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Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
392. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many applications for international protection were made in each month since February 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53492/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
393. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many first instance decisions were made by the IPO in each month since February 2020. [53493/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
394. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many Notices of Appeal to the IPAT were lodged in each month since February 2020. [53494/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
395. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPAT were made in each month since February 2020. [53495/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Visa Applications
Michael McNamara
396. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many applications were made under the recent Undocumented Migrants’ Scheme. [53496/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Visa Applications
Michael McNamara
397. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions have been made under the Undocumented Migrants’ Scheme, how many of those decisions granted permission to reside and work in the State and how many applications have been refused. [53497/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Asylum Seekers
Michael McNamara
398. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many persons in respect of whom a notice to transfer had been made under the Dublin 3 Regulation were not subsequently transferred; and of that number, how many were not transferred because the time period to implement the transfer pursuant to Dublin 3 had expired. [53498/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Deportation Orders
Michael McNamara
399. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many persons in respect of whom a Deportation Order has been made are currently in the State insofar as her Department is aware. [53499/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Labour Activation Measures
Michael McNamara
400. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice why the processing time for Labour Market Access Permission is approximately 130 days, and what measures are being taken to reduce the processing time. [53506/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
401. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many people are currently assigned to the International Protection Office Case Processing Panel; how many persons were assigned at the end of November 2022 and November 2021, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53507/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
402. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the average and median length of time between receipt of applications for international protection and first instance decisions on international protection applications, and the average and mean length of time between applications and first instance decisions currently, at the end of June 2023 and the end of November 2022 of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal. [53508/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
403. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the average and median length of time between receipt of applications for international protection and the issuance of decisions by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal currently, at the end of June 2023 and at the end of November 2022, respectively. [53509/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Michael McNamara
406. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the progress outlined on 29 March 2022 that the Garda Commissioner had instructed that a fresh investigation be undertaken into the matters which a judge (details supplied) determined required further investigation in their report on the statutory inquiry under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 into the Garda Síochána investigation relating to the death of a person; whether prosecutions have been initiated; whether the report by the judge will be published, either in full or redacted form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53730/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
478. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much his Department has paid to date in 2023 in respect of accommodation provided by IPAS; how much his Department currently expects to have paid in respect of accommodation by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
479. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides accommodation to persons whose protection application has been determined and is no longer the subject of any legal challenge to that said determination; if so, to how many such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53502/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
480. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how many bed nights were paid for by IPAS each night of 2023 and how many persons were residing in accommodated paid for on each night of 2023. [53503/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
481. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides accommodation to persons granted Labour Market Access Permission; if so, to how many such persons; how much they contribute to the cost of their accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
482. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how many persons were residing at the Lakelands Hotel Scariff, County Clare on each day since 1 June 2023; how many bed nights were paid for on each night since 1 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Foreign Conflicts
Michael McNamara
197. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline Ireland's position on the recent crisis involving Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, and what steps he has taken in international forums, such as the EC and the UN, to seek to reverse the exodus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50231/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Michael McNamara
213. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland condemns the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip to 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/23]