438. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a location (details supplied) will be returned to community use; when the security fencing surrounding the site will be removed; and the total cost incurred to date in providing 24-hour security at the property. [66969/26]
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439. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times spiking was mentioned on the Garda PULSE system for the years 2021 to 2026. [66965/26]
440. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank currently attached to Galway Divisional Immigration Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66987/26]
441. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the proposed changes to the Irish Naturalisation Rules. [67060/26]
442. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the commencement of part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023, in view of his Department accepting new applications for the community-based CCTV grant aid scheme. [67055/26]
443. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify if the residence years from five to eight include transitional provisions for people already lawfully resident here; and the evidence base for eight years rather than five. [67079/26]
444. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2216 of 28 July 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda Authorities to answer this PQ. [67072/26]
445. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of years experience a member of the Garda force must have, before applying to join the Roads Policing Unit. [67183/26]
446. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the grounds upon which a visa application for a person (details supplied), who was selected to receive a year-long scholarship to attend Trinity College Dublin commencing in academic year 2026/2027, was denied; and if he will liaise with the applicant to assist with their application, given the urgency of the academic year beginn…
447. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when decisions on visa applications for Gaza students will be made and communicated to them, to ensure it is done more expeditiously given that their courses have started already, and to ensure maximum flexibility is exercised in their favour due to their exceptionally difficult circumstances. [66441/26]
448. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all women’s refuges in the country and the full year cost of running each of them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67154/26]
449. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated full year cost of providing enough women’s refuge places to bring us in line with our commitments under the Istanbul convention. [67153/26]
272. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the remit of Operation Tombola; if it will be in operation this year; the start date; if an earlier start date will be considered; and the efficacy of this operation since 2020. [66009/26]
273. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66070/26]
274. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any analysis has been undertaken by his Department, the immigration service or any agency under his remit regarding the long-term residency, emigration or retention rates of naturalised Irish citizens; and if he will provide details of any such analysis. [66029/26]
275. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department collects or maintains data on the number or proportion of persons who acquire Irish citizenship through naturalisation and who remain resident in the State for five years, ten years and 15 years after naturalisation. [66028/26]
276. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he agrees that an Irish child should have the same rights for a parent to be resident in Ireland as a child who is citizen of another EU member state under the Zambrero judgment; the administrative mechanism that exists in Ireland through which that asserted EU-law right is determined; and where in the completed refusal or review …
277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the Government's approval of priority drafting of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, the number of applications for naturalisation received in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the minimum, maximum and median processing time for such applications in each of those years; the breakdo…
278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for naturalisation which satisfied the statutory conditions in section 15(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, but which were nonetheless refused in the exercise of the Minister's discretion, in each of the past five years; the nature and extent of any data or evidence held by his…
279. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is any flexibility to the moving date for families (details supplied). [66031/26]
280. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of declarations of intention to retain Irish citizenship received from naturalised Irish citizens residing outside the State in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [66030/26]
281. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to advise if there are protocols for prisoners during their time in prison for a crime (details supplied) regarding access to the public, being in public-facing environments and being in less secure areas with prison officers, such as staff canteens.
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282. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted any workforce planning exercise, manpower assessment, service-capacity review or similar exercise relating to the future provision of criminal legal aid services since 1 January 2020; the dates on which such reviews were completed; if he will provide details of the principal findings; if his Departm…
283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether statistics are maintained regarding criminal proceedings adjourned due to difficulties in securing legal representation under the criminal legal aid scheme; and, if so, the number of such adjournments recorded in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [66124/26]
284. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether risks relating to the availability, recruitment or retention of solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work have been identified in any departmental risk assessment, risk register or business planning document since 1 January 2021. [66125/26]