300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to a recent report from Canada in November 2025 that shows the extent of the failings of a mandatory pretrial disclosure system, and the significant psychological harm caused even by the possibility of disclosure; and to provide the reasoning for legislating for mandatory pretrial disclosure in the C…
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145. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans to introduce legislation to regulate nitrous oxide. [6635/26]
161. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on changing the laws on trespassing so that in criminal cases, the burden of proof lies with the defendant to prove that they had a right to be on the land in question, with regard to the challenges that the current law poses for farming communities in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6207/26…
176. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the proposals there are to amend section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 in regard to the time limit for initiating proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6176/26]
188. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the Criminal Justice (Community Sanctions) Bill 2014, which has been repeatedly recommended as needed to legislate for alternatives to imprisonment, will be published; and the specific timeline the Government has set to ensure this legislation is enacted to alleviate the prison overcrowding crisis. [6123/26]
215. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to introduce legislation which would ensure that responsibility for the prosecution of offences would be removed from the Gardaí so that all court proceedings would be conducted by legal professionals, as recommended in the report on the operation of bail in Ireland prepared by Senior Counsel Lorcan Staines entitled ‘An A…
713. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the legislation which underpins Ireland’s visa waiver programmes;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5439/26]
449. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions that have been initiated by his Department to implement the recommendation following the decision at the conference of a representative body to seek legislative change (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5126/26]
468. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he proposes to allocate additional resources or make any legislative changes to address the lengthy waiting times within the garda vetting process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5210/26]
469. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 494 and 493 of 11 December 2025, when he intends to publish and enact legislation to reform this process (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5216/26]
194. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to introduce legislation which would ensure that responsibility for the prosecution of offences would be removed from the Garda so that all court proceedings would be conducted by legal professionals as recommended in the report on the operation of bail in Ireland entitled, ‘An Assessment of the Efficacy of Bail Laws in I…
195. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of each the 15 recommendations in the report on the operation of bail in Ireland entitled ‘An Assessment of the Efficacy of Bail Laws in Ireland’ (details supplied); if he accepts the recommendation; the status of work to implement the recommendation; the timeframe envisaged to implement the recommendation; and if he will ma…
457. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he will present the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3040/26]
1735. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider implementing legislation to restrain the use of handcuffs for non-violent vulnerable offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1387/26]
753. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to progress legislation to ensure that the victim of a crime of sexual violence can have a civil protection order granted against a person who has been convicted of that crime. [72413/25]
142. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68336/25]
381. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the expected timeline for the introduction of the proposed late licence reforms for restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68872/25]
382. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement his Department has had with the restaurant sector regarding the forthcoming late licence reforms, including any consultation carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68873/25]
396. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the merits of creating legislation that would limit the ability of professional photographers to take photos at funerals; if any research has been carried out by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67366/25]
617. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce legislation to ban the depiction of strangulation in pornography as has been done in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65200/25]
691. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the process and timeline for giving effect to amendments to the Personal Injuries Guidelines; if he will commit to formal stakeholder consultation in advance of publication of the Bill; if the general scheme will be referred for pre-legislative scrutiny by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice; and if he will make a statement o…
368. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe to introduce legislation to place the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal on a statutory footing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62436/25]
369. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe in which he expects to receive a report of the Law Reform Commission regarding the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; the timeframe for when it will be published; the format and timeframe of arising stakeholder consultation in relation to the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62437/25]
370. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 9 October 2025, the timeframe for when he expects to hear the considerations of the High Court following on from the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 2 October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62438/25]
371. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 9 October 2025, and the judgement of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 2 October 2025, if individuals will now be entitled to compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal for pain and suffering; the basis upon which access to such will be i.e. the 2004 EU directi…