Parliamentary questions

295. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice to provide full information on its reported plans to purchase a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27784/25]

296. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice to outline the current number of residents at a facility (details supplied); to outline the maximum capacity that could be located here if the complex was to be purchased by the Department or agencies; to indicate the average number of individuals to a room in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/…

297. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice the supports in place to ensure proper integration and community safety in relation to a facility (details supplied); the way in which these could be enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27786/25]

298. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice the measures in place to alleviate the strain on local services in an area and the additional services that will be provided should the State purchase the complex (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27787/25]

299. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice if he will commit to a process of improved engagement and information sharing with residents in relation to plans to increase numbers at the IPAS Centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27788/25]

300. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application (details supplied) urgently needed to visit a very unwell family member undergoing cancer treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27900/25]

301. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if, in relation to funding awarded to an organisation (details supplied) through the community safety fund, to outline why they were not successful for the second round of funding for a similar research project; if they can appeal this decision; to outline the appeal process; to outlined if other funding streams are available to them; and if he …

302. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will review the process that facilitated the directors of a company (details supplied) paying its directors a combined €4.6 million in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27936/25]

303. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the membership of the family justice implementation group. [27957/25]

304. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice when a person will receive their visa application decision (details supplied). [27958/25]

305. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice the way in which a child (details supplied) can prove at Irish immigration that they should be allowed re-entry to Ireland following a trip abroad. [27959/25]

306. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of scramblers seized in Cork in each of the past 12 months. [27968/25]

307. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of minors who engaged with Young Persons Probation services in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28098/25]

308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will intervene to expedite an urgent visa appeal for a person (details supplied). [28327/25]

309. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the total accommodation capacity of the Garda training college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28330/25]

310. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he has considered increasing the Garda retirement age to 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28339/25]

311. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he has examined the potential impact on the numbers of Gardaí in An Garda Síochána of increasing the Garda age of retirement to 65; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28340/25]

312. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the impact in terms of Garda numbers that was achieved as a result of increasing the Garda retirement to 62; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28341/25]

313. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the annual cost of employing 1000 additional Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28342/25]

314. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the average capital cost of delivering a domestic violence refuge; the average annual cost of running a domestic violence refuge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28343/25]

315. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the annual spend on reintegration grants for voluntary returns; the numbers who have availed of this in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28344/25]

316. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice in tabular form the number of no shows at each stage of the international protection system in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28345/25]

317. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he has carried out any review of the suitability of a premises (details supplied) to provide IPAS accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28348/25]

318. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice to outline each step of the process of adjudicating the suitability of a company to provide IPAS accommodation; how this is determined if the company has been newly formed and has no previous track record in the provision of such accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28349/25]

319. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice to provide details for each incident in the past five years where a company that had not had previous track record in the provision of asylum accommodation was a given contract to do so including the amount which they were paid in their first contract, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28350/25]