Parliamentary questions

613. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda members, sergeants, inspectors and civilian staff assigned to K district; the number of vacancies currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49564/26]

614. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on his Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [49584/26]

615. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application for an IRP card (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49608/26]

616. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the regulations required to re-establish local government community safety forums. [49609/26]

617. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he would consider an amendment to apply the safeguards for use of common areas under the Multi-Use Development Act 2011 to commercial-only units (where there are no residential units); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49620/26]

618. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will instruct his Department to examine a case (details supplied) and engage with the family. [49634/26]

619. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide figures of the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/26]

620. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the precise type of work carried out by persons subject to community service orders. [49681/26]

621. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the locations of work carried out by persons subject to community service orders. [49682/26]

622. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if work is carried out on behalf of local authorities or in conjunction with local authorities by persons subject to community service orders. [49683/26]

623. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the median and longest processing times for first-instance international protection decisions in 2025, in the context of 13,146 applications received that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49727/26]

624. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants currently accommodated in the Cork area; the number of IPAS accommodation centres operating in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/26]

625. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing compliment of the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau and of the Cork city divisional drugs unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/26]

626. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on his plans for alcohol licensing reform to support the nighttime economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49835/26]

627. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases taken, and successful prosecutions, under the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 and the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 since enactment, broken down by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49857/26]

350. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated cost to his Department and each agency for which he is responsible arising from Ireland’s Presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise; the estimated cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48363/26]

351. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans his own legislation to combat nitrous oxide misuse in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48391/26]

352. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied) can obtain copies of their immigration stamps which were on an old passport and has since been lost, such stamps being needed for a citizenship application, given that they have been refused a statement of reckonable residence by his Department; and if he will make a state…

353. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are proposals to use a facility (details supplied) as a IPAS accommodation; and if he plans to engage with the local community about future plans for this facility. [48435/26]

354. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether an assessment has been made of the risk that the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid scheme, which could result in reduced participation by solicitors in criminal legal aid work; the implications of any such reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48436/26]

355. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí trained and deployed in specialist units for cyber-crime and serious and organised crime within Kildare-Carlow Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48463/26]

356. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the service level agreement targets for processing times for Irish residence permit applications; the average processing time for IRP applications in 2024; the current average processing time; the longest processing time in 2024; the current longest processing time; whether his Department handling these application…

357. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the application of a person (details supplied), can he provide clarity on what is meant by "evidence of activities in the State for a continuous period of five years"; the activities that can provide this evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48471/26]

358. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application (details supplied) to the Stardust recognition payment scheme for survivors; the length of time processing takes for an average application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48522/26]

359. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to reopen the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) with all the correct protocols in place (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48590/26]