532. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the date his Department was made aware that the last intake of trainee Gardaí to Templemore in 2024 were not going to be vetted before they entered training. [9616/25]
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539. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Parliamentary Questions his Department has not answered fully and have had to change the reply to, subsequently, since the new Government was formed; and if he will publish same. [9779/25]
326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 555, 556, 557 and 583 of 18 February 2025, if he can provide additional clarification in respect of his comment that "As that correspondence is subject to an investigation, I am not in a position to comment in detail"; if he can clarify the precise nature of the investigation and whether the matter of defective leather pisto…
327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he or his Department were informed by the Garda Commissioner in July 2021 that the Garda National Technical Bureau unearthed that approximately 17,000 live scan fingerprint records were irretrievably lost from the Garda automated fingerprint identification system subsequent to such fingerprint records going into suspended status due to system failures and that …
287. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if his Department is aware of and if it has concerns regarding covert listening devices being present in public places nationwide and the legality of same. [6917/25]
553. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 6 February 2025, to provide additional clarity as to when precisely his Department was alerted to the potential dangers arising in respect of defective leather pistol holsters previously on issue to members of An Garda Síochána; and if his Department was made aware more than two years earlier than the November 2022 date…
554. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he can state with complete and absolute certainty that all leather pistol holsters (details supplied) have been surrendered by those previously issued with them in An Garda Síochána and that no such defective holsters are retained by individual Garda members currently. [6043/25]
555. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he or his Department were aware of the servicing and repair of privately owned firearms being undertaken by Garda armourer personnel attached to the Garda firearms stores section in 2018, where such firearms were belonging to a hunt and pony club based in the Kildare area and where the cost of such servicing and repair was defrayed by public funds. [6044/25]
556. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if his Department approved the purchase and importation of firearm component parts into the State as contained in Importation licence J 11 2018. [6045/25]
557. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he was informed by the Garda Commissioner, in line with the commissioners statutory obligations under section 41 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 that the firearm component parts contained in Importation licence J 11 2018 related to the service and repair of privately owned firearms belonging to a hunt and pony club rather than official Garda firearms. [6046/25]
558. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the total number of DNA non-submissions, broken down by sample type, that is, intelligence, evidential or intimate samples, that occurred subsequent to the commencement of the 2019 DNA Inquiry that is, from 3 April 2019 to date; and the full extent of the impact of each such non-submission in regard to the investigation of crime and the infringement of the data pr…
576. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the ages of the boats currently being used by Garda water unit; and the average lifespan of those boats in use, in tabular form. [6267/25]
577. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the transport budget allocation to An Garda Síochána in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6269/25]
578. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year costs if the number of horses within Garda mounted unit increased to 31. [6270/25]
579. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by Gardaí within the Tipperary division on pubs, clubs, and so on, to ensure full compliance with intoxicating liquor laws in 2024; and the number of those premises found to be in breach of intoxicating liquor laws in 2024, in tabular form. [6271/25]
580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the Garda divisions that currently have a Garda community relations van, in tabular form. [6272/25]
581. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount An Garda Síochána spent on hiring external quantity surveyors to carry out work on its behalf in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6273/25]
583. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if his office was made aware of hundreds of non-official, non-Garda firearms being discarded by An Garda Síochána’s firearms stores section in a poorly secured steel container within the confines of Garda Headquarters prior to the Garda firearms stores section being transferred under the management of the Garda National Technical Bureau in September 2019. [6350/25…
244. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the current opening hours of Fethard Garda station; and the number of Gardaí attached to the station. [5267/25]
253. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the opening hours of the Garda station in Templemore, by day of the week. [5319/25]
210. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to bring in more civilians to work in An Garda Síochána; and the new roles they will have. [5131/25]
211. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has plans to increase the retirement age for An Garda Síochána members; if so, what age he is going to look to implement; and his timelines for doing so. [5132/25]
212. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice his timeline for creating a register of domestic abuse convictions; if so, where will this information be stored; and how it will operate. [5133/25]
213. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has appointed any special advisers; and if so, to provide details on their roles and responsibilities. [5134/25]
214. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice a breakdown of total Gardaí numbers by Garda division and by rank. [5135/25]