Parliamentary questions

1645. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding two applications (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing these applications; the further turnaround time, if available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74320/25]

1646. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the assessment his Department has made of the impact of ECHR interventions on Ireland’s ability to enforce deportation orders; and the estimated number of deportations that could not proceed as a direct result of ECHR case law or Strasbourg rulings. [74337/25]

1647. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in terms of the amended requirements for those applying for Irish citizenship, if an application received on the 8 of December from a person previously granted international protection is subject to the new five year residency requirements. [74358/25]

1648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, prior to the Government’s decision for Ireland to opt into the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, his Department carried out or commissioned any Ireland-specific impact assessment, modelling, or analysis examining the likely effects of participation in the Pact’s solidarity mechanism on the number of internatio…

1649. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when construction will commence on the purpose-built Family Law Court complex at Hammond Lane, Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74432/25]

1650. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the office rental costs per annum for staff in his Department and for each agency or organisation under his remit, in each of the years between 2015 and 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74453/25]

1651. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the level and degree of consultation the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment has had with him concerning all relevant provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2024 which would enable the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment introduce secondary legislation to implement scale of fee…

1652. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos 761, 762 and 763 of 16 December 2025, in which it was stated that an immigration permission may be revoked where a person fails to obey the laws of the State or becomes involved in criminal activity, the total number of immigration permissions revoked by his Dep…

1653. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people in Irish prisons with a personality disorder diagnosis between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74550/25]

1654. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures he will take to reduce the number of people in prison on short term sentences of less than 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74551/25]

1655. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail whether his Department uses or have ever used any forms of artificial intelligence (details supplied) to assist with or process citizenship applications or related documentation; at what stage in the process of handling this documentation have these systems been used; who authorised the decision to us…

1656. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the latest Inspector of Prisons report into Limerick Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74599/25]

1657. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Gardaí broken down by rank in each Garda division in the country; and the number of Garda retirements in each division between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74600/25]

1658. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when measures will be introduced to incorporate the Convention for the Protection of the Profession of Lawyer into domestic law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74618/25]

1659. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing times for long stay (D) join family applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74643/25]

1660. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking to reduce the timeframe in order that a decision is made within the six months period as per the visa processing times listed on his Departments website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74644/25]

1661. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which applicants can track the status of their application when the ID-Pal Login method requires a passport to login and the applicants passport is currently held by the Visa office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74645/25]

1662. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by his Department, for 2025, in settlement payments, compensation, damages or negotiated payments arising from the repudiation, cancellation or termination of international protection accommodation contracts, including payments already made, payments legally committed to, and any financial pro…

1663. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure by his Department, for each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 in settlement payments, compensation, damages or negotiated payments arising from the repudiation, cancellation or termination of international protection accommodation contracts, including payments already made, payments…

1664. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for the temporary accommodation provided at a location (details supplied), which was developed to house people from Ukraine; if so, to outline what assessment has been made of the suitability of this site for conversion to social housing once temporary measures for Ukrainian accommodation cease…

1665. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the current contract between the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) and a hotel (details supplied), is due to cease; if the facility will be discontinued as an IPAS centre and permitted to return to operation as a hotel; the plans the Department has regarding the future use of thi…

1666. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda traffic enforcement operations carried out nationally and in the Dublin Metropolitan Region in the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of Garda members assigned to dedicated traffic duties in each period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74801/25…

1667. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his position regarding the issue of facial recognition technology being broadly available in society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74852/25]

1668. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding a change of immigration permission application (details supplied); to expedite the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74870/25]

1669. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of data breaches recorded by his Department in 2025; and the number that were reported to the Data Protection Commissioner. [74900/25]