667. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to a Topical Issues debate on the subject of the Citywest hotel sale in Dáil Éireann on 17 June 2025, and his statement that "new spaces for international protection applicants will be achieved by using the existing capacity currently being used by Ukrainians", the additional security measures that will be put in plac…
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668. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures that will be in place to deter misinformation being spread in relation to the Citywest hotel complex through regular updates and factual responses that provide adequate and meaningful information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34419/25]
669. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary Garda division each year since 2020; the number of non-civilian Garda staff based in Clare at the end of each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34422/25]
670. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to the drugs unit of the Clare side of the Clare-Tipperary division; the ranks of each of those Gardaí; if any are appointed detectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34423/25]
671. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of simple possession searches for drugs undertaken in Clare for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of drugs sale and supply searches undertaken in Clare for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34424/25]
672. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to roads policing in the Clare-Tipperary division for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form, broken down by numbers assigned in County Clare and County Tipperary; the number of positions in roads policing vacant in the division, broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
673. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the IPAS statistics weekly arrivals report has not been published for the last month; and will he make these reports available. [34491/25]
674. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of his memorandum to Government seeking an amendment to the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 to implement Valerie’s Law, which would remove guardianship rights from people who killed their spouse; if he will outline a putative timeline for the implementation of Valerie’s Law; and if he will make a statement on …
675. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on making a national programme to reduce the risk of re-offending mandatory for sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34518/25]
676. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the year in which his Department was made aware of the review of asbestos surveys of Garda buildings by the Office of Public Works, An Garda Síochána and State Claims Agency. [34519/25]
677. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when was the number of times the Garda Commissioner has reported to him matters under section 41 of the Garda Siochana Act 2005. [34520/25]
678. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times a matter has been reported to a minister under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in each of the years 2016-2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [34521/25]
679. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a situation concerning an international protection applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/25]
680. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than three months during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than six months’ during 2024; the number…
681. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that some applicants for naturalisation who received a letter in January 2025 with a statement that the Minister proposes to grant their application, and who have submitted the requested information, are still waiting for dates for their citizenship ceremony; the efforts being made to reduce the time for these dates to…
682. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that some new citizens who attended their citizenship ceremony in February 2025 have yet to receive their naturalisation certificates; the efforts are being made to reduce the time for these certificates to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34540/25]
683. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the complete list of recipient firms and corresponding capital grant amounts allocated to each under the 'capital investment scheme for Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products', in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33579/25]
684. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated head of procurement; and if so, to list those entities, along with the name or grade of the person holding that role. [33633/25]
685. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example, CIPS, NFQ Level 6 or higher in procurement, EU public procurement training), broken down by organisation, in tabular form. [33651/25]
686. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking platform; to list the systems in use; and if they are centrally monitored or independently operated. [33669/25]
687. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possibility of cleaning or dredging a harbour at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/25]
688. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of paying attendees at the Curragh racecourse for 2025, specifically for the Guineas weekend, to include Friday, Saturday and Sunday 23 to 25 May 2025. [33778/25]
689. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years (details supplied), including all such materials that have been “unpublished” by divisions, sections and units of his Department that became part of the Minister’s Department following a tran…
690. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an ACRES payment for 2024 to be paid to farm partnerships instead of individual farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33928/25]
691. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; and the total amount allocated to each fishery harbour centre since that date, in tabular form. [34059/25]