Parliamentary questions

265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if there is a policy in place within the Irish Prison Service to notify victims of serious crime when the person convicted has died in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24901/25]

266. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice if service training days can be considered towards days' service with respect to an individual’s pension eligibility (details supplied); if recourse is available to such an individual who falls short of the five years of service requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24922/25]

267. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24938/25]

268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has carried out any research as to the minimum and maximum potential pensions cost to existing gardaí who apply for the job of Garda Commissioner. [24976/25]

269. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if there will be any change to the pension penalty being applied to gardaí who apply for the newly advertised position of Garda Commissioner. [24977/25]

270. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if he has analysed any possible threat to national security of employing a candidate from outside the Garda force as the new Garda Commissioner. [24978/25]

271. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the reason only one family member of children from Gaza being brought to Ireland for medical treatment is being given a stamp 4 visa; if he will consider extending stamp 4s to other family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24999/25]

272. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to expedite a joint family, type D visa application that was originally submitted in March 2024 in respect of a Kerry constituent (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25005/25]

273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to urgently expedite the processing of a family spouse unification visa application for a person (details supplied); the reason this application is taking so long to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25006/25]

274. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will confirm that three applications for join family visas (details supplied) are registered with INIS; his plans to provide a more efficient process and to give accurate real-time detail on the stage the application is at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25010/25]

275. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the average duration of suspension for members of An Garda Síochána. [25016/25]

276. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the most common reason for which members of An Garda Síochána are suspended from duty. [25017/25]

277. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the psychological evaluation that is carried out on a person entering An Garda Síochána. [25018/25]

278. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the psychological evaluation that is carried out on a member of An Garda Síochána prior to firearms training. [25019/25]

279. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline in detail the new format and commencement date for local community safety partnerships, which are to replace joint policing committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25020/25]

280. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the locations of the new speed camera detection system on traffic lights, to be introduced this summer. [25038/25]

133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if there are currently any plans to open accommodation for refugees or asylum seekers on the grounds of St. Davnet's Hospital Campus, Rooskey, Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24549/25]

134. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/25]

135. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of knives seized by Gardaí in 2024 and to date in 2025 across the Dublin region, in tabular form. [24636/25]

136. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of arrests made in relation to knife seizures across the Dublin region in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [24637/25]

137. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents that have been recorded in which a knife has been used as a weapon across the Dublin region in 2024 and to date in 2025. [24638/25]

138. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of seizures of knives in each county in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24715/25]

139. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the average purity of cocaine, heroin and cannabis seized here in each of the past five years. [24718/25]

140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Section 5 planning applications that were submitted; the number that were granted to applicants for town centre IPAS or Ukrainian accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24749/25]

141. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice in the context of the statement in the Irish Prison Service Annual Report that all Prison Education Centres meet the quality assurance standards demanded by QQI, the number of scheduled classes that were cancelled in each prison over the period 2015-2025; the reasons for such cancellations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…