Parliamentary questions

282. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the most recent annual figures for reported Domestic Sexual and Gender-based Violence, by county, for the past five years; the number of incidents reported to the Gardaí, the number of prosecutions initiated, the number of convictions secured per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60579/25]

283. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence; whether key targets for 2025 have been met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60643/25]

284. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new domestic violence refuge spaces delivered in 2025, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60644/25]

285. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda training hours delivered in 2025 on the way in which to respond to domestic and sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60645/25]

286. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if her Department will provide resources for the creation of structured interagency forums in IPAS centres, to ensure coordination of services, avoid duplication, and enhance accountability in responding to domestic and sexual violence. [60672/25]

287. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures that will be taken to address the current lack of national data on the prevalence and nature of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence among women in IPAS; and if he will commission a prevalence study similar to those undertaken in other EU states. [60673/25]

288. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that the experience and data emerging from projects such as the Safe Harbour Project are systematically captured and integrated into CUAN's national policy planning, rather than remaining as isolated localised evidence. [60674/25]

289. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the safeguards in place to ensure that women disclosing abuse within IPAS are not placed at further risk due to cohabitation with perpetrators or visibility of accessing support services; and if risk assessments are conducted in such cases. [60675/25]

290. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the provision of interpretation and translation supports at the initial court application stage for international protection applicants seeking domestic violence orders, given evidence that the absence of interpreters at this stage has led to adjournments and delays in protection. [60676/25]

291. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the 2014 Reception and Integration Agency policy document on safeguarding international protection applicants from domestic, sexual and gender-based violence has not been reviewed or updated in over a decade, despite significant changes in asylum and displacement trends during that period; and if he wi…

292. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the current national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence does not contain a policy statement or detailed actions in relation to asylum seekers and refugees, given that they are identified as a particularly vulnerable group; and if he will commit to rectifying this omission in the nex…

293. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that future national policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence include targeted measures for those residing in International Protection Accommodation Services; and if he will consult directly with specialist services such as a refuge centre (details supplied) in this regar…

294. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps CUAN, the national policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence agency, is taking to ensure that the development of its new National Services Development Plan adequately reflects the specific needs of women and children seeking international protection; and if ringfenced funding will…

295. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if CUAN will develop clear inter-agency protocols for preventing and responding to policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence within IPAS, in line with best practice models already operating in other EU member states such as Croatia, Cyprus, and Spain. [60686/25]

296. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason formal inter-agency protocols between accommodation providers, NGOs, and statutory agencies on policy statements on domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence response in IPAS have not yet been developed; and if he will commit to the establishment of such protocols on a statutory basis. [60691/25]

297. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can provide an update on the redress scheme for Stardust survivors and their families; when he expects to bring proposals on the scheme to Government for approval; the further length of time survivors and their families will have to wait before receiving compensation; and if he will make a statement on th…

298. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the protocols in place to support neurodiverse prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60746/25]

299. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Irish Prison Service collects or has data on the neurodiverse prisoner population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60747/25]

300. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the appearance of Departmental officials at the Oireachtas Committee on Public Accounts of 23 October 2025 (details suppled) if he will outline the timeframe in which a domestic violence refuge centres will be opened in both Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60752/25]

301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons and family units who have availed of the enhanced voluntary return scheme since its introduction on 28 September 2025, by nationality, family composition, and stage of the international protection process at which they opted for return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60767/25]

302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the safeguards in place to ensure that offers under the enhanced voluntary return scheme are not coercive in nature; the consultations or feedback received from non-governmental organisations, including organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60768/25]

303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure to date on the enhanced voluntary return scheme, including payments to participants and administrative costs incurred through the International Organization for Migration; the projected full-year cost if current uptake levels continue; and the alternative policy measures under consideration if …

304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí currently assigned to community policing and night patrols in the Shandon, Blarney Street, and north city centre areas; and the recorded number of public-order and anti-social behaviour incidents in the past six months. [60824/25]

305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Gardaí attached to Ballincollig Garda Station. [60825/25]

306. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drivers listed in court for penalty point offences, by District Court, from 2022 to date in 2025 which resulted in the case being struck out/dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box. [60828/25]