Parliamentary questions

436. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding the application process for a Palestinian national to apply for asylum, including the specific procedure for a person still resident in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4282/25]

437. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4322/25]

438. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of bench warrants outstanding in the Meath/Westmeath Garda division as of 4 February 2025. [4348/25]

439. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice his immediate plans to help address with the recruitment and retention issues of Gardaí. [4402/25]

440. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates. [4405/25]

441. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost of increasing the number of Garda Síochána to 16,000 between now and end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4458/25]

442. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4477/25]

443. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to detail the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes being implemented in his Department and all agencies under the aegis of his Department; and the amount spent by his Department on implementing DEI policies in his Department and all agencies under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years. [4539/25]

444. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice to examine the case of a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4543/25]

445. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice for the current processing times for join family visa applications; if there are any plans to review the process and reduce these application times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4544/25]

446. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; the timeframe when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/25]

447. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice when the suspension of re-entry visa requirements for children under the age of 16 years, who are travelling with legal parent or guardian, will be lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4638/25]

448. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the steps an English national, who has been a long-time resident in Ireland, must take to apply for Irish citizenship. [4642/25]

449. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí that attested from the Garda Training College in 2024. [4645/25]

450. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the plans he is making to incorporate the National Cyber Security Centre into his Department. [4647/25]

451. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number and parentage of the overall Garda force that are due to retire in 2025, and in each of the subsequent four years, broken down by rank and Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4656/25]

452. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number and parentage of the overall Garda force that retired in 2024, broken down by rank and Garda division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4657/25]

453. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown, by Garda division, of Garda response times to calls between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4658/25]

454. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice the number of social enterprises using the Immigrant Investor Programme process since 2020; the projects and location of each; if funding to the enterprises was subject to one or more approvals; the projects which secured additional funding following the closure of the scheme; the dates on which such approval, if any, was granted, in tabu…

455. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice his plans to bring forward legislation in response to the Independent Review Group reports into the Offences Against the State Acts; the timeframe in which he intends to act in response to these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4681/25]

456. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if the period that an individual is in Ireland under the provisions of the Temporary Protection Directive is considered as a period of reckonable residence for applications for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/25]

457. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the role of his Department in progressing the proposal within the programme for Government to create a transport security force under the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4711/25]

458. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of first residence permits issued in each year from 2019 to 2024 that were for education; the number of residence permits for education valid in each year from 2019 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4712/25]

459. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of first residence permits issued in 2024 for education, per educational institution, to which the applicants were studying, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4713/25]

460. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he intends to change the fees applicable for student visa applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4714/25]