Questions

326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 555, 556, 557 and 583 of 18 February 2025, if he can provide additional clarification in respect of his comment that "As that correspondence is subject to an investigation, I am not in a position to comment in detail"; if he can clarify the precise nature of the investigation and whether the matter of defective leather pisto…

327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he or his Department were informed by the Garda Commissioner in July 2021 that the Garda National Technical Bureau unearthed that approximately 17,000 live scan fingerprint records were irretrievably lost from the Garda automated fingerprint identification system subsequent to such fingerprint records going into suspended status due to system failures and that …

328. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice if there are still proposals to legislate for “Jennie’s Law”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8732/25]

329. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will expedite a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8811/25]

330. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, respectively in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [8850/25]

331. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí attached to each Garda station in Kilkenny and Carlow, by rank; the opening hours of each of those stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8851/25]

332. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the current opening hours of Graiguenamanagh Garda station; the number of Gardaí attached to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8856/25]

333. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, announced in July 2020 and due for completion by end-2020; if the report has been finalised; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/25]

334. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the commencement date of the new Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8956/25]

335. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will strengthen the enforcement of existing animal protection laws to ensure real consequences for neglect and abuse; if he will introduce stricter regulations on animal ownership, including mandatory microchipping and licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8681/25]

336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures currently in place to protect poultry flocks from an outbreak of avian flu; the measures that will be put in place should an outbreak of flu occur; and the compensation or support that is available to flock owners should culling become necessary. [8694/25]

337. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government intends to provide increased funding for animal welfare groups to provide them with the resources to intervene and provide care in cases of animal cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8700/25]

338. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to strengthen the enforcement of existing animal protection laws to ensure real consequences for perpetrators of animal cruelty in cases of neglect and abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8701/25]

339. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce stricter regulations on animal ownership, including mandatory microchipping and licensing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8702/25]

340. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a Government-funded veterinary services and an education programme to promote responsible animal care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8703/25]

341. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his engagement and that of his Department with An Garda Síochána in relation to animal cruelty in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8704/25]

342. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the development of the National Biomethane Strategy, its progress to date; if there are any revised timelines that may now exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/25]

343. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if grant aid will be provided to farmers, particularly small-scale landholders whose outhouses/farm buildings were damaged during storm Éowyn; if details of such a scheme will be announced at an early date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8751/25]

344. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 876 of 5 February 2025, if eligibility for back-up power take-off generators applies to all farmers including small beef and sheep farmers; if he will consider providing for fixed diesel generators under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/25]

345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider in conjunction with the Minister for Transport introducing a small grant for example of €60 per km for landowners and farmers to cut roadside hedges and €100 per km to cut roadside trees, ensuring the safety of all road users given increasing strong winds and storms here (details supplied); and if he will make a sta…

346. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the introduction of a farm retirement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8852/25]

347. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the strategy to develop a suicide prevention intervention for farmers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8863/25]

348. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when compensation measures will be introduced for farmers whose forestry plantations were badly damaged in storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8916/25]

349. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department provides monetary supports to an organisation (details supplied); and if she is aware of their implementation process following on from the Shannon Report. [8710/25]

350. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the case of a person (details supplied) regarding residential care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8797/25]