Parliamentary questions

183. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason County Galway has only received one of the 193 new probationer Gardaí assigned to stations across the country, as reported by his Department on 1 May 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44505/26]

184. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 20 November 2025, if he will give an update on the current position regarding an investigation into the Belturbet bombing of December 1972; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44572/26]

185. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time of applications and appeals for international protection by quarter in each of the years 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44575/26]

186. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of EU citizens subject to re-entry bans to the State in each of the past ten years; the average duration of the bans imposed in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44576/26]

187. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of EU citizens who have been refused entry to Ireland in each of the past five years on the basis that they had previously been issued with a re-entry ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44577/26]

188. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people issued with a deportation order and the number of persons deported by the State, respectively, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44578/26]

189. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of staff currently employed by the International Protection Office and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, by grade and by function, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44580/26]

190. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44581/26]

191. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44582/26]

192. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda members assigned to roads policing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44585/26]

1295. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of a family (details supplied); if he will outline the assistance available to them in securing accommodation on their return to Ireland; if the Department can connect the family with available hosts under the relevant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43692/26]

1296. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full cost to his Department of providing of transport arrangements for IPAS children attending childcare facilities/school including taxi’s, school bus/ alternative transport arrangements; if his Department covers these costs or if they are covered by the Department of Education and Youth and/or Department o…

1297. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm that in relation to criminal legal aid, the main criminal legal aid scheme is not currently under the administration of the Legal Aid Board and is centrally administered by his Department and that any payments for translation and interpretation services in relation to the main criminal legal aid scheme w…

1298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the payments made by his Department in each year from 2018 to date with respect to the provision of translation and interpretation services through the main criminal legal aid centrally administered by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41551/26]

1299. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider the circumstances of a stamp 4 applicant based in Drogheda County Louth (details supplied); if he will provide an urgent update on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41552/26]

1300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisons which do not have access to in reach specialist healthcare services within the Irish Prison Service; the steps being taken to ensure equitable access across all prison locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41622/26]

1301. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for introducing clinical IT systems within the Irish Prison Service to enable the collection of data on the number of prisoners being treated for infectious diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/26]

1302. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding a join family visa (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the circumstances of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41625/26]

1303. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the current status of the IPAS accommodation centre at (details supplied); if he will confirm whether the centre is to remain in operation, expand, reduce capacity, or close; if he will provide the number of new applicants accommodated there in since the beginning of May 2026; and i…

1304. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for the de facto partner of an Irish or non-EEA national visa application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41636/26]

1305. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of visa renewals going beyond the stipulated processing times; the steps his Department is taking to speed up processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41637/26]

1306. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to commit to publishing weekly the ten most recent visa approvals across all visa categories in order to give applicants a clearer picture of processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41638/26]

1307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the current status of any proposed reforms to coronial law and inquest procedures; whether any policy review, legislative drafting process, consultation process or preparatory work is currently underway within his Department in relation to reform of the Coroners Act 1962 and associated procedures; whethe…

1308. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to investigate an issue (details supplied) regarding a visa appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41720/26]

1309. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the closure of a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41773/26]