Questions: International protection and asylum
Migration-related parliamentary questions on international protection and asylum, 2016–2026, with who asked, which department answered and a link to each answer.
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| date | question_number | chamber | topic | question_type | asked_by | answered_by | question | answer_chars | distinct_years_in_answer | stats_score | url |
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| 2016-01-13 | 464 | 31st Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 464. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Yazidi community of northern Iraq is included in her plans to accept refugees agreed with the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46521/15] | 1061 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/464/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 475 | 31st Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn | Justice | 475. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons of Iraqi origin or claiming to be of Iraqi origin who were refused leave to land at various points of entry; the reason in each case, by age, by gender, by country to which they were returned, in 2015 | 959 | 1 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/475/ |
| 2016-01-13 | 486 | 31st Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Pádraig Mac Lochlainn | Justice | 486. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of those persons refused leave to land in 2015 from Syria, Eritrea, Iran, and Afghanistan, and as outlined by her in response to previous parliamentary questions raised, how many of the persons were subsequentl | 959 | 1 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-13/486/ |
| 2016-01-19 | 120 | 31st Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Willie O'Dea | Social | 120. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the full-year cost in 2016, based on the projected number of persons accessing direct provision, of increasing the weekly adult rate from €19.10 to €23.00, €24.00, €25.00, €27.00, €28.00, €30.00, €32.00, €34.00, €36.00, a | 2523 | 1 | 46 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-19/120/ |
| 2016-01-19 | 294 | 31st Dáil | Asylum Seeker Accommodation | written | Róisín Shortall | Justice | 294. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Reception and Integration Agency has identified the proposed reception centres in County Dublin for incoming refugees whom Ireland has agreed to accept under the European Union relocation plan; if she will identify the lo | 564 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-19/294/ |
| 2016-01-21 | 104 | 31st Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 104. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 11 June 2015, the current and likely residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; if the person's status has altered in the interim; and if she will make a st | 1721 | 2 | 22 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-21/104/ |
| 2016-01-26 | 282 | 31st Dáil | Asylum Seeker Accommodation | written | Anthony Lawlor | Justice | 282. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the locations identified by her Department to house the 4,000 refugees Ireland has committed to; the progress in establishing a network of Emergency Reception and Orientation Centres; when the examination of the State's property | 3406 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-26/282/ |
| 2016-01-27 | 11 | 31st Dáil | Refugee Data | oral | Richard Boyd Barrett | Justice | 11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the European Union-wide settlement programme for 160,000 refugees only delivering for 0.17%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3040/16] | 8687 | 1 | 19 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-27/11/ |
| 2016-01-27 | 15 | 31st Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 15. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her response to the low level of refugee applications to the State under the European Union's relocation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2998/16] | 2548 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-27/15/ |
| 2016-01-28 | 186 | 31st Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Robert Troy | Justice | 186. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that asylum seekers living in Direct Provision in Richmond Court in County Longford, are unable to open bank accounts, because they are asked to provide utility bills, that they live in a building that is poorly heat | 1926 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-28/186/ |
| 2016-01-28 | 193 | 31st Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Richard Boyd Barrett | Justice | 193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of applicants for asylum by country of origin, by successful and unsuccessful applications by country of origin for all applicants for 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3744/16] | 825 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-01-28/193/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 234 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Tony McLoughlin | Justice | 234. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the provisions of the International Protection Act 2015 will apply to all asylum seekers and refugees seeking asylum here, many of whom have been here for a number of years in direct provision, or will it only apply to new ap | 1649 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/234/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 247 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Niall Collins | Justice | 247. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of Syrian refugees admitted here since the start of the war there five years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4955/16] | 3543 | 5 | 66 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/247/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 263 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 263. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for Ireland to meet its commitment to offer shelter, protection and hope to 4,000 refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5301/16] | 1435 | 2 | 31 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/263/ |
| 2016-03-22 | 264 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 264. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will guarantee that Ireland’s commitment to offer shelter to 4,000 refugees will not be affected by any new arrangement between the European Union and Turkey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5302/16] | 1435 | 2 | 31 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-03-22/264/ |
| 2016-04-14 | 320 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Gino Kenny | Justice | 320. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have arrived here under the European Union refugee programme; and the schedule for future arrivals. [6666/16] | 2265 | 2 | 32 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-14/320/ |
| 2016-04-14 | 321 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Gino Kenny | Justice | 321. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to change the practice in direct provision which precludes asylum seekers from accessing kitchen facilities and cooking their own food. [6667/16] | 2105 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-14/321/ |
| 2016-04-14 | 322 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Gino Kenny | Justice | 322. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the companies which provide food in the direct provision centres. [6668/16] | 793 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-14/322/ |
| 2016-04-26 | 189 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Seeker Accommodation | written | Seán Fleming | Justice | 189. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) in County Laois can be accommodated in an asylum centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8028/16] | 925 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-04-26/189/ |
| 2016-05-05 | 51 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 51. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to the implementation of the report of the working group on the protection process report this week which found that most recommendations have not been implemented ten months on; and if she will make a statement on the | 1608 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-05/51/ |
| 2016-05-05 | 52 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Status Applications | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 52. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to increase the resources needed for the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal to address the considerable backlog of applications present, before the applications are transferred to the | 1685 | 2 | 22 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-05/52/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 33 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Mick Barry | Justice | 33. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to end direct provision following the United Nations Universal Periodic Review. [10142/16] | 2210 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/33/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 36 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Gino Kenny | Justice | 36. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reform or abolish direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10140/16] | 2162 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/36/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 38 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Catherine Connolly | Justice | 38. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has implemented each of the 173 recommendations of the McMahon report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10133/16] | 1604 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/38/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 41 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Mick Wallace | Justice | 41. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her announcement in September 2015, to comment on Ireland's progress of resettling refugees; her engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to this and, in particular, her progres | 1871 | 2 | 30 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/41/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 64 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Clare Daly | Justice | 64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the level of engagement she has had with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on special measures that could be taken when processing refugees, particularly unaccompanied minors; and if she will make a | 1468 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/64/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 71 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Gerry Adams | Justice | 71. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children currently resident in Mosney direct provision centre and the number of children resident there for the past five years. [10393/16] | 304 | 5 | 61 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/71/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 73 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Michael Healy-Rae | Justice | 73. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a person (details supplied) who has applied for refugee status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9352/16] | 608 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/73/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 120 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Bríd Smith | Justice | 120. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to request the office for promotion of migrant integration to enable access by the Amal Group of the Dublin Islamic Foundation of Ireland to the 23 families who are here under the resettlement and relocation programme, i | 2527 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/120/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 122 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for asylum by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10069/16] | 950 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/122/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 134 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Maureen O'Sullivan | Justice | 134. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how she will implement the key recommendations of the report of the working group on the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, in June 2015; and if she will make a stateme | 1659 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/134/ |
| 2016-05-17 | 1196 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Bernard Durkan | Children | 1196. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is in a position to address the issues of children in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9441/16] | 3214 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-17/1196/ |
| 2016-05-19 | 39 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 39. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for asylum and refugee status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11091/16] | 1734 | 2 | 22 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-19/39/ |
| 2016-05-19 | 46 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 46. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to further evaluate an application for residency status, which was previously refused, by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11106/16] | 1666 | 3 | 34 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-19/46/ |
| 2016-05-24 | 85 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Catherine Connolly | Justice | 85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 38 of 17 May 2016, the status of the 173 recommendations including if they have been implemented and the stage of implementation each recommendation is at in t | 1928 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-24/85/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 35 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Mick Barry | Justice | 35. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 17 May 2016, to provide the paragraph numbers and text of the 90 recommendations of the McMahon report which have been implemented fully and of the 26 recommendations which are | 1927 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/35/ |
| 2016-05-26 | 38 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Éamon Ó Cuív | Justice | 38. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deliver comprehensive reform of the direct provision system; the steps she is taking to ensure that persons are not in the system for extended periods of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter | 2554 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-26/38/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 85 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 85. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take a leadership role internationally in Ireland's action on the refugee crisis by urgently sending a delegation to Calais and Dunkirk camps to meet with refugees; to process asylum applications of un | 1938 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/85/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 86 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 86. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has met with representatives of the Irish Red Cross and Tusla to progress offers from Irish families to house unaccompanied minors in refugee camps in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. | 1938 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/86/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 108 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Clare Daly | Justice | 108. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to speed up the resettlement of refugees in Ireland through relocation and resettlement programmes given that Ireland has taken only a small number of refugees over the past year out of the 4,000 | 1961 | 1 | 18 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/108/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 179 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Josepha Madigan | Justice | 179. Deputy Josepha Madigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the most recent figures available for people in direct provision, including the number of children; the average period of time asylum seekers are in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; th | 3508 | 2 | 32 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/179/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 189 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 189. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to detail each of the 90 fully implemented recommendations of the McMahon working group report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers; and w | 1726 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/189/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 218 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 218. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the Refugee Act 1996 to enable persons in refugee camps fleeing persecution to initiate their asylum applications prior to arriving at the frontiers of the State; and if she will make a statemen | 1379 | 1 | 14 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/218/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 219 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 219. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she is taking with her counterparts in the French and UK Governments to locate the 129 unaccompanied minors, aged between nine years and 17 years, who have gone missing from the camp in Calais since Fe | 1938 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/219/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 464 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Catherine Connolly | Social | 464. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the position in relation to persons living in direct provision centres and who have residency, whereby a person is unable to access his Department without an address outside of a direct provision centre, but without t | 2464 | 0 | 3 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/464/ |
| 2016-05-31 | 515 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Catherine Connolly | Social | 515. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to residents of direct provision centres who have residency, whereby a claimant is unable to access his Department without an address outside of a direct provision centre, but without the assistance of S | 2464 | 0 | 3 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-05-31/515/ |
| 2016-07-05 | 34 | 32nd Dáil | Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children | oral | Mick Wallace | Foreign | 34. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he is making to protect unaccompanied minors who are arriving in refugee camps on the Greek islands and throughout Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19226/16] | 6518 | 1 | 15 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-05/34/ |
| 2016-07-06 | 73 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Noel Grealish | Justice | 73. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision, by men, by women, by children, by length of time in direct provision, by average waiting time in having an application for asylum finalised, by centre and by county; the overa | 2621 | 2 | 34 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-06/73/ |
| 2016-07-07 | 74 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 74. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to facilitate an application for refugee and asylum status for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20271/16] | 458 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-07/74/ |
| 2016-07-12 | 171 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | Justice | 171. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been accepted here in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21186/16] | 1352 | 3 | 39 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-12/171/ |
| 2016-07-19 | 109 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Clare Daly | Justice | 109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the high-level diplomatic talks she has had with her European counterparts regarding unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Europe, with particular reference to the role that Ireland could play in this matter. [19087/16] | 2698 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-19/109/ |
| 2016-07-20 | 91 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Darragh O'Brien | Justice | 91. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date that have been resettled under the various resettlement and relocation programmes in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23181/16] | 1007 | 3 | 42 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-20/91/ |
| 2016-07-21 | 83 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Jim O'Callaghan | Justice | 83. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total population currently residing in direct provision centres; the number of persons in tabular form, by centre; the capacity and the percentage occupation of each centre; and if she will make a statement on th | 3084 | 0 | 53 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-21/83/ |
| 2016-07-21 | 232 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Support Services | written | Thomas Byrne | Education | 232. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans or proposals to reduce the current five-year residency requirement for asylum seekers and refugees to be eligible for third level under the free fees scheme; and if he will reduce the residency requirement to three years | 1464 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-21/232/ |
| 2016-07-21 | 365 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Willie O'Dea | Social | 365. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the estimated full year cost in 2017, based on the projected number expected to access direct provision, of increasing the adult rate by €5 and the child rate by €5 in tabular format; and if he will make a statement on the | 1147 | 2 | 30 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-07-21/365/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 9 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Status Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 9. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24343/16] | 1059 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/9/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 55 | 32nd Dáil | Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children | written | Róisín Shortall | Justice | 55. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to her statement of 22 September 2015 on the migration crisis following an emergency meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, the steps taken by her Department to ensure that, as per her statement, s | 4158 | 3 | 45 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/55/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 136 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Clare Daly | Justice | 136. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons currently in direct provision for periods of three years and beyond; her plans to end this treatment of refugees and asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25553/16] | 2447 | 2 | 24 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/136/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 164 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Seán Haughey | Justice | 164. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in resettling refugees here under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme in the context of the EU Agreement on this matter; if unaccompanied minors will be given a priority for resettlement; and | 3620 | 3 | 45 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/164/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 167 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | John Curran | Justice | 167. Deputy John Curran asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are currently accommodated in direct provision, and those who have been for more than one, two, three and five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25943/16] | 2748 | 2 | 31 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/167/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 184 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Fiona O'Loughlin | Justice | 184. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in supplying a person (details supplied) with necessary documentation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26264/16] | 1039 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/184/ |
| 2016-09-16 | 1937 | 32nd Dáil | Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Children | 1937. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in the care of the State who have not yet been processed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; the number of these who have completed their leaving certificate in 2016 and who will | 1735 | 2 | 25 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-16/1937/ |
| 2016-09-27 | 88 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Louise O'Reilly | Justice | 88. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action being taken by her Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented; the reason the progress report at part 5.100 lists the recomm | 3141 | 1 | 14 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-27/88/ |
| 2016-09-27 | 109 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 109. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the delay in the processing of an application (details supplied); if this application can now be expedited in view of the already lengthy wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter | 558 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-27/109/ |
| 2016-09-27 | 114 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Support Services | written | Gerry Adams | Justice | 114. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the implementation of the recommendations of the working group on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, June 2015. [26998/16] | 3859 | 3 | 36 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-27/114/ |
| 2016-09-27 | 115 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Support Services | written | Gerry Adams | Justice | 115. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding spend in each year for the past five years in respect of supporting asylum seekers. [26999/16] | 744 | 3 | 36 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-27/115/ |
| 2016-09-27 | 131 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Thomas P. Broughan | Justice | 131. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has discussed with her British counterpart the United Kingdom’s plans to continue accepting refugees following the Brexit vote; her plans to accept an increased numbers of refugees following the possible i | 1853 | 2 | 26 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-27/131/ |
| 2016-09-27 | 541 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Louise O'Reilly | Health | 541. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to outline the action being taken by his Department to ensure that recommendations of the 2015 report on improvements to the direct provision system are implemented in respect of those falling under the remit of the HSE; the reason the progre | 173 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-27/541/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 21 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | oral | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 21. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will explain the low number with regard to the refugee resettlement programme and provide details on the additional steps Ireland is taking to ensure it meets its commitment to take in 4,000 refugees by the end | 8813 | 3 | 51 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/21/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 30 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Mick Wallace | Justice | 30. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department is taking to facilitate the transfer and resettlement of refugees here; if she is satisfied with Ireland's contribution to the refugee resettlement programme to date; and if she will make a s | 1941 | 3 | 43 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/30/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 38 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Fiona O'Loughlin | Justice | 38. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied with the rate of progress in accommodating refugees from Syria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27389/16] | 3383 | 3 | 45 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/38/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 46 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Catherine Connolly | Justice | 46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given Ireland's commitment in September 2015 to take in 4,000 persons under the Irish refugee protection programme over a two-year period, the number of refugees under this programme who have arrived to date; the | 3882 | 3 | 45 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/46/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 53 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Bríd Smith | Justice | 53. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on recent tragic incidents in a direct provision centre and if they are fit for purpose. [27375/16] | 992 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/53/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 59 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Mick Wallace | Justice | 59. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, will introduce a humanitarian visa programme along the lines of the one in place in Belgium for those displaced by war in order to faci | 1496 | 1 | 14 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/59/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 72 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Bríd Smith | Justice | 72. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet international obligations to assist in the international refugee crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27376/16] | 5161 | 3 | 47 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/72/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 90 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Mick Wallace | Justice | 90. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish an Irish asylum application processing facility on the ground in Calais in order to fast-track applications by unaccompanied minors for resettlement here; and if she will make a statement on the ma | 1334 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/90/ |
| 2016-09-28 | 97 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Bernard Durkan | Justice | 97. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27577/16] | 558 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-28/97/ |
| 2016-09-29 | 53 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Support Services | written | Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | Justice | 53. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the current status of the McMahon report on direct provision; the number of recommendations that have been implemented; her plans to implement the remainder of the recommendations; the further acti | 570 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-29/53/ |
| 2016-09-29 | 56 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Róisín Shortall | Justice | 56. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the location of each direct provision centre in tabular form; the name of the companies managing the centres; the amount paid by the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, to each company in 2016; the number of perso | 3352 | 2 | 41 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-09-29/56/ |
| 2016-10-04 | 78 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Darragh O'Brien | Justice | 78. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made by her and her EU counterparts to protect and assist unaccompanied minors in camps such as Calais; the efforts being made to ensure that such children do not disappear from such camps; and if s | 2128 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-04/78/ |
| 2016-10-04 | 101 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Thomas Pringle | Justice | 101. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a company (details supplied) is used, or has been used in the past, by State agencies involved in the assessment of asylum claims here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28218/16] | 1492 | 0 | 2 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-04/101/ |
| 2016-10-04 | 325 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Seán Crowe | Foreign | 325. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has vowed to destroy the so-called jungle camp in Calais; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the camp is home to thousands of person, i | 2624 | 1 | 17 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-04/325/ |
| 2016-10-04 | 326 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Seán Crowe | Foreign | 326. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any official from his Department has been in touch with volunteers or aid workers who work in the jungle camp in Calais, many of whom are Irish. [28564/16] | 2624 | 1 | 17 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-04/326/ |
| 2016-10-04 | 329 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Ruth Coppinger | Foreign | 329. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have raised concerns regarding the welfare of children and other vulnerable persons in Calais with the French and European Union authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28568/16] | 2624 | 1 | 17 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-04/329/ |
| 2016-10-05 | 76 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Data | written | Pat Casey | Justice | 76. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the Government's commitment to provide asylum for 4,000 refugees in view of the crisis in Syria, in particular the appalling conditions in the refugee camp in Calais where there are 1,022 documented and unaccompa | 2634 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-05/76/ |
| 2016-10-11 | 13 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Maureen O'Sullivan | Justice | 13. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when commitments will be honoured to increase Ireland's intake of refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria as part of a wider European response; and her views regarding the refugee crisis. [29387/16] | 2002 | 3 | 44 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-11/13/ |
| 2016-10-11 | 28 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Catherine Murphy | Justice | 28. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made on her commitment in February 2015 to allow asylum seekers living in direct provision to have their complaints independently examined by the Ombusdman and the Ombudsman for Children in line w | 1746 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-11/28/ |
| 2016-10-11 | 36 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Mick Barry | Justice | 36. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to when she spoke at the UN summit on refugees and migrants in New York when she indicated the Government will have resettled 870 migrants by the end of 2016, the reason for the disparity between this figure and t | 1699 | 2 | 30 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-11/36/ |
| 2016-10-11 | 40 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | Darragh O'Brien | Justice | 40. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments that the Government has made in terms of accepting refugees and unaccompanied minors to Ireland; the number of persons to date who have been accepted to Ireland under the various resettlement and relo | 3130 | 3 | 47 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-11/40/ |
| 2016-10-11 | 44 | 32nd Dáil | Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children | written | Eoin Ó Broin | Justice | 44. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has pledged to demolish the refugee camp in Calais; and if her Department is aware that the camp is home to over 10,000 persons, including over 1,00 | 377 | 1 | 12 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-11/44/ |
| 2016-10-11 | 213 | 32nd Dáil | Rural Resettlement Scheme | written | Aengus Ó Snodaigh | Housing | 213. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of moneys granted to rural resettlement Ireland each year for the past 20 years; the number of families resettled from an urban centre to each county for each of the years; if considerat | 2559 | 3 | 50 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-11/213/ |
| 2016-10-13 | 25 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Mick Barry | Justice | 25. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to plans by the owners of Ashbourne House direct provision centre in County Cork to develop the centre into apartments which would lead to the displacement of the residents of the centre; i | 290 | 2 | 23 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-13/25/ |
| 2016-10-18 | 144 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | John Halligan | Justice | 144. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees Ireland is planning to take in here considering in 2015 it was only a very small number. [30959/16] | 4127 | 3 | 52 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-18/144/ |
| 2016-10-18 | 145 | 32nd Dáil | Refugee Resettlement Programme | written | John Halligan | Justice | 145. Deputy John Halligan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a hotel (details supplied) is the only reception centre for the very few Syrian refugees that have come to Waterford city. [30960/16] | 1737 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-18/145/ |
| 2016-10-18 | 176 | 32nd Dáil | Asylum Applications | written | Jonathan O'Brien | Justice | 176. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the European Court of Human Rights judgment in B.A.C. v. Greece, which held unanimously that there had been a violation of Articles 3, 8, and 13 of the European Convention on Huma | 2690 | 0 | 1 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-18/176/ |
| 2016-10-20 | 49 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | John Curran | Justice | 49. Deputy John Curran asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time she expects a centre (details supplied) to be used to provide accommodation under the direct provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31187/16] | 392 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-20/49/ |
| 2016-10-20 | 52 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Jan O'Sullivan | Justice | 52. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made on implementing the recommendations of the group set up to examine changes needed in the direct provision system for asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31225/16] | 3533 | 3 | 35 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-20/52/ |
| 2016-10-25 | 98 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire | Justice | 98. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure all direct provision centres throughout the State are meeting child protection standards; the frequency with which inspections are carried out on average; and if she will make a statement on | 3017 | 1 | 11 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-25/98/ |
| 2016-10-25 | 136 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision Data | written | Fiona O'Loughlin | Justice | 136. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in reducing the period of time that persons must spend in direct provision before a decision is made on their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31770/16] | 2798 | 0 | 0 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-25/136/ |
| 2016-10-25 | 139 | 32nd Dáil | Direct Provision System | written | Michael McGrath | Justice | 139. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning the direct provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31775/16] | 3902 | 3 | 35 | https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2016-10-25/139/ |