Parliamentary questions

449. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national target or benchmark exists regarding maximum waiting times for protection orders, barring orders or safety orders in the District Court. [41165/26]

450. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department receives regular statistical reporting from the Courts Service regarding domestic violence-related applications and waiting times. [41166/26]

451. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any cross-Government expenditure review has been undertaken to quantify total State spending on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence supports prior to the establishment of Cuan. [41167/26]

452. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national forecasting model exists regarding future refuge accommodation demand arising from housing pressures, homelessness risk and population growth. [41168/26]

453. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current occupancy rate of domestic violence refuge accommodation nationally and by county. [41170/26]

454. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of women and children placed outside their home county due to a lack of refuge accommodation availability in each of the past three years. [41171/26]

455. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Government has conducted any updated assessment since the 2022 Tusla review regarding unmet demand for domestic violence refuge accommodation. [41172/26]

456. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration which counties currently have no dedicated domestic violence refuge accommodation available. [41173/26]

457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether Ireland currently meets the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention-recommended level of domestic violence refuge accommodation provision. [41174/26]

458. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected additional refuge units required nationally to meet estimated demand over the next five years. [41175/26]

459. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda cars and vans added to the Garda fleet within Donegal division in the years 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from this division during same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/26]

460. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount paid to a company (details supplied) under the speed camera contract in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41374/26]

461. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a report on the progress made on implementing the programme for Government commitments within his remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41390/26]

462. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of removal orders made under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 in each year from 2018 to date, in tabular form; the number of such orders effected in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41419/26]

463. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the grounds on which removal orders are made under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015; the appeal mechanisms available to persons subject to such orders; the number of appeals made and the number successful in each year from 2018 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a sta…

145. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if section 16 naturalisation via Irish associations is a route intended for people who have no other pathway to citizenship and cannot pursue the section 15 route, such as due to residency requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40367/26]

146. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm that concerns expressed by shotgun owners relating to inconsistencies in the interpretation and implementation of firearms licensing will be addressed in the next phase of engagement arising from the recently convened firearms meetings in Kilmainham; and if he will make a statement on the ma…

147. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to his statement that stakeholder organisations have been encouraged to make submissions to the recently convened firearms meetings in Kilmainham; the reason submissions seeking discussion on concerns over inconsistencies in the interpretation and implementation of firearms licensing were ruled out of …

148. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 12 May 2026, if the data in the question is now available, that is, statistics on the number of firearms used in recorded crimes in each of the past ten years; and a breakdown of the assessed source of the firearms. [40404/26]

149. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and-or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any projects over r…

150. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to review the operation of the Private Securities Act 2004; to examine the operation of the provisions of the Act with respect to the training and powers of private security personnel, including in relation to the safeguards regarding the use of physical restraint or disproportionate force; and if he will …

151. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by Irish citizens residing abroad in obtaining official written confirmation that a child adopted overseas by an Irish citizen would be entitled to Irish citizenship under section 11 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; if a mec…

152. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda reserves recruited in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the areas that they have been allocated to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40489/26]

153. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40542/26]

154. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/26]