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Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1977. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41526/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1978. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41544/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1979. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41562/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1980. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41580/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1981. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41598/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1982. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41616/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1983. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the number of incidents involving unauthorised drone activity near Dublin Airport that have been reported to An Garda Síochána since the deployment of counter-drone technology by the DAA; the number of these incidents that have resulted in investigations, prosecutions or other enforcement actions; and if he will ma…
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1984. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for Justice the amount that has been spent on interpretation services within the Courts Services over the past ten years, broken down by year, geographical area, highlighting the top ten languages most requested under thisService; the different languages that have been requested through interpretation services during the sam…
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1985. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests each year for the past ten years, by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1986. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests for sexual offences, by country of origin, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1987. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions for sexual offences, by country of origin, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41641/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1988. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum seekers who do not have leave to remain in Ireland, currently in Ireland, by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41642/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1989. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that an accommodation centre (details supplied) accommodates male international protection applicants on a transit and deportation order basis, and given his reply to me recently that “while some people currently resident in this facility, or in other IPAS accommodation centres, may be the subject of a deportation orde…
Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1990. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cause of death of all those who died in prison, on temporary release from prison and who were unlawfully at large from prison in the past ten years. [41688/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1991. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those who have been released early from prison who were serving a sentence for a violent crime; and the nature of the crimes of those who have been released early over the past five years. [41689/25]
Barry Ward Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1992. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles available to An Garda Síochána, by type and age of each vehicle, which division it is attached to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/25]
Barry Ward Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1993. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles in use by An Garda Síochána that are fully electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41709/25]
Barry Ward Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1994. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active members of An Garda Síochána, by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41712/25]
Barry Ward Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1995. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the net change in the number of members of Garda Síochána since 2023, when retirements, resignations and new recruitments are taken into account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41713/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1996. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the exact area indicated on a map being purchased in relation to a hotel (details supplied) [41745/25]
Paul Murphy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1997. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the case of a family (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to assist with this application to ensure the family will be reunited with family members in Ireland. [41810/25]
Seán Crowe Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1998. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of peace commissioners. [41826/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
1999. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the new residence permit of a person (details supplied) is valid for one year only, whereas the previous permit was valid for three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41869/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2000. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when applying for citizenship through naturalisation the specific documents that are required for proof of residency; proof of relationship/family status; proof of spouse/family member; spousal declaration; and letter of authorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41870/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2001. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of each category of firearm training courses that took place in garda headquarters for armed Garda personnel in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the duration of each course, in tabular form. [41881/25]