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Michael Cahill Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
426. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to give clarity on issues with granting visas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40457/25]
Natasha Newsome Drennan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
427. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine a decision affecting the stamp 1 for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40206/25]
Mark Ward Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
428. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are plans to introduce legislation to reform the coroner service; the proposed changes; if verdicts available to the coroner will be updated; if the term iatrogenic suicide will be included as a verdict as outlined in the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40214/25]
Matt Carthy Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
429. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of property owners in each county that were in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment in January 2023, January 2024, and January 2025; the number who are in receipt of the payment at present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40220/25]
Matt Carthy Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
430. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of reviews or reports regarding the impact of the accommodation recognition payment on the private rented sector that his Department has sought, or received, since the transfer of functions in relation to migration to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40221/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
431. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to introduce amendments to modernise the Prohibition of Incitement to Racial Religious or National Hatred Act , 1989; the timeline he is working towards in bringing forward these amendments; if this will include provisions on hate speech to bring Ireland in line with EU r…
Cathal Crowe Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
432. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the Garda fleet in each Garda station (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40275/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
433. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to make the court process for attaining a protection order more trauma informed and victim centred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40300/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
434. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the communications have taken place with her Department regarding additional specific emergency supports for local schools in the Saggart, Citywest and Rathcoole areas, especially those taking in the largest amount of Ukrainian and IPAS children as a percentage of overall children, both before and especially in the context of…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
435. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if his Department has estima…
Albert Dolan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
436. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under his remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40419/25]
John McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
437. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if visa applications submitted by religious orders or faith based organisations are processed expeditiously given the individuals concerned are usually completing their studies or simply being transferred to Ireland as part of their vocational training; if there is an average time for such applications; and if he will make a statem…
Paula Butterly Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
438. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration according to the Garda database, the current number of persons reported missing in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40460/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
439. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason it took so long for the visa application for the 33 young players and 14 mentors for the Moataz Sarsour GAA club in the Palestinian Occupied Territories to be determined on and rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/25]
Micheál Carrigy Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
440. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40481/25]
Matt Carthy Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
441. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if passenger name record data is used as part of the process to verify whether a person who is not entitled to remain in the State as a result of negative decisions in the international protection system, or upon the expiration of visitor permission, has left the jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40488/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
442. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 July 2025, the amount his Department spent on external services from a company (details supplied) to deliver the Digital Contact Centre project. [40562/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
443. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 July 2025, the total budget for the Digital Contact Centre project; if the project was subject to any cost overruns or delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40563/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
444. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount his Department spent on a verification service in the past 12 months (details supplied). [40564/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
445. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to issues with users being unable to verify their documents with a service and being unable to get an adequate response from (details supplied) to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/25]
Ged Nash Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is aware of a matter (details supplied); the action his Department is taking to formally investigate the matter and to ensure compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
447. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has considered introducing a law to make it an offence to use a person’s features to produce artificial intelligence deepfakes, similar to proposals in Germany and Denmark, particularly in relation to the use of this technology to create revenge porn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/25]
John Brady Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
448. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if private homes are leased for IPAS accommodation; the number of private homes leased for IPAS accommodation in tabular form; if this is part of the Government’s strategy regarding IPAS accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40667/25]
George Lawlor Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Justice
449. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the refusal of a Stamp 4 visa for a person (details supplied) in the light of other doctors in similar circumstances under the same scheme being provided with a Stamp 4 visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the chairperson of an organisation (details supplied) will meet with another organisation to explain the reason current costings, for example, beef price and meal price, are not being applied to algorithms determining breeding recommendations and also changing breeding bull star ratings. [40213/25]