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Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
710. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to…
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
711. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of projects seeking funding through the International Investor Programme when the programme was discontinued; the approach of his Department to these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55192/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
712. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update of the review of the management and oversight of the International Investor Programme within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55193/25]
Máire Devine Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
713. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which budget 2026 will affect domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence initiatives; the breakdown of funding for each initiative or group to receive funding, with a description of each initiative or group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55245/25]
Brendan Smith Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
714. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse is progressed without further delay; the expected timeline for this centre to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55259/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 30 November 2023, if he is now in a position to provide an answer to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/25]
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
716. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for…
Pádraig Rice Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
717. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm the location of the facility where the certificates of naturalisation provided to new citizens are printed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55384/25]
Mark Ward Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
718. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on prison capacity for 2024, by prison; and the average bed capacity per prison, by male and female, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55399/25]
Mark Ward Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
719. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department and An Garda Síochána are taking to address a reported rise in racist assaults and attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55415/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
720. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the delivery of a domestic violence refuge in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55431/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
721. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the delivery of a domestic violence refuge in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/25]
Alan Kelly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
722. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the details of An Garda Síochána’s Operation Brehon. [55450/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
723. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55472/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
724. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the assessment that has been made of the environmental impact of razor shell dredging off Portmarnock beach, including the displacement of marine life and the effect on beach conditions and public amenity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54965/25]
Martin Kenny Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
725. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of the cost of non-productive investments in ACRES applied for, approved, claims submitted and payment made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54608/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
726. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of official controls carried by his Department in 2024 at milk testing laboratories for the purpose of validating accuracy of testing for somatic cell count, total bacterial count, fat and protein content and the results of these control checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54611/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
727. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether he envisions the possible return of a sugar beet industry for feed purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54731/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
728. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations in the Report of the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming. [54732/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
729. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mediation measures in place to support retirement plans to allow younger farmers to take over the running of farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54733/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
730. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the importance of the east coast mussel seed fishery by reopening it as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54743/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
731. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he has taken further to the imposition of disease control measures following a suspected case of avian influenza in the North of Ireland; the compensation available to farmers should a cull be mandated in the South; the timeframe in which impacted farmers could be expected to be paid any such compensation under such circumstan…
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
732. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a farmer with a TB restricted herd can sell cattle directly to a controlled finishing unit with no conditions attached, regardless of whether they are inside or outside the 30-day TB test window (details supplied); if marts will be allowed to operate under the same conditions as a farmer selling direct to a feedlot; and…
Catherine Callaghan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
733. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that hill farmers are supported in their management of the uplands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54914/25]
Colm Burke Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
734. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of participants in ACRES and ACRES-CP who are still awaiting payments for 2024; when these payments will issue, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54882/25]