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Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
608. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification applications received under the International Protection Act 2015 and the number received under the Non-EEA Family Reunification Policy, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49508/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
609. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for renewal of immigration permission refused, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49509/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
610. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address unregulated alcohol deliveries by app delivery companies; his plans to address this issue in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49534/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
611. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of significant delays in the processing of spouse visa applications through the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi compared to other Irish missions, including New Delhi; the reasons for these delays; and the measures being taken to reduce waiting times and ensure timely family reunification for applicants. [49536/26]
Michael Cahill Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
612. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vacant detective sergeant posts currently within Kerry division. [49553/26]
Emer Currie Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
613. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda members, sergeants, inspectors and civilian staff assigned to K district; the number of vacancies currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49564/26]
Emer Currie Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
614. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on his Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [49584/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
615. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application for an IRP card (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49608/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
616. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the regulations required to re-establish local government community safety forums. [49609/26]
Seán Kyne Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
617. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he would consider an amendment to apply the safeguards for use of common areas under the Multi-Use Development Act 2011 to commercial-only units (where there are no residential units); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49620/26]
Paul Murphy Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
618. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will instruct his Department to examine a case (details supplied) and engage with the family. [49634/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
619. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide figures of the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49663/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
620. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the precise type of work carried out by persons subject to community service orders. [49681/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
621. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the locations of work carried out by persons subject to community service orders. [49682/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
622. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if work is carried out on behalf of local authorities or in conjunction with local authorities by persons subject to community service orders. [49683/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
623. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the median and longest processing times for first-instance international protection decisions in 2025, in the context of 13,146 applications received that year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49727/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
624. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants currently accommodated in the Cork area; the number of IPAS accommodation centres operating in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49728/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
625. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing compliment of the Garda national drugs and organised crime bureau and of the Cork city divisional drugs unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49740/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
626. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on his plans for alcohol licensing reform to support the nighttime economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49835/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Justice
627. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases taken, and successful prosecutions, under the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 and the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 since enactment, broken down by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49857/26]
Mark Ward Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Justice
350. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated cost to his Department and each agency for which he is responsible arising from Ireland’s Presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise; the estimated cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48363/26]
Mark Ward Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Justice
351. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he plans his own legislation to combat nitrous oxide misuse in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48391/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Justice
352. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied) can obtain copies of their immigration stamps which were on an old passport and has since been lost, such stamps being needed for a citizenship application, given that they have been refused a statement of reckonable residence by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Mark Ward Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Justice
353. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are proposals to use a facility (details supplied) as a IPAS accommodation; and if he plans to engage with the local community about future plans for this facility. [48435/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Justice
354. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether an assessment has been made of the risk that the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid scheme, which could result in reduced participation by solicitors in criminal legal aid work; the implications of any such reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48436/26]