Parliamentary questions

220. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice his views on the criticisms from the Garda Representative Association regarding the conduct and performance regulations for An Garda Síochána due to come into force on the 2 April 2025, including that they have not yet had the opportunity to meet with the Department to discuss their submission on this matter; that they are concerned that under…

221. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice to provide full details regarding where the Garda 2025 recruitment campaign was advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16219/25]

222. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice to outline the future plans for the delivery of court service at Youghal District Court, Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/25]

223. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16260/25]

224. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice the targeted measures being introduced to address the growing issue of drug supply to minors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16261/25]

531. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider bringing in regulations relating to not-for-profit management companies that oversee communal responsibility of apartment blocks in order that there would be a level of oversight as to the activities of the management company, there will be defined dispute mechanisms, and there will be legal compulsion on all property owne…

532. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons convicted for driving without motor insurance, careless driving, dangerous driving, driving while under the influence of a banned substance, and driving and or being in control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated for the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [14992/25]

533. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice the protocols for Garda when a member of the public can track their stolen items to a specific location as a consequence of GPS or mobile tracking of devices (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15014/25]

534. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of people accepted into the Garda training college in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by gender, ethnicity and the age groups under 21, 21 to 25, 26 to 30, 31 to 35 and over 35; and the number of persons that dropped out of college before attestation. [15064/25]

535. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of people that deferred a place to the Garda college in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of people that declined a place to the Garda training college in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [15065/25]

536. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of probationer Gardaí in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, that resigned and were dismissed before passing their probationer period; and the number that had the probationer period extended. [15066/25]

537. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the Garda Representative Association's reported shortfall of 125 Gardaí in Cork city [15119/25]

538. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the current number of judicial vacancies. [15133/25]

539. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when he anticipates the work of the Judicial Appointment Commission to commence. [15134/25]

540. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when the website for the Judicial Appointments Commission will become operational. [15135/25]

541. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Kildare division as of 24 March 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 31 March 2022, in tabular form. [15246/25]

542. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to detail the groups and stakeholders which were consulted as part of the review of the Sexual Offences Act 2017; whether the Department consulted active sex workers as part of said review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15253/25]

543. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15257/25]

544. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice if international protection applicants arriving in Ireland from Palestine will have their applications prioritised, as recommended by the UNHCR. [15286/25]

545. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice for an update on funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/25]

546. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the status of local community safety partnerships in both Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15309/25]

547. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if he will seek an update from the Garda Commissioner on the status of the plan to build a new garda station at Carndonagh, County Donegal. [15330/25]

548. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice whether he or his Department are aware of the any situations in the State, outside of criminal law enforcement by An Garda Siochana, that journalists or public representatives or members of civic society are in any way being targeted with the use of spyware technologies (details supplied). [15344/25]

549. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice to outline the process for the re-admission of former Garda personnel back into An Garda Síochána; the current timescales for re-admittance to the service; the efforts being made by his Department to improve processing times for such applications; the number of such applications received and approved in each respective year from 2020 to 2024…

550. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding a visa application (details supplied); if further information is required to finalise this application; the timeframe this application might be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15362/25]