Parliamentary questions

627. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the re-appointment of a Prison Visiting Committee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32467/25]

628. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants that were successful for asylum or protection that submitted no identification from their country of origin in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. [32484/25]

629. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants currently waiting for their application to be processed for asylum or protection to date. [32487/25]

630. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants that were successfully given naturalisation having submitted a sworn affidavit as identity instead of identification from their country of origin. [32489/25]

631. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such v…

632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 677 and 679 of 20 May 2025, the reason both questions have not been sufficiently answered; and when a full response will be made to both. [32519/25]

633. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí working in the bureau full-time; the number of applications to the bureau in each of the past five years; the number of cases taken on and dealt with by the bureau; and the rate of convictions by the bureau in the same years. [32545/25]

634. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is a limit on the number of Palestinian citizens that are minors allowed to enter the State on a short stay visa in a calendar year; the regulations underpinning the limitation of Palestinian minors entering the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32557/25]

635. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he expects the State purchase of a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin for the purpose of IPAS accommodation; the extent or proportion of the property being purchased; the plans for further expansion of IPAS accommodation on the site; the expected capacity of the facility once this expansion work has been comple…

636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy, if Ireland will implement policy similar to that which exists in Germany, where legitimate and peaceful civil society groups have been placed under police observation on the grounds that under the IHRA definition of antisemitism their political opin…

637. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to disallowed Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 1170 of 10 June 2025, if he will be providing or commissioning any advice to staff and agencies under his remit concerning any legal risks involved in applying a non-statutory definition of discrimination in decision-making processes for the purposes of …

638. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet within the Clare-Tipperary division. [32609/25]

639. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32644/25]

640. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he will increase staffing at visa offices so that those who have submitted applications for critical skills visas and join family visas can see them processed on reasonable timelines. [32676/25]

641. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the properties that are under construction or contract to provide IPAS accommodation in Meath west. [32694/25]

642. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the invitations to the next citizenship ceremony will be issued. [32695/25]

643. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position in relation to the proposed State purchase of a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32696/25]

644. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide data on Garda staffing levels (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32755/25]

645. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda personnel attached to each divisional drug unit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32760/25]

646. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason responsibility for anti-racist policy transferred to his remit alongside migration when anti-racism concerns ethnic minority citizens as much as it does migrants. [32770/25]

647. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has begun to issue shorter visas than it had previously; and whether this has any consequences for the capacity at visa offices, on account of repeat visitors being required to submit fresh applications more frequently. [32810/25]

648. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will m…

405. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the regulation of owners' management companies (OMCs); if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the mismanagement of funds by some OMCs; the actions taken in cases in which this is proven to be the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31438/25]

406. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has offered an International Protection Application Services, IPAS, contract to an individual or group at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31340/25]

407. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delayed waiting times for the granting of a short-term stay visa for South African citizens; the reasons for the length of the processing times; the measures he intends to take to improve processing times in order that visitor applications can be processed in time; and if he will make a stateme…