Questions

354. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the formal transfer of responsibility for the regulation of Owner Management Companies and the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 to the Department of Housing, Home Affairs and Migration will be fully completed; the specific reason for the prolonged timeline given that the necessary legislative amendments have already been enacted…

743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he believes it is necessary to introduce new legislation making it a specific criminal offence to engage in drug debt related intimidation. [74261/26]

744. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking in collaboration with An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau to target the financial assets of criminal gangs engaged in the illegal drug trade. [74260/26]

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]

417. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delay in commencing the Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66356/26]

433. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the repeal the Dance Halls Act 1935 and replace with a new Sale of Alcohol Bill as per the recommendations of the Night Time Economy Task Force. [66845/26]

434. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding reforming the Licensing Acts 1833 to 2018 and the Registration of Clubs Acts 1904 to 2008. [66843/26]

419. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 30 June 2026, with regard to the Multi Use Development Act 2011, whether the company that owns the common areas is, by law or regulation, required to act in the capacity of an owner management company, or whether it is obliged to do so upon the request of the owners of the individual units; an…

308. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the progression of the Inspection of Places of Detention Bill; if he will consider extending remit of the Bill to health and social care settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53928/26]

485. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the progress of plans to reform licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52629/26]

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]

548. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the general scheme of the European Public Prosecutor's Office Bill; the date on which the general scheme was or will be brought to Government; whether the stated commitment to publish enabling legislation in the first half of 2026 has been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51042/26]

549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected date on which the State will formally accede to the European Public Prosecutor's Office; the steps that remain to be completed before accession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51043/26]

550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of requests for judicial cooperation or mutual legal assistance received from the European Public Prosecutor's Office in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those requests granted in full, granted in part, or refused; the average time taken by the State to respond; and if he will make a statemen…

551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the response of the Department to public comments by the incoming European Chief Prosecutor describing the State as a jurisdiction in which shell companies are being established for the purposes of VAT fraud and money laundering; the assessment the Department has made of the State's exposure to organised crime arising from continued no…

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the Offences Against the State Act, 1939 will be repealed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49377/26]

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]

617. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he would consider an amendment to apply the safeguards for use of common areas under the Multi-Use Development Act 2011 to commercial-only units (where there are no residential units); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49620/26]

626. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on his plans for alcohol licensing reform to support the nighttime economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49835/26]

627. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases taken, and successful prosecutions, under the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 and the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 since enactment, broken down by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49857/26]

227. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions directed and convictions secured under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 since its commencement on 23 May 2024, broken down by year and by the relevant section of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47977/26]

228. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of files submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions by An Garda Síochána recommending charges under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 since commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47978/26]

229. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or An Garda Síochána records, in cases prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024; whether the child concerned was in the care of, or known to, Tusla at the time of the offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47979/26]

133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to amend S.I. No. 492 of 2014 which sets the current court fees regime that no charges apply to any individual who seeks to vindicate of their fundamental rights through any court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46087/26]