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Alan Kelly Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
267. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a full breakdown of all remuneration details that ever existed or were given to the current Commissioner of An Garda Síochána or his predecessor. [54000/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
268. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of domestic/gender/sexual-based violent incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each division of the Dublin Metropolitan Region for the years 2018 to 2024, and the latest figures for 2025. [54002/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to ensure the collection of data on the number of families and individuals accessing domestic violence refuges nationally. [54001/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
270. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will examine whether changes to the civil liability framework are needed so that passengers injured on public transport in pure accident cases are not left without support, including consideration of a no fault model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54007/25]
Carol Nolan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
271. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the names of the international protection accommodation contractors for whom the recent Comptroller and Auditor General report could find no proof of ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54009/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
272. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a building (details supplied) is being considered for international protection accommodation; if he believes this is a suitable location for international protection accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54010/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
273. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time a person with a conviction could be expected to be excluded from the PSA register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54018/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
274. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to report on the number of Gardaí based at Courtown/Riverchapel, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54058/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
275. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drugs overdoses in the prison system, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54121/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
276. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners held under Rule 62 and Rule 63 in the Prison Service by length of time, broken down by prison, between 2020 and 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54122/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
277. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people sleeping on mattresses in prisons, broken down by prison, in tabular form, between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54123/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
278. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drug seizures smuggled into prisons between 2020 and 2025, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54124/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
279. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners being treated for confirmed substance use disorders in Irish prisons between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form, broken down by prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54125/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
280. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe for recommendations regarding thresholds and allowances to be implemented for civil legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54146/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
281. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will give an immediate assurance that Ireland will ratify the Budapest convention without any further delay; and to confirm that this will be completed before the end of 2025 in order to prevent Ireland remaining an international outlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54154/25]
Colm Burke Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
282. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action his Department is taking to resolve technical issues with the INIS online portal being experienced by visa and citizenship applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54163/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
283. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the average custodial sentence imposed in cases of child sexual abuse over the past five years; and the number and proportion of such convictions in which part or all of the sentence was suspended. [54166/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
284. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the average sentence handed down in rape convictions over the past five years; and the number of convictions in which a portion of the sentence was suspended. [54167/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to reopening visa and citizenship applications which were closed as a result of applicants being unable to submit a further information request from his Department, in view that applicants are being advised that further information is required to be submitted without clearly setting out the information…
Cathal Crowe Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Justice
286. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking to curb the extent to which people are tracked by apps on their smart phones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52180/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
389. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether employment opportunities will become available in the near future with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52934/25]
Seán Crowe Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
390. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date by which he will appoint the members of the new South Dublin Local Community Safety Partnership so they may meet and begin their work. [52941/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
391. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on a citizenship application submitted by a person (details supplied) in County Louth who is working as an anaesthesiologist since March 2023. [52986/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
392. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the mandatory training in place for staff in workplaces within his Department, or bodies under its aegis, that deal with the public, including the Garda, on recognising, responding to and supporting victims of sexually based violence, specifically, whether such training is mandatory; the content and format of the training and how freq…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Justice
393. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider the creation of a statutory offence or a defined sub-offence under sexual assault specifically addressing sibling sexual abuse, to reflect the unique betrayal and coercion dynamics present in intra-familial abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53067/25]