576. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce a complete ban on the use of counselling notes in sexual offence trials, as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73739/…
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577. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracts for international protection accommodation which have been terminated in 2025 to date, the specific reason why each contact was terminated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73740/25]
578. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to publish the current number of prisoners in each prison, broken down by gender; to outline the plans under the Future Prison Capacity Working Group established in 2024 to increase prison capacity in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73746/25]
579. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the progress of each of the four existing projects under the Youth–Joint Agency Response to Crime (Y-JARC); the number of individuals who have benefited from each project, by year, since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73748/25]
580. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals who have availed of the bail supervision scheme in each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73749/25]
581. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases dealt with by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the top ten categories of offences addressed by the Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73750/25]
582. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the pilot project involving the use of dynamometers has been completed across all four Dublin Metropolitan Region divisions; if not, when the pilot is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73752/25]
583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on local community safety partnerships in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73797/25]
584. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employment (scientific researcher) visas which have been issued to workers in AI-related companies each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73826/25]
585. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans in relation to the continued use by some District Courts of charity donations to allow motorists to avoid convictions for penalty point offences, including in cases of those driving at speeds significantly in excess of speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73842/25]
586. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will assess the impact of the EU deforestation regulation on the Irish book industry, particularly the requirement for importers to file due diligence statements for each title; if he will consider designating the relevant tariff code for printed books as ultra-low risk to reduce administrative burdens; and if he will make a st…
587. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to elaborate on his comments to the European Council on Agriculture and Fisheries (details supplied) that Ireland will cancel legislative public health policy, namely alcohol health information labelling; when this decision was agreed, and by whom; the reason he made these comments and not the Minister for Health; his views on whether he…
588. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the outcome of the most recent discussions at the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in relation to the proposed EU/Mercosur trade deal, with specific reference to the need to protect the Irish agri-food sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73549/25]
589. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cross-Government measures will be introduced to reduce the sale of land to non-farming interests and particularly large-scale businesses, with specific reference to the need to support small farm holders who may wish to buy neighbouring farm land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73611/25]
590. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the link between some forestry plantations and flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73650/25]
591. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new forestry reconstitution scheme will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73677/25]
592. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the issue of approvals for TAMS applications under the fencing measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73688/25]
593. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the European states that Minister Dooley visited or contacted prior to the fisheries council seeking their support for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73776/25]
594. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total allocation to TAMS in each of the years from 2019 to 2026; the indicative allocation for 2027; broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73835/25]
595. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline progress on the programme for Government commitment to expand arts programming in early childhood education. [73332/25]
596. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the plans in place to increase capacity at Oberstown Children Detention Campus, including any timelines for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73747/25]
597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of children in State care; and the steps her Department is taking to protect them from harm. [71835/25]
598. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the current support provided for personalised budgets; her plans to expand this scheme to better support people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62155/25]
599. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the lack of access to children for therapeutic interventions in Blakestown CDNT. [72878/25]
600. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to address the waiting list for assessment of needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72809/25]