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Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
704. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the WTE staffing of the Irish Prison Service; the allocation and expenditure related to such, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54945/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
705. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount allocated for compensation for personal injuries criminally inflicted in the years 2020 to date; and the amount expended, in the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54946/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
706. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons involved in community service orders and other schemes under the guidance of the probation service, by county, and numbers involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54960/25]
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
707. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender or contract title; name and address of the aw…
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
708. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this requirement is me…
Brendan Smith Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
709. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will list the towns in Cavan and Monaghan that have CCTV coverage; the proposals and timelines to extend coverage to other towns in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55142/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
710. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him that have yet to…
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
711. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of projects seeking funding through the International Investor Programme when the programme was discontinued; the approach of his Department to these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55192/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
712. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update of the review of the management and oversight of the International Investor Programme within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55193/25]
Máire Devine Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
713. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which budget 2026 will affect domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence initiatives; the breakdown of funding for each initiative or group to receive funding, with a description of each initiative or group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55245/25]
Brendan Smith Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
714. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic abuse is progressed without further delay; the expected timeline for this centre to become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55259/25]
Carol Nolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
715. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 30 November 2023, if he is now in a position to provide an answer to the question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55358/25]
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
716. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for…
Pádraig Rice Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
717. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm the location of the facility where the certificates of naturalisation provided to new citizens are printed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55384/25]
Mark Ward Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
718. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on prison capacity for 2024, by prison; and the average bed capacity per prison, by male and female, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55399/25]
Mark Ward Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
719. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department and An Garda Síochána are taking to address a reported rise in racist assaults and attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55415/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
720. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the delivery of a domestic violence refuge in County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55431/25]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
721. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the delivery of a domestic violence refuge in County Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/25]
Alan Kelly Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
722. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the details of An Garda Síochána’s Operation Brehon. [55450/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
723. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55472/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
1. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will support the introduction of protection orders for victims of sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54195/25]
Alan Kelly Oral 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
2. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reforms of An Garda Síochána he will be encouraging the newly appointed Garda Commissioner to introduce. [54472/25]
Matt Carthy Oral 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, following the issues identified in the annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the management of international protection accommodation contracts, he will initiate a full and thorough look back review into the way in which public money has been spent on IPAS accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the…
Paul Murphy Oral 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he will review the disposable income threshold of €18,000 for accessing civil legal aid, which has not been updated since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54227/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Oral 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
5. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there has been progress in removing the in camera rule in the family courts, subject to protection of identity, in order that media reports can be carried out in the interests of transparency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54521/25]