1036. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if prisons or places of detention are defined in any way under the Constitution; and if not, whether there are any constitutional principles or provisions that shape or influence how prisons operate in the State. [30216/25]
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1037. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the constitutional rights that apply to individuals in prison or detention under Irish law; and how these rights are balanced with the State's penal policies. [30217/25]
1038. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how the constitutional provisions under Article 40.4, relating to personal liberty, are interpreted in the context of the management and oversight of Irish prisons. [30218/25]
1039. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has plans to introduce constitutional or legislative reforms that would more explicitly define the role, function, or limitations of the prison system in line with human rights obligations. [30219/25]
1040. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an overview of his Department's responses to recommendations made in the report of the Citizens' Assembly on Drugs Use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30237/25]
1041. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the next three dates on which new Garda recruits will graduate from Garda Training College; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30297/25]
1042. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked roads policing vehicles attached to Clare-Tipperary division as of 3 June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30298/25]
1043. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if qualified civilian musicians can apply to join the Garda band or all positions within band reserved for sworn Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30299/25]
1044. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the transfer of policy responsibility for the regulation of Owners' Management Companies (OMCs) from the Department of Justice to his Department, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will confirm that this transfer will be completed before the Oireachtas summer recess. [30309/25]
1045. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will appoint additional district court judges in north Kildare as currently there are people within the Family Court system that are on long waitlists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30392/25]
1046. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of competitions held in 2024 and to-date in 2025 for sworn Gardaí to apply to join community policing units within Dublin region; and the Garda districts within DMR that received additional Gardai as a result of those competitions, in tabular form. [30401/25]
1047. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 30 April 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order for this PQ be answered. [30403/25]
1048. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at the Irish visa offices based in Ankara, London, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi and Beijing as of 4 June 2025. [30404/25]
1049. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked Garda vehicles attached to the north Dublin roads policing unit as of 4 June 2025. [30405/25]
1050. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí within the Kildare division that are in specialist units. [30406/25]
1051. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the Thornton Hall prison site in north County Dublin, Fingal, in light of recent announcements on the increase in prison spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30428/25]
1052. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the exact process of site selection for International Protection Accommodation Service centres; are local authorities using commercial rates information and approaching owners; if owners are being introduced by public representatives; the community infrastructure audit requirements that are to be submitted with prospective applicati…
1053. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30434/25]
1054. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí assigned to Arklow, Avoca, Rathdrum, Carnew, Aughrim, Tinahely and Gorey stations each year over the past five years, by station and not division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/25]
1055. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the crime figures for counties Wicklow and Wexford over the past five years, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30474/25]
1056. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Gardaí to date in each of the stations in Arklow, Avoca, Aughrim, Carnew, Tinahely and Gorey, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30475/25]
1057. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans for new youth diversion programmes in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30476/25]
1058. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the opening hours for Graiguenamanagh Garda station; the number of Gardaí assigned to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30478/25]
1059. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to correspondences (details supplied) how the IHRA definition of antisemitism supports or complements the National Action Plan Against Racism per Government press releases, when the Minister responsible for the latter is not able to account for the status of the former. [30479/25]
1060. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the opening hours for Goresbridge Garda station; the number of Gardaí assigned to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30485/25]