626. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to direct correspondence (details supplied), if he or his officials will advise of any channels available to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to support individuals in Gaza seeking assistance exiting Gaza; and if he or his officials will agree to a meeting to discuss the matter. [33831/25]
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633. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons whose fingerprints were checked against EuroDac in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33968/25]
644. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Parole Act 2019; and if he will address the need to ensure that persons such as the next of kin of a person (details supplied) are not excluded from future processes. [34228/25]
647. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Meath west as an IPAS centre. [34276/25]
653. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether existing gym and pool services in Citywest Hotel will continue to be open to local residents following the decision by Government to purchase the hotel with the intention of making it an IPAS centre; if information of what services will remain open to residents can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3439…
598. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons that have availed of return counselling under the voluntary return programme in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32039/25]
599. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the format in which return counselling is provided, including whether it is available in person, by phone, or by any other means; the measures in place to ensure accessibility for vulnerable individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32040/25]
600. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the language or interpretation supports made available to individuals engaging in return counselling; whether these services are guaranteed and free of charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32041/25]
601. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether individuals who have been issued deportation orders are eligible to access IOM return counselling; if so, how the service offering differs from that provided prior to a deportation order being signed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32043/25]
635. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he expects the State purchase of a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin for the purpose of IPAS accommodation; the extent or proportion of the property being purchased; the plans for further expansion of IPAS accommodation on the site; the expected capacity of the facility once this expansion work has been completed; if the leisure …
641. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the properties that are under construction or contract to provide IPAS accommodation in Meath west. [32694/25]
238. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accredited media applications made to attend in camera family or childcare proceedings under section 40 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 or other statutory provisions in the past five years; and the number granted, in tabular form. [30964/25]
250. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized and or impounded by Gardai, by county in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in respect of learner drivers not being accompanied by a full licence holder, in tabular form. [31291/25]
251. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicle owners fined for permitting a learner driver use their vehicle on a public road without being accompanied by a full licence holder, by county in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form [31292/25]
252. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fines issued and penalty points issued to learner drivers that were detected by Gardaí, by county for driving a vehicle without being accompanied by a full licence holder in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31293/25]
253. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of learner drivers that were convicted in a court for driving a vehicle while not being accompanied by a full licence holder. [31294/25]
254. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he and or his predecessor engaged external assistance and or consultancy in respect of the EU Migration Asylum Pact; if he will provide a schedule of services provided; the costs of same and a schedule of persons and or companies that were engaged and projected future costs in respect of same; and if he will provide the same info…
978. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if EU nationals who arrive in Ireland and stay beyond three months are checked to ensure they have not overstayed their three-month allocation, and, that if they decided to stay after three months, they are working, have enough resources that they or their dependents do not become a burden on the social system and that they have com…
989. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify if his department has conveyed any concerns to the Department of Health regarding the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024, which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy, regarding the potential for human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29213/25]
1001. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total value of all drugs seized in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [29360/25]
1002. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total weight of all drugs seized in the State, in each of the past twenty years, broken down by drug type. [29361/25]
1036. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if prisons or places of detention are defined in any way under the Constitution; and if not, whether there are any constitutional principles or provisions that shape or influence how prisons operate in the State. [30216/25]
1037. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the constitutional rights that apply to individuals in prison or detention under Irish law; and how these rights are balanced with the State's penal policies. [30217/25]
1038. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how the constitutional provisions under Article 40.4, relating to personal liberty, are interpreted in the context of the management and oversight of Irish prisons. [30218/25]
1048. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at the Irish visa offices based in Ankara, London, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi and Beijing as of 4 June 2025. [30404/25]