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Máire Devine Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Justice
548. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his legislation on restricting violent pornography will be included in the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences, Domestic Violence and International Instruments) Bill 2025 as planned, which is on Government's legislative programme for Autumn 2026. [71848/26]
Máire Devine Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Justice
356. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the service level agreement targets for processing times for Irish residence permit applications; the average processing time for IRP applications in 2024; the current average processing time; the longest processing time in 2024; the current longest processing time; whether his Department handling these applications requires additiona…
Máire Devine Written 24 Mar 2026 · to Justice
721. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the preparatory work that is underway to transpose the EU Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, particularly provisions relating to technology-facilitated violence. [21630/26]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1616. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of criminal investigations opened under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 from 9 February 2021 to 30 November 2025, by district, offence name and year. [73989/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1617. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of prosecutions begun by the DPP under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 from 9 February 2021 to 30 November 2025, by district, offence name and year. [73990/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1618. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 from 9 February 2021 to 30 November 2025, by court, offence name and year. [73991/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1619. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 from 9 February 2021 to 30 November 2025, which resulted in a custodial sentence, by court, offence name and year. [73992/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1620. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of custodial sentence for convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 from 9 February 2021 to 30 November 2025, which resulted in a custodial sentence, by court, offence name and year. [73993/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1621. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal investigations under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 which did not go forward due to an expiration of the statute of limitations, from 9 February 2021 to 30 November 2025, by district, offence name and year. [73994/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1622. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of An Garda Síochána units handling technical analysis of electronic devices from subjects of interest and from complainants/witnesses, from 2019 through 2025 by district and year. [73995/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1623. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels of each An Garda Síochána unit handling technical analysis of electronic devices from subjects of interest and from complainants/witnesses, from 2019 through 2025 by district and month. [73996/25]
Máire Devine Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
688. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for advice related to a family reunification application (details supplied). [71485/25]
Máire Devine Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
704. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [71646/25]
Máire Devine Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
711. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of electronic devices collected by An Garda Síochána for technical examination from witnesses/complainants in the course of criminal investigations under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020; the average length of time between collection of these devices and when technical analysis was begun;…
Máire Devine Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Justice
172. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the implementation of objectives (details supplied) under the Protection Pillar 2 of the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68229/25]
Máire Devine Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Justice
415. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of electronic devices collected by An Garda Síochána for technical examination in the course of criminal prosecutions both from suspects and witnesses/complainants; the length of time between collection and when analysis was begun; and when the device was returned to its owner, from 1 January 2020 to 30 November 2025, by di…
Máire Devine Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Justice
685. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to “Coco’s Law”, the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, the number of prosecutions taken, and number of convictions under this law, by offence name, number of prosecutions taken, number of convictions, average length of sentence and disposition of sentence (whether suspended and so on), by co…
Máire Devine Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Justice
590. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IPA repatriation request (details supplied) will be expedited. [56926/25]
Máire Devine Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
713. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which budget 2026 will affect domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence initiatives; the breakdown of funding for each initiative or group to receive funding, with a description of each initiative or group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55245/25]
Máire Devine Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1618. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of emergency phone calls received by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited, to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency …
Máire Devine Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1619. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and …
Máire Devine Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1620. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of prosecutions initiated relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any inciden…
Máire Devine Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1621. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of convictions relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with…
Máire Devine Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1622. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration [45758/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1535. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases taken by the DPP since 1 January 2020 that have not complied with the premise of parity of representation set as precedent in case law Carmody v. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Others. (2009); the case names, dates, and locations of these court cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18963/25]