Parliamentary questions

1435. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in the Dublin metropolitan region north over the past five years; the number of Gardaí stationed at Coolock, Raheny, Howth, and Clontarf Garda Stations over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/26]

1436. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to the CEPEJ European Judicial Systems Evaluation Report 2024, Ireland had the lowest number of judges per 100,000 inhabitants among European Union Member States; the steps being taken to increase the number of judges serving in the courts; and if he will make a statement on the…

1437. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to the CEPEJ European Judicial Systems Evaluation Report 2024, Ireland's implemented court budget in 2022 was €31.80 per capita and 0.03% of GDP, the lowest of the comparator jurisdictions assessed and well below the Council of Europe average of €50.70 per capita and 0.22% of GD…

1438. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to the CEPEJ European Judicial Systems Evaluation Report 2024, Ireland had the lowest case clearance rate across European Union Member States, meaning Irish courts cleared fewer cases than were opened annually, leading to a growing backlog of unresolved matters; the steps being …

1439. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time for Garda Vetting applications where applicants have previously resided in other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43822/26]

1440. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of quad bikes seized to date under the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43831/26]

1441. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which a concerned family reunification applicant can submit a request to expedite their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43835/26]

1442. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 688 of 6 May 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda authorities to answer this PQ. [43838/26]

1443. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to DMR north divisional search team. [43839/26]

1444. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify a matter in regard to the temporary protection transition scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43875/26]

1445. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions he has taken to reunite an Irish citizen kidnapped in Poland (details supplied) with their family on foot of a Hague Convention return order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43999/26]

1446. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any engagement that he or his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their call to bring an end to the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44007/26]

1447. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any engagement that he or his Department has had with NGOs or charities in relation to their calls to bring an end to the direct provision system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44008/26]

1448. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm receipt of a formal submission by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their proposals to bring an end to the direct provision system; if a response will be issued to this submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44009/26]

1449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the 12-month transitional operating arrangement with an organisation (details supplied) has been extended or is proposed to be extended; the length of any extension; the estimated value of the extension; the procurement basis relied upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44021/26]

1450. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration what safeguards are in place to prevent incumbent advantage arising from the current operator’s transitional role at Citywest in any future tender for the long-term management contract; whether information barriers, conflict-of-interest declarations, independent procurement oversight or equal-treatment measures are…

1451. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration who has ultimate operational accountability for the wider Citywest IPAS campus where State-owned accommodation operates alongside privately owned or privately operated IPAS accommodation, including responsibility for safeguarding, security, complaints, fire safety, road access, public order incidents, emergency pla…

1452. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to a report (details supplied), citing the Office of the Inspector of Prisons Annual Report 2024, Limerick Women's Prison, which opened in October 2023 with capacity for 54 inmates, was operating at 144% of its capacity with 80 persons in custody by November 2024; the steps bein…

1453. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to a report (details supplied), 77% of new prison admissions in 2024 were sentenced to less than one year; his views on the continued use of short custodial sentences and the availability of alternatives to custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44034/26]

1454. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will act on the recommendation of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons in its 2024 Annual Report that an enforceable upper limit be placed on the number of persons who can be committed to prisons in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44035/26]

1455. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to a report (details supplied), drawing on the 2025 EU Justice Scoreboard and Council of Europe data, Ireland had the lowest number of judges per 100,000 inhabitants among EU Member States; the steps being taken to increase the number of judges; and if he will make a statement o…

1456. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to a report (details supplied), the 2025 EU Justice Scoreboard identified Ireland as having the lowest case clearance rate among EU Member States, with the backlog of unresolved matters increasing each year; the steps being taken to reduce this backlog; and if he will make a sta…

1457. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that according to a report (details supplied), the number of prisoners held on remand in Ireland increased by 34% between 2019 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44040/26]

1458. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deaths of persons in the custody of Cork prison in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, including deaths occurring in the prison, in hospital, and deaths occurring within one month of a grant of temporary release, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4…

1459. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recorded prisoner-on-prisoner assaults; the number of recorded assaults on staff in Cork Prison in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44042/26]