801. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the Government intends to address the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System identified risks of stigmatisation when publishing ethnic crime data, while ensuring that the Irish public can have a transparent debate on any links between mass immigration, specific migrant …
802. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the findings in the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System on the extreme over-representation of Indigenous and migrant-descended groups in the criminal justice systems of comparator countries have prompted any review of Ireland’s immigration policy; if he will confirm whether f…
803. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if has examined the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System evidence that self-identification combined with officer perception is used successfully in England & Wales and New Zealand to capture accurate ethnicity data at the point of stop-and-search and arrest; if he will commit to i…
804. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for his Department’s response to the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System conclusion that victim ethnicity data is the least developed area across all comparator jurisdictions; if he will publish hate crime and victimisation statistics broken down by ethnicity and migrant status to in…
805. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason Ireland continues to lag behind the comparator countries examined in the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System in routinely recording and publishing ethnicity data in the criminal justice system; if the Government’s reluctance is due to concerns about what the data on migran…
806. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm that the April 2025 report An Evidence Review on Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System recommendation for contextualised publication of ethnic data (to avoid implying direct causal links between ethnicity and crime) will not be used as a reason to suppress or delay the release of statistics on foreign nati…
807. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, in light of the Ethnic Monitoring report’s emphasis on the need for evidence-based policy to address disparities, his Department will now commit to a full public debate on the relationship between ethnicity, recent migration patterns and crime rates in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34303/26]
819. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected average time from lodgement of an international protection application to final decision and removal under the International Protection Act 2026; the anticipated impact of the new Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals on appeal processing times and the right to remain pending appeal; the estimated additional annual cost …
820. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of screening centres designated to date under the International Protection Act 2026; the number of applicants exempted from the obligation to travel to a screening centre in the first three months of operation; the maximum duration of detention permissible under the new border return procedure; and whether he is satisfied th…
821. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated number of family members expected to enter and reside in the State annually under the family reunification provisions of the International Protection Act 2026; the criteria applied to "stable relationships" and dependent relatives; the measures in place to prevent chain migration and additional pressure on housing and ser…
822. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated additional annual cost to the State of providing material reception conditions under the Reception Conditions Directive as transposed in the International Protection Act 2026; the number of applicants expected to qualify for accommodation, allowances and health/education supports; whether reductions or withdrawals of bene…
823. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Government's planned annual intake under the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework as provided for in the International Protection Act 2026; the projected cost per resettled person including family members; the mechanism to ensure that such admissions do not undermine the integrity of the domestic asylum system; a…
824. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Eurodac hits recorded since the commencement of the relevant provisions of the International Protection Act 2026; the number of those hits that resulted in accelerated procedures, transfer requests or removal orders; and whether he is satisfied that the biometric and data-sharing regime will prevent repeat or forum-shoppi…
825. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the contingency plans and additional resources that have been allocated under the crisis and force majeure provisions (Regulation (EU) 2024/1359) of the International Protection Act 2026; the threshold for triggering temporary protection for mass influxes; whether these provisions include any mechanism to suspend new applications at th…
826. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the staffing levels, budget and first-year work programme of the newly established Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures under the International Protection Act 2026; the number of inspections or investigations carried out to date; whether the Inspector's reports will be published and acted upon to ensure value for m…
827. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications still governed by the International Protection Act 2015 under the transitional provisions of the 2026 Act; the average processing time for those legacy cases; the steps being taken to prevent the new regime from inheriting or exacerbating the existing backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3…
855. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason no terms of reference have been published or circulated for the Firearms Forum; whether formal terms of reference have been agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35189/26]
1091. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been used to fund My Options, in the categories of staff salaries, advertising, and other costs in 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of staff (full-time equivalent) employed by the HSE MyOptions service, by year and by category, as qualified nurses, qualified counsellors, and other staff; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
1092. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money that has been used to fund the supply of mifepristone and misoprostol for abortions in each year from 2019 to date in 2026, by year and by setting (GP or hospital settings); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34540/26]
1105. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether the pre-termination counselling protocols mandated under the 2018 Act require the provision of evidence-based information on foetal development at each stage of gestation up to 12 weeks, the physical and psychological risks of the procedure, and details of non-directive support services including adoption and financial assistance for continuing the pregna…
1106. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have had two or more terminations of pregnancy notified under the 2018 Act since 1 January 2019, by year and by whether the repeat procedure occurred within 12 months of the previous one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34615/26]
1107. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of terminations carried out after 12 weeks' gestation on the ground that there is a condition likely to lead to the death of the foetus before or within 28-days of birth in each year since 2019, by specific condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34616/26]
1108. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of women who received a termination of pregnancy under the 2018 Act and who were subsequently referred for dedicated post-termination mental health or counselling support through the HSE in each year since 2019; the uptake rate of such referrals; and whether any follow-up audit has been conducted on long-term outcomes; and if she will make a statement …
1109. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the total Exchequer funding allocated specifically to the provision of termination of pregnancy services (broken down between community/GP settings and hospital settings) in each year since 2019 to date; and to compare this with the annual funding provided to crisis pregnancy support agencies and adoption services in the same period; and if she will make a statem…
1110. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health whether any audits or compliance checks have been carried out on the accuracy and completeness of notifications submitted under section 20 of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; the findings of any such audits; and the number of instances, if any, where sanctions were applied for non-compliance [34619/26]