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Ivana Bacik Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
722. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the need to address crime and antisocial behaviour in the southeast inner city. [51869/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
723. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for employment based visa applications, by different categories such as short stay visit, short stay business and long stay employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51946/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
724. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following a ruling from the Civil Service Arbitration Board in May 2025 (details supplied); if he intends to adjust salaries of prison chaplains; if adjustments will be backdated to July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51959/25]
Duncan Smith Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
725. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has received a report on the bomb scare incident in Dublin airport; if he is happy with the contents of this report; if he will make that report public; if he is happy that evacuation protocols were followed correctly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52007/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
726. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which barring and exclusion orders are communicated to housing authorities, and whether protocols exist to ensure victims are not further disadvantaged in accessing or retaining housing. [52034/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
727. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Courts Service has a duty to notify local authorities when a barring order is issued in respect of a joint tenancy. [52035/25]
Pat Buckley Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
728. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration has been given to amending domestic violence legislation to strengthen links with tenancy law, ensuring that perpetrators are legally removed from the home, rather than victims being forced to leave. [52036/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
729. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a report was published by the knife crime sub-group of the anti-social behaviour forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52062/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
730. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the recommendations and options of the knife crime sub-group of the anti-social behaviour forum considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52063/25]
Barry Ward Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
731. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of a member of a community (details supplied) in relation to delays in processing visa applications; the actions he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52086/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
732. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will report on his engagement with the retail sector in relation to the impact of criminal activity and anti-social behaviour on businesses in that sector; when the Retail Crime Strategy will be published; the plans in relation to reforming defamation laws which many retailers feel is being used vexatiously against them; and if …
Catherine Callaghan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
733. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason construction works of the new school building at a school (details supplied) is currently paused; when he expects construction to restart, when he expects the project to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52144/25]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
734. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he will take to prevent a recurrence of the weeks of gorse fires at Ticknock in August 2025 (details supplied), which caused serious air pollution and increased carbon emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51829/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
735. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current funding allocated to biosecurity measures in the National Development Plan for the period 2026 to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51116/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
736. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department had with Inland Fisheries Ireland regarding fish mortality events in the River Blackwater since 2024; and if continuous water quality monitoring has been considered at licensed discharge points. [51155/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
737. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has received reports of fish mortality in the River Blackwater in 2025; and if continuous monitoring of licensed discharge points is being considered. [51168/25]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
738. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider an issue regarding stamp duty for young farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
739. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if meat products produced through ritual slaughter methods, including halal, are required under current regulations to be labelled as such; if not, the rationale for this omission; and if he will consider changes to ensure clear consumer information. [51353/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
740. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the specific meaning of the codes, such as 363 EC, found on packaged meat sold in Irish retail outlets; the extent to which these codes identify the method of slaughter; and whether the Department intends to make such information more transparent to consumers. [51354/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
741. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role of his Department in ensuring that consumers are provided with accurate and accessible information on the origin, processing, and slaughter methods of meat sold in Irish shops and supermarkets, including where ritual slaughter has taken place. [51355/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
742. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51356/25]
Carol Nolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support calls for the introduction of an income volatility mechanism from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51379/25]
Carol Nolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
744. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to revisit proposals from the Teagasc Pig Department regarding income smoothing measures, such as those based on the Australian model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51380/25]
Carol Nolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
745. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support generational renewal in agriculture with the essential requirement for low-cost finance and installation aid to young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51381/25]
Carol Nolan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
746. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will support amending the young trained farmer relief to ensure that this relief is extended beyond the expiry date of 31 December 2025, as it is vital to facilitate generational renewal; if he will take steps to also ensure that the age limit for young trained farmers should be increased from the current 35 to include all qualifyin…