140. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if multi-annual funding commitments will be provided to ensure the sustainability of new refuges, including staffing and wraparound supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68350/25]
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141. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline his Department’s progress in introducing specialised judges to handle domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68145/25]
142. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68336/25]
143. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the youth diversion programmes in place in Cork north central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66425/25]
144. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will revise the general scheme of the International Protection Bill 2025 to ensure that there is no possibility of detention of vulnerable people; if he will set out explicitly in the Bill alternatives to detention to ensure that detention indeed represents a last resort, as required by the EU pact; and if he will make…
363. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific timelines, actions and responsibilities now in place across his Department, the Department of Health and the HSE to secure ongoing coronial post-mortem capacity in the region (details supplied); if he will ensure that the existing modern mortuary facilities at UHW continue to be used; and his views on the status of the …
364. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the recent updates to citizenship qualification criteria; and when the changes will come into effect. [68533/25]
365. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether it is intended to continue the practice of licensing public roads, footpaths and public spaces for use by outdoor commercial premises, particularly in circumstances where the licensed areas are remote or freestanding and are separated from the licensed premises by a public footpath or other public space; the legal basis…
366. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 has been extended; if not, if he plans to extend the Act, to provide for the licensing of alcohol consumption in outdoor seating areas located on public property that is abutting, adjoining, or remote and freestanding on public roads; if so, the specific legal provisions…
367. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the interdepartmental discussions and collaborative efforts underway between his Department, the Department of Health, the HSE, and University Hospital Waterford in relation to the continuation of coronial post-mortem services for the southeast region; if he will outline the progress made since his pr…
368. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will instruct his Department to evaluate the matter and provide guidance for people facing similar issues in terms of visa applications. [68609/25]
369. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has made a decision on the recommendation issued by the Law Society in January 2023 to amend or remove the requirement for family home declarations and to replace them with a statement of truth; the status of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68621/25]
370. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the number of instances from 2022 to date where a service provider or potential service provider for temporary accommodation to beneficiary of temporary protection payment was not the outright owner of the property and had not obtained permission from the owner before making an offer to his Department; and if he…
371. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his view on predatory gambling advertising practises at betting shopfronts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68646/25]
372. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans to provide for the disregard of certain historic criminal convictions arising from consensual sexual activity between men, following comments by the Tánaiste (details supplied); the timeline for same; if he will support a Private Members Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68673/25]
373. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will increase minimum sentences for assaults against women to act as a greater deterrent and help safeguard women (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68698/25]
374. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has assessed the need for formal public guidance, accessible online and through Garda stations, clarifying the responsibilities, limits, and legal risks associated with a citizen’s arrest; and the timeline for developing such guidance. [68753/25]
375. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda Roads Policing Unit members assigned to Cork City and its metropolitan area. [68758/25]
376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has produced any formal impact assessment, internal risk analysis or scenario modelling on the likely displacement of asylum applicants from the United Kingdom to Ireland following the UK Government's recently announced asylum reforms, and to outline the date each assessment was commissioned and completed and the prin…
377. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated change in arrivals through Northern Ireland that his Department anticipates over the next twelve months as a result of the UK Government's asylum reforms, including any modelling undertaken on movements across the Common Travel Area and the open land border, and to detail the data sources, assumptions and projected ranges…
378. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has completed any capacity modelling of the pressures on international protection accommodation services, supports, and associated State agencies arising from potential increased arrivals from the United Kingdom, and to provide the projected impact on available beds, contingency procurement, and budgetary allocations …
379. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the specific legislative or administrative changes under preparation to ensure that Ireland's asylum system does not act as a pull factor relative to the United Kingdom following its asylum reforms, including the timeline for these changes and whether they will be incorporated into the forthcoming International Protection Bil…
380. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is a rule whereby siblings under the age of 18 when accompanied by a parent are not allowed visit their sibling in Cork Prison; and if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68862/25]
381. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected timeline for the introduction of the proposed late licence reforms for restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68872/25]
382. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement his Department has had with the restaurant sector regarding the forthcoming late licence reforms, including any consultation carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68873/25]