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Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
451. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of time to process an international protection appeal by IPAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53775/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
452. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of appeal decisions issued by IPAT to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53776/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
453. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of appeal decisions issued by IPAT to date in 2025, the number of applicants that were granted refugee status and the number granted subsidiary protection, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53777/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
454. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of the deportation flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025, which carried 24 people on board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53778/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
455. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a human rights observer was present on board the deportation flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53779/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
456. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration of the 24 individuals deported on the flight to Pakistan on 23 September 2025, the number that had spent time in prison prior to deportation; the average length of time they were detained; the prisons in which they were detained, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53780/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
457. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff currently employed in An Garda Síochána; and the equivalent figures for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53781/25]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
458. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí currently allocated to each Garda division; and the equivalent figures for 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53782/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the procedures in place to ensure full compliance with the sex offenders register, in particular when an offender fails to notify gardaí of their current address; if he will confirm whether an alert has been issued in relation to a person (details supplied); and the enforcement mechanisms that exist to ensure immediate action in such c…
Barry Heneghan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
460. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile of the vehicles currently attached to the Garda dog unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53850/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
461. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the payments made by the Irish Prison Service to podcasts, influencers, or media outlets since 1 January 2020; the recipient in each case; the amount paid; the purpose of the expenditure and the year in which it was made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53851/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Irish Prison Service has made any payments to persons (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; and if so, the total amount, the number of payments, the date of each payment; and the procurement basis for each. [53852/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the procurement process undertaken in respect of the nearly €25,000 payment by the Irish Prison Service to persons (details supplied); if a formal tender was conducted; and if he will provide the business case or approval note underpinning this expenditure. [53853/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any Irish Prison Service payments to podcasts, influencers, or media outlets since 1 January 2020 were made in multiple tranches of under €25,000 each; and if he will clarify whether this practice was used to avoid triggering public tender thresholds. [53854/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is satisfied that all Irish Prison Service expenditure on podcasts, influencers, and media outlets since 2020 has complied fully with public procurement law and with the Department’s internal governance requirements; and if he will outline the oversight his Department exercised in approving these expenditures. [53855/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by the Irish Prison Service on consultancy, media services, and public relations between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2025; if he will provide a breakdown by year; and if he will specify which contracts were subject to open competitive tender. [53856/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
467. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will request the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a detailed review of Irish Prison Service expenditure on media, podcasts, and influencer contracts since 2020. [53858/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
468. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a list of all foreign travel undertaken by senior Irish Prison Service executives since 1 January 2020, including the destination, purpose, number of staff travelling, and total cost to the taxpayer in each case. [53859/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
469. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of single modular housing units provided by the Irish Prison Service since 1 January 2020; the procurement process used for these units; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of units purchased and their individual costs. [53860/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
470. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an account of the new Garda districts and sub-districts set up in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53863/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
471. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have been seconded to national specialist units over the past year, including the size and strength of those units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53865/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
472. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí assigned to all stations in the Limerick district, from 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53870/25]
William Aird Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
473. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to each station in County Laois from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53873/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
474. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to his statement at the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on 23 September 2025, in which he affirmed that IPAS contracts will not be awarded to applicants with convictions for fraud or serious crimes, and that contracts require tax compliance, solvency, and adherence to public service contract standards,…
Mattie McGrath Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
475. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of his assertion that a tax clearance certificate is a prerequisite for IPAS contracts, if he will confirm whether tax compliance is assessed only for the applying company, or whether it includes all companies under the directorship of the applicant; if the latter, the mechanisms in place to verify the full directorship hist…