935. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reported sexual assaults in Irish prisons, by prison and location of the reported assault in each prison such as cell, yard, landing, workshop, for each year 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49012/25]
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936. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the process for handling suspected and reported sexual assaults in Irish prisons; the number of instances of that process being instigated in each year from 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the outcome of each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49013/25]
937. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 24 June 2025, the number of instances where a 23 or 24 hour restricted regime was in place for a period of 15 consecutive days or longer in each year 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; if this information is unavailable, the way in which he is satisfied, and the public assured that prisoners …
938. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of complaints made by prisoners regarding alleged discrimination, in the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the measures taken by the Irish Prison Service in 2024 and to date in 2025 to prevent discrimination within Irish prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49015/25]
939. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have been placed in prisons pending their deportation from the State since September 2024, by month and place of detention. [49016/25]
2067. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [42740/25]
667. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to legislate to facilitate civil proceedings by victims against unincorporated bodies, such as religious orders, and by providing a mechanism for recovering damages from the ‘associated’ lay-run trusts set up by these bodies, to which their assets have typically been transferred. [39033/25]
691. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the protocols in place for persons with a disability in the international protection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38938/25]
753. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider extending permission to work to young adults (aged 16 and over) who are residing in Ireland on Stamp 3 permissions, as the child of a parent who is on a Stamp 4 (critical skills) permission, as these young adults cannot take up employment, either full-time or temporary, whilst on a Stamp 3; and if he will make a sta…
757. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 791 of 8 July 2025, the preparations being made in respect of matters raised therein. [39592/25]
622. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued in each month, in each county, since April 2024, in tabular form; the percentage increase or decrease that number represents as against the same month in 2023, in tabular form. [33751/25]
643. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime ) Act 2017; and if he will address an issue regarding section 4(1), which introduces a distinction between victims’ rights pre-and post the legislation, where no such distinction is contained in the relevant Directive, leading to impermissible discrimination between victims. [34…
644. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Parole Act 2019; and if he will address the need to ensure that persons such as the next of kin of a person (details supplied) are not excluded from future processes. [34228/25]
680. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than 15 consecutive days during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than three months during 2024; the number of people held in solitary confinement 22+ hour lock up for more than six months’ during 2024; the number…
626. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has plans to hold an inquest into the murder of a person (details supplied) as planned; the position regarding whether the holding of such an inquest will of itself be sufficient to discharge the State's obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights; if he has sought and obtained the co-operation of the U…
648. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on t…
103. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications and approvals for a student visa from students in Türkiye in each of the years 2014-2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [26266/25]
710. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 26 March 2025 and his plans to engage with community representatives, if he will meet with representative groups (details supplied) on the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25963/25]
134. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/25]
138. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of seizures of knives in each county in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24715/25]
139. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the average purity of cocaine, heroin and cannabis seized here in each of the past five years. [24718/25]
909. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if there will be continuity of staffing for teams dealing with international protection and Ukraine accommodation since transfer from the Department of Children, Disability and Equality. [24460/25]
910. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 585 of 1 April 2025, if he is satisfied that his Department undertook the necessary ‘consultation and engagement’ required by the Department of Justice Charter, as opposed to mere ‘notification’ referenced in the reply of 1 April 2025; and if he has heard reports of Irish embassies and consulates in other countries advising t…
311. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff working at IPAS; the number of vacancies at IPAS; and the number of staff in his Department who work with IPAS. [22191/25]
312. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the reason local elected representatives are not informed of decisions in respect of the taking of premises for IPAS in a uniform manner; and his plans to ensure that information is not provided selectively [22192/25]