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Edward Timmins Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
126. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the strategies in place, and planned, to deal with cyber-crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66708/25]
Michael Murphy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
127. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific timelines, actions and responsibilities in place across his Department, the Department of Health and the HSE to secure ongoing coronial post-mortem capacity in University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); if he will ensure that the existing modern mortuary facilities at UHW continue to be used; the status of the co…
Matt Carthy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
128. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when legislation to place the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal on a statutory footing will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68325/25]
Thomas Gould Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
129. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Cork to date in 2025, and the number of new Gardaí assigned. [67569/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
130. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will consider introducing legislation which requires all owners of IPAS centres to be legally required to declare and confirm their beneficial ownership as part of any IPAS application to provide accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68425/25]
Brendan Smith Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
131. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the likely timeline for the introduction of legislation following the publication of the legacy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66604/25]
Paul Murphy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
132. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has considered whether raising the income limits for family reunification will worsen labour shortages in critical areas like healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68249/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
133. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the next passing out ceremony will take place in the Garda College in Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68304/25]
Michael Murphy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
134. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the urgent discussions referenced in his written reply of 22 October 2025 regarding the planned discontinuation of coronial post-mortems at University Hospital Waterford from 1 January 2026; the interim arrangements which have been agreed for counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow…
Paul Murphy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to stop forcing homeless asylum seekers to sleep rough over the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68247/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
136. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe in which a domestic violence refuge centre will be opened in Cavan and Monaghan. [68505/25]
Albert Dolan Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
137. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at Athenry Garda station. [67869/25]
Paul Murphy Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
138. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has concerns for the safety of homeless asylum seekers in light of racist attacks; the action he will take to protect them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68248/25]
Keira Keogh Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
139. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department is taking to protect minority communities from discrimination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68172/25]
Grace Boland Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
140. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if multi-annual funding commitments will be provided to ensure the sustainability of new refuges, including staffing and wraparound supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68350/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
141. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline his Department’s progress in introducing specialised judges to handle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68145/25]
Sean Fleming Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
142. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68336/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
143. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the youth diversion programmes in place in Cork north central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66425/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Justice
144. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will revise the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 to ensure that there is no possibility of detention of vulnerable people; if he will set out explicitly in the Bill alternatives to detention to ensure that detention indeed represents a last resort, as required by the EU pact; and if he will make…
Conor D McGuinness Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
145. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to pass the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, in full, in 2025; and if not, the way in which she will justify the continued trade of goods and services with illegally occupied lands, that are being ethnically cleansed by an apartheid state. [68535/25]
Holly Cairns Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
146. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider providing diplomatic assistance or engagement to assist in securing the safe return of children and staff abducted from St. Mary’s Catholic primary and secondary schools in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria (details supplied); if she could outline any assistance provided to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
Michael Cahill Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
147. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consideration to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68608/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
148. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the diplomatic action that her Department have taken in response of this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68661/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
149. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been brought to the case of a person facing charges for organising a Pride march in Hungary (details supplied); the steps she is taking at European Union level to prevent this direct attack on fundamental freedoms; if she will call for infringement procedures and interim measures to be taken to ensure that this case does no…
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
150. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has completed any internal legal analysis on how voluntary cooperation under the European Democracy Shield could create de-facto obligations for Ireland in the areas of monitoring, reporting or data-sharing; and to provide the conclusions of that analysis. [68726/25]