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Alan Kelly Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
839. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda Stations which are currently assigned zero or one Garda on a permanent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/26]
Alan Kelly Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
840. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda districts that are currently without assigned community Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9994/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
841. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a review of the current youth justice strategy has taken place; if consideration has been given to updating the youth justice strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
842. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of road traffic collisions the Garda fleet have been involved in by vehicle type, and by division, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of vehicles that have been written off as a result; and a schedule of costs and compensation received and paid out arising from collisions over this time period. [10133/26]
Colm Burke Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
843. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a citizenship application will be completed in view that it is over 30 months since the application (details supplied) was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10134/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
844. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an application for naturalisation will be complete (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10139/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10159/26]
Sean Fleming Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
846. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding a work permit/stamp 1G extension for an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10167/26]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
847. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspections, unannounced inspections, random spot checks or otherwise, carried out in relation to English language schools, by category in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10214/26]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
848. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his proposals to regulate the use of covert human intelligence sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/26]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
849. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the composition of the high-level review group which evaluated a proposal from the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland in relation to the use of Garda resources prosecuting court cases; his response to their findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10216/26]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
850. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to the cases of Veseloy and Others V Russia, Application nos. 23200/10 and 556/10 (ECHR, 2 January 2013), para 51, suggesting that there should be a public, identifiable code of practice regarding the use of covert human intelligence sources; the actions he intends to take arising from such; and if he will make a statement…
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
851. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to the ECHR case of Veseloy and Others v Russia, para 105, which highlighted that Ireland was an anomaly in Europe in terms of the lack of a legal framework regarding the use of covert human intelligence sources; the actions he intends to take arising from such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10218/26]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
852. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the independent oversight mechanisms and complaints procedure regarding the use of covert human intelligence sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10219/26]
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
853. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the mobility framework associated with the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, upon which negotiations concluded on 27 January 2026, will form part of the trade proposal that the Commission will bring to the Council, and therefore be subject to QMV, or whether the mobility agreement between the EU and India will come under the pilla…
Matt Carthy Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
854. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline any current contracts his Department, or bodies under its aegis, have with a corporation or any of its subsidiaries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10224/26]
Pa Daly Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
855. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a response will issue to a person (details supplied) resident in Kerry who has made repeated written requests to the immigration service delivery of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10281/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
856. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 on 16 December 2025, if he has received the necessary information from Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered . [10306/26]
Paul McAuliffe Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
857. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the number of Garda vetting applicants processed for those aged 16 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/26]
Mark Ward Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
858. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of scramblers seized by the Gardaí in each of the years from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10325/26]
Mark Ward Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
859. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of scramblers that were returned to owners following seizure by Gardaí in each of the years from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10326/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
860. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current position regarding licensing hours for premises showing live televised sporting events that take place after midnight Irish time; whether his Department has carried out any review, analysis or consultation in recent years on the operation of licensing laws in such circumstances; whether any engagement has taken place wit…
Barry Heneghan Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
861. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current policy position of the Government in relation to the processing and approval of short term study visas for junior English language students under 18 years of age from countries (details supplied), who wish to attend short duration English language programmes in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…
Barry Heneghan Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
862. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether there have been any changes in the past three years to visa processing procedures, approval criteria, documentation requirements or indicative processing timelines for short term study visa applications from junior English language students under 18 years of age from a countries (details supplied); and if he will make a stat…
Barry Heneghan Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
863. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether applications for short term study visas for accredited English language programmes of between two and four weeks duration are currently being accepted and processed through VFS centres in countries (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10381/26]