Written answer
International Protection
The Department does not fund or reimburse driving lessons, instructor fees or driving tests for international protection applicants or beneficiaries of temporary protection.
386. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration To ask the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Department, or any agency under the Department's aegis, funds, part-funds, or reimburses driving lessons, driving instructor fees, or driving test fees for asylum seekers or refugees; if so, the name of the scheme, its eligibility criteria, the total spend in each year since the scheme began, and the number of individuals assisted in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67734/26]
Comment on this
The Department provides accommodation and other supports to people who are fleeing the war in Ukraine and are Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, and to International Protection applicants, in line with Government policy.
The services mentioned in the question are not provided or funded by this Department to people in either group referenced.