Parliamentary questions

566. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí available to Cahir Garda station; the number of Gardaí available to Clonmel Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56640/25]

567. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when the person's application will be processed. [56641/25]

568. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to consider the establishment of a second Garda training college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56646/25]

569. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to consider allowing Garda trainees to undergo part of their training course in regionally based universities or Technological universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56647/25]

570. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to support the rollout of the current Youth Justice Strategy and develop a successor strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56648/25]

571. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to combat anti-social behaviour, including enhancing the use of anti-social behaviour warnings and anti-social behaviour orders; if he will consider the introduction of dispersal orders and public space protection orders; and if he will ma…

572. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the CCTV fund to enable local authorities to install new CCTV schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56651/25]

573. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to ensure Gardaí have sufficient powers to tackle the misuse of E-scooters and scramblers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56652/25]

574. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to examine with An Garda Síochána the establishment of a safe public places unit which will advise local authorities and planning authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56653/25]

575. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to extend the use of community sanctions, in particular increasing the use of community service orders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56654/25]

576. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether anyone has ever been prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Offences Act 2001 specifically for the theft of an animal(s); and, if so, what animal(s). [56678/25]

577. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount that has been spent by his Department to conduct tendering processes for public infrastructure projects in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56697/25]

578. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on any research his Department has carried out into the merits of making parental alienation a legal offense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56703/25]

579. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda road policing motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of motorcycles withdrawn during same period, in tabular form. [56745/25]

580. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the IPAS NGO partners who provide drop-in day services for unaccommodated people and who assist in the provision of access of facilities including hot showers, meals and laundry services; to provide the total funding to each individual partner NGO for every year since 2020 to date; and if he wi…

581. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff currently employed by An Garda Síochána in each of the Garda Stations on the north side of Cork city and Cork city in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56769/25]

582. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána in the wider Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56770/25]

583. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff vacancies by An Garda Síochána in each of the stations in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56771/25]

584. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the work being done by his Department, and agencies under its remit, to facilitate, in line with the commitment under the Programme for Government, the easier return to Ireland for emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56792/25]

585. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by immigration services and his Department on the transfer of International Protection Applicants in the first nine months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56806/25]

586. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions regarding the offence of poisoning or endangerment under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 where the suspected criminal act was drink spiking in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number of investigations carried out by An Garda Síochána where the suspected o…

587. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update regarding visas for Palestinians in Gaza seeking resettlement in Ireland following the agreement of a ceasefire deal, including any changes to policy, procedure or relevant facts on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56847/25]

588. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the 1 percent pay increase has not been paid to prison staff that was due on 1 September 2025; if staff working in the Irish Prison Service headquarters in Longford have received the 1 percent increase; when all prison staff will receive the pay increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …

589. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of juvenile liaison officers based within Kildare-Carlow division as of 13 October 2025; if he will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2024, in tabular form. [56887/25]

590. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IPA repatriation request (details supplied) will be expedited. [56926/25]