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Question· writtenPQ 1009asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2023
1009. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on outstanding payments to an accommodation centre for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27055/23]
Question· writtenPQ 916asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2023
916. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she will clarify whether there are states or territories that have refused to readmit persons who were the subject of a deportation order in this State; if she will identify these locations; the number of refusals to readmit such persons that have occurred from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28055/23]
Question· writtenPQ 879asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2023
879. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of single male applicants who were granted asylum and who were subsequently granted family reunification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27371/23]
Question· writtenPQ 878asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2023
878. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of single male applicants who were granted asylum in each year from 2000 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27370/23]
Question· writtenPQ 864asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2023
864. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if asylum seekers can engage in third level programmes or apprenticeships if they have a permit to work but are waiting for their asylum application to be granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27320/23]
Question· writtenPQ 863asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 June 2023
863. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if an application for asylum which was made in 2021 is being processed for a person (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27319/23]
Question· writtenPQ 267asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2023
267. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice whether there have been any prosecutions under incitement to hatred arising law from protests against asylum seekers; and when she intends that the new offences covering hate crime will be available to gardaí handling such challenges. [27035/23]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2023
259. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice in view of the published daily figures on the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection and temporary international protection, if she will consider publishing the figures on the number of applications processed and determine how each application came to the natural conclusion. [26934/23]
Question· writtenPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 May 2023
103. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 25 May 2023, if he will clarify the apparent contradiction in the numbers provided, given that in his reply he states the number of people in 2023, to the end of April, who arrived at Dublin Airport and were refused leave to land on the basis of no documentation is 1,010, and those refused for being in possession of false documentation is 281, while an FOI request released to an organisation (details supplied) states that between January and April this year, 1,465 asylum seekers arrived into Dublin Airport with no travel documents, while 354 arrived with false documents in the same period. [26504/23]
Record· debate2023-05-30published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Question· writtenPQ 633asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
633. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department have identified vacant buildings throughout the country which might be used for asylum seekers or refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26389/23]
Question· writtenPQ 631asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
631. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor the needs of children who are refugees or in the Traveller community or who have special issues, and who, if they are not attended to, may not be in a position to take their rightful place in society in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26387/23]
Question· writtenPQ 627asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
627. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he continues to ensure that adequate provision is being made available throughout the country for refugees, Ukrainians or applicants of the International Protection Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26381/23]
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
626. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Government will consider a vastly enhanced community funding programme to support communities hosting refugees and people in direct provision services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26376/23]
Question· writtenPQ 617asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
617. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees who have been settled in County Donegal, broken down by townlands and whether they have come from Ukraine or elsewhere; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26158/23]
Question· writtenPQ 610asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
610. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will change policy to ensure that all refugees will in future be provided with accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26002/23]
Question· writtenPQ 599asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
599. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on outstanding payments to an accommodation centre (details supplied) for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25913/23]
Question· writtenPQ 595asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
595. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any intention of housing refugees in a location (details supplied); if he will engage with the local community on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25746/23]
Question· writtenPQ 546asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
546. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if the State knows the whereabouts of all asylum seekers in Ireland; if so, the number of asylum seekers who are missing; and the number of these who are children. [26289/23]
Question· writtenPQ 545asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
545. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the steps taken by the Government to ascertain if an asylum seeker has purposefully lost their passport or travel documents; if the aeroplane is searched for travel documents; if the asylum seeker is searched along with their luggage for the travel documents; if fingerprints are taken; and if so, if these fingerprints are cross-referenced against fingerprints taken by other EU member states that are processing asylum seekers. [26288/23]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
105. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the number of accommodation providers currently housing Ukrainian refugees; the number of accommodation providers currently housing international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25545/23]
Question· writtenPQ 89asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
89. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the current total number of refugees in accommodation provided by the State; the number accommodated this year; the total change since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25993/23]
Question· writtenPQ 78asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
78. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps his Department is taking to provide timely information to communities that are accommodating Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants in the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, which takes in parts of south Donegal and north Roscommon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25942/23]
Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
55. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he anticipates being able to provide suitable accommodation for all refugees and asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25935/23]
Question· oralPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
43. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees who have not been provided with accommodation since the change of policy announced on 24 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26001/23]
Question· oralPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
39. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address the crisis in accommodation for asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26083/23]
Question· oralPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
37. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the level of co-operation taking place between his Department and other Departments to protect asylum seekers from right-wing groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26084/23]
Question· oralPQ 32asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 May 2023
32. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to develop effective communication with communities where accommodation for asylum seekers is to be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26327/23]
Question· writtenPQ 242asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
242. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department is considering utilising privately owned modular housing developments for accommodation for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25478/23]
Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
172. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider devising a bursary scheme to help accommodation and tourism providers in towns like Lisdoonvarna, County Clare who are struggling, owing to the major role their town has played in providing accommodation to Ukrainian refugees, to attract tourists and make a sustainable income this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25458/23]
Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
63. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has plans to increase the funding for social farming, given the benefits that are felt by people with psychosocial issues, people with disabilities, young people not in employment, education or training, people recovering from substance misuse and refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25307/23]
Question· writtenPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
35. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice his views on the policing of far-right protests and aggression against refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25313/23]
Question· oralPQ 9asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
9. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the discussions he has had with the Garda Commissioner regarding the incident where tents belonging to refugees were burned. [25167/23]
Question· oralPQ 2asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 May 2023
2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on any discussion he has had with senior Garda authorities on the policing of anti-asylum seeker-refugee demonstrations and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25462/23]
Question· writtenPQ 189asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 May 2023
189. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25238/23]
Question· writtenPQ 926asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
926. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Health if a review of policy to prohibit former nursing homes registered on 1 September 2022 converting to accommodation for Ukrainian refugees has been completed; if there has been any change to the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24972/23]
Question· writtenPQ 700asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
700. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24746/23]
Question· writtenPQ 697asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
697. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the shortage of IPAT accommodation and instances of refugees sleeping rough, if his Department has considered the use of the disused SIPTU office building on the South Circular Road. [24562/23]
Question· writtenPQ 657asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
657. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total cost per year of accommodation for refugees and international protection applicants; the cost on average per individual international protection applicant accommodated each year; and the cost to the State for each of the accommodations listed above for each of the past five years. [24086/23]
Question· writtenPQ 656asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
656. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the number of refugees and international protection applicants that are accommodated in each county in the State; the number of refugees and international protection applicants that are homeless, are accommodated in tents, accommodated in hotels, guesthouses and B&Bs, accommodated in direct provision, accommodated in modular homes, and accommodated in refurbished offices; and the number of refugees and international protection applicants accommodated in other accommodation categories not above listed. [24085/23]
Question· writtenPQ 651asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
651. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where phase two of the resettlement programme in Carlow aims to resettle the refugee population and how many International Protection persons are to come to Carlow for this IRPPII process; the status of the Inter Agency Working Group in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/23]
Question· writtenPQ 524asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugee and international protection applications that have been made for each of the past five years; the number of refugee and international protection applications still awaiting a first decision currently; the number of refugee and international protection applications awaiting an appeal decision; and the average and longest time for the initial decision to made and the appeal decision to be made. [24087/23]
Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
249. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of modular units ordered through an organisation (details supplied) to date for refugees/asylum seekers; if he will provide a breakdown of the suppliers that have been contracted through the organisation to deliver these; and the number that each individual company is contracted to supply. [24207/23]
Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 May 2023
143. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the plans sent to his Department by the Minister of State with responsibility for integration to recruit a team for community engagement and outreach in relation to the placement of asylum seekers. [24846/23]
Question· writtenPQ 174asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2023
174. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to this Deputy's question on Questions on Policy and Promised Legislation on 11 May 2023, if he will consider expanding the €800 pledged accommodation scheme for Ukrainian refugees so that it would cover further cohorts of people in desperate need of accommodation, such as people currently classified as homeless; if he will also reconsider the rate paid and consider bringing the terms and conditions in line with the rent a room scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23599/23]
Question· writtenPQ 97asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 May 2023
97. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which the provision of accommodation for persons on local authority housing lists as well as those seeking affordable housing can be accommodated in the short term alongside the competing equally valid requirements of refugees and the aforementioned numbers on the housing lists; if modular housing or wooden chalet-type housing can be urgently provided to meet the need; if manufacturers of modular or wooden housing in this country are exporting their products while this serious crisis exists; if it is possible to quantify the number of potential such units that could be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23507/23]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2023
200. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when three overdue payments will be paid to an accommodation centre (details supplied) providing accommodation to Ukrainian refugees as the delay in payments outside of their contracted arrangements with his Department is causing severe financial hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23443/23]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 May 2023
192. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in considering proposals for housing asylum seekers, if consideration is given to the existing population of an area; and if he will commit, despite the pressures on accommodation, to ensuring proportionate numbers and public engagement. [23299/23]
Question· writtenPQ 573asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2023
573. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that all individuals in the international protection system are provided with suitable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/23]
Question· writtenPQ 570asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 May 2023
570. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Dublin Region Homeless Executive regarding the process of providing interim services to IPAS applicants while they await accommodation. [22651/23]