Parliamentary questions

717. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of barristers who received a criminal legal aid payment for the provision of criminal legal aid services in each of the years from 2021 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22152/26]

718. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average and median amounts paid to a barrister providing criminal legal aid services in each of the years from 2021 to 2025; whether the figure includes VAT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22153/26]

719. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22161/26]

720. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda assigned to the Meath/Westmeath Garda division; the number assigned specifically to Westmeath; the comparable figures for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/26]

721. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the preparatory work that is underway to transpose the EU Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, particularly provisions relating to technology-facilitated violence. [21630/26]

722. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the proposals in the general scheme of the Civil Reform Bill 2025 concerning judicial review go beyond the judicial review recommendations of the Review of the Administration of Civil Justice and the Law Reform Commission; the reason his Department has not yet published an explanatory memorandum in relati…

723. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is committed to stakeholder consultation in relation to proposed changes to the judicial review process; whether his Department undertook any stakeholder consultation in preparing the general scheme of the Civil Reform Bill 2025; the extent of that consultation and the stakeholders consulted; wheth…

724. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department undertook any empirical analysis of the number of judicial reviews taken in the Irish courts, their causes and their outcomes in preparing the general scheme of the Civil Reform Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/26]

725. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which his Department complied with its obligations pursuant to section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 in preparing the general scheme of the Civil Reform Bill 2025; whether this included any human rights or equality impact assessment of the proposals contained in the general…

726. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the intended timeline for the finalisation, introduction to the Houses of the Oireachtas and enactment of the Civil Reform Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22180/26]

727. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he has sought the views of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission in relation to the general scheme of the Civil Reform Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22181/26]

728. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to monitor the real-world implications of use of the child maintenance calculator to ensure it reflects the real cost of raising children; the role he intends the child maintenance calculator to play in judicial decision-making; if he plans for future iterations to include education, childcare, medical and…

729. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a person (details supplied) who has encountered long delays with their citizenship application will be awarded this in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22229/26]

730. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of marked and unmarked Garda vans attached to Waterford-Kilkenny Division as of 18 March 2026, in tabular form. [22290/26]

731. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to the Roscommon-Galway constituency compared to the sanctioned strength, and any plans to increase Garda resources in the area. [22330/26]

732. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average Garda response time to incidents in rural parts of the Roscommon–Galway constituency over the past 12 months, in tabular form. [22331/26]

733. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the name of the individual or individuals who chaired and were members of the Garda Vetting Review Group since its establishment in April 2021. [22366/26]

734. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will publish the interim report or recommendations or any document submitted to him by the Garda Vetting Review Group since its establishment in April 2021. [22367/26]

735. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reasons the Garda Vetting Review Group established in April 2021 missed its original six month reporting target and its twelve month reporting target; and the reason it failed to publish a final report to date. [22368/26]

736. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is aware of any occasions where any person or organisation has unlawfully intercepted communications that is contrary to the provisions of the Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 since its enactment. [22425/26]

737. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure that no Member of the current Houses of the Oireachtas has had their phone calls or other forms of personal or business communications listened to, copied or intercepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22426/26]

738. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the appropriate legislation and processes are in place to facilitate requests by An Garda Síochána to intercept persons' telecommunications. [22427/26]

739. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Garda to population ratio in each county. [22453/26]

740. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who reported being assaulted while on active duty in County Mayo in each of the past ten years. [22454/26]

741. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of burglaries reported in County Mayo in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [22455/26]