426. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cost associated with applications for Irish citizenship; if the cost will be examined; if there are plans to reduce this cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50671/25]
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427. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 9 July 2025, how the progress in reduced probate processing times outlined (and any more up-to-date figures) have been achieved; if he has any information on the minimum and maximum probate processing times; if the Government restarted accepting probate applications from non-solicitors; if h…
428. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of manned entry points at which the Garda National Immigration Bureau operates passport checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49595/25]
429. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of staff engaged with passport or identity checks and points of entry into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49596/25]
430. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current personnel strength of the Garda National Immigration Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49597/25]
431. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the basis for not providing a dedicated channel for people arriving from within the common travel area at Dublin Airport, in order to allow them to arrive into the country without passport checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49598/25]
432. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/25]
433. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any product or service that has been acquired by his Department from an Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49630/25]
434. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider putting in place a requirement on the operators of internet applications that would ensure real, genuine and informed consent by users regarding the collection of data and the implications thereof, specifically on whether or not they consent to the distribution of their data to third parties; and if he will make a st…
435. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on whether the sale of data gathered by internet applications to third parties is in compliance with the general data protection regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49641/25]
436. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda cars registered to and for use by An Garda Síochána, by Garda region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49661/25]
437. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda vans registered to and for use by An Garda Síochána, by Garda region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49662/25]
438. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda bicycles registered to and for use by An Garda Síochána, by Garda region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/25]
439. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the personnel strength in An Garda Síochána, by rank and by Garda region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49664/25]
440. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current personnel strength in the F and W districts in the Dublin Metropolitan Region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49666/25]
441. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rationale for changing the kennelling requirement for prison service dogs to home-kennelling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49712/25]
442. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that dog handlers who are not homeowners are being redeployed within the Prison Service due to being unable to fulfil the new requirement to home kennel the dog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49713/25]
443. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is an appeals mechanism available to an individual employed within the Prison Service as a dog handler who has had to forfeit their position as a dog handler due to them not being able to kennel the dog at home as they not a homeowner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49714/25]
444. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1703 of 8 September 2025, if he will provide a comprehensive breakdown of the overall spend of €32 million. [49719/25]
445. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the dates and attendees at any meetings he or his officials have had with the new Garda Commissioner (details supplied). [49720/25]
446. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of senior management of an Garda Síochána, by date of appointment to each position; and if positions are vacant by the date they were vacant. [49721/25]
447. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda cars purchased by the force for the years 2019 to 2024 and to 15 January 2025. [49722/25]
448. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total remuneration package for the new Garda Commissioner (details supplied); and the total remuneration package for their predecessor, respectively with any changes mid-contract outlined. [49737/25]
449. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can guarantee that An Garda Síochána has never intercepted communications involving journalists given the declaration by the British Intelligence Agency, MI5, that it intercepted the phones of journalists in Northern Ireland. [49738/25]
450. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can guarantee that An Garda Síochána has never intercepted communications involving public officials given the declaration by the British Intelligence Agency, MI5, that it intercepted the phones of journalists in Northern Ireland. [49739/25]