Parliamentary questions

1720. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the implementation of the implementation of schedule 3 of the Gambling Regulation Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1270/26]

1721. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the self-exclusion register proposed by the Gambling Regulation Act 2024, if he will ensure that the register applies equally to in person and online gambling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1271/26]

1722. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to gambling regulation, if he will ensure that the licensing system reflects the level of compliance of each of the licensees, if he will consider implemented a tiered system that gives greater room for manoeuvre for those licensees that show exceptional compliance; and if he will make a statement on the…

1723. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the licensing framework under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024, if he will enhance the licensing restrictions to ensure that there is a penalty for licensees who fail to comply in any material effect with the conditions of their licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1273/26]

1724. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the retail crime strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1274/26]

1725. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address Mountjoy Prison inmates' complaints about the unavailability of gluten-free food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1302/26]

1726. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address Mountjoy Prison inmates' complaints about the food standards in the prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1303/26]

1727. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address insect infestations in Mountjoy Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1304/26]

1728. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to address issues raised in the annual report of the Mountjoy Prison Visiting Committee (MPVC) 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1305/26]

1729. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current prison population in each Irish Prison Service centre; the capacity of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1306/26]

1730. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken, or intends to take to address prison overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1307/26]

1731. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the existing rehabilitative programmes and services available in each prison or detention centre, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1308/26]

1732. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he will take to increase the number of rehabilitative programmes and services available in Irish prisons and detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1309/26]

1733. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current rate of recidivism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1310/26]

1734. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has considered the establishment of a central register of wills; if he will provide an update on any analysis, consultation or scoping work undertaken to date on the feasibility, legal implications and potential benefits of such a register; and his plans to progress the creation of a national sys…

1735. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider implementing legislation to restrain the use of handcuffs for non-violent vulnerable offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/26]

1736. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visas and residency permits per category (Employment - General and Category 1, Student, Family Reunification etc) issued per state of origin in 2025; the corresponding figures for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1513/26]

1737. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification visas issued in 2025 by category (Irish citizen, refugees, Category 1 Employment, General Employment etc); the corresponding figures for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1514/26]

1738. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for family reunification visas received in each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the numbers in each year approved in first instance; the number of refusals which were appealed and the number of those appeals which were successful, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the …

1739. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times in each of the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive, in which the Minister waived certain criteria in respect of family reunification visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1516/26]

1740. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any language or integration criteria applies for family reunification visas; if there are any proposals to amend or introduce any such criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1517/26]

1741. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following on from the recommendations of An Garda Síochána recruitment training capacity group that reported to him in September 2025, who are the members of the working group that was established to specifically consider the case for a second training college and the role that the tertiary system could play in the …

1742. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will urgently approve the application for permission to remain of a critical skills visa holder (details supplied) who has been made redundant and is seeking further employment in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1604/26]

1743. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the employment status of asylum seekers with permission to work and of those with leave to remain, including information on the sectors and jobs in which they are working. [1625/26]

1744. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the progress and current timeline for the development of the Children's Court building on Hammond Lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1766/26]