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Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2040. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to improve safety in Ireland based on increasing numbers of violent attacks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42304/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2041. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspections carried out of English language schools by immigration officials in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42326/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2042. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of all reviews and assessments that have been carried out by his Department into the quality and standard of courses provided by English language schools in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42327/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2043. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidences of students holding an immigration stamp 2 permission that have been found to be in breach of the restrictions on working hours (20 hours per week during term time) for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42328/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2044. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish immigration residence permissions issued to students pursuing educational courses in the State in 2025 in each of the last five years by type of educational course university or English language school; by country of origin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42329/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2045. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspections carried out by immigration inspectors of compliance with minimum standards of English for students applying for Irish immigration residence permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42330/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2046. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish immigration residence permissions issued to students pursuing educational courses which have been terminated in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42331/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2047. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is a definitive timeframe for convictions to be taken into account when assessing an application for naturalisation; if not, if it is at the discretion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42340/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2048. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being considered on the circulation of graphic or distressing footage on social media, relating to tragic accidents-incidents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42350/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2049. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the up-to-date position on the implementation of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 regarding harmful content sharing and victim protection; the means by which compliance is monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42351/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2050. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current Garda levels for Cork county, by rank; how these levels compare to levels in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42352/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2051. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí trained and currently deployed in specialist units for domestic violence, cyber-crime and public order for Cork County, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42353/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2052. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to resolve court backlogs in Cork District Courts; the average waiting times for family law, criminal and civil proceedings at District Court level for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42354/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2053. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to resolve court backlogs in Cork Circuit Courts; the average waiting times for family law, criminal and civil proceedings at Circuit Court level for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42355/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2054. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the current use and regulation of special exemption orders, SEOs, for licensed premises; the number of SEOs granted in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, the associated costs to venue operators, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42362/25]
Sean Fleming Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2055. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to supply information in relation to a tender document notification (details supplied); to outline the original estimate provided by his Department for this infrastructure project; the estimated final tender approved for this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42363/25]
George Lawlor Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2056. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a visa for a person (details supplied) will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42370/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2057. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to engage with and meet groups representing parents and families of children conceived through surrogacy and assisted human reproduction, as part of the drafting process on the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction)(Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42388/25]
Barry Ward Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2058. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progression of the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 as committed to in the Programme for Government; how this will provide safeguards against SLAPP (strategic lawsuits against public participation) suits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42398/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2059. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that the Government considers conditions in Gaza to constitute a genocide, whether any senior official in his Department has been appointed to co-ordinate immigration permissions for Palestinians who might seek refuge in Ireland. [42409/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2060. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will arrange for immigration service delivery to submit the document needed for a person (details supplied) to get their SUSI grant to start Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42422/25]
Alan Kelly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2061. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE civilian staff by grade working in the Garda National Vetting Bureau, as of 21 July 2025. [42423/25]
Alan Kelly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2062. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile currently of the Garda fleet within the Wexford-Wicklow Division. [42424/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2063. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42469/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2064. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide information on how best to evacuate to Ireland a sick Palestinian woman who needs specialist treatment that is available here; if he will advise what visa she should apply for in these circumstances and if there are any special humanitarian visas that can be arranged given her serious health issues; to conf…