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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not have that data. We probably could get it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: When somebody comes in to the country and claims asylum, they are fingerprinted and checked on Eurodac. There is a system in place across the European Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: It might be. I agree with you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Nigeria is within the accelerated procedure, as is Pakistan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: That is being dealt with at present. The good news is that is being dealt with within three to four months now at first instance.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can appreciate the upset that can be caused in a local community if the last hotel in the town is an active hotel and it is taken over for whatever reason outside of being in hospitality sector but the policy, and I have continued this, is that we do not take over the last hotel in the town. The Cathaoirleach's concern is about the ones that were taken in the past. I do not want to be in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will take on board that advice.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I can answer this very clearly. I have no plans to use the Oldcastle House Hotel as an IPAS centre. There is no proposal to do so, and I am not planning to use it in the future. Since I came into office, very few IPAS centres have been opened. What I want to try to do is ensure that we use the spaces we have available throughout the system. We have 33,000 people accommodated at present....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I note what the Senator said about Ukrainians coming here. In respect of Ukrainians who are beneficiaries of temporary protection and international protection applications, the vast majority of Irish people are extremely welcoming. The response of Ireland to applicants for asylum or temporary protection is, in comparison with other European countries, much more charitable and compassionate....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: It has not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will answer those and the Chair can come back. I think he is right about contextualising it. The Chair said that the enrichment of individuals "increased a lot of the tensions" in local communities. He is entitled to have that view but my own view is that because of the numbers that were coming in - we saw 45,000 international protection applicants coming in - those numbers were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: -----to get €71 per person, per night. They will not be getting that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The way it is taken into consideration is, if the company has a tax clearance certificate, that indicates it is tax compliant. It may be hard to get a tax clearance certificate if a company was previously engaged in tax wrongdoing but as years pass by, and if the company gets its tax affairs in order and, of course, has paid its penalties-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: How many what?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regarding Gary Gannon's question, I speak frequently with the Garda Commissioner and senior gardaí about the threat posed by the far right. The Garda has a lot of information in respect of that. It is aware of any threats to IPAS centres and is doing very good work in respect of it. In terms of the modular units in Clonmel raised by Deputy Murphy, I hear what he said and there will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Of course. I agree with the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will tell you where visas are being abused. The biggest cause of people coming to Ireland and claiming international protection is people who overstay visas in the UK. People from Nigeria and Pakistan are in the top three claiming international asylum at present. A lot of people who arrive into the UK on visas and overstay them come here to claim asylum.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Financial Irregularities (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Regrettably, it has not been possible to compile the information in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (23 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: As the Deputy will appreciate, as Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, I have no role in the exercise of Probate functions. The Probate Office is an office of the High Court. Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in the exercise of their functions under the Courts...