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Question· writtenPQ 402asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
402. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the meetings he has held with Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to extending the eligibility criteria for asylum seekers to apply for a driver licence. [53754/19]
Question· writtenPQ 218asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
218. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the meetings he has held with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding extending the eligibility criteria for asylum seekers to apply for a driver licence. [53755/19]
Question· writtenPQ 212asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
212. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the questions raised regarding a centre (details supplied) for asylum seekers; the action he will take in response to the concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53705/19]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
199. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland has fulfilled its commitment to accepting 4,000 refugees as part of the resettlement and relocation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53533/19]
Question· writtenPQ 112asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
112. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community monitor conditions in the various refugee holding centres throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53815/19]
Question· writtenPQ 105asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
105. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to influence the international community and European countries to ensure they play their part in resolving the refugee crisis throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53808/19]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2019
77. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Ireland will withdraw from Operation Sophia and return to search and rescue missions in view of the continuing deaths of refugees and migrants in the seas around Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52646/19]
Question· writtenPQ 271asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
271. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by the State on emergency accommodation for asylum seekers to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51626/19]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
255. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for asylum or refugee status has been submitted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51358/19]
Question· writtenPQ 240asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2019
240. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that transitioned from direct provision to permanent homes in the community after being granted refugee status or subsidiary protection in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51170/19]
Question· writtenPQ 201asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2019
201. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person that holds an EU driver licence which has expired within the past ten years can exchange it for an Irish licence in view of the fact asylum seekers seem to be prevented from doing so. [50439/19]
Question· writtenPQ 200asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2019
200. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an asylum seeker who has an international driver licence and has suitable vehicle insurance can exchange their licence for an Irish driver licence as per information supplied by the NDLS under the heading holders of foreign licences. [50438/19]
Question· writtenPQ 289asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
289. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff from his Department, the INIS, the RIA or other agencies employed in processing the applications of asylum seekers; the reason the process is taking a long time resulting in persons spending years in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50267/19]
Question· writtenPQ 273asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
273. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the evaluation review of the community sponsorship Ireland pilot programme has been published; if so, the location in which a copy of the review can be viewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49879/19]
Question· writtenPQ 260asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
260. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community groups that have accessed the community sponsorship initiative; the supports in place for communities availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49785/19]
Question· writtenPQ 259asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
259. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the community sponsorship initiative that resettles refugees; the steps he has taken to promote and to draw the attention of communities aware to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49784/19]
Question· writtenPQ 249asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2019
249. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the operational sub-group under the auspices of the Irish refugee protection programme ask force composed of representatives from relevant Departments, local authorities and other bodies to support and coordinate the process of housing refugees. [50058/19]
Question· writtenPQ 124asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2019
124. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if asylum and refugee status has been determined in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49640/19]
Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2019
119. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 13 November 2019, when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on the person's refugee status application following the recommendation of IPAT in November 2018 that the person be declared a refugee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49216/19]
Question· writtenPQ 237asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 November 2019
237. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the officials in his Department (details supplied) who were requested to arrange a visit to an asylum reception centre by a person; the procedures for similar visits by election candidates to reception centres; the officials who attended on the same visit; the details of the visit; if residents provided informed consent to meeting the person; the number of residents who agreed and refused, respectively, to meet the person; and if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the visit. [48703/19]
Question· writtenPQ 118asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2019
118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the case of a person (details supplied) their original appeal to the refugee tribunal on 15 April 2002 was adjudicated upon by a tribunal member that out of approximately 1,500 cases is not known to have awarded refugee or asylum status to anyone, if the decision arising therefrom can now be set aside on the bases of natural justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48494/19]
Question· writtenPQ 144asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2019
144. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the asylum process that were granted programme refugee status, convention refugee status, subsidiary protection, permission to remain under the International Protection Act 2015 and leave to remain under section B of the Immigration Act 1999 at first instance and final decision stage, respectively to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48063/19]
Question· writtenPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2019
38. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the consultation and engagement that has taken place to date with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in relation to extending eligibility for a driver licence to asylum seekers. [47779/19]
Question· writtenPQ 31asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2019
31. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the commitment to admit 4,000 persons under the relocation and resettlement programmes will be met; the number of persons admitted to date; the number being accommodated in emergency accommodation and in emergency reception and orientation centres by length of stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47761/19]
Question· oralPQ 18asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2019
18. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who would be eligible to work under the programme available to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47833/19]
Question· oralPQ 11asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2019
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will extend the right to work to all asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47834/19]
Question· oralPQ 5asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 November 2019
5. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the fact that 35% of residents of direct provision centres have been there for more than two years will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47617/19]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2019
255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the completion of the upgrade works and signing of the contract by an organisation (details supplied) for a direct provision centre; when the contract will be signed; when the upgrade works will be completed; and the other tenders in place for the Dublin region for the provision of accommodation services for asylum seekers. [47285/19]
Question· writtenPQ 254asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2019
254. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted asylum but continuing to reside in direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47278/19]
Question· writtenPQ 250asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 November 2019
250. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a direct provision centre is planned for a town (details supplied) in County Cork. [47165/19]
Question· writtenPQ 140asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 November 2019
140. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that received a decision from the International Protection Appeals Tribunal declaring them to be a refugee that have not received such a declaration; the length of time in months persons are awaiting such a declaration; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46767/19]
Question· writtenPQ 227asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2019
227. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting a GNIB card having successfully applied for refugee status in March 2019; and when the International Protection Office will be in a position to confirm same in writing in order to facilitate the granting of a GNIB card. [46055/19]
Question· writtenPQ 226asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 November 2019
226. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay between an initial application for refugee status from the International Protection Office, the notification that the application is successful and a letter from his Department confirming same, which the applicant needs to receive a GNIB card. [46054/19]
Question· writtenPQ 104asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2019
104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the relevant documentation sought in the case of a person (details supplied) has been received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45945/19]
Question· writtenPQ 936asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2019
936. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of UK driver licence holders in the wake of Brexit; if UK licences will remain valid; if there will be an amnesty to exchange such licences for an Irish version; and if plans will include provisions for asylum seekers who hold a UK licence. [44968/19]
Question· writtenPQ 369asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2019
369. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to tackle the lack of regulation of immigration consultants that purport to provide legal advice to persons seeking asylum or residency here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45470/19]
Question· writtenPQ 333asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2019
333. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers returned to Zimbabwe in each of the years 2012 to 2015. [44917/19]
Question· writtenPQ 304asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2019
304. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons brought here under the EU relocation and the UNHCR-led refugee resettlement programmes who are living in emergency reception and orientation centres; the length of time they have been living in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44471/19]
Question· writtenPQ 298asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2019
298. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers granted refugee status in each of the years 2014 to 2018; the success rate in percentage terms relative to the overall number of applications in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44429/19]
Question· writtenPQ 290asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2019
290. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the nationality of those seeking asylum being accommodated in Mosney; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44222/19]
Question· writtenPQ 248asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2019
248. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the serious living conditions in a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43071/19]
Question· writtenPQ 247asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2019
247. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the commitment to admit 4,000 persons under the relocation and resettlement programmes will be met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43070/19]
Question· writtenPQ 296asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2019
296. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/19]
Question· writtenPQ 295asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2019
295. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been found to have illegally entered Ireland or that have claimed asylum here having arrived through a certain port (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019; the details of the outcome of the cases concerned; the details of the nationalities concerned; the position in relation to the immigration controls at the port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42234/19]
Question· writtenPQ 293asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2019
293. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees to date accommodated here under the resettlement and relocation strands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42151/19]
Question· writtenPQ 281asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2019
281. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid to private contractors to source emergency accommodation for asylum seekers since September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42047/19]
Question· writtenPQ 255asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 October 2019
255. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who claimed asylum at Dublin Airport and were denied accommodation in 2018 and to date in 2019, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41739/19]
Question· writtenPQ 157asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2019
157. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a list of the organisations and-or bodies that were in receipt of funding from the 2018 and 2019 Asylum Migration and Integration Fund will be provided; the amount in this funding stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41546/19]
Question· writtenPQ 154asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2019
154. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if correspondence regarding the proposed move of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if the person can remain in County Monaghan in view of the person's attachment and involvement in the Carrickmacross area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40855/19]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2019
153. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have been returned from Ireland to Zimbabwe in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/19]