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Question· writtenPQ 115asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 November 2024
115. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to move refugees into a premises in County Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45313/24]
Question· writtenPQ 964asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
964. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants, listing the number that are occupied and the number empty, at the most recent date for which this information is available. [44944/24]
Question· writtenPQ 882asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
882. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the ARP programme for refugees; how many individuals have availed of it in 2024; the overall cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43966/24]
Question· writtenPQ 741asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
741. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if consideration can be given to waiving the €300 fee for the immigration residence permit for two Gazan scholars currently studying at SETU (details supplied), who, while not officially recognised as refugees, were evacuated from Gaza and are on student visas; and if steps can be taken to support institutions like SETU, which are covering all accommodation, fees, meals, stipends, and health insurance for these students without Government support. [44502/24]
Question· writtenPQ 657asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
657. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection whether it is possible to have the General Registry Office recognise a UN birth document for a refugee born overseas (now an Irish citizen) with a new birth certificate issued in Ireland. [44319/24]
Question· writtenPQ 555asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2024
555. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the policy regarding planning permission exemption for conversion of vacant buildings to house refugees; the types of building or projects that are included in the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44206/24]
Question· writtenPQ 77asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 October 2024
77. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that, in response to the Taoiseach’s recent comments attributing increased numbers of people in emergency accommodation to asylum seekers, an organisation (details supplied) has said homelessness problems have been in the making for over a decade, and suggesting that they are somehow a new phenomenon related to immigration is disingenuous and should be avoided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39157/24]
Question· writtenPQ 251asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 October 2024
251. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to outline the work her Department is undertaking to plan for the introduction of the EU Asylum and Migration Pact in June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42123/24]
Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
215. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children under the care of Tusla in secondary education who hold refugee status and who are due to turn 18 years-of-age during this school term; if Tusla can indicate what measures/plans are in place to support these individuals to remain in full-time education after turning 18 years-of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41883/24]
Question· writtenPQ 214asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
214. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an issue with school children of refugee status leaving the care of Tusla (details supplied) will be urgently examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41882/24]
Question· writtenPQ 188asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 October 2024
188. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that have sought international protection/asylum in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown can be provided on the number who were successful or unsuccessful in their applications, and the number for whom a final determination has not yet been made on their application, in tabular form. [41860/24]
Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
228. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the number of decisions made by the IPO in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of those that received refugee status, subsidiary protection and permission to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40802/24]
Question· writtenPQ 222asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 October 2024
222. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of people granted leave to come to Ireland from Gaza who are currently unable to leave Palestine. [40864/24]
Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 October 2024
184. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the contract with a hotel (details supplied) for housing IP applicants and Ukrainian refugees in terms of length of time; timeline; terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40551/24]
Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
473. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons from Ukraine who were staying in Citywest as beneficiaries of temporary protection that have left Citywest since Citywest began to accept refugees from Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40180/24]
Question· writtenPQ 465asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 October 2024
465. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Palestinian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in the Palestinian regions under Israeli attack, Gaza and the West Bank in particular, as programme refugees, in the past year; and the number and citizenship of others who have benefitted from the Irish refugee protection programme since October 2020 when he became responsible for administering the programme. [40137/24]
Question· writtenPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2024
36. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicant refugees that are currently without accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39158/24]
Question· writtenPQ 335asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
335. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of an asylum case for persons (details supplied); if the Minister will instruct her Department to grant asylum, ensuring protection for these LGBTQ+ people; if not, to provide the reason why; if she will address the reports of “inhumane treatment” for those seeking asylum; and if she will address the fact that this case warrants a review of the system in relation to how a country is classified as a “safe country of origin”. [38769/24]
Question· writtenPQ 328asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of refugees that have been given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland, as programme refugees, under the family reunification, emergency medical aid offer or other such immigration criteria, in the past five years; and the countries whence they came, in tabular form. [38568/24]
Question· writtenPQ 327asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
327. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of Ukrainian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in Ukraine under Russian attack, as programme refugees, family reunification, medical or some such other status, in the past year; and the number that have been able to avail of these offers and have located here, in tabular form. [38567/24]
Question· writtenPQ 326asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
326. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of Palestinian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in the Palestinian regions under Israeli attack, Gaza and the West Bank in particular, as programme refugees, family reunification, medical emergency or some such other status, in the past year; and the number that have been able to avail of these offers and have located here, in tabular form. [38566/24]
Question· writtenPQ 322asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 October 2024
322. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if she has recently reviewed the designation of South Africa as a safe country for asylum applicants; the number of other EU Member States that have designated South Africa as a safe country; the criteria used in evaluating safe-country status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38501/24]
Question· writtenPQ 219asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2024
219. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the extent to which backlogs in respect of applications for asylum, citizenship, naturalisation and updates of residency status have been addressed; the progress made in the past six months to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38461/24]
Question· writtenPQ 23asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2024
23. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the CEO of the Irish Refugee Council (details supplied) has said that a recent increase in prosecutions of people for arriving into Ireland without a passport may be an attempt to reduce protection applications by criminalising an attempt to flee persecution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38181/24]
Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
474. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Health if he is making contingency plans for the possibility of having to provide health services for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due to the war, famine and humanitarian crisis unfolding there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37503/24]
Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
365. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is making contingency plans to provide accommodation and other supports for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due to the war, famine and humanitarian crisis unfolding there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37501/24]
Question· writtenPQ 331asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
331. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 July 2024, 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 were refused leave to land who 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. [37933/24]
Question· writtenPQ 320asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
320. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice if she has been briefed on the war and humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan; whether she is aware than two million refugees have already left the country and that many will make their way to Europe; if she is making contingency plans for this; and if she has made an intervention on the matter at Justice and Home Affairs Council meetings at EU level. [37500/24]
Question· writtenPQ 173asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 September 2024
173. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education if she is making any contingency plans for the possibility of having to provide school places for a wave of refugees coming to Europe and Ireland from Sudan due to the war, famine and humanitarian crisis unfolding there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37502/24]
Question· writtenPQ 575asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2024
575. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation regarding the eviction of refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36038/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1466asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1466. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on an international protection accommodation issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35103/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1465asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1465. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe in which it is expected that forensic accountants will conclude their work investigating potential cases of fraud in relation to the provision of accommodation for individuals seeking international protection; his intended course of action regarding any entity or persons discovered to have defrauded the state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35102/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1455asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1455. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an organisation has been tendered to provide a vulnerability assessment to international protection applicants, in line with the State’s obligations under the Reception Conditions Regulations; when the assessments will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34964/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1451asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1451. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times staff from his Department, or any other Government Department, have consulted (as distinct from informed) in-person with community groups regarding the location of IPAS applicants in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34902/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1449asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1449. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an accommodation contract will be offered to (details supplied) further to the latest submitted request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34855/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1324asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1324. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees and international protection applicants housed respectively, in each local election area, as of 24 July 2024, in tabular form. [33963/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1107asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1107. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide data for the period 2019 to date on the number of cases involving age-disputed minors identified by the international protection services and by any other relevant body under the aegis of her Department dealing with international protection, asylum and refugee claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34576/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1061asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
1061. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure for appeal of a decision to refuse refugee status in the case of a person (details supplied); if this application can be urgently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33942/24]
Question· writtenPQ 976asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
976. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in the interest of fairness and equality, she will review the waiting period for Irish nationals in receipt of a qualifying welfare payment to be eligible for the JobsPlus scheme compared to those who have refugee status also in receipt of a qualifying payment who are not subject to any waiting period which allows employers with an immediate need to recruit such a person from the latter group and draw down the €7,500 grant per employee over two years from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34890/24]
Question· writtenPQ 21asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 September 2024
21. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the way in-country refugee costs are used in the calculation of official development assistance expenditure; the projected expenditure from in-country refugee costs that will go to official development assistance in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33991/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1928asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1928. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any of the 30 large buildings the Government has identified for accommodation use for asylum seekers are located in County Tipperary; their locations within the State; and the status of their occupation plan. [33461/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1924asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1924. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently without accommodation, broken down by age and gender. [33213/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1923asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1923. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assurance can be provided that every person has an offer of safe accommodation, in light of the increasing number of attacks on homeless asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1903asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1903. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount his Department has spent each year since 2020 on housing Ukrainian asylum seekers, broken down into modular homes, direct provision centres privately operated, hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, State-owned accommodation, the rent-a-room scheme and renting a private house, in tabular form. [32913/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1864asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1864. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and International Protection applicants, listing how many of them are occupied and how many are empty at the most recent date at which this information is available. [32637/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1806asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1806. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide clarity on the operational arrangements giving effect to the changes for Ukrainian refugees, following the Government decision that all beneficiaries of temporary protection in State-provided accommodation should receive the same level of payment, in particular certain aspects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1789asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1789. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to use a property (details supplied); and if this property is planned for use for the accommodation of refugees. [31696/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1765asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1765. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in order that they are not forced to sleep outside, for example, at the canal in Dublin city centre and in Citywest. [31397/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1750asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1750. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors or separated children currently seeking asylum in the State; and the types of care settings they are in, i.e., foster care, residential care, emergency accommodation, and so on. [31143/24]
Question· writtenPQ 1740asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1740. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on cuckoo funds and vulture fund corporate entities being paid substantial amounts of public funds from his Department to provide accommodation within the IPAS system; if this use of public funds in housing asylum seekers demands greater oversight and ethical consideration, given that these entities are benefiting from public funds but do not contribute fairly to the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31008/24]