Parliamentary questions

963. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice to provide Garda numbers for the K district versus other districts in DMR West per 10,000 population. [46612/24]

964. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice to provide crime statistics for the K district versus other districts in DMR West in 2024. [46613/24]

965. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice to provide the Garda numbers in Blanchardstown, Cabra, Lucan and Ronanstown stations over the past ten years including 2024. [46614/24]

966. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice the measures An Garda Síochána are taking to curb the increase in robberies involving rifling through cars or breaking into them, across Dublin West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46615/24]

967. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the pausing of international protection applications and associated family reunification applications from Syria; the planned length of the pause; whether the IPO has contacted each of the Syrian applicants who have applied for international protection or family reunification; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

968. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of a family reunification visa applications of two persons (details supplied). [46672/24]

969. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied). [46673/24]

970. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the status of family reunification visa applications for persons (details supplied). [46674/24]

971. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice if funding already approved under the immigrant investor programme will be released to enable the completion of the national child development centre in Kildare; if there is a reason why this funding has not been released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46756/24]

972. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the removal of security clearance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46771/24]

973. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice for an update on future plans for the old Cork Prison site. [46817/24]

974. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice in relation to the case of a person (details supplied), the actions that will be taken to tackle homophobic and xenophobic attacks and ensure public safety. [46829/24]

975. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will instruct her Department to provide support to people from Gaza who have lost almost all their immediate families (details supplied); if she will provide clear instructions about any way that they may apply for a visa so that their family can join them in Ireland once the Rafah crossing opens; if there is a sponsorship programme tha…

976. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the steps she has taken to ensure that citizenship applications are not facing disproportionate delays based on the applicant’s country of origin. [46881/24]

977. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when it is likely that same will be completed as it is over 55 months since the application was first lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/24]

978. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the review of the family reunion policy, including timelines and salary thresholds. [46902/24]

979. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if a list will be provided of all persons appointed to State or semi-State boards under her remit since 1 November 2024. [46932/24]

980. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on consultancy services, in total, for each of the past ten years and on what the money was spent. [1061/25]

981. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many Gardaí have been trained in response driving and pursuit driving for each of the past ten years and the percentage of Gardaí that are qualified to respond and pursuit drive currently. [1062/25]

982. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the visa application for a person (details supplied) regarding family reunification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1083/25]

983. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the discrepancy in processing times for join family visas where the sponsor is an Irish citizen, in Category A or Category B, compared to where the sponsor is from another European Union Member State; and the steps being taken to decrease processing times. [1097/25]

984. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons listed on the Register of Specified Information, maintained by the Chief Bureau Officer of the National Vetting Bureau under section 10 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012, as of 1 January in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1103/25]

985. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons under 18 years listed on the Register of Specified Information as of 1 January in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1104/25]

986. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the annual number of new entries to the Register of Specified Information involving individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their entry in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1105/25]

987. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice whether she has engaged with her ministerial counterparts, or other relevant authorities, in the United Kingdom and in Northern Ireland regarding the possibility of persons involved in grooming or sexual exploitation of children in those jurisdictions travelling to, or applying for residence in Ireland; if not, if she will commit to doing so a…