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Noel McCarthy Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
846. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently attached to a station (details supplied); the hours that the station is open to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23258/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
847. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason there is no refugee programme in place for Palestinians, equivalent to the Afghan admission programme, considering the acute humanitarian crisis in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
848. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on his plans to refurbish Wicklow district courthouse in Wicklow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23270/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a full, itemised, disaggregated and centre-by-centre breakdown of all financial, operational, service-based, and legal expenditures and arrangements associated with the accommodation and support of international protection applicants in the State from January 2020 to date; and to provide this information in full, without aggregation, redaction, or gene…
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
850. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the specific measures taken in his Departmental offices and operations in reducing energy usage and to assist in Ireland meeting our climate targets for 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23324/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
851. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the information considered by Government when making a decision (details supplied); if the governor of the prison provided a recommendation and supporting documentation in support of the decision made; if due process was followed and if he will outline how it was applied in this case; if all of the information relative to this decision will…
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
852. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 5 July 2022 if he will review the information that was “not suitable for release by the Irish Prison Service” relative to an attempted escape from Portlaoise Prison on 18 May 1988 and determine if this information can be released now 37 years after the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23378/25…
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
853. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the process by which applications are considered under a Court of Justice of the European Union ruling (details supplied); the average timeframe for a final decision on such applications; the number of applications currently under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23379/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
854. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide the current number of Gardaí assigned to Waterford Garda Division, broken down by rank and station, and to detail how these figures compare to staffing levels in 2011 and 2020. [23410/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
855. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí currently deployed in Waterford. [23411/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
856. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a detailed update on the protective services unit in Waterford, including current staffing numbers, ranks and specialisms, and to report on gender- and sexual-based violence, coercive control and non-consensual sharing of intimate images reported in the division over the past three years, as well as the response measures in place to sup…
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
857. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the progress made in the provision of domestic violence refuges for the counties currently without one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23420/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
858. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice the capacity for refuge in County Wicklow for women fleeing domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23421/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
859. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the number of refuges for women fleeing domestic abuse, and the capacity of each of these, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23422/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
860. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to outline the services in County Wicklow to support women experiencing domestic abuse and coercive control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23423/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
861. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice if he intends to continue using a building (details supplied) as an IPAS centre, or if it will return to providing accommodation for individuals fleeing domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23424/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
862. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice if he intends to continue using a building (details supplied) as an IPAS centre, or if it will return to providing emergency homeless accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23425/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
863. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has conducted a needs analysis in County Wicklow to determine the need for increased capacity for women’s refuges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23426/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
864. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 29 April 2025 and following the transfer of Integration to his Department if he will review the contract singed to provide international protection accommodation at a location (details supplied) in light of the concerns expressed by the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23438/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
865. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application made by a prisoner serving a sentence in the UK (details supplied) for permission to complete the sentence in Ireland; if he will give a timeframe for the process to be completed. [23446/25]
John McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
866. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 900 of 9 April and 347 of 8 October 2024, If he will give an indicative timeframe for the transfer of a prisoner and expedite the matter, considering the applicants deteriorating health. [23447/25]
John Brady Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
867. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide a cost of providing security on a monthly basis at an accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23448/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
868. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of whole-time and part-time prison chaplains working in each prison, in tabular form. [23478/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
869. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacant chaplain posts in each prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23479/25]
Pa Daly Written 13 May 2025 · to Justice
870. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of drone-related contraband drops into prisons; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23542/25]