Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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780. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied), who created an alias to avoid deportation and used it falsely to claim social welfare, has been allowed to remain in Ireland; the number of persons who have broken the law while in the IPAS application system that have been allowed to stay in the State, for each of the past five years; and the number of persons who have broken the law after receiving a deportation order that have been allowed to stay in the State for each of the past five years. [63418/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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It is important to note that, as Minister, I do not comment on individual cases.

It is a central priority for me as Minister that our immigration laws are robust and enforced. The removal of people in the immigration system who are involved in criminality or who are a danger to society is an essential requirement for the system to work effectively and to ensure that our people have confidence in the application of our laws in this area.

Any permission granted an immigration permission can have that permission revoked if they fail to obey the laws of the State or become involved in criminal activity.

My officials work closely with members of An Garda Síochána and the Irish Prison Service to ensure high risk persons are prioritised for removal from Ireland and this takes place on an ongoing basis. Information on the overall number of instances of persons committing an offence while in the international protection system or after having been served a deportation order is not, however, readily available.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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781. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any plans to enter into a contract for an IPAS centre, or any other accommodation centre, at a location (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63431/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) is not currently examining any property for future use as international protection accommodation in Navan, County Meath.

There are a number of existing accommodation centres in the Navan area providing accommodation for people fleeing the war in Ukraine, or for international protection applicants.

While the Department does not publish specific locations of accommodation centres, the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) provides accommodation in almost 320 centres around the country, and publishes regular statistics in relation to international protection accommodation. This includes a per county breakdown of where applicants are residing and a wide range of other details.

These statistics are located on the Gov.ie website:

www.gov.ie/en/international-protection-accommodation-services-ipas/collections/statistics-2004-to-2025/#latest-ipas-statistics-weekly-report.