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Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
619. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of speed enforcement notices, in the form of fixed charge penalty notices that have been issued from mobile speed cameras in Ireland in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27943/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
620. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the number of non-manned stationary speed cameras in operation across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27946/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
621. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of speed enforcement and fixed charge penalty notices that have been issued in relation to vehicles travelling on motorways in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27947/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
622. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of speed enforcement and fixed charge penalty notices that have been issued in relation to vehicles travelling on national routes in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27948/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
623. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of a family (details supplied); the supports available to the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27973/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
624. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Waterford-Kilkenny divisional protective services bureau, in tabular form. [28021/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
625. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 17 February 2026, if he has received the necessary information from Garda authorities to answer this PQ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28053/26]
James Geoghegan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
626. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average waiting time for the issuing of grants of probate and letters of administration; the number of cases currently pending; the steps he is taking to reduce delays in the probate office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28214/26]
James Geoghegan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
627. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is considering legislative or administrative reforms to streamline the probate process, including digitalisation, simplified procedures for uncontested estates, and fast-tracking probate for vacant residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28216/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
628. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized by Gardaí for having no valid insurance in the Limerick division in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28264/26]
Cathy Bennett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
629. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a person with stamp 1 residency based on a general employment permit can become self-employed; if so, the procedure to acquire permission to do so; the specific criteria which enables a person with a stamp 1 to pursue the matter that is, the length of time in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28270/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
630. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for delay in processing an application (details supplied); if a further timeframe is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28292/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
631. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait times for IRP card renewals; the longest wait time currently in the system; and if he has assessed the merits of extending a temporary arrangement for expiring Irish residence cards where nonrenewal arises from system delays not on the part of the applicant. [28476/26]
Thomas Gould Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
632. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of alcohol breath tests carried out on motorists in each of the years 2023, 2024, and 2025, down by year and by month, in tabular form [28485/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
633. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose application is pending; if he will clarify whether the person is permitted to travel while awaiting a decision on their application; if he will indicate whether the application can be expedited given the circumstances; if he will provide an update on their immigration docu…
James Geoghegan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
634. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is satisfied that licensing laws adequately prevent the sale of alcohol outside of the hours permitted by the vendor’s license, given the prevalence of online delivery apps being used to sell alcohol; if he is considering any changes to address the issue of alcohol being sold after legal closing hours on these platforms; and …
Ivana Bacik Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
635. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No 1990 of 14 April 2026, if he has sought a timeline for a return to full operation of the visiting space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28598/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the delays in Garda vetting; if he will examine ways in which the backlog can be reduced, and review the delays in the system and work with AGS to introduce a faster process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28603/26]
Seamus Healy Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
637. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will expedite a residency permit renewal for a person (details supplied). [28604/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
638. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the preparatory work underway to transpose the EU Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, particularly provisions relating to technology-facilitated violence. [28609/26]
Emer Currie Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
639. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active Gardaí deployed in roads policing in March and April 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28631/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
640. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28662/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
641. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rationale for categorising children trafficked for the purpose of criminal exploitation primarily as victims of grooming rather than as victims of human trafficking; if the new national referral mechanism will contain specific guidelines to ensure that children exploited by criminal gangs are legally recognised as trafficking …
Roderic O'Gorman Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
642. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans in place to transpose the three new categories of human trafficking into domestic law to ensure compliance with the July 2026 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28681/26]
Christopher O'Sullivan Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Justice
643. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions in place to manage the significant Irish Residence Permit card renewal delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28720/26]