Parliamentary questions

1745. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which a Supplementary Estimate or Supplementary Estimates was sought in respect of his Department’s Vote for each of the past ten years, and to the date in 2026; the gross and net amount involved in each case; and the Vote subheads to which each Supplementary Estimate related. [1799/26]

1746. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the value of expenditure originally allocated in the Estimates to specific programmes or staffing measures that could not be spent as planned within the year for each of the past five years; and whether such underspends were surrendered, carried forward, or reallocated to other areas within the Vote. [1820/26]

1747. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of EU citizens who have been refused entry to Ireland in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1842/26]

1748. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current income eligibility limits for access to free legal aid services; whether any exemptions or discretionary provisions apply in cases of financial hardship; his plans to review or increase these income limits in light of rising wages and cost of living pressures; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

1749. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1885/26]

1750. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department is involved in the development of proposals or legislation to establish a transport security force; the nature of that involvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/26]

1751. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing complement of Balbriggan Garda station, including the number of sworn garda members and civilian staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1956/26]

1752. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is developing or implementing a specific strategy to address the recent increase in retail break-ins and vandalism, particularly those targeting small and independent businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1964/26]

1753. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the supports and measures available to small businesses impacted by retail crime and break-ins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1967/26]

1754. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department plans during the lifetime of this Government to increase the supports and measures available to small businesses impacted by retail crime and break-ins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/26]

1755. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/26]

1756. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in each of the past …

1757. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the basis on which his Department, or a body under its aegis, may fund the legal costs of an employee or former employee in litigation where that employee is in dispute with, or taking proceedings against, the same body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2043/26]

1758. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the funding of employee legal costs in disputes against his Department, or a body under its aegis, is standard practice; if not, the circumstances in which such funding may be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2061/26]

1759. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the guidance, codes, circulars or directions that govern the payment of legal costs by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in employment-related disputes, including any requirements under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies or Departmental sanction arrangements; and if he wil…

1760. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the funding of employee legal costs in litigation against the employing body could give rise to governance, accountability, or value for money concerns; whether his Department has issued any guidance in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2097/26]

1761. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has reviewed, or intends to review, the practice of Departments, and bodies under their aegis, funding legal costs in employment disputes involving those same bodies; and if so, the outcome or timeline for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/26]

1762. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether arrangements to fund legal costs in employment disputes involving his Department, or bodies under its aegis, require the prior approval of his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/2…

1763. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of domestic abuse-related calls that were recorded by An Garda Síochána in 2025.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2172/26]

1764. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reported incidents of gender-based violence recorded in 2025, broken down by month and by county. [2179/26]

1765. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents of Gender-Based Violence reported in 2025 that have resulted in arrests, prosecutions and convictions; the average time taken for cases to progress through the criminal justice system, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2180/26]

1766. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding his Department’s work to develop a single unique identifier and standardising data categorisation across the justice sector which intends on facilitating better collation and sharing of data to support policy research and inform Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence service development…

1767. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of appointees to the Dublin South Central local community safety partnerships. [2210/26]

1768. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2251/26]

1769. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2269/26]