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Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: I am conscious that we are well into this engagement now. If anyone feels there is something he or she would like to develop, or if someone has not yet spoken and wants to add a final point, please feel free to do so.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: There have been a number of moments during this session where people’s jaws simply dropped to the floor over some of the testimony given. The idea and reality that a child or young person in the care of the State would be asked to prove his or her own abandonment is just incredible. My question is for the members. Would it be appropriate for us as a committee to write to the relevant...

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: Will the witnesses from SAOL talk a little more about short-term sentences for mothers? It seems the punishment extends far beyond whoever the State believes is being punished. Maybe the witnesses can develop that point for us.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: It seems contrary on a number of fronts, but especially to the rights of the child.

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: Senator Costello has a little bit more time left. She has not contributed yet. Does she wish to ask any questions or make any statements?

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Senator. Do any of the Deputies present wish to speak again?

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: Would anybody like to make a point that has not already been made? I am conscious Ms Kelly has not spoken yet. As this room is usually for politicians, that blows my mind. Does she want to say anything?

Committee on Drugs Use: Kinship Care and Care: Discussion (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: I thank everyone for lending us their expertise. I thank Ms Rice for sharing her pain with us. We have a responsibility to act upon that. This session has been beyond interesting. We all learned a lot of things that we wish we did not have to learn and that we have to rectify. I thank the witnesses. I am sure they will see their testimony reflected in the report we compile.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in the context of the enhanced voluntary return scheme payments, if he will provide a line by line breakdown of the average costs to the State that are saved when an applicant withdraws at this stage after the first decision; and the number of additional applicants that would need to avail of the scheme for it to be cost...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given reports that the probation services worked with 17,000 people last year with about 500 staff, how his Department will expand community service orders without overwhelming probation and setting the policy up to fail; the additional funding, training and supports that are being ring-fenced; and the timeline for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given the Judicial Council noted in 2022 that 23% of community service assessments did not convert into community services orders (the main reasons for this being a lack of available work in the community in a given area or at a given time, or that the individual was unable to cooperate due to being in employment,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the international protection applications made in the State between 1 July and 30 September 2025 by applicants from Georgia, India and Brazil, for a breakdown of the total number of applications; the number of applications refused at first decision; the total number of appeals lodged, and of those appeals; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to international protection applicants that are not given an offer of accommodation upon arrival, the process by which those applicants are contacted when a subsequent offer of accommodation is made; the methods of communication used; and the length of time applicants are given to respond to the offer; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to international protection applicants not offered accommodation on arrival (details supplied), if he will provide a breakdown of the number of cases recorded as inactive because the applicant could not be contacted; the number recorded as inactive because the applicant expressly declined the offer of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals detained in the State pending deportation between 24 September and 3 October 2025; and the prisons in which they were held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of individuals detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time individuals have been detained pending deportation to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54299/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the five longest individual periods of detention pending deportation in 2025; the duration in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that was originally budgeted for the development and implementation of the bedspace bed management system for international protection accommodation beds; the final spend to date on the system, including procurement, development, licensing and ongoing support costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (9 Oct 2025)

Gary Gannon: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the bedspace bed management system was rolled out; whether the bedspace bed management system is now fully operational for all beds in the international protection system; and if not, to detail which categories of accommodation remain outside the system, and the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the...