698. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54935/25]
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699. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in each of the past five years and to date in 2025 who applied to rejoin the Gardaí, the number who were accepted back, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54936/25]
700. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total membership of the Garda Reserve, and the number who volunteered time, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54940/25]
701. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his proposals to reinvigorate the Garda Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54942/25]
702. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the WTE civilian allocation to An Garda Síochána in the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54943/25]
703. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of judges in each court in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; the recommendations he has received with regard to increasing the size of the judiciary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54944/25]
704. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the WTE staffing of the Irish Prison Service; the allocation and expenditure related to such, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54945/25]
705. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount allocated for compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted in the years 2020 to date; and the amount expended, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54946/25]
720. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the delivery of a domestic violence refuge in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55431/25]
721. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the delivery of a domestic violence refuge in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/25]
1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will support the introduction of protection orders for victims of sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54195/25]
3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, following the issues identified in the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the management of international protection accommodation contracts, he will initiate a full and thorough look back review into the way in which public money has been spent on IPAS accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the…
9. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce measures to reduce the number of stamp 2 visa permissions granted annually in view of the pressures on student accommodation and housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54041/25]
50. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will establish a historical investigations unit to allow for independent police investigation into unresolved deaths and incidents of torture or ill treatment, as proposed by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties and the Committee on the Administration of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54042/25]
57. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the changes he will introduce to the accommodation recognition scheme in view of its impact on the private rental market, and the fact that landlords are using this scheme to avoid tenancy obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54043/25]
59. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for increasing the Garda training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54039/25]
251. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS centres and the number of IPAS residents associated with contracts for which the payment per bed per day are above €70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54287/25]
252. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS centres and the number of IPAS residents associated with new or renewed contracts for each month in 2025; the numbers therein for which the payment per bed per day are now above €70, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54288/25]
253. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average total time, from initial application to final appeal decision, for IPAS applications that were refused in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54289/25]
254. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average period of time between a first instance refusal for an IPAS application and the submission of an appeal by applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54290/25]
255. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS decisions issued in each month of 2025 to date; the numbers and percentage where applications were granted and refused; and the number and percentage of those decisions that were appealed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54291/25]
256. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS decisions that were issued in each month of 2025 to date; the numbers and percentage were appeals were successful and unsuccessful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54292/25]
267. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has estimated the annual fines which Ireland would face under infringement proceedings should the State not be in a position to comply with the requirements which it has signed up to under the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/25]
268. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process; and the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54360/25]
269. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline in detail the discussions he has had with representatives of the British government in relation to the impact on the Common Travel Area of the Irish Government’s decision to sign up to the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54361/25]