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William Aird Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Social
729. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/26]
William Aird Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Social
730. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection the supports available to returning emigrants who do not meet the criteria for habitual residence condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15173/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Social
731. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide an update on the appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15190/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
732. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether capital or reform funding allocated to justice-sector digital modernisation projects includes performance, reporting or data standardisation conditions; and, if so, to provide details of those conditions [14600/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
733. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any governance, reform, or value-for-money review of data interoperability and reporting standards across justice-sector bodies, including the Courts Service, An Garda Síochána and the Central Statistics Office, for the purpose of structured reporting on economically significant offences such as in…
George Lawlor Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
734. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the visitor visa refusal of a person (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14740/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
735. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the recent annual corruption perceptions index rankings by an organisation (details supplied); his views on their opinion that the flow of illicit ‘dark’ money through Dublin poses a threat “to social cohesion, as well as economic integrity and democratic resilience”; the action is he taking to mitigate this risk…
Malcolm Byrne Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
736. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14024/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
737. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update regarding an application for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
738. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the level of oversight his Department has over the operations of, and decisions made by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14079/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he intends to establish a formal review or inquiry into the recent prosecution of a number of Gardaí in the Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14081/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
740. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025 applications processed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14137/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
741. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the impact of the Greentown Programme extension on disrupting child criminal networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14138/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
742. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of body-worn camera incidents reviewed by An Garda Síochána in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14139/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation's review; if it includes recommendations for tougher border controls to prevent exploitation of Ireland's asylum system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14140/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
744. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure on the Community Safety Fund in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14141/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
745. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of foreign nationals naturalised in 2024 who had prior criminal convictions abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14142/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
746. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of immigration permissions renewed online following the transfer of functions from An Garda Síochána to his Department; the safeguards in place to prevent abuse by individuals with criminal records or failed asylum claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
747. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of carriers fined under the increased penalty of €5,000 for failing to ensure proper travel documentation, as enacted in 2024 and 2025; and if he will provide data on enforcement actions taken to deter illegal migration routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14144/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
748. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions secured under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 for grooming and recruiting children into crime; the average sentence imposed to ensure these measures are a genuine deterrent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14145/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
749. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following the increase of knife crime penalties to seven years on recorded incidents in 2024 and 2025, to provide the number of charges related to knife crime that have been prosecuted from 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14146/26]
Thomas Gould Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
750. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for section 60 licences for school transport, by county. [14153/26]
Thomas Gould Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
751. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of section 60 licences issued in Cork in 2025, the number of applications made and the longest time from application to approval. [14156/26]
Colm Burke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
752. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a visa application (details supplied) has been received; the status of the application; when a decision will be reached in view of the urgency and circumstances of the applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14345/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
753. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether it is Departmental policy or practice that Ministers are not provided with the substance of correspondence that may constitute a protected disclosure; if so, the legal basis for such a policy; and whether, where correspondence is subsequently determined not to be a protected disclosure, the Minister is then provided with the co…