Parliamentary questions

387. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1548 of 8 September 2025, if the information regarding the average time in each of the past five years between application to join An Garda Síochána and attestation is now available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62683/25]

388. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1688 of 8 September 2025, if the information requested regarding the number of planned physical interventions that is, incidents of planned use of force that took place in the years 2022 to date, by prison and location of the intervention in each prison for example, cell, yard, …

389. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025 and asked as a Leader’s Questions on 22 October 2025; and if correspondences will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62716/25]

694. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of domestic violence refuge spaces in the State, by county, and by year, since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60920/25]

695. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of additional domestic violence refuge spaces intended to be delivered in the remainder of 2025, and 2026/2027, by year, and by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60921/25]

696. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60946/25]

697. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision will be made on a join spousal application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60965/25]

698. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the quantity of fireworks seized by Gardaí within the Dublin region in the 2025 Halloween period; if he will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [60973/25]

699. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who went to the UK for a specialist training course that is not available within the State in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the name and duration of this course, in tabular form. [60974/25]

700. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question number 277 of 16 October 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer this PQ. [60975/25]

701. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans regarding communications to members of a leisure centre (details supplied); who have paid membership fees but cannot access facilities; if the Department will ensure information is provided to members via management of the facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60985/25]

702. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all reports from the office of inspector of prisons that he has received since 2020, listing the date received and the date published; the reason for publishing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60996/25]

703. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions which were taken by his Department between receiving the Death in Custody Investigation Report on 18 July 2025 for a person (details supplied) on 12 January 2023, and its publication by the department on 30 October 2025. [60997/25]

704. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to implement the recommendations in the Death in Custody Investigation Report for a person (details supplied). [60998/25]

705. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department's plans to redevelop the Old Cork Prison site as a new prison; if the interests of the Land Development Agency in terms of the site have been set aside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61002/25]

706. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the approach that will be taken to the redevelopment of the Old Cork Prison with regard to architectural heritage; in particular with regard to those parts of the site that are included in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (viz. Cork Prison, Cork Prison: Prison Walls); and if he will make a state…

707. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on measures he is taking to ensure a financial contribution is made by employed and self-employed IPAS residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61025/25]

708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if persons applying for entry visas, residence permits, or international protection are required to undergo any form of medical examination or testing for infectious diseases or viruses; the categories of entrants, if any, for whom such testing remains mandatory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61030…

709. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration has been given to reintroducing or expanding medical screening for infectious diseases and viruses among persons entering or residing in the State; if any risk assessments or public health reviews have been undertaken in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61031/25]

710. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the number of labour market access permission applications made and granted since 2015, or latest data available; the number of LMA5 forms returned during that period, on an annual basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61056/25]

711. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the average processing time for labour market access permission applications for each year since 2015, or latest data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61057/25]

712. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the gym and leisure facilities at a location (details supplied); when services will be reopened to members of the local community; if he will guarantee that these services will remain open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61070/25]

713. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 23 September 2025, if he will address specific concerns raised (details supplied). [61077/25]

714. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to supply a comprehensive list of documentation required for a minor travelling on their own seeking re-entry to Ireland (details supplied). [61079/25]

715. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department no longer issues permission to return letters for unaccompanied minors returning to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61080/25]