678. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if education providers recruiting non-EEA students on Stamp 2 conditions are required to submit periodic returns to his Department and/or Immigration Service Delivery (ISD), including spreadsheets or lists of currently enrolled students; the frequency and format of such returns; whether a standard template is used; and the fields whic…
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679. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the systems which are used to store and manage any provider returns submitted (including spreadsheets); whether the information is stored centrally; the specific reasons his Department has stated that provider-level education information “is not available in a manner which allows detailed data to be extracted”, including whether this …
680. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Stamp 2 registrations/renewals processed; the number of unique individuals to whom those registrations/renewals relate; if his Department cannot provide the number of unique individuals, the steps which will be taken to prevent annual registration figures being interpreted as student headcount, for 2020 to 2024, by…
681. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 437 of 2 December 2025, the number of Stamp 2 permission holders who were required to register/renew more than once within the same calendar year; the distribution of those multiple registrations/renewals (that is, the number which were counted twice, three times, and so on), as referenced in the …
682. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will commit that no major changes to policies affecting international education students on Stamp 2 conditions including English language education will proceed until accurate, extractable data distinguishing English language students from higher education and other Stamp 2 cohorts can be ascertained; to ensure that structured e…
723. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount his Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72072/25]
461. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70869/25]
496. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide clarity on the future of the accommodation recognition payment for families providing accommodation for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71222/25]
1239. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is engaging with Cork County Council regarding integration supports for asylum seekers and refugees in Mallow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59002/25]
577. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount that has been spent by his Department to conduct tendering processes for public infrastructure projects in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56697/25]
55. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of promotions to senior ranks which have occurred in An Garda Síochána since he became Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53736/25]
370. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the key recommendations that have been presented to him by the Garda Vetting Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52857/25]
371. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he will implement the key recommendations given to him by the Garda Vetting Review Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52858/25]
372. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on if it is correct to implement recommendations to the Garda vetting process without the full report of the view group being finished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52860/25]
672. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline of the implementation of regulations for periodic payment orders indexation rates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51288/25]
1635. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the number of Gardaí allocated to County Cork in the recent graduation from Templemore; to outline which stations they will be allocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45995/25]
752. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to increase investment in Forensic Science Ireland to support criminal investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39535/25]
271. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to establish a Cyber Security Centre of Excellence around a cluster of Third Level Education facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38364/25]
636. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions his Department is taking to remedy delays in the processing of citizenship applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37346/25]
637. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide data on the processing times for citizenship applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37348/25]
638. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide data on the processing times for Stamp 4 visa applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/25]
639. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline his plans to improve capacity issues in the Irish prison service given The Irish Penal Reform Trust has identified that the prison population is exceeding capacity and it is leading to cramped and undignified conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37350/25]
640. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to recruit at least 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda staff over the next five years as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/25]
641. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to review allowing Garda trainees to undergo part of their training course in regionally based universities or technological universities as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/25]
642. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to publish a new Rural Safety Strategy, as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37353/25]