Parliamentary questions

219. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to bring in facial recognition technology to help An Garda Síochána. [5142/25]

220. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how many prison officers are currently working in the Prison Service. [5143/25]

221. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to reform the legal aid scheme. [5144/25]

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice how he is going to ensure 1,500 new prison places are out in place; and his timeline for delivering this. [5145/25]

223. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the reforms he is encouraging the Garda Commissioner to implement to ensure there is less time spent by Gardaí doing office work. [5146/25]

224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to legislate for the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964; and if so, when. [5147/25]

225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to outline plans for the accommodation recognition payment with the scheme scheduled to expire on the 31 March 2025; mitigation measures that will be put in place to ensure the orderly unwinding of the scheme; if he will comment on the matter. [5158/25]

226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to outline the total number of receipt hosts and persons benefitting from accommodation under the accommodation recognition payment, by county; the number of new entrants into the scheme each month since January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5160/25]

227. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice when the guidelines for the local community safety partnership initiative will be sent to Kildare County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5182/25]

228. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide extra capacity at the old Cork Prison site to offset overcrowding in the new block; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5185/25]

229. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of assaults-incidents involving prison officers in Cork Prison and each of the State prisons in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5186/25]

422. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice when the move of the National Cyber Security Centre from the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy to his Department will be completed; and what resources, human or otherwise, will move with it. [4646/25]

423. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if he intends to proceed with plans to remove juries from defamation cases, as proposed in the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4973/25]

424. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice to examine the case of citizenship applications for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3969/25]

425. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls made to An Garda Síochána, by month and by year, from 2016 to 2024, that would fall under the heading of 'domestic violence', in tabular form. [3988/25]

426. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections carried out by gardaí on licensed premises in the on-trade, to ensure full compliance with alcohol licensing legislation and the number of prosecutions brought in relation to the licence breaches (details supplied), from 2014 to 2024, by year, by county, and in tabular form. [3989/25]

427. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4030/25]

428. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice for the status of a visa application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4034/25]

429. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total amount received in fees from applicants for a certificate of naturalisation as governed by the provisions of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 569 of 2011) for each year from 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4078/25]

430. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4096/25]

431. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he can assist with a visa appointment/application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4113/25]

432. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4181/25]

433. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4199/25]

434. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements, regulations, directives or laws. [4209/25]

435. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in…