Questions

201. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he would consider the introduction of guidelines on the authorisation and use of low volume or silent fireworks for large scale events given the adverse impacts that noise emitting fireworks can have on assistance and guide dogs; if he has considered how the authorisation of noise emitting fireworks at events can hamper the train…

202. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prison places per capita in the Mid-West for the years 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2026 in a tabular a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15426/26]

203. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if specialised Garda units have had a reduction of 40 per cent in the number of members assigned to them since 2009. [15435/26]

204. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda public order unit vans that came into the fleet in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number of Garda public order unit vans withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [15443/26]

205. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on Garda vehicle recovery services within the DMRs, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare-Carlow Division in 2025 and to date in 2026. [15444/26]

206. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of any formal policy, protocol, or funding allocation in place to support the mental wellbeing of jurors following service in trials involving graphic, violent, or otherwise traumatic evidence; whether data is collected on juror wellbeing or post-trial distress; and if he will commit to reviewing the need for structu…

207. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of the number of stolen bicycles which were recovered for the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [15512/26]

208. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details, broken down by month and Garda division of the number of times tasers have been used in the pilot for frontline Gardaí in Dublin City Centre and Waterford since its establishment on 18 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/26]

209. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí seriously injured on the job since the start of the taser pilot on 18 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/26]

210. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15622/26]

211. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the investigation being undertaken by his Department into the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) concerning the welfare of his animals, and other matters, during a specific timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15211/26]

212. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are specif…

213. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified archaeologists employed by his Department in each the years of 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [15336/26]

214. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last met formally with the Chairperson of Sea Fisheries Protection Authority; and the topics discussed. [15446/26]

215. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the land use review; the stage it is currently at; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15565/26]

216. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine will he provide additional funding or assistance to a group (details supplied) for them to be able to source and purchase a suitable replacement for the Celtic Mist research vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15595/26]

217. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15608/26]

218. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies in Children's Disability Network Teams, by team, in the West and North-West region as of 16 February 2026, or the latest available date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15212/26]

219. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the number of children waiting for CDNT services, by team and service type, in the West and North-West region as of 16 February 2026, or the latest available date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15213/26]

220. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that were placed on waiting lists for assessment of needs in counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; and the number of children in each county, for each year, that received an assessment of needs within six months, within 12 months and within a longer timeframe, in tab…

221. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of all occasions in which she or her predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are spec…

222. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to visit an organisation (details supplied) or if an invitation has been extended for a visit. [15274/26]

223. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she has met with (details supplied) concerning the difficulties childminders face under the new childminding regulations; whether she will consider postponing these regulations to ensure that a framework is developed which protects both childminders and the availability of childcare places; and if she will make a statement …

224. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to support childminders during the phased registration period leading to mandatory registration in September 2027; whether the current regulations are sufficiently flexible to ensure home-based childminders can continue to operate without being forced out; the financial assistance, training, guidance, or ad…

225. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE occupational therapist posts filled at South Kildare CDNT as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [15342/26]