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Barry Ward Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
685. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of stamp 2 (work and study) visas issued in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71480/25]
Barry Ward Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
686. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people issued with a stamp 2 (work and study) in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, that remain in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71481/25]
Barry Ward Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
687. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of stamp 2 Visas that are currently issued in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71482/25]
Máire Devine Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
688. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for advice related to a family reunification application (details supplied). [71485/25]
Emer Currie Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
689. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Dublin to date in 2025; the number of new Gardaí assigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71487/25]
Emer Currie Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
690. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Dublin DMR west to date in 2025; the number of new Gardaí assigned, broken down by station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71488/25]
Emer Currie Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
691. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of probationer Gardaí allocated to Dublin DMR west in 2025, broken down per station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71489/25]
Emer Currie Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
692. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date for the next Garda attestation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71490/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
693. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025; if his Department intends on proceeding with the Bill’s current provisions to prohibit sex for rent exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71491/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
694. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to introduce a compulsory English language course concluding with an oral and written examination for non-European Union adults as a provision for achieving right to remain status in Ireland, excluding those who can demonstrate an oral and written competency in the language. [71525/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
695. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to introduce a compulsory English language course for all European Union adult citizens wishing to achieve Irish citizenship (details supplied). [71526/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
696. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if she plans to introduce a compulsory course of English, to exclude a demand for fluency in English applicants for right to remain or citizenship people who are of retirement age or who have special learning difficulties. [71527/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
697. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of adults in 2021 to 2025 which have received right to remain in Ireland without a competence in English. [71529/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
698. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of adults in 2021 to 2025 which have received Irish citizenship without a competence in English. [71530/25]
Alan Kelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
699. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to introduce a compulsory examination course on Irish culture and institutions for all immigrants seeking right to remain or citizenship; and to ensure a cohort of permanent teachers be established to deliver such a course either online or in person (details supplied). [71535/25]
Frankie Feighan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
700. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department's Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71630/25]
Michael Cahill Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
701. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the proposed change to the citizenship residency requirement from three to five years for people with international protection status, will apply to those who have already lived in Ireland for more than five years but have not yet submitted an application for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71641…
Michael Cahill Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
702. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the proposed change to the citizenship residency requirement from three to five years for people with international protection status, will apply to applicants who have already submitted their citizenship application and are currently awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71642/25]
Michael Cahill Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
703. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which citizenship applications from people with international protection status will be prioritised; whether those who have lived in Ireland longer will be processed first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71643/25]
Máire Devine Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
704. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [71646/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
705. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 522 of 20 November 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer this PQ. [71682/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
706. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to Meath-Westmeath roads policing unit as of 5 December 2025. [71683/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
707. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí that transferred into the Meath-Westmeath division in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number of Gardai that transferred out of this division in the same period, in tabular form. [71684/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
708. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of divisional asset profilers in each Garda division as of 5 December 2025, in tabular form. [71696/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
709. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda driver instructor courses that were held at either Garda headquarters or Garda Training College in each of the years of 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [71699/25]