Parliamentary questions

1536. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda crime prevention officers based in each division within the Dublin region in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [18964/25]

1537. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans attached to the Garda dog unit as of 5 February 2025. [18965/25]

1538. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held in 2024 for Garda personnel to apply to join Garda divisional road policing units. [18966/25]

1539. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the rationale behind the increased financial support requirements for international students, from €7,000 to €10,000, for courses over eight months, and from €4,680 to €6,665 for shorter courses; what assessment has been made of the potential impact on international students’ ability to study and work in Ireland, and on the broader economy,…

1540. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice whether he intends to reopen the old prison site in the Glen, Cork. [18994/25]

1541. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if he will review an application for naturalisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18998/25]

1542. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if officials in his Department will liaise with a person (details supplied) who was refused return to Ireland from Manila and has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. [19004/25]

1543. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made on the granting of a new residence permit to two persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19009/25]

1544. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the provision of promised reforms in relation to parental alienation as promised by the Minister in 2024, and based from a Department report in 2023 which cited the concept of parental alienation as highly controversial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19015/25]

1545. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been suspended for the years 2015 to 2025; the number of those suspended who are on suspension on full pay; and the shortest suspension period and longest suspension period in each of the years. [19069/25]

1546. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19101/25]

1547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times persons under the age of 18 years have been subject to strip searches while in Garda custody in each of the past five years; the number of occasions where those searches were not carried out in the presence of an appropriate adult; and the number of occasions those strip searches were not carried out with the assistance…

1548. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the regulations in respect of the strip searching of persons under the age of 18 years and persons aged above 18 years in Garda custody. [19147/25]

1549. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, gra…

1550. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to amend section 93 of the Children Act 2001 to enable a person who has been convicted of a crime while under the age of 18 to be publicly identified when they reach the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/25]

1551. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to amend section 53 of the Children Act 2001 in relation to an act carried out by a person under the age of 12 years which would be a crime but for section 52 of the Act, as the procedure set out in the Act for how the person committing the act is supposed to be dealt with is extremely vague; and if he will make a statement on th…

1552. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made on a visa application (details supplied) for a person who was granted a work permit five months ago under critical skills class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19209/25]

1553. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will instruct his Department to simplify the process of asylum seeking for Palestinians and make any relevant information regarding the process easily accessible to applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19227/25]

1554. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice his plans to retain the court services in Mall House in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/25]

1555. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if an applicant for international protection has their application refused, if they can leave the State and enter the North of Ireland over the land Border without informing relevant authorities. [19287/25]

1556. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice the average wait time for post-mortem reports in counties Kildare, Meath and Cavan. [19289/25]

1557. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if it is his Department’s policy that Common Travel Area rights extend only to Irish citizens and British subjects; and if so, the measures in place to protect those rights. [19291/25]

1558. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice the measures An Garda Síochána is taking in relation to responding quickly to incidents including aggravated burglary and car theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/25]

1559. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice if there are legislative plans to enact stricter penalties on young offenders to curb the rise in youth crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19297/25]

1560. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to offer youth diversion courses in the varying communities of Ireland to turn young people away from crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19298/25]