705. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will clarify the extent to which gardaí who are not part of the dog handling unit are trained to deal with and-#or engage with dogs that are on the schedule of restricted breeds. [25851/25]
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706. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of occasions that An Garda Síochána have hired out an external forensic archaeologist to carry out work on its behalf, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25852/25]
707. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of horses currently in training to get into the Garda mounted unit. [25853/25]
894. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown, by rank, of the number of officers stationed out of Kildare’s ASU base in Newbridge; and the number of unfilled posts at the base. [24175/25]
307. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount still due to An Garda Síochána as of 28 April 2025 in respect of non-public duty events that occurred in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, and where policed by An Garda Síochána. [22016/25]
344. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to develop and introduce national standards for persons living in emergency accommodation centres or reception centres that include a component that considers child safeguarding, in conjunction with HIQA, in the context of international protection. [22631/25]
345. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to conduct an annual audit in respect of the protection the human rights of persons residing in emergency accommodation or reception centres. [22632/25]
346. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to enhance education and physical educational opportunities for persons under the age of 18 living in emergency accommodation or reception centres. [22634/25]
347. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to provide own-door accommodation for persons that are particularly vulnerable in the context of international protection applications, such as pregnant persons, persons with a disability, and so on. [22635/25]
348. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to utilise approved housing bodies in the context of emergency accommodation provision for persons in the international protection system. [22636/25]
1547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times persons under the age of 18 years have been subject to strip searches while in Garda custody in each of the past five years; the number of occasions where those searches were not carried out in the presence of an appropriate adult; and the number of occasions those strip searches were not carried out with the assistance of a doctor. [19146…
1548. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the regulations in respect of the strip searching of persons under the age of 18 years and persons aged above 18 years in Garda custody. [19147/25]
1586. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications for driving licence restoration granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded on An Garda Síochána's Pulse database and Courts Service database, in tabular form and on a county by county basis [19859/25]
1587. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of driving licence disqualifications that were granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded on An Garda Síochána's Pulse database and Courts Service database, in tabular form and on a county by county basis [19860/25]
1588. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice each year from 2010 to date in 2025, of the successful applications for driving licence restorations recorded on An Garda Síochána's Pulse database and Courts Service database, the number of cases in which the applicant had received a second or additional disqualification order of two years or more within the ten years prior to their application for driving l…
1606. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he and or his officials have engaged with An Garda Síochána leadership team in respect of Garda trainees commencing training on the first point of the Garda payscale; if he and or his officials have engaged with An Garda Síochána leadership team in respect in the context of a retainment strategy of existing garda officers; the plans if any to further incre…
1607. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of former Garda officers that have provided consultancy to his Department and or An Garda Síochána in the past three years to date; the costs associated with those engagements, the nature of same; and if the engagement resulted in a report being produced. [20177/25]
1608. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has met and or engaged with Naomi Long and or the Chief Constable of the police service of Northern Ireland since his appointment; if so, the nature and or subject matter of those engagements. [20178/25]
1626. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has received an interim report from the Recruitment and Training Capacity Group in respect of Garda recruitment; if he has received advance recommendations; the date on which it will finalise its work and report to him; if the group, or his Department, has utilised external consultancy in respect of the group's work; the cost of same; and the service pr…
199. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of animals destroyed by officers, by animal type, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, where restricted dog breeds and animals pose a danger to officers in instances when a dog warden and or vet is not available to assist. [18000/25]
696. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's attention for reasons of overspend…
717. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a schedule of the number of protected disclosures made to An Garda and GSOC from 1 January 2018 to date in in 2025; the number of these disclosures that were accepted by the mentioned competent authorities; the number of these disclosures that have had determinations made on; the number that remain open; and the number of disclosures that required t…
730. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of juvenile liaison officers in the State, by Garda division. [17279/25]
731. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of instances in which a juvenile liaison officer has utilised the restorative justice mechanism with a case in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the Garda district in which this option was utilised. [17280/25]
746. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed charge notices issued to motor vehicle owners in respect of motor vehicles registered outside of the State in 2024 and to date in 2025; the name of the jurisdiction in which each vehicle is registered; the county in which each notice was issued; the offence for which the fixed charged notice was issued, in tabular form; and if he will provi…