Parliamentary questions

822. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated cost to introduce a speeding camera; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30105/26]

823. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated cost to introduce 500 speeding cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30106/26]

824. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department can investigate the reason a citizenship application (details supplied) has been delayed for over 28 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30111/26]

825. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way an applicant’s family received their citizenship years in advance to their own (details supplied); the specific reason holding up their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30112/26]

826. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the recorded number of reported crimes in the Garda division covering Donnycarney, by offence type and year for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30121/26]

827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the specific locations of each of the seven large-scale international protection accommodation service centres that are proposed to be exempted from normal planning requirements under the General Scheme of the Planning and Development Act (Planning Status of State Sites) Amendment Bill 2025; and to confir…

828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a written explanation of the criteria used by his Department and by IPAS to classify or distinguish between different categories of international protection accommodation centres, including the basis on which certain centres are designated as large-scale or "mega" centres; whether such classification is d…

829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the planned maximum capacity of each of the seven IPAS centres proposed to be covered by the forthcoming planning exemption legislation; and to outline the rationale for exempting these centres from the standard planning process, given that the High Court has previously found issues with the planning basis for exist…

830. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing times for extension of student conditions (ESTC) applications; if ESTC applicants are entitled to work or accept a new paid position of employment while their application continues to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30133/26]

831. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware that total State expenditure on international protection accommodation rose by 19% to €1.2 billion in 2025 despite a 30% drop in the number of new arrivals; the reason the cost of accommodating asylum seekers has increased from €38 per person per night in 2018 to €99 per person per night in 2025;…

832. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware that the International Protection Appeals Tribunal accepted more than 15,000 appeals in 2025 and had approximately 19,000 cases on hand at the end of that year; what additional resources, staffing or legislative measures are being considered to address this backlog; whether the Government’s own a…

833. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware that approximately 80% of international protection applications are rejected at first instance but that around 62% of those decisions are subsequently appealed, prolonging accommodation stays and increasing costs to the State; the reason the International Protection Appeals Tribunal had approxima…

834. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he can account for the significant and growing gap between the number of international protection deportation orders signed and the number actually executed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30146/26]

835. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration following his signing of the commencement order on 7 April 2025 reestablishing the power to revoke naturalised Irish citizenship under Section 19 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended by the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024; if he will pro…

836. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is aware of consistent media reporting that companies and individuals registered for tax purposes in offshore jurisdictions, including the Isle of Man, have been awarded contracts by his Department for the provision of International Protection Accommodation Services; in all instances where the Department …

837. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1953 of 14 April 2026, if his attention has been drawn to significant delays since Q3 2025 for visitor visa to Ireland applications by Russian citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30182/26]

838. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the average processing time in 2026 to date, for visitor visa to Ireland applications by Russian citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30183/26]

839. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the protocols in place for residents who are expelled from a facility (details supplied) that provides accommodation for people seeking international protection; if these residents are brought anywhere or linked in with any services; if his Department is notified that this has occurred; his Department’s response to th…

840. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which renewal decisions are made in respect of a non-EEA national (details supplied); whether the receipt of such supports by the Irish-citizen partner will have any bearing on the renewal of the non-EEA national’s de facto partner permission, notwithstanding that the permission holder remains in full…

841. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of his Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30272/26]

842. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration which of the 21 recommendations from the 2025 Review of the Operation of the in Camera Rule in Family Law Proceedings are to be enacted; the recommendations that may be enacted following the review; the recommendations that definitely will not be enacted; the timeframe for implementation of agreed recommen…

843. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address the significant cost barriers associated with Section 32 Voice of the Child reports which can range from €700 to €5,000; the steps being taken to ensure that children from lower income families are not denied the opportunity to have their views heard in family law proceedings; and if he …

844. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the proposed national panel of accredited assessors for Section 32 and Section 47 reports will be established, as recommended in the 2024 Review of Expert Reports in the Family Law Process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30307/26]

845. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration he will introduce statutory minimum qualifications and regulatory oversight for all court appointed assessors, including those offering opinions on parental alienation, in light of concerns raised in Dáil Éireann regarding unqualified and unregistered experts; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

846. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2174 of 14 April 2026, if he will outline where the requirement for evidence of two year usage of a name that has been changed with a gender recognition certificate is published to naturalisation applicants; if this two year's usage requirement is informed by the Gender Recog…