Parliamentary questions

142. 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 reason classes in prisons are not provided on a year round basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24768/25]

143. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice when in 2025 he plans to repeal section 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, which currently allows the private counselling and therapy records of victims of sexual abuse, including child victims, to be accessed by the accused given continued calls from the Council of Europe, victims, and numerous NGOs for this provision to be abolished; …

144. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice with respect to the May infringement package announced by the European Commission (details supplied) his plans to address INFR(2024)2205 with respect to combatting racism and xenophobia, his intention to bring forward legislation in this area and the timeframe he is working to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24818/25]

145. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the proposals, if any, he has to extend CCTV coverage to towns in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24852/25]

146. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications made in the last 12 months for permission to remain under the reactivation employment permit scheme; the average processing time for applications made over this period; the number of successful and unsuccessful results issued during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24889/25]

147. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice to outline the membership of the strategic migration policy unit located within his Department; when it was established; how often has it met; its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/25]

148. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for decisions on naturalisation applications; the shortest time in which a positive decision has been given within the last five years; the longest time a decision has taken within the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24891/25]

149. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice to outline the steps that are taken in making a determination on a naturalisation application; whether these steps are taken with respect to every single naturalisation application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24892/25]

150. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice whether his Department has statistics for average waiting times for decisions on naturalisation applications by original nationality of the application, if so, to provide the names and time periods of the five countries with the longest waiting time and the five countries with the shortest waiting times; and if he will make a statement on…

151. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the efforts he is making to ensure that locations where the sole hotel remaining in a given town which is currently being used, or is proposed to be used, to provide accommodation for international protection applicants are maintained as hotels to provide beds to support the local tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

836. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if he will engage with relevant Departments on the significant visa processing delays being experienced by a group (details supplied), including many holding formal offers from Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/25]

837. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice whether an organisation’s working definition (details supplied) of antisemitism supersedes the description of racism given in the National Action Plan Against Racism, namely that racism has its roots in colonialism, oppression and domination, given that the organisation’s working definition of antisemitism considers that describing Zi…

838. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if his Department is responsible for the implementation of an organisation’s working definition of antisemitism (details supplied). [24470/25]

839. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice given that the Government has adopted an organisation’s working definition of antisemitism (details supplied), whether the illustrative examples of antisemitism appended to this definition should be considered to have also been adopted by the Government; if this is not the case, how he will ensure that this is clear to all relevant st…

840. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice for details of engagements between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) or other anti-racist groups ahead of the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. [24472/25]

841. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice regarding the charter flight that departed to Georgia on 30 April 2025, the total cost of the flight; the total length of time each passenger spent in the State from their arrival until their departure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23179/25]

842. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23180/25]

843. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if a naturalisation application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23181/25]

844. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the proposed building for a school (details supplied), which has not progressed since the sod was turned in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23214/25]

845. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if he will engage with relevant Departments on the significant visa processing delays being experienced by a group (details supplied), including many holding formal offers from Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/25]

846. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently attached to a station (details supplied); the hours that the station is open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23258/25]

847. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason there is no refugee programme in place for Palestinians, equivalent to the Afghan admission programme, considering the acute humanitarian crisis in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/25]

848. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on his plans to refurbish Wicklow district courthouse in Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/25]

849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a full, itemised, disaggregated and centre-by-centre breakdown of all financial, operational, service-based, and legal expenditures and arrangements associated with the accommodation and support of international protection applicants in the State from January 2020 to date; and to provide this information in full, without aggregation…

850. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the specific measures taken in his Departmental offices and operations in reducing energy usage and to assist in Ireland meeting our climate targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/25]