Questions

265. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the financial supports currently available to assist low-income households with healthcare-related access costs, including travel and accommodation expenses associated with attending medical appointments or receiving treatment; if she will provide details of any eligibility criteria and application processes for such supports; if co…

266. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the current status of a carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; and whether serious consideration will be given to the application due to the circumstances involved. [66201/26]

267. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm the current status of a carer’s allowance application for a person (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be reached; and whether serious consideration will be given to the application due to the circumstances involved. [66199/26]

268. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in Offaly consisting of a person aged over 70 who are entitled to claim the Household Benefits Package; the number currently receiving the payment; and the number not in receipt of the payment, in tabular form. [66245/26]

269. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in County Offaly that have become eligible for fuel allowance in 2026 as a result of the extension of eligibility to recipients of the working family payment; the total value of these fuel allowance payments made to date in 2026; and the projected full-year value of these payments in County Offaly, in tabular form. [66282/26…

270. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fuel allowance recipients in County Offaly in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by the primary qualifying payment or scheme through which eligibility was established, in tabular form. [66280/26]

271. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in County Offaly that received fuel allowance under the national fuel scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and the total value of payments made to recipients in County Offaly, by year, in tabular form. [66278/26]

272. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the remit of Operation Tombola; if it will be in operation this year; the start date; if an earlier start date will be considered; and the efficacy of this operation since 2020. [66009/26]

273. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66070/26]

274. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any analysis has been undertaken by his Department, the immigration service or any agency under his remit regarding the long-term residency, emigration or retention rates of naturalised Irish citizens; and if he will provide details of any such analysis. [66029/26]

275. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department collects or maintains data on the number or proportion of persons who acquire Irish citizenship through naturalisation and who remain resident in the State for five years, ten years and 15 years after naturalisation. [66028/26]

276. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he agrees that an Irish child should have the same rights for a parent to be resident in Ireland as a child who is citizen of another EU member state under the Zambrero judgment; the administrative mechanism that exists in Ireland through which that asserted EU-law right is determined; and where in the completed refusal or review …

277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the Government's approval of priority drafting of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, the number of applications for naturalisation received in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the minimum, maximum and median processing time for such applications in each of those years; the breakdo…

278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for naturalisation which satisfied the statutory conditions in section 15(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, but which were nonetheless refused in the exercise of the Minister's discretion, in each of the past five years; the nature and extent of any data or evidence held by his…

279. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is any flexibility to the moving date for families (details supplied). [66031/26]

280. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of declarations of intention to retain Irish citizenship received from naturalised Irish citizens residing outside the State in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [66030/26]

281. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to advise if there are protocols for prisoners during their time in prison for a crime (details supplied) regarding access to the public, being in public-facing environments and being in less secure areas with prison officers, such as staff canteens. [66065/26]

282. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted any workforce planning exercise, manpower assessment, service-capacity review or similar exercise relating to the future provision of criminal legal aid services since 1 January 2020; the dates on which such reviews were completed; if he will provide details of the principal findings; if his Departm…

283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether statistics are maintained regarding criminal proceedings adjourned due to difficulties in securing legal representation under the criminal legal aid scheme; and, if so, the number of such adjournments recorded in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [66124/26]

284. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether risks relating to the availability, recruitment or retention of solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work have been identified in any departmental risk assessment, risk register or business planning document since 1 January 2021. [66125/26]

285. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of recruitment and retention trends among solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work since 1 January 2022; and if he will provide details of any such assessment. [66126/26]

286. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the processing of a peace commissioner application for a person (details supplied). [66196/26]

287. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details of the costs incurred to date, together with the total estimated expenditure for phases 1 and 2, of the development at Castlerea Prison, including the provision of four modular six-bedroom houses, an additional ancillary services building and the construction of 21 lower-security units at The Grove, includi…

288. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budgeted cost of demolishing the old Cork Prison buildings, including all associated preparatory and clearance works. [66288/26]

289. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 26 November 2025, if he will confirm the current status of the office (details supplied). [66268/26]