Parliamentary questions

623. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has been presented with a copy of and briefed on the report on the pilot scheme of Garda body-worn cameras (details supplied); if he will publish the report to allow for an independent assessment of the pilot's findings and to examine how the code of practice was applied, in advance of any further roll out;…

624. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for family unification visas being assessed presently by his Department; if he considers his Department’s staffing levels adequate to process them in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33798/25]

625. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by his Department over the past ten years (details supplied), including all such materials that have been “unpublished” by divisions, sections and units of his Department that became part of the Minister’s Depa…

626. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to direct correspondence (details supplied), if he or his officials will advise of any channels available to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to support individuals in Gaza seeking assistance exiting Gaza; and if he or his officials will agree to a meeting to discuss the matter. [33831/25]

627. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of penalty points issued to learner drivers that were detected by Gardaí, by county, for driving a vehicle without being accompanied by a full licence holder in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33849/25]

628. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when applicants (details supplied) will receive short-stay family visit visa application decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33885/25]

629. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine the case for rescinding an international protection accommodation contract (details supplied); if a full review will be carried out into how we have reached this point, despite the local community raising these concerns for over 12 months which have been completely ignored by the Department and Local A…

630. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average annual cost of keeping a person in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33935/25]

631. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 898 of 13 May, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered. [33965/25]

632. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 13 May, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered. [33967/25]

633. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons whose fingerprints were checked against EuroDac in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33968/25]

634. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 13 May, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ to be answered. [33969/25]

635. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a schedule of the number of instances in which a Garda has utilised their telescopic baton; has utilised incapacitant spray; has utilised non-lethal ballistics and or taser use; and has discharged a firearm in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [33996/25]

636. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of any internal reports his Department has conducted in the past five years regarding the possibility of using vacant State-owned properties to house IPAS or Ukrainian refugees. [34061/25]

637. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34096/25]

638. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update in respect of a property (details supplied); if his Department has extended or granted a contract to provide international protection applicants accommodation; the duration of contract, and whether it includes and optional extension; the amount provided to the provider to date since it has been used…

639. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a schedule of number of deportation orders issued and fully executed from 2000 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of orders that remain open. [34164/25]

640. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount expended on an annual basis on commercial and charter flights, to include a schedule of ancillary costs in the context of the deportation of persons from the jurisdiction from 2000 to date in 2025; and if he will include a breakdown of the number of flights used for this purpose on annual basis, over t…

641. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visa applications submitted to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office, for each month, from July 2024 to 31 May 2025; the number of applications which have been processed in the same timeline, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34218/25]

642. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action his Department is taking to ensure that target processing times of visa applications to the South African visa desk in the Dublin Visa Office are being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34219/25]

643. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime ) Act 2017; and if he will address an issue regarding section 4(1), which introduces a distinction between victims’ rights pre-and post the legislation, where no such distinction is contained in the relevant Directive, leading to impermissible discrimination …

644. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Parole Act 2019; and if he will address the need to ensure that persons such as the next of kin of a person (details supplied) are not excluded from future processes. [34228/25]

645. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount the OPW spent on installing high-speed electric vehicle charging points at Garda stations in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will provide a schedule of Garda stations that have and do not have EV charging points.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3…

646. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 706 of 20 May 2025, if the necessary information has been supplied to him to answer this PQ. [34260/25]

647. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Meath west as an IPAS centre. [34276/25]