Parliamentary questions

1970. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive their citizenship certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41437/25]

1971. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider extending document submission deadlines for visas in light of confusion over whether the INIS online portal is accepting document uploads. [41490/25]

1972. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of reports that the INIS online portal is informing visa and citizenship applicants that further information is required, without specifying what information is required. [41491/25]

1973. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to reports that the INIS online portal is informing visa and citizenship applicants that further information is required for an application, without specifying what information is required, considering that applications may be closed if the information is not received before a defined deadline, if he will …

1974. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider issuing confirmation emails after documents have been successfully received through the INIS online portal. [41493/25]

1975. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that many applicants for visas and citizenship through the online INIS portal are experiencing stress as due to technical issues with the portal given it is unclear whether their documents have successfully been uploaded. [41494/25]

1976. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41508/25]

1977. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41526/25]

1978. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41544/25]

1979. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41562/25]

1980. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41580/25]

1981. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41598/25]

1982. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41616/25]

1983. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the number of incidents involving unauthorised drone activity near Dublin Airport that have been reported to An Garda Síochána since the deployment of counter-drone technology by the DAA; the number of these incidents that have resulted in investigations, prosecutions or other enforcement action…

1984. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for Justice the amount that has been spent on interpretation services within the Courts Services over the past ten years, broken down by year, geographical area, highlighting the top ten languages most requested under thisService; the different languages that have been requested through interpretation ser…

1985. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests each year for the past ten years, by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/25]

1986. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests for sexual offences, by country of origin, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/25]

1987. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions for sexual offences, by country of origin, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41641/25]

1988. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum seekers who do not have leave to remain in Ireland, currently in Ireland, by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41642/25]

1989. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that an accommodation centre (details supplied) accommodates male international protection applicants on a transit and deportation order basis, and given his reply to me recently that “while some people currently resident in this facility, or in other IPAS accommodation centres, may be the subject o…

1990. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cause of death of all those who died in prison, on temporary release from prison and who were unlawfully at large from prison in the past ten years. [41688/25]

1991. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those who have been released early from prison who were serving a sentence for a violent crime; and the nature of the crimes of those who have been released early over the past five years. [41689/25]

1992. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles available to An Garda Síochána, by type and age of each vehicle, which division it is attached to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41707/25]

1993. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles in use by An Garda Síochána that are fully electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41709/25]

1994. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active members of An Garda Síochána, by district, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41712/25]