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Michael Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2008. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of enforcement hours carried out by GoSafe vans in each month of 2025, by county. [24343/26]
Michael Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2009. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí assigned to Roads Policing Units in each Garda division; and the change in those numbers since 2019. [24344/26]
Michael Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2010. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints conducted in each month of 2025, by county. [24345/26]
Michael Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2011. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of roadside breath tests conducted in 2025, by month and county. [24346/26]
Michael Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2012. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of roadside drug tests conducted in 2025; and the number returning positive results, by month and county [24347/26]
Michael Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2013. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drivers detected committing multiple offences in 2025; and the measures to address repeat offending. [24357/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2014. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application for citizenship through naturalisation for a person (details supplied); if he will confirm that this application continues to be processed and that a letter sent to the applicant advising that the application was refused was sent in error. [24372/26]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2015. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or any other agencies under the aegis of his Department have made arrangements for the detention of persons arriving in the State for the purpose of applying for International Protection but who do not fulfil entry conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24384/26]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2016. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or any other agencies under the aegis of his Department are prepared for the detention of persons arriving in the State who do not fulfil entry conditions after the Migration and Asylum Pact comes into effect on 12 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24385/26]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2017. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a specific location has been selected for the detention of persons arriving in the State after the Migration and Asylum Pact comes into effect, who wish to apply for International Protection but do not fulfil entry requirements, and who can be detained under the provisions of the Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Liam Quaide Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2018. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reasons a centre in Palestine (details supplied) have been refused short-term visas to visit Ireland;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2019. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if advice will be provided to a student at an Irish university (details supplied) whose IRP card has been stolen while they have been abroad; and when they will be able to legally re-enter the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2020. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the engagements between him, his Department and the Data Protection Commission in relation to ongoing phone location data breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24440/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2021. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views that the Data Protection commission has enough resources, statutory powers and backing to tackle the ongoing data security and related privacy issues facing the country, particularly in the lead up to the EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24441/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2022. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within his Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which these tools are being used; whether any departmental guidance or governance structures have been developed to support their responsible use; and if he will make a statement on …
Liam Quaide Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2023. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will engage with the Central Statistics Office to prioritise urgent data collection needs relating to AI-generated sexual abuse imagery; if he will request the CSO to bring forward their sexual violence survey as soon as possible to collect urgently needed data relating to technology-facilitated sexual abuse. [24466/26]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2024. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will engage with the Central Statistics Office to include questions on technology-facilitated sexual abuse on the next round of the sexual violence survey. [24467/26]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2025. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will engage with the Central Statistics Office to include questions about AI-generated images or videos created without a person’s consent, and shared online, on the next round of the sexual violence survey. [24468/26]
Colm Burke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2026. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an IRP card will issue for a person (details supplied), in view that it is over four weeks since the application was approved, and the applicant urgently requires a valid in-date IRP Card when attending a Schengen visa appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24486/26]
Michael Collins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2027. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to repurposing an accommodation centre (details supplied), previously used for Ukrainian temporary protection accommodation, for alternative urgent housing needs, specifically for the provision of temporary accommodation for persons experiencing homelessness and for essential key workers such as hosp…
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2028. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24509/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2029. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fines issued by An Garda Síochána in each county in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 for the illicit usage of disabled parking spaces, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24522/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2030. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of arrests for drink driving in 2024 and 2025 by week and by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24538/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2031. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company over that same peri…
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2032. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24636/26]