605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether licensed private security personnel receive any accredited training in the application, monitoring, and safe removal of restraints, and whether his Department has assessed the risks posed by untrained personnel using such equipment. [69271/25]
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606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [69316/25]
607. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason he announced recent significant changes to immigration policy at a press conference with the media, rather than on the floor of Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69341/25]
608. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 351 of 2 October 2025, if he is now in a position to provide an answer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69342/25]
609. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 16 October 2025, if he is now in a position to provide the reply (details supplied); the reason a reply has not been forthcoming from Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69343/25]
610. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on interpreters in the courts in each of the past five years; the name of each companies used; the breakdown of the amount paid to each company used, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69358/25]
611. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on interpreters by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; the name of each company used; the breakdown of the amount paid to each company used, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69359/25]
612. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average rate per hour paid to individuals working as interpreters in the courts and separately for An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69360/25]
613. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times an interpreter has been used in the Courts in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69362/25]
614. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times an interpreter has been used for interviews by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69363/25]
615. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the list of all the languages for which an interpreter was required in the courts, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69364/25]
616. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding proposed changes to family reunification rules; if there is any impact on adult children of an essential worker who have already come to Ireland in recent years as permitted under previous family reunification rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69372/25]
617. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding proposed changes to family reunification rules; if adult children of an essential worker currently not permitted to work in accordance with the Stamp 3 requirements, will be allowed to seek employment in Ireland under the new family reunification rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69373/25]
618. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the allocation of standard and advanced Garda motorcycles; and the number of RPU members trained to standard and advanced motorcycle level, by divisional roads policing unit. [69440/25]
619. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of roads policing members currently trained to CPD3 standard for the operation of high-powered Garda vehicles; and the allocation of these members and vehicles across each Divisional Roads Policing Unit. [69442/25]
620. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to introduce a structured and standardised assessment of educational and professional qualifications for all residents in IPAS centres; the governance framework that would underpin such an assessment; the expected timelines for design and implementation; and the way the resulting data would support labour-mark…
621. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted any policy review of the current labour-market access permission for international protection applicants, including the number of permissions issued, renewal rates, rates of employment uptake, and any assessment of barriers to labour-market entry; and if he will publish any internal policy papers or brie…
622. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged with the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment or the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding the development of a cross-Government framework for recognising skills, qualifications and vocational experience of international protection applicants; an…
623. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s data-governance policy regarding information collected from international protection applicants, including education, training, and work-history data submitted as part of permission-to-remain considerations; the reason this information is not recorded in a format that permits statistical analysis; and whether reforms t…
624. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s policy for the collection, verification, retention and publication of incident data relating to International Protection Accommodation Services facilities; including the basis on which the Department determines what incident categories fall within its statutory responsibility; and what information is held for oversight…
625. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s governance framework for incident reporting and escalation within International Protection Accommodation Services facilities, including the procedures used by facility operators to notify the Department of serious incidents and the Department’s role in auditing or validating those reports. [69569/25]
626. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide, for each month from 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, the number of incidents notified to his Department by operators of a facility (details supplied) disaggregated by the Department’s incident-reporting categories; and if this data underwent internal review for completeness and accuracy. [69570/25]
627. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s policy on inter-agency information-sharing for International Protection Accommodation Services facilities, including agreements or protocols with An Garda Síochána concerning the exchange of incident data, risk assessments or safety alerts, and to confirm whether any memoranda of understanding or standard operating pro…
628. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department carried out any risk assessments or safety audits of a facility (details supplied) between 1 January 2025 and 31 August 2025, and to provide the dates, scope and any non-operationally sensitive findings or recommendations arising from those assessments. [69572/25]
629. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total Departmental expenditure on security provisions at a facility (details supplied) for the period 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, including contracted on-site security personnel, supplementary security personnel, security infrastructure upgrades, CCTV expansion, access control systems and perimeter fortification, in tabular f…