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]
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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]
461. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to proactively support community policing forums, including through increased funding, in cities; if he plans to implement changes to improve the efficacy of community policing forums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4752/25]
462. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding the number of vehicles available to An Garda Síochána detailing the type and age of each vehicle and which division it is attached to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4761/25]
463. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding the procurement process of vehicles for An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4762/25]
464. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding the number of vehicles in use by An Garda Síochána that are fully electric; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4763/25]
465. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice if he will commit to respecting the unanimous recommendation of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice not to remove juries from defamation actions in the proposed defamation legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4768/25]
466. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who are assigned to Cork Garda stations but are expected to cover the region. [4789/25]
467. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider the prohibition of pornographic websites that portray violence and rape; if he will introduce legislation to track the internet protocol address of individuals who browse pornographic websites that portray violence and rape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4834/25]
169. Deputy Máire Devine 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. [3690/25]
170. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice the alternative arrangements available for Cuban nationals applying for an Irish visa, given that the current process requires online payment, reliable postal services, and the ability to travel to Mexico for an interview, none of which is feasible for most applicants in Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3630/25]
171. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice for an update in respect of the Stardust redress scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3643/25]
172. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will be called for a naturalisation ceremony. [3644/25]
173. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice to address the significant delay in providing the appropriate paperwork to a person (details supplied) in respect to an approved spousal visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3680/25]
174. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the poor reported systems availability of the new Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre; the targeted systems availability for the Digital Contact Centre; the system's actual availability percentage of the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3691/25]
175. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware that the Immigration Service has apparently deactivated phone lines and emails forcing users to attempt contact only via the Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre channel, which some users are reporting has poor systems availability; whether other contact methods can be reinstated until the Digital Contact Centre systems availabili…
176. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice if he will grant an amnesty period for those users who have been attempting to make appointments via the Immigration Service Delivery's Digital Contact Centre but due to poor system availability have been unable to do so, therefore their immigration statuses are now overdue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3693/25]
177. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3712/25]
178. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the status of the rollout of local community safety partnerships; their status as statutory bodies; if they have referral pathways from local community safety forums and community transport safety forums as did the joint policing committees they replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3729/25]
179. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice his views on the need to create a standalone offence to prevent sex-for-rent exploitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3730/25]
180. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding the number of people currently serving custodial sentences in the State, by prison location, the capacity currently occupied in each prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3736/25]
181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice the expected timeline for a decision to be made on a visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3738/25]