQ 525asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
525. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the LÉ Eithne is depositing refugees that it finds in the Mediterranean, in Malta and in Italy; if it is the case, under the Refugee Convention of 1951, that once the refugees are on the LÉ Eithne, they are in effect on Irish sovereign territory, and should be granted refugee status. [21538/15]
Question· writtenPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 May 2015
39. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to have any input or make recommendations, specifically under his remit of the protection of children, to the working group set up by the Department of Justice and Equality which plans to review a range of issues pertaining to asylum seekers and direct provision, which will inevitably include the welfare of children residing in this State living in direct provision. [19798/15]
Question· writtenPQ 778asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
778. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the boat of Rohingya refugees from Burma that was adrift and denied access to Malaysia and Thailand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/15]
Question· writtenPQ 551asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
551. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of persons provided with resettlement as part of the Irish resettlement process for each year from 2009 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if the proposed 272 persons Ireland will accept under the mandatory European resettlement programme will have their status determined before arrival or will be required to apply for protection upon arrival here. [20851/15]
Question· writtenPQ 540asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
540. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of determination of eligibility for refugee or asylum status, due cognisance is given to the circumstances prevailing in the applicant's homeland, with particular reference to trafficking in women and children; if the language used in individual cases might be changed to the "applicant states" as opposed to the "applicant claims", the latter indicating disbelief, with possible prejudicial impact on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20840/15]
Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
495. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will offer political asylum to a person (details supplied), in view of the heroic work this person has carried out in exposing massive privacy invasions by the National Security Agency of the United States of America. [19332/15]
Question· writtenPQ 493asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
493. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way the Government will respond to a quota system, in response to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, where the United Nations has calculated that 60,000 persons have tried to cross already this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19327/15]
Question· writtenPQ 483asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
483. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the 300 migrants who we have agreed to resettle, as part of the European Union plan to tackle the current migration crisis, will be automatically granted refugee status, or if they will be forced to go into direct provision as asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19950/15]
Question· writtenPQ 362asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2015
362. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing certain waivers for asylum seekers who have a medical card but who have to pay a standard prescription charge of €25 a month while their weekly allowance is just €19 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19635/15]
Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2015
250. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the recent scheme put into circulation by the Irish Refugee Council and Doras Luimní (details supplied); her views that, at present, the system for handling asylum seekers is too long, causing strain on many persons, before their application for work permits and residency are accepted; and if she will examine said scheme to try and alleviate the waiting time for migrants, and make the entire system more transparent. [19654/15]
Question· writtenPQ 244asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2015
244. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a unified approach is likely to be adopted by the European Union in response to the refugee crisis arising from the various conflicts in Syria and North Africa; if the burden is likely to be shared equally by all European Union member states or through the setting up of safe havens in the homelands of the refugees; the extent to which Ireland continues to make a positive contribution in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19285/15]
Question· writtenPQ 25asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 May 2015
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish Government's position in relation to the ongoing wars in Libya, and elsewhere in the Middle East, in the context of the growing refugee crisis; his views that these wars are contributing to the refugee crisis, and if so, the demands the Irish Government has made, at European Union level, in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19325/15]
Question· writtenPQ 397asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
397. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, to date, in determining an application for asylum in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18284/15]
Question· oralPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
56. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if the issue of Syrian and other refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa was discussed at the European Union Council meetings in December 2014 and March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12798/15]
Question· oralPQ 4asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he raised the growing crisis around refugees fleeing conflicts in Africa and in the Middle East at the European Union Council meeting in December 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2132/15]
Question· writtenPQ 123asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 April 2015
123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding refugees from North Africa; if she supports granting visas to persons from the Middle East and north Africa fleeing the conflicts in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17004/15]
Question· writtenPQ 207asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 April 2015
207. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the residence requirements to be fulfilled by subsidiary protection holders when applying for Irish citizenship by naturalisation; if these are the same as the requirements for refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16270/15]
Question· writtenPQ 113asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 April 2015
113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status and eligibility for long-term residency and naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16140/15]
Question· writtenPQ 86asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2015
86. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the asylum backlog of 4,309 cases (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15892/15]
Question· writtenPQ 403asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
403. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for changing the direct provision policy, with regard to asylum seekers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15420/15]
Question· oralPQ 179asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
179. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the United Nations crisis conference on Syria which took place on 31 March 2015; whether he is aware that it is over four years since the war started and that the humanitarian crisis is deepening, that the situation in the Yarmouk refugee camp has seriously deteriorated, and that donors committed €3.5 billion to tackle the humanitarian crisis at the conference; and if his Department will commit to this pledge. [15181/15]