1728. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address issues raised in the annual report of the Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee (MPVC) 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/26]
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1729. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current prison population in each Irish Prison Service centre; the capacity of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/26]
1730. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken, or intends to take to address prison overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1307/26]
1731. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the existing rehabilitative programmes and services available in each prison or detention centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1308/26]
1732. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to increase the number of rehabilitative programmes and services available in Irish prisons and detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1309/26]
1733. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current rate of recidivism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1310/26]
1734. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has considered the establishment of a central register of wills; if he will provide an update on any analysis, consultation or scoping work undertaken to date on the feasibility, legal implications and potential benefits of such a register; and his plans to progress the creation of a national system to record the ex…
1735. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider implementing legislation to restrain the use of handcuffs for non-violent vulnerable offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/26]
1736. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visas and residency permits per category (Employment - General and Category 1, Student, Family Reunification etc) issued per state of origin in 2025; the corresponding figures for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1513/26]
1737. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification visas issued in 2025 by category (Irish citizen, refugees, Category 1 Employment, General Employment etc); the corresponding figures for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1514/26]
1738. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for family reunification visas received in each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the numbers in each year approved in first instance; the number of refusals which were appealed and the number of those appeals which were successful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1515/26]
1739. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times in each of the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive, in which the Minister waived certain criteria in respect of family reunification visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1516/26]
1740. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any language or integration criteria applies for family reunification visas; if there are any proposals to amend or introduce any such criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1517/26]
1741. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following on from the recommendations of An Garda Síochána recruitment training capacity group that reported to him in September 2025, who are the members of the working group that was established to specifically consider the case for a second training college and the role that the tertiary system could play in the delivery of Garda tr…
1742. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will urgently approve the application for permission to remain of a critical skills visa holder (details supplied) who has been made redundant and is seeking further employment in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/26]
1743. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the employment status of asylum seekers with permission to work and of those with leave to remain, including information on the sectors and jobs in which they are working. [1625/26]
1744. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the progress and current timeline for the development of the Children's Court building on Hammond Lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1766/26]
1745. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which a Supplementary Estimate or Supplementary Estimates was sought in respect of his Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to the date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each Supplementary Estimate related. [1799/26]
1746. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward, or reallocated to other areas within the Vote. [1820/26]
1747. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of EU citizens who have been refused entry to Ireland in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1842/26]
1748. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current income eligibility limits for access to free legal aid services; whether any exemptions or discretionary provisions apply in cases of financial hardship; his plans to review or increase these income limits in light of rising wages and cost of living pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1879/26]
1749. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1885/26]
1750. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department is involved in the development of proposals or legislation to establish a transport security force; the nature of that involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/26]
1751. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing complement of Balbriggan Garda station, including the number of sworn garda members and civilian staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1956/26]
1752. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is developing or implementing a specific strategy to address the recent increase in retail break-ins and vandalism, particularly those targeting small and independent businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1964/26]