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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Irelands national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, how his Department intend to ensure that the seven day screening process allows for adequate legal support and medical-vulnerability assessments, particularly for traumatised applicants; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Irelands national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the steps being taken to ensure that vulnerable applicants, including victims of trafficking, torture, or LGBTQ+ individuals, are not incorrectly streamed into accelerated or inadmissible procedures; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Irelands national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact; if applicants will have access to independent legal advice before being allocated to a specific asylum procedure stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current average time between an applicant's arrival and their first legal consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16039/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the steps his Department will take to ensure that attacks on proposed accommodation sites for the new reception centres are treated as threats to the rule of law, and that those responsible are held...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline, given that the new international protection screening process includes identity verification, fingerprinting, and biometric checks within seven days of arrival, if he will explain the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if his Department intends to or has commissioned or reviewed a human rights impact assessment on the use of institutional or shared reception centres for international protection applicants, in light...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Irelands national immigration plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if her Department has or intend to undertake a capacity audit of IPAS accommodation services to assess if they can meet the demands of faster case processing and potential increases in refusal...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, when her Department intends to publish the list of proposed or approved locations for the new State-run international protection reception centres; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline the factors being used to determine the suitability of these locations, including access to health, education and public transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 247. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if it is the intention of her Department to introduce a formal community consultation protocol in advance of opening the new State-run reception and future emergency accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, to outline specific resources being allocated to local authorities and community safety partnerships to manage tensions and support integration where new reception centres are planned;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, when the public tender will be issued for the operation and management of new state-run reception centres under the reformed international protection process; the expected timelines for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if her Department will publish the criteria used to evaluate bids for the management of reception centres, including standards for human rights compliance, transparency, and experience in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland's National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if, in light of recent reports that the Government has shelved plans for emergency accommodation centres in areas where arson attacks or threats have occurred, she will clarify the criteria now...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department is concerned that withdrawing from certain areas in response to intimidation risks setting a precedent where illegal activity can influence or veto State policy on the placement of accommodation for international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 249. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the measures in place to ensure that private operators or NGOs running reception centres are not incentivised to quietly withdraw from contentious locations, thereby undermining the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Policy (2 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: 250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has assessed the long-term impact of recent media reports that the Government has reversed the decisions to locate emergency accommodation in areas that have been subject to intimidation, local protest and/or arson on the integrity of Ireland’s international protection system; the...

Estimates for Public Services 2025 (1 Apr 2025)

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Estimates for Public Services 2025 (1 Apr 2025)

Gary Gannon: I am not sure how what I am raising is any less relevant or important than what Deputy Kelly spoke about. He was speaking about an issue that was not-----