Parliamentary questions

1360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deaths that occurred in direct provision for each of the past 20 years; and the ages of those who passed while in direct provision. [42481/26]

1361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a life-threatening illness, whose medics strongly support their remaining in the State, with a view to the revocation of a deportation order on humanitarian grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42534/26]

1362. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum applications made at the immigration office in Dublin city centre compared with those at the airports and seaports in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42541/26]

1363. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs of all deportation charter flights to date; the cost of each flight; the number of deportees on board; and if he is examining ways to reduce the cost involved. [42547/26]

1364. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when his Department will take over management and operations of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42579/26]

1365. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will establish a working group made up of resident groups (details supplied) and the community engagement team when his Department take over the running of the IPAS centre; the action been taken to increase engagement with local residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42580/26]

1366. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to give an update on the plans for a facility (details supplied) to transition to a processing centre; when this will happen; to outline what this will mean for the facility; the processing times expected per person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42581/26]

1367. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the publishing of the new 2025 Irish Association guidelines, the number of section 16 Irish Association applicants who were approved for citizenship having zero years residency, one-year residency, two-year residency, three-year residency, four-year residency and five-year residency in the State, i…

1368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any review has been conducted into the causes of exceptionally high waiting times for domestic violence applications in certain District Court offices, including Naas, Sligo, Castlebar and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42609/26]

1369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether additional sitting days, judicial resources or administrative staffing have been allocated since 2024 to District Court offices experiencing extended waiting times for domestic violence applications; and if they will provide details by court district. [42610/26]

1370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has assessed whether delays in substantive domestic violence proceedings may increase risks to applicants, including repeat incidents or breaches requiring Garda intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42613/26]

1371. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to review the process through which children of Irish citizens who were born in another country can become Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42627/26]

1372. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized for having no insurance within Galway division in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [42641/26]

1373. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on a probate case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42656/26]

1374. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of refusals of section 16 citizenship applications since the publication of the 2025 guidelines where the applicant was of Irish association, satisfied the good character requirement and met the guideline scoring threshold of at least 50% in two Irish association categories; and if he will make a st…

1375. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the immigration or residence permission planned for elderly Ukrainians under temporary protection after March, 2027; to outline whether humanitarian circumstances such as age, widowhood, dependency on family members in Ireland, and long established family ties will be taken into account; whether people in thes…

1376. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of stop and search incidents recorded for each of the years 2015 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the locations at which such stop and searches occurred; and the number of these stop and searches that resulted in successful prosecutions, in each years 2015 to 2025.; and if he will make a statement on the m…

1377. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to three commissioned houses (detail supplied) that are ready to go but no social workers have been appointed to make them functional; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42752/26]

1378. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Government intends to publish a Retail Crime Strategy; the timeline for its publication; the measures that will be included to reduce retail crime and support affected businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42831/26]

1379. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration is being given to amending public order legislation to allow courts to prohibit prolific retail offenders from entering specified retail premises for a defined period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42832/26]

1380. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions being taken to support An Garda Síochána in tackling organised retail crime, including through the use of organised crime and proceeds of crime legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42833/26]

1381. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is examining the introduction of a specific criminal offence of assaulting a retail worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42834/26]

1382. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration is being given to introducing a grant scheme to assist retailers with anti-theft and crime prevention measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42835/26]

1383. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to improve information sharing between retailers and An Garda Síochána in relation to retail crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42836/26]

1384. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if greater use of community sanctions is being considered for persons convicted of retail crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42837/26]