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Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Mattie McGrath
12. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the latest departmental activities in the management of international protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17721/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
235. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline the full cost of development of modular homes for Ukrainians since 2022 to date; the cost per development and the cost per home; the number of homes built under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18023/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Regulations
Mattie McGrath
382. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the European Union (Planning and Development) (Displaced Persons from Ukraine Temporary Protection) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 306 of 2022) will be disbanded; the reason they remain in place if the levels of Ukrainian persons requiring State accommodation is falling (as per the Taoiseach's comments in Dáil Éireann on 17 April during Questions on Promised Legislation); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18021/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Homeless Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
383. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to develop modular homes for the homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18026/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Statutory Instruments
Mattie McGrath
384. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to introduce a statutory instrument to exempt developments of rapid-build modular homes for Irish citizens to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18027/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Mattie McGrath
453. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice how many prosecutions have been initiated in respect of alleged offenses under section 11 of the Immigration Act 2004; the outcome of any such prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17722/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Deportation Orders
Mattie McGrath
454. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons in respect of whom a deportation order has been made that are currently in the State insofar as her Department is aware; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17723/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
533. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the full cost of providing modular homes for Ukrainians to date; the proposed commencement date for the development of 82 modular homes for Ukrainians on HSE-owned lands at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the proposed cost of this development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17521/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
571. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the plans for use of modular homes built for Ukrainians should there no longer be a requirement for such homes by Ukrainians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18024/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Sports Funding
Mattie McGrath
5. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media about the progress of sports capital grant applications; the total value of the fund estimated for this year’s round of applications; and when she intends to make an announcement on same. [17257/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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School Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
182. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application for additional accommodation for an ASD class (details supplied) in south Tipperary; the reason for the delays in progressing this project, which has been ongoing since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17114/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Children in Care
Mattie McGrath
278. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the system Tusla has in place for children in State care to make a complaint; the number of complaints Tusla has received from children themselves in State care from 2015 to 2024; the number of those complaints that are about their foster placement; the number of complaints that are about their residential placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17113/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Foreign Birth Registration
Mattie McGrath
5. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16970/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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Immigration Policy
Mattie McGrath
95. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if a referendum will be required before the State can formally opt in to the regulations that comprise the EU Migration and Asylum Pact (the Pact) which was approved by the European Parliament on 10 March 2024, given the potential significant financial burden or charge on funds on the State arising from any such formal opt-in to the regulations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16868/24]
Wed, 17 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Mattie McGrath
118. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide all communication with regard to an offer of accommodation for international protection applicants in a property in Clonmel, County Tipperary (details supplied); if this property has been rejected; the current status of this offer; the dates this property was inspected by Department officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16842/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Mattie McGrath
194. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the reasons some local authorities are insisting on public liability cover for motorcycle sport of €13 million while other councils only require €6.5 million public liability cover (details supplied); the Government position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16065/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Mattie McGrath
201. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the position in relation to insurance for motorsport activities indemnifying the relevant local authority; the amount of public liability cover required which satisfies the requirements of the Motor Insurance Directive, (EU) 2021/2118; the Governments position on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16147/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Mattie McGrath
309. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason some schools that have offered to open ASD classes in south Tipperary have not been sanctioned despite the huge demand (details supplied); if she will review this position to ensure that all schools offering classes will be approved in order to ensure supply and forward planning for growing demand for ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16319/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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EU Agreements
Mattie McGrath
496. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to publish the Attorney General’s advice on the ramifications of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact on Ireland’s national sovereignty, as enshrined in Bunreacht na hÉireann, prior to seeking approval from both Houses of the Oireachtas to opt-in under the terms of Protocol 21 annexed to the Treaty of Lisbon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16137/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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EU Agreements
Mattie McGrath
497. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice her views on Article 7C of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on asylum and migration management 2020/0279 (COD) in terms of Ireland’s national sovereignty, as enshrined in Bunreacht na hÉireann, the provisions of which cede power to the EU Commission to determine the total annual number of required relocated asylum seekers from countries under migratory pressure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16138/24]