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Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1049. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked Garda vehicles attached to the north Dublin roads policing unit as of 4 June 2025. [30405/25]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1050. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí within the Kildare division that are in specialist units. [30406/25]
Gillian Toole Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1051. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the Thornton Hall prison site in north County Dublin, Fingal, in light of recent announcements on the increase in prison spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/25]
Gillian Toole Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1052. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the exact process of site selection for International Protection Accommodation Service centres; are local authorities using commercial rates information and approaching owners; if owners are being introduced by public representatives; the community infrastructure audit requirements that are to be submitted with prospective applicati…
Claire Kerrane Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1053. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30434/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1054. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí assigned to Arklow, Avoca, Rathdrum, Carnew, Aughrim, Tinahely and Gorey stations each year over the past five years, by station and not division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1055. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the crime figures for counties Wicklow and Wexford over the past five years, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30474/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1056. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Gardaí to date in each of the stations in Arklow, Avoca, Aughrim, Carnew, Tinahely and Gorey, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30475/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1057. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for new youth diversion programmes in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30476/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1058. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the opening hours for Graiguenamanagh Garda station; the number of Gardaí assigned to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30478/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1059. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to correspondences (details supplied) how the IHRA definition of antisemitism supports or complements the National Action Plan Against Racism per Government press releases, when the Minister responsible for the latter is not able to account for the status of the former. [30479/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1060. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the opening hours for Goresbridge Garda station; the number of Gardaí assigned to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30485/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1061. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the mandatory training judges, court-appointed assessors, and legal practitioners receive on domestic violence, particularly coercive control and post-separation abuse. [30506/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1062. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review and revise current safeguards against the misuse of “parental alienation” claims, which according to new research conducted by organisations (details supplied) are frequently used to discredit legitimate safety raised in Irish family courts. [30508/25]
Mary Lou McDonald Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1063. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline in respect the Stardust redress scheme, including the exceptionality phase of the Stardust redress scheme for survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30527/25]
Mary Lou McDonald Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1064. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update in respect of the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30528/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1065. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification sponsor applications made to date in 2025; the number of these applications made by minors under the age of 18, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30537/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1066. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the delays in processing family reunification applications, noting that the average processing time is currently 18 months, despite previous Government commitments to process such applications within 12 months; the reasons for these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30538/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1067. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Department has a system in place to fast-track family reunification applications in emergency or high-risk situations, such as for Afghans in Pakistan or Iran, or Eritreans at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30539/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1068. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the top five nationalities of applicants who have successfully secured family reunification in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30540/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1069. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average refusal rate for family reunification applications in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30541/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1070. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the main grounds on which family reunification applications are refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30542/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1071. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are still currently 13.5 staff members working in the family reunification unit; to provide a year-by-year breakdown of staffing levels in this unit for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30543/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1072. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for Irish citizenship received so far in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30544/25]
Gary Gannon Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Justice
1073. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for applications for Irish citizenship; how this compares with average processing times in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30545/25]