Parliamentary questions

1510. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of recorded incidents of assault, harassment or other violent crime in the State in each of the past five years; provide a breakdown of this data by the nationality of the alleged offender; and the location of the offence (details supplied). [45112/25]

1511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the procedures by which An Garda Síochána records the nationality of alleged offenders and victims in criminal cases; whether the data is published on a regular basis; and if not, his plans to make such information publicly available to ensure transparency and informed public debate. [45113/25]

1512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the remit and operational status of Fiosrú, the newly established police oversight body; whether it has been engaged in any independent reviews (details supplied) of serious or unsolved cases since its formation; and the way in which its independence, resourcing and reporting lines are being maintained to ensure ef…

1513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of offences under s.2 and s.3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and relevant Public Order Act 1994 provisions where the victim’s nationality was recorded as Indian, with monthly and Garda division breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45130/…

1514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recorded hate related crimes and incidents flagged with bias motivation to race, ethnicity and nationality for the period 11 February 2025 to 11 August 2025; the subset where victim nationality was Indian; and the number of charges citing hate aggravation under the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act…

1515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide comparative figures for the same offence categories and period (details supplied) for Irish nationals and to provide details of the five most frequently recorded non-Irish victim nationalities; to provide the data quality profile, that is rates of unknown or not recorded for nationality and ethnic/cultur…

1516. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to address the growing number of racially motivated physical and verbal assaults on minority communities across the State. [45148/25]

1517. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to increase initiatives to promote integration and combat racism to address the growing number of racially motivated physical and verbal assaults on minority communities across the State. [45150/25]

1518. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings under the ownership or control of his Department within County Kerry; the length of time they have been idle; the plans in place, if any, for future use; if these unused properties, lands and buildings can be used for affordable and social housing a…

1519. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full cost of the provision of security at the Heywood Road modular housing project for Ukrainians in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the length of time this level of security will be provided at site; the reason for the continued levels of security given that it will hinder integration efforts; and if he will mak…

1520. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if An Garda Síochána is capturing the driver licence numbers at point of detection and recording the driver number on summonses; if the Courts Service is accepting this data and inputting the information on the disqualification orders for recording onto the NVDF database; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

1521. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for applications for residence permission for de-facto partners of Irish citizens; the number of applications currently pending; and the measures being taken to reduce delays given reports of applicants waiting up to ten months for a decision. [45230/25]

1522. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of pending de-facto partner visa preclearance applications, by month of receipt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45231/25]

1523. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of de-facto partner visa applications refused in the past three years; the most common grounds for refusal; the number of successful appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45232/25]

1524. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to expand the remit of the IRPP to include Rohingya refugees unable to return to Myanmar; if there are criteria under which a person from the Rohingya group may access the IRPP programme; if so, if his officials may communicate this with individuals from this community who are awaiting informatio…

1525. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an applications for long stay (D) join family visas which have not been processed for 13 months, longer than the maximum typical processing time an applicant may expect (details supplied); if he will request his officials to provide this update directly to the applicants in terms of how long more…

1526. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current waiting time for an appeal of a refused join family visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/25]

1527. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visa applications currently pending, by category, to date in 2025; and how this compares to the same date in 2023 and 2024. [45279/25]

1528. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the supports or scholarships that his Department provides regarding further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/25]

1529. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Palestinian nationals granted international protection in Ireland in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of Palestinian nationals refused international protection in these years; and the number of Palestinian nationals currently awaiting a decision on their international protection application…

1530. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Ukrainian nationals that have been granted temporary protection or international protection in Ireland in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number that were refused; and the number currently awaiting a decision on their application for protection, in tabular form. [45292/25]

1531. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the role and powers regarding horses of animal health and welfare liaison inspectors nominated in Garda divisions; if specific statistics are recorded for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/25]

1532. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of stay of residents in direct provision centres. [45302/25]

1533. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and location of all direct provision centres currently in operation. [45303/25]

1534. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of the exploitation of children through financial extortion schemes involving social media-linked payment services, and the use of unverified age and guardianship claims by perpetrators to circumvent anti-money laundering and child protection frameworks, the role his the Department is playing in ensuring…