749. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department; the number of these vacancies filled between internal and external methods; the number of vacancies each year at principal officer level filled by mobility…
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1263. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. No. 301 of 3 July and 248 of 15 October 2025, if staffing levels in the Dublin visa office have declined since July 2025; the reason for this reduction given his replies to 86 Parliamentary Questions this year that “additional staff and resources have been assigned to the visa division’; and…
1285. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58497/25]
1286. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employees in each of the agencies under his Department's remit; the number employed per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58515/25]
268. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process; and the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54360/25]
942. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No.333 of 27 March 2025, with regard to the four vacancies in the driving training school in a college (details supplied), if these posts have been filled; if not the reason; when is it intended that these posts be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49266/25]
2121. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43664/25]
353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people working full-time and part-time in his Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully remote from 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33506/25]
612. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at a location (details supplied). [32164/25]
249. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services.…
306. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26558/25]
1609. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20201/25]
702. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of posts of detective inspector within the Dublin Metropolitan Region that are currently filled; and the number of these positions at these ranks that are currently vacant, in tabular form. [16866/25]
715. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17059/25]
716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilian clerks working in each Garda division for the last 10 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/25]
561. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE department staff, by grade and gender, working at the border management unit at Dublin Airport, as of 18 March 2025, in tabular form. [13845/25]
377. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the details of any secondments from consulting firms to his Department since 2020; the consulting firm involved; the purpose of the secondment; the durations of the secondments; who paid the salary of the individual seconded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13187/25]
1111. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11088/25]
487. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the additional resources as of 1 January 2025 that will be added to the staffing compliment of his Department and or related agencies in order to deal with the predicted increase in deportations from the State. [9017/25]
543. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5857/25]
768. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of requests to his Department that have granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that have been refused; and the grounds on which they have been refused. [2499/25]
822. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special adviser. [3002/25]
832. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to their office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3273/25]
851. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks, or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the Department's Gaeilge/Irish-language policy and promotion; and if she will make …
912. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of civil servants in her Department, and in agencies under the aegis of her Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in her Department and in agencies under the aegis of her Department who were on career break for longer than five years or longer than s…