374. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ten nationalities with the highest number of study visa applications received in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of applications approved and refused for each of those nationalities in each year, in tabular form. [75140/26]
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719. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of study visa applications received from students ordinarily resident in Gaza in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of such applications that were refused in each year. [74012/26]
720. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the top ten nationalities of international students in Irish higher education institutions that are subject to visa requirements; the number of study visa applications received from each such nationality in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of visa refusals issued in each year for each nationality. [74011/26]
543. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members at the end of 2025 and at the latest date in 2026; the projected number at the end of 2026 and the end of 2027; and the number of trainees who entered the Garda College to date in 2026. [71832/26]
544. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of the additional €5.3 million provided in Budget 2027 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence initiatives and for Cuan, by initiative, compared with the additional €11.5 million for DSGBV initiatives and €0.7 million for Cuan provided in Budget 2026. [71834/26]
545. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total allocation for international protection and Ukraine accommodation in 2027, given that the Budget 2027 expenditure report refers both to €946 million in contingency funding and to €1,106 million for accommodation under Programme C; a reconciliation of the two figures. [71835/26]
391. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of seizures recorded by An Garda Síochána of products containing hexahydrocannabinol, including vapes, since the ban on the sale of such products in July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53761/26]
560. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions and convictions under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 in respect of the sale or supply of nitrous oxide for its psychoactive effects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53342/26]
561. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he has examined the approach taken in the United Kingdom, where nitrous oxide was made a class C controlled drug in November 2023, with a view to strengthening the legislative framework governing its recreational use in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53343/26]
562. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the powers currently available to An Garda Síochána to seize nitrous oxide canisters from persons suspected of possessing them for recreational use; the number of such seizures recorded in each of the years from 2022 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53344/26]
566. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has collected or analysed data on the reasons for adjournments in District Court criminal legal aid cases, including adjournments arising from disclosure, DPP directions, forensic reports, probation reports, psychiatric assessments, interpreter availability, court-list pressures or other prosecution-side o…
567. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the new District Court criminal legal aid fee model, which replaces the previous payment of approximately €240 for a first appearance and €60 for each subsequent appearance with a flat fee of €520 per defendant, the assessment that has been carried out of the impact of this change on complex or longer-running case…
568. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the new District Court criminal legal aid fee model is expected to address the rise in District Court criminal legal aid expenditure from approximately €19 million in 2015 to €37 million in 2024; the projected savings that are expected from the new model; whether these projections have been shared with the Law S…
569. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has analysed the extent to which repeated appearances in District Court criminal legal aid cases arises from defence-side conduct as opposed to prosecution-side or system factors, including disclosure, DPP directions, forensic reports, probation reports, psychiatric assessments, interpreter availability or…
609. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number, and total value, of cash seizures made by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51867/26]
610. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána in connection with human trafficking and in connection with prostitution offences respectively, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51868/26]
354. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list and/or the number of people affected by Ireland’s imposed travel ban and sanctions on Israeli extremist settlers and leading Hamas figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49966/26]
46. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of drug seizures nationally in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the total value, quantity and type of each seizure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49773/26]
75. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the consideration he is giving to strengthening knife crime legislation; the number of assaults and murders involving knives in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49774/26]
598. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the published strength of the Cork City Garda division, the number of Gardaí assigned to that division who are attached to national or regional specialist units rather than to divisional duties, by unit and rank, in tabular form; the number of newly attested Gardaí allocated to the Cork city and Cork county divisions …
599. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drug seizures made in the Cork city and Cork county Garda divisions in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by drug type, by division, in tabular form; the quantity seized of each drug type in each of those years; the estimated value of the drugs seized; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
600. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visit (tourist) visas issued in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49499/26]
601. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of study visas issued in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49500/26]
602. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employment visas issued in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49501/26]
603. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of join family visas issued in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/26]