Parliamentary questions

557. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 472 and 473 of the 29 May 2025, if the information requested in relation to the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process and the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-…

558. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reasons for non-visa required international students having to show €6,665 in financial support to study in Ireland for an eight-month programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35436/25]

559. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the new requirement for non-visa required international students to show €6,665 in financial support to study in Ireland for an eight-month programme; the impact it will have on students accessing education here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/25]

560. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of housing units being paid for by the State for Ukrainian refugees, in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35463/25]

561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views in relation to the length of time it takes to process holiday/visit visas (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35474/25]

562. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was …

563. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has explored average sentence length and the impact living in an area of deprivation has on these for similar crimes. [35517/25]

564. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the retail crime strategy; the timeline for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35524/25]

565. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timelines for the processing of a peace commissioner applications for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/25]

566. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when persons (details supplied) can expect a decision on their short-stay holiday visa appeal. [35560/25]

567. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the court building in Carndonagh, which has been closed for renovation; if it is intended to be reopened as a court venue; if not, if consideration will be given to making the building available for alternative community use; if arrangements can be made to ensure that people are no longer summonsed to…

568. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding an eviction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/25]

569. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the supports being given to An Garda Síochána to support the survival of the Garda Band; the efforts being made to support the bands survival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35696/25]

570. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of retirements, per county, and by rank, in An Garda Síochána between 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [35697/25]

571. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will share the details of the correspondence his Department received from the OPW regarding asbestos in Garda stations in 2017. [35698/25]

572. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a review will be conducted into the IPAS centre (details supplied). [35699/25]

573. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine the case of a person (details supplied) and provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35712/25]

574. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if emergency visa applications for persons (details supplied) will be expedited given the current situation in their home country of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35744/25]

575. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of S 181(2)(a) orders that have been issued with respect to accommodation provided by the International Protection Accommodation Service for people seeking international protection and people in receipt of temporary protection; and to explain the legal purpose of these orders. [35745/25]

576. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position in relation to obtaining citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35751/25]

577. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department’s overall approach towards accommodation contracts relating to the International Protection Accommodation Service and beneficiaries of temporary protection in Lisdoonvarna, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35755/25]

578. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding draft legislation regarding the proposed use of facial recognition technology; the timeline for when this Bill will be progressed; if it will be subject to pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35852/25]

579. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the way in which any concerns related to data protection and civil rights will be addressed in legislation related to facial recognition technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35854/25]

580. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the total number of incidents of misappropriation of funds that have occurred to his knowledge, within companies or by individuals, that provide premises to the international protection accommodation service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35881/25]

581. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is satisfied that the State has pursued all persons who may have misappropriated funds through the provision of accommodation or premises to the international protection accommodation service, to the full extent of the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35882/25]