539. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his decision to close stage 1 of the HAS following storm Éowyn on 19 February 2025 was not announced or publicised, informing people of the deadline; and if applications that have been refused on this basis will be reviewed in light of this. [14228/25]
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540. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the processing period for citizenship applications, in view of the fact a person (details supplied) has now being waiting five years since initially applying for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13297/25]
541. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when two visa application will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13300/25]
542. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the Trump Administration and the resulting lack of quorum on the board; whether he has considered this issue in light of the key role of the board in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate transfer of private and personal data outsid…
543. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to ensure Irish data transferred to the US is being adequately protected under GDPR, considering recent changes in the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and the resulting impact on the EU US Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13389/25]
544. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the reason a convicted rapist (details supplied) was allowed into this country; if there is protection in place by the Government to stop a convicted criminal coming into the country; if so, the protections that are in place; if the person was in Ireland on a visa or as an asylum applicant and if he was checked with Eurodac when he came to Ireland. [13391/25]
545. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if the threshold to qualify for legal aid will be reduced; and when this matter was last reviewed. [13408/25]
546. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice the timeline to ratify of the Council of Europe's Budapest convention on cybercrime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13431/25]
547. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice the number of CCTV cameras located within the Dublin metropolitan region operated by An Garda Síochána between 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13458/25]
548. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on Garda numbers in a region (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13481/25]
549. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that received a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa for each of the past ten years; and the breakdown of the top 15 countries in each cohort. [13512/25]
550. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied). [13532/25]
551. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/25]
552. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13579/25]
553. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of motor vehicle users that have been detected travelling in excess of the new speed limits but within the old speed limits since they were modified. [13596/25]
554. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the Afghan Admissions Programme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13617/25]
555. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to cases of delayed delivery of personal items to prisoners when they are being transferred between the Midlands Prison and the progression unit in Mountjoy (details supplied); if the Minister will instruct his Department to investigate this and ensure prisoners are able to receive their property; and if he will make a statement on…
556. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if there are adequate checks at ports and airports in relation to the movement of persons to this State; the proposals to install new technology for checking the identity of persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13778/25]
557. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount An Garda Síochána has spent on purchasing vehicle stinger devices in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if each divisional roads policing unit has its own supply of vehicle stinger devices for each category of vehicle. [13841/25]
558. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Niall Collins, met with the Mexican President during the recent St. Patrick's Day events. [13842/25]
559. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of indoor and outdoor firearm shooting ranges (excluding shooting ranges owned by the Defence Forces) to which armed Gardaí have access for firearm training practice, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [13843/25]
560. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of new unmarked Garda cars that came into the fleet in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of unmarked Garda cars withdrawn from the fleet during the same period, in tabular form. [13844/25]
561. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE department staff, by grade and gender, working at the border management unit at Dublin Airport, as of 18 March 2025, in tabular form. [13845/25]
562. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda command and control vehicles that came into the fleet in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number of those vehicles withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [13914/25]
563. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of family liaison officer courses held for gardaí within Meath-Westmeath division. [13915/25]