276. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applicants for disability allowance appeals; and the number rejected over the past three years, in tabular form. [56466/25]
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277. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing anti-spit hoods in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [56068/25]
278. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new marked vans that came into the fleet to date in 2025; and the number of marked vans withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2025. [56069/25]
279. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if funding allocated to his Department in Budget 2026 has been ringfenced for the second phase of the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56079/25]
280. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can provide an update on an ‘apparent lacuna in law’ relating to a case (details supplied); if he has engaged with the victim in this matter since coming to office; if his officials have prepared options in relation to changes in policy to address cases where victims are not afforded a right to information on the detention c…
281. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe for members of An Garda Síochána to be in a position to issue fixed charge notices from their mobility devices for non-compliant number plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56116/25]
282. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022 will be progressed. [56149/25]
283. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022. [56150/25]
284. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of international protection applicants currently residing in IPAS accommodation centres in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56223/25]
285. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the work carried out to date to enable the establishment of a new Independent Human Rights Monitoring Mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56224/25]
286. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times An Garda Síochána have been deployed for protest management at Leinster House in 2024 and to date in 2025; the total expenditure incurred by An Garda Síochána for these deployments in both years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56225/25]
287. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the resources needed by his Department to implement the EU Migration and Asylum Pact in June 2026; the total estimated cost of implementing the EU Migration and Asylum Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56226/25]
288. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to allocate any funding to establish a domestic and gender-based violence refuge exclusively for male victims of domestic and gender based violence; if he accepts that the complete absence of any such refuge to date is not acceptable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56246/25]
289. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify precisely what the Minister of State in his Department meant when he stated during a recent Dáil debate that “we are determined to reduce the overall number coming in” (details supplied); the steps being taken to reduce the overall number coming into the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56290/25]
290. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if An Garda Síochána are in a position to issue summonses for registration plate offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56302/25]
291. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1622 of 8 September 2025, if a temporary permission (stamp 1) will be granted including the right to work to an individual who has worked legally in Ireland for many years and whose circumstances have changed, but is still the owner and operator of a business (details supplied), where their inp…
292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific oversight role he personally exercises in relation to Ireland’s engagement with the EU Entry/Exit System (EES); if he has appointed a senior official or taskforce within his Department to coordinate national readiness; and when he last received a departmental progress briefing on the matter. [56324/25]
293. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Government has formally considered or approved a decision to opt in to the EU Entry/Exit System; the date of any such Cabinet memorandum or discussion; and when a final decision will be brought before Government for ratification. [56325/25]
294. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline how his Department intends to inform the public and civil society organisations about the operation and privacy implications of the EU Entry/Exit System; to specify whether public information campaigns will be conducted; and to confirm the languages and accessibility formats to be used. [56348/25]
295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe for the phased introduction of the European Union entry/exit system across member States; if Ireland will participate in the scheme from the EU’s stated full operational date of 10 April 2026; and the derogations, exemptions, or transition arrangements applicable to the State. [56350/25]
296. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out Ireland’s legal status under Protocol 21 of the Treaties in relation to the entry/exit system; to confirm whether the Government has formally exercised an opt-in or opt-out to the underlying regulation; and to provide the date and outcome of any related correspondence with the European Commission or Council. [56351/25]
297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration pursuant to the commitment in the Programme for Government, the date he plans to bring the general scheme of legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas to give effect to Ireland being fully included in the remit of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. [56381/25]
298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration pursuant to the commitment in the Programme for Government and answers he gave in Dail Éireann the formal confirmation that has been given to the European Commission that Ireland intends to end its opt out position with respect to membership of the EPPO; when was such an intention communicated to the EU in line with the commitment cont…
299. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department expects the European Union’s new entry/exit system (ESS), which has now become operational in the Schengen area, to have implications for irregular migration to Ireland; if his Department will be monitoring the impact of the ESS on irregular migration to Ireland; if there are plans to introduce changes regarding entry…
300. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if her Department collects, maintains, or has access to data relating to the number and percentage of persons of non-Irish ethnic background residing in Ballyhaunis, Ballyvaughan, Clones, Lisdoonvarna, Longford, Gort, Granard, and Newport for the census years 2016, 2022, and 2024 or the most recent available data; if her Department has…