456. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of electric vehicles in the fleet of An Garda Síochána. [70448/26]
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457. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fast chargers installed in Garda stations. [70446/26]
458. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the value of plaintiff legal or other costs arising from the settlement agreements made in respect of terminated pre-contract agreements with the International Protection Accommodation Service and accommodation providers. [70445/26]
459. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Dublin Metropolitan Region (DMR) held a regional roads policing competition in 2025-2026 to provide roads policing cover to all Garda divisions within the DMR; and the number of Garda members that applied and were successful and the number waiting for placement. [70461/26]
460. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of divisional roads policing competitions that were held in 2025-2026 for sworn Gardaí to apply to join divisional roads policing units nationwide; the number of Gardaí that applied for each competition; the number who were successful; and the number of sucessful applicants awaiting placement to a roads policing unit. [70460…
461. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the forthcoming legislation on violent and extreme pornography will adopt the Council of Europe’s definition of such material, including depictions or simulations of violence, coercion, sexual assault, degradation and non-consensual conduct; and if the council will also criminalise content involving necrophilia and bestiality. [7…
462. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Intention to grant/payment letter has been issued to a person (details supplied); and if so, the date on which the letter was sent. [70451/26]
463. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department holds, or has held in the preceding five years, contracts with a company (details supplied); and the value and purpose of any such contracts. [70477/26]
464. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of solicitors on the criminal legal aid panel and the number of solicitors from the panel who did not receive any legal aid fees in 2025. [70573/26]
465. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to PQ63901/26, the cumulative cost to the Exchequer, on a week-by-week basis, of the interim arrangement for the provision of coronial post-mortem examinations at UHW by locum pathologists since the arrangement commenced on 1 Jan 2026; and, if he maintains that disclosure of these aggregate expenditure figures is commerciall…
466. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the latest report from the Comptroller and Auditor General which found that with respect to asylum and IPAS accommodation “no value” had been secured from the money paid out, which represented “a substantial loss to taxpayers"; and to provide the details of the total amount lost to taxpayers from these contracts. [70511/26…
467. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration can he provide an update on the drafting of National Cyber Security Bill; and when is it expected this Bill will be published. [70630/26]
468. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the accommodation centres under the remit of the Office of the Chief Inspector of Asylum Border Procedures; the way in which the Chief Inspectors role interacts with and differs from that of HIQA; and the new designated asylum border facilities that are planned. [70668/26]
469. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the National Standards on Accommodation offered to people in the International Protection process are being reviewed and updated in line with recent legislative and policy changes; the status of any such work; the person or body leading it; and the stakeholders are being consulted. [70667/26]
470. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accommodation centres currently under the remit of HIQA, the number of accommodation centres not under the remit of HIQA; and the accommodation centres that do and do not come under the remit of HIQA, in tabular form. [70679/26]
471. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of a family reunification application in respect of a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay in reaching a decision given the length of time since the application was submitted; if the application can be urgently reviewed in light of the serious protection concerns affecting the applicant’s children currentl…
472. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Garda vetting is required for staff working in designated accommodation centres for beneficiaries of temporary protection; the complaints process in place in these centres; and the safeguarding measures in place in these centres. [70672/26]
473. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted since 01 July 2026 without an application by a defence solicitor. [70671/26]
474. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the National Standards on Accommodation offered to people in the International Protection process apply to all accommodation centres for international protection applicants, including those living in so called "emergency centres" and designated border facilities as proposed under the newly adopted International Protection Act 2026…
119. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the ongoing practice of checking the military documents of men and women trying to obtain protection in Ireland, and refusing those who cannot provide them; the justification of the practice; and if he will instruct his Department to end it. [68986/26]
120. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure on the accommodation recognition payment scheme for each month since its introduction, in tabular form. [68985/26]
121. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the financial and other resources, provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69109/26]
122. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the financial and other resources, provided by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69108/26]
123. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the 2024 report commissioned by his Department, entitled ‘A Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland: Stakeholder Experiences’, the steps he has taken to address the under-resourcing of the criminal justice system identified in the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69105/26]
124. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the 2024 report commissioned by his Department, entitled ‘A Review of the Processing of Sexual Offences in Ireland: Stakeholder Experiences’, his views of the finding that under-resourcing in the criminal justice system was the primary cause of adjournments, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69104/26]