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Grace Boland written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Departmental Legal Cases
1920. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40840/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Visa Applications
1921. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene urgently to assist with an individual (details supplied) who has been displaced from Gaza alongside his family who are seeking to exit Gaza and come to Ireland. [40860/25]
Michael Lowry written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Coroners Service
1922. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the measures being taken to reduce delays in the processing of toxicology reports by the State Laboratory in Celbridge; the steps being taken to increase the number of pathologists available to carry out coronial post-mortem examinations in the mid-west region, specifically in the …
Grace Boland written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Departmental Legal Cases
1923. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40884/25]
Pádraig Rice written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Naturalisation Applications
1924. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/25]
Albert Dolan written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Departmental Records
1925. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains a centralised record of all facilities that have been used under contract to house beneficiaries of temporary protection; whether it retains information on facilities that are no longer under contract; whether this data has ever been compiled or analysed to inform future planning or coo…
Albert Dolan written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Departmental Records
1926. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department maintains any oversight or follow-up once a contract for the use of a facility to accommodate beneficiaries of temporary protection is terminated; whether his Department tracks or evaluates what subsequently happens to such facilities and their local impact; and if not, whether his Departmen…
Pat Buckley written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Immigration Policy
1927. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any measures are taken to ensure that Israeli citizens entering the State have not committed, or were otherwise complicit, in war crimes. [41012/25]
Albert Dolan written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Grant Payments
1928. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Departme…
Aisling Dempsey written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Naturalisation Applications
1929. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the €950 fee for the certificate of naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41082/25]
Aisling Dempsey written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Naturalisation Applications
1930. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs covered by the €950 fee for the certificate of naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41083/25]
Aisling Dempsey written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · International Protection
1931. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review his Department’s policy to ensure that when Ukrainians are notified of the cessation of their current accommodation contract, that the alternative accommodation they will be offered is identified to them at that point, not at the point of cessation of the contract; and if he will make a statem…
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Direct Provision System
1932. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have died in direct provision in each year since it was established; and if a breakdown will be provided of the ages of those who died. [41128/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Prison Service
1933. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of persons currently in prison in the State; and the number of prisoners currently serving time who previously served time for a separate offence in the past. [41129/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Domestic Violence
1934. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of children admitted to women’s refuges in each county in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the total national figure for each year. [41130/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Departmental Data
1935. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of knives seized by gardaí in each county in the State in each of the past five years, and to date in 2025. [41131/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Missing Persons
1936. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons reported missing in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; the number of whom are children, by county. [41132/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Missing Persons
1937. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active missing persons cases in each county in the State. [41133/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Departmental Data
1938. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for the offence of fraud in each county in the State, in the past year. [41134/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Domestic Pets
1939. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who reported the theft of their family pet to the Garda in each of the past five years, by county. [41135/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · An Garda Síochána
1940. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on active duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41136/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · International Protection
1941. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the properties purchased by the State to accommodate asylum seekers and refugees; the number purchased; the number currently in use and the number that are empty. [41137/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Domestic Violence
1942. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times gardaí were called to the scenes of domestic violence, in each county, in each of the past five years. [41141/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Prison Service
1943. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deaths of prisoners in the State, in each of the past ten years. [41142/25]
Peadar Tóibín written 2025-07-29 · to Justice · Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
1944. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for sexual assault, in each county in the State, in each of the past five years. [41143/25]
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