Questions

111. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of school-age children relocated from a location (details supplied) who did not have a confirmed school place or school transport arrangement at the date of the relocation; the way in which continuity of education and the best interests of the child are assessed before relocation; and the steps being taken to ensure that chi…

112. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which continuity of hospital and specialist treatment is protected when relocating residents from a location (details supplied) particularly persons receiving dialysis, cancer treatment, pre-operative or post-operative care; if transport medication storage, dietary requirement and proximity to the treating hospital are asses…

113. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a formal review or appeal procedure is available to Ukrainian persons who consider that proposed alternative accommodation is unsuitable for their medical, disability or family needs; the procedure, applicable deadline, decision-maker and expected response time; whether relocation is suspended pending the outcome; and where the proc…

114. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of all assessments and inspections carried out in respect of accommodation at a location (details supplied), including fire safety, planning compliance, sanitation, ventilation, natural light, accessibility and suitability for medically vulnerable persons and disabled persons; the dates and bodies responsible for such inspe…

115. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the legal and policy basis upon which a resident who does not accept a particular accommodation offer may be treated as having refused State accommodation or may be discharged from the accommodation system; the safeguards that apply where the resident has serious medical, disability or family needs; and whether non-transfer will be sus…

116. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the individual assessment procedure used when deciding if proposed alternative accommodation is suitable for a resident of a location (details supplied); whether medical, disability, accessibility, family and educational needs are assessed; the person or body that conducts these assessments; whether appropriately qualified healthcare p…

117. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to pause the transfer or discharge from State-provided accommodation of medically vulnerable residents of a location (details supplied) including persons undergoing cancer treatment, dialysis, surgery or hospital treatment, persons with disabilities, older persons and families with children until an individual needs and suita…

118. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of two citizenship applications (details supplied); the reason for the continued delay in issuing approval letters following the Department's confirmation that a back end technical fault affecting these 2022 files was resolved on 26 August 2026 (details supplied); the outstanding steps, including any digital sign-off, requi…

119. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of funding allocated to a scheme (details supplied) by year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [67497/26]

120. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on amending a scheme (details supplied). [67495/26]

121. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has examined the impact on the administration of justice of the reported 93% reduction in the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in July 2026, compared with July 2025. [67527/26]

122. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the High Court declaration (details supplied) the number of complaints of perjury, or of attempting to pervert the course of justice, arising from in camera family law or child care proceedings have been recorded by An Garda Síochána since July 2019; the number that have been investigated; and the number of files that hav…

123. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons found to be unlawfully present in the State due to overstaying a visa or residence permission in each of the past five years; the number who were required to leave the State; the number made subject to deportation orders; the number whose subsequent applications for visas, residence permissions, citizenship or re-…

124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration If any concessions under the new citizenship laws are going to be made for Belarussians, who since 2023 have been banned from applying for passport renewal in consulates in embassies, forcing them to return to Belarus where they potentially face political persecution (details supplied). [67644/26]

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants who are currently employed in the State; whether his Department collects or has access to data on the employment status of persons residing in IPAS accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67247/26]

126. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to introducing a targeted financial support or grant to assist older people and pensioners living alone with the cost of adopting a rescue animal, in view of the rising number of dogs being euthanised in local authority pounds and the recognised health and companionship benefits for older people at risk of s…

127. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs euthanised in local authority dog pounds in each of the years 2022 to 2024, by local authority including the figures for Cork City Council and Cork County Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67354/26]

128. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to providing dedicated funding or support, whether through his Department's annual animal welfare grant programme or otherwise, to sustain and expand existing schemes that waive adoption fees for older people adopting a rescue animal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67357/2…

129. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the number of dogs euthanised in local authority dog pounds in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, by local authority and including the figures for Cork City Council and Cork County Council, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67370/26]

130. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to introducing a targeted financial support or grant to assist older people and pensioners living alone with the cost of adopting a rescue animal, in view of the rising number of dogs being euthanised in local authority pounds and the recognised health and companionship benefits for older people at risk of s…

131. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of veterinary inspections carried out in 2025 specifically to observe poultry catching and loading (details supplied); if he is unable to provide this data, his reason for the lack of information, given that catching and loading is a particularly stressful event for hens; and the reason data on the effectiveness of stunnin…

132. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department does not collect data on incidences in the egg industry of osteoporosis, peritonitis, egg binding and uterine prolapse; if he is aware whether a Government, local authority or any other body is actively engaged in the collection of this data; if no data is collected on these incidences in laying hens, the re…

134. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to PQ 50437/26, the reason his Department does not collect data on the number of, and the reason for mortalities for hen producers; the reason he considers it unnecessary to collect and assess this data; if he is aware of the significant mortality rate in the industry; and the way in which his Department can form an accurate …

135. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a replanting order (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67427/26]

136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total capital funding sought, allocated and drawn down for harbours and piers in each county in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and for the period 1 January to 31 August in 2025 and 2026, broken down by funding programme and local authority, in tabular form. [67609/26]