Questions

906. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice to provide the total number of reported crime offences recorded in County Mayo over the past five years; to request a breakdown of how these offences were reported, specifying the number recorded via front desk reports, 999 call reports, email reports, phone call reports and-or other means of reporting crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2437…

907. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will issue in respect of the long-term visa application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24418/25]

908. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the formation of a new rural safety strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24453/25]

909. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if there will be continuity of staffing for teams dealing with international protection and Ukraine accommodation since transfer from the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. [24460/25]

910. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 1 April 2025, if he is satisfied that his Department undertook the necessary ‘consultation and engagement’ required by the Department of Justice Charter, as opposed to mere ‘notification’ referenced in the reply of 1 April 2025; and if he has heard reports of Irish embassies and consulates in other countries advising t…

911. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice if steps are being taken to reform the licensing laws to support Ireland's night-time economy and cultural life, including the introduction of an annual night club licence, longer opening hours for cultural venues and transferring the licensing laws to the responsibility to the Department of Arts, Media, Communications and Sport to better support a vibrant …

912. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the full costs of modular housing for Ukrainians at Heywood Road, Clonmel, County Tipperary; the reason for the excessive costs; if the full costs of the project are not yet available, if he will provide the costs to date of the project given the project is almost finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24468/25]

913. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the details of the Garda fleet in each Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24478/25]

914. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the number of e-scooters, e-bikes, motorbikes, mopeds and quad bikes, respectively, confiscated by An Garda Síochána in 2024, by Garda division, in tabular form. [24499/25]

915. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 728 of 8 April 2025, whether it remains his Department’s position that wool is a low-carbon textile (details supplied); and whether he will offer any clarity on the relative carbon impact of wool compared with other textiles. [23203/25]

916. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences issued in the years 2023 to date, by type, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23215/25]

917. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land licensed for afforestation in the years 2023 to date, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23216/25]

918. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land afforested in the years 2023 to date, by quarter, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23217/25]

919. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his targets for forestry licence issuance and new afforestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23218/25]

920. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [23313/25]

921. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expedite an ACRES payment in respect of farmers in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23455/25]

922. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the exclusion of the Level 9 MSc (Agriculture) in Environmental Resource Management at University College Dublin from Schedule 2B of the Finance Act 2007, given that shorter, fee-based courses offered by private providers such as FarmEd.ie are currently accepted under this framework; and if, in this context, he will cla…

923. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the current Programme for Government's promised action to "Ensure the promotion of marine education courses and degree programmes with a view to increasing enrolments", the plans in place to increase enrolments in marine education courses and degree programmes since formation of the Government. [23749/25]

924. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will continue to support higher diplomas in business in fisheries and aquaculture, and similar courses that are currently struggling to run because of a shortage of numbers, by bringing back the 50% grant-aid to help pay for fees. [23750/25]

925. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he believes we can renew our fisheries and aquaculture sector if we are not educating our young people in that sector. [23751/25]

926. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23808/25]

927. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23826/25]

928. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department's aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or reg…

929. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice i…

930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/25]