Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

1624. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement there has been between his Department, the Department of Children, Disability and Equality, the Department of Education and Youth and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on providing an inter-agency response to the scourge of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

1625. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action being taken by his Department to improve the processing timeline of Join Family Visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74058/25]

1626. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action being taken by his Department to ensure Join Family visa applications are processed along estimated timelines, in view that delays in processing may be experienced by applicants; and the steps which are being taken to improve on these processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74059…

1627. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Join Family Visa applications processed and a decision reached in the years 2022 to 2024, and from 1 January 2025 to 30 November 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74060/25]

1628. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person has been repeatedly asked to upload documents they have already provided to the Department with regard to an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74094/25]

1629. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders that have been issued to date in the State, in tabular form, for each of the past 10 years. [74117/25]

1630. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost of deportations to the State, in tabular form, for each of the past 10 years. [74118/25]

1631. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps taken after a deportation order is issued whereby the individual does not self deport. [74119/25]

1632. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the location of all individuals in the State who have been issued with a deportation order and have not left the State. [74120/25]

1633. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for an EU treaty Rights application; the range of processing times for EU Treaty Rights applications in the past 12 months; and the median processing time for EU treaty Rights applications in the past 12 months. [74124/25]

1634. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past 12 months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [74138/25]

1635. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether standards or service-level targets exist for his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department, in responding to correspondence from members of local authorities; if compliance with such standards is monitored; the reasons for delays or failures to respond to correspondence from elected members; a…

1636. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify the position of citizenship applicants who had achieved the requisite three years residency but who have fallen short of the five years required under the new regime; to clarify the position of persons who had not yet commenced the process of applying for citizenship; his plans to provide for legal pathw…

1637. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the €2.1 million allocated in Budget 2026 for electronic monitoring relates solely to the 12-month pilot phase; and if so, the estimated annual cost of maintaining the system once fully operational. [74279/25]

1638. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected duration of the pilot phase for electronic monitoring; the anticipated cost per monitored individual during the pilot; and the projected cost per monitored individual under a national rollout. [74280/25]

1639. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated number of offenders that will be subject to electronic monitoring under a full national rollout; and the projected annual expenditure required to sustain this level of monitoring. [74281/25]

1640. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis comparing electronic monitoring with custodial sentences; and if he will publish the findings of this analysis. [74282/25]

1641. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the anticipated capital and recurring costs associated with electronic monitoring over the next five years; and if he will provide a year-by-year breakdown of projected expenditure. [74283/25]

1642. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of prisoners given a custodial short-term sentence under 18 months; and for a breakdown of the number of prisoners serving sentences under 18 months in the format under 3, under 6, under 9, 12 and under 18 months for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [74307/25]

1643. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for a first instance decision for international protection applicants. [74308/25]

1644. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for an appeal decision for international protection applicants.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74309/25]