831. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the assistance his Department can offer to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24348/25]
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832. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families that have received newborn baby grants since the scheme commenced in February, in tabular form, on a county-by-county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24373/25]
833. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports that exist to support workers who are in receipt of carers' allowance payments and also on maternity leave, but whose maternity leave is paid directly to their employer thus resulting in a net loss per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/25]
834. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has plans to introduce a special scheme that would provide social protection for maritime/fishing sector workers, similar to that available in Spain. [24452/25]
835. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection for an overview of data collected on the effectiveness of labour activation policies administered through Intreo centres; the frequency with which Intreo centres successfully match service users with employment; the data on the type of employment generally recommended by Intreo centres; the data on individuals' earnings after entering employmen…
836. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if he will engage with relevant Departments on the significant visa processing delays being experienced by a group (details supplied), including many holding formal offers from Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/25]
837. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice whether an organisation’s working definition (details supplied) of antisemitism supersedes the description of racism given in the National Action Plan Against Racism, namely that racism has its roots in colonialism, oppression and domination, given that the organisation’s working definition of antisemitism considers that describing Zionism as form of rac…
838. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if his Department is responsible for the implementation of an organisation’s working definition of antisemitism (details supplied). [24470/25]
839. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice given that the Government has adopted an organisation’s working definition of antisemitism (details supplied), whether the illustrative examples of antisemitism appended to this definition should be considered to have also been adopted by the Government; if this is not the case, how he will ensure that this is clear to all relevant staff, officials and t…
840. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice for details of engagements between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) or other anti-racist groups ahead of the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. [24472/25]
841. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice regarding the charter flight that departed to Georgia on 30 April 2025, the total cost of the flight; the total length of time each passenger spent in the State from their arrival until their departure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/25]
842. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23180/25]
843. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23181/25]
844. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the proposed building for a school (details supplied), which has not progressed since the sod was turned in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/25]
845. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if he will engage with relevant Departments on the significant visa processing delays being experienced by a group (details supplied), including many holding formal offers from Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/25]
846. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently attached to a station (details supplied); the hours that the station is open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23258/25]
847. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason there is no refugee programme in place for Palestinians, equivalent to the Afghan admission programme, considering the acute humanitarian crisis in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/25]
848. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on his plans to refurbish Wicklow district courthouse in Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/25]
849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a full, itemised, disaggregated and centre-by-centre breakdown of all financial, operational, service-based, and legal expenditures and arrangements associated with the accommodation and support of international protection applicants in the State from January 2020 to date; and to provide this information in full, without aggregation, redaction, or gene…
850. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the specific measures taken in his Departmental offices and operations in reducing energy usage and to assist in Ireland meeting our climate targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/25]
851. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the information considered by Government when making a decision (details supplied); if the governor of the prison provided a recommendation and supporting documentation in support of the decision made; if due process was followed and if he will outline how it was applied in this case; if all of the information relative to this decision will…
852. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 5 July 2022 if he will review the information that was “not suitable for release by the Irish Prison Service” relative to an attempted escape from Portlaoise Prison on 18 May 1988 and determine if this information can be released now 37 years after the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23378/25…
853. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the process by which applications are considered under a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling (details supplied); the average timeframe for a final decision on such applications; the number of applications currently under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/25]
854. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide the current number of Gardaí assigned to Waterford Garda Division, broken down by rank and station, and to detail how these figures compare to staffing levels in 2011 and 2020. [23410/25]
855. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí currently deployed in Waterford. [23411/25]