Parliamentary questions

571. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of crimes recorded where the suspected offenders were on bail, by county and category of offence, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73684/25]

572. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if youth diversion programmes undertake drug addiction prevention initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73695/25]

573. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí assigned to County Waterford at the end of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73734/25]

574. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda recruits assigned to, and Gardaí transferred out of, County Waterford in 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the net change in Garda strength each year, in tabular form. [73735/25]

575. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members assigned to County Waterford, broken down by station and rank, at the end of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73736/25]

576. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce a complete ban on the use of counselling notes in sexual offence trials, as recommended by the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in its pre-legislative scrutiny report on the general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on …

577. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracts for international protection accommodation which have been terminated in 2025 to date, the specific reason why each contact was terminated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73740/25]

578. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to publish the current number of prisoners in each prison, broken down by gender; to outline the plans under the Future Prison Capacity Working Group established in 2024 to increase prison capacity in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73746/25]

579. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the progress of each of the four existing projects under the Youth–Joint Agency Response to Crime (Y-JARC); the number of individuals who have benefited from each project, by year, since 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73748/25]

580. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals who have availed of the bail supervision scheme in each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73749/25]

581. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases dealt with by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the top ten categories of offences addressed by the Bureau; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73750/25]

582. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the pilot project involving the use of dynamometers has been completed across all four Dublin Metropolitan Region divisions; if not, when the pilot is expected to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73752/25]

583. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on local community safety partnerships in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73797/25]

584. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employment (scientific researcher) visas which have been issued to workers in AI-related companies each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73826/25]

585. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans in relation to the continued use by some District Courts of charity donations to allow motorists to avoid convictions for penalty point offences, including in cases of those driving at speeds significantly in excess of speed limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73842/25]

321. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the next national cyber security centre's SME cybersecurity outreach programme; and when sector-specific briefings will commence. [72746/25]

322. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria applicable to the composition of his new firearms forum; the basis of said criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72595/25]

323. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to concerns that his new firearms forum excludes certain stakeholders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72596/25]

324. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out the issues to be addressed by the new Firearms Forum established by his Department; how the forum is expected to reach agreement and make recommendations to the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72604/25]

325. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to advise if minutes of the Department's new Firearms Forum are to be published on the Department's website, as happens with many other stakeholder fora established by Government departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72605/25]

326. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures and resources in place to combat people trafficking into Ireland. [72616/25]

327. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of Garda roads policing unit staffing levels in Longford-Westmeath. [72649/25]

328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that all representatives for the new Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs) have been identified for Dublin South Central, if he can sign off the on agreed representatives and allow the LCSP meet next week; and if he will provide a full update on the establishment of LCSPs in Dublin. [72691/25]

329. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a detailed explanation of the selection process and underlying rationale for the membership of the recently established Firearms Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72712/25]

330. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the membership of his Department's Firearms Forum excludes certain sectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72713/25]