241. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has commissioned or received any risk assessment concerning Chinese intelligence or influence operations within the State, particularly regarding the immigrant investor programme, foreign-linked lobbying or contact with public officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55932/25]
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242. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline what inter-agency coordination currently exists between his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of the threat of foreign state influence and espionage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55933/25]
243. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the measures in place to ensure that individuals associated with foreign intelligence or influence entities are not granted residency, citizenship or investor visas in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55934/25]
244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has reviewed past decisions made under the immigrant investor programme to determine whether any approvals involved individuals now known to have links to Chinese intelligence or influence bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55935/25]
245. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to his Department’s recent information campaign offering enhanced voluntary return payments to persons in the international protection process, the total number of persons to whom the offer applies; the projected gross and net Exchequer cost, by month and by payment band; the safeguards in place to prevent duplicate or ineligib…
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the most recent figures available from the central statistics office or his Department setting out, on a proportional basis, the number of recorded sexual assault offences across the State by the nationality of persons convicted or charged with such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54437/25]
399. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking in response to the reported 13 percent increase in overall crime in Cork city in the past year, with particular reference to the 23 percent rise in thefts and shoplifting. [53126/25]
400. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a comparison of Garda personnel strength in the Cork city division in 2020 versus 2025. [53129/25]
459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the procedures in place to ensure full compliance with the sex offenders register, in particular when an offender fails to notify gardaí of their current address; if he will confirm whether an alert has been issued in relation to a person (details supplied); and the enforcement mechanisms that exist to ensure immediate action in such c…
461. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the payments made by the Irish Prison Service to podcasts, influencers, or media outlets since 1 January 2020; the recipient in each case; the amount paid; the purpose of the expenditure and the year in which it was made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53851/25]
462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Irish Prison Service has made any payments to persons (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; and if so, the total amount, the number of payments, the date of each payment; and the procurement basis for each. [53852/25]
463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the procurement process undertaken in respect of the nearly €25,000 payment by the Irish Prison Service to persons (details supplied); if a formal tender was conducted; and if he will provide the business case or approval note underpinning this expenditure. [53853/25]
464. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any Irish Prison Service payments to podcasts, influencers, or media outlets since 1 January 2020 were made in multiple tranches of under €25,000 each; and if he will clarify whether this practice was used to avoid triggering public tender thresholds. [53854/25]
465. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is satisfied that all Irish Prison Service expenditure on podcasts, influencers, and media outlets since 2020 has complied fully with public procurement law and with the Department’s internal governance requirements; and if he will outline the oversight his Department exercised in approving these expenditures. [53855/25]
466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by the Irish Prison Service on consultancy, media services, and public relations between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2025; if he will provide a breakdown by year; and if he will specify which contracts were subject to open competitive tender. [53856/25]
467. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will request the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a detailed review of Irish Prison Service expenditure on media, podcasts, and influencer contracts since 2020. [53858/25]
468. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a list of all foreign travel undertaken by senior Irish Prison Service executives since 1 January 2020, including the destination, purpose, number of staff travelling, and total cost to the taxpayer in each case. [53859/25]
469. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of single modular housing units provided by the Irish Prison Service since 1 January 2020; the procurement process used for these units; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of units purchased and their individual costs. [53860/25]
340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has raised concerns regarding the circulation of asylum coaching materials; and the actions taken to address these concerns. [52787/25]
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures in place in State-contracted accommodation centres to ensure that residents are not assisted by third parties in preparing fraudulent or coached asylum applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52788/25]
352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons and the number of family units who have received financial assistance under the State’s voluntary return programme, each year since 2009 and the total grant amounts paid in each year. [52767/25]
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to specify the current maximum and minimum levels of financial assistance available to persons and family units under the voluntary return programme; and to confirm when these levels were last reviewed or amended. [52768/25]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average financial support paid per person and per family unit under the voluntary return programme in each of the past five years. [52769/25]
355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total administrative cost of operating the voluntary return programme in each of the past five years, including staffing, promotion and case management. [52770/25]
356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications made to the voluntary return programme in each of the past five years, the number approved, the number refused; and the number of approved applicants who subsequently did not depart the State. [52771/25]