Parliamentary questions

147. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the evidential basis where join family processing times were changed from four to eight weeks to six to 12 months; and the notification provided to existing CSEP holders. [52047/26]

148. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Embassy prioritise student visa applications during academic intake seasons at the expense of pending join family applications; and if so, the way this is consistent with the published commitment to chronological processing. [52048/26]

149. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific measures that ensure the join family backlog does not grow indefinitely given three annual academic intake seasons. [52049/26]

150. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current total number of pending join family applications at an embassy (details supplied); and the projected clearance date for applications received in early 2026. [52050/26]

151. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date and month on which a person (details supplied) applied for Irish citizenship; the date and month when their application was approved by one of his predecessors; the reason the person who appeared to have been out of work for many years and suffering from serious health problems qualified for consideration f…

152. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to the creation of a joint intelligence centre tasked with producing integrated national security threat assessments, amongst other functions, to report to the National Security Authority or directly to the National Security Committee; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

153. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IPAS residents accommodated in each accommodation type (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52094/26]

154. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost incurred relocating IPAS residents between accommodation locations in each year from 2023 to date in 2026, broken down by transport, removals/storage, temporary accommodation, administration, and other relocation costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52095/26]

155. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure on transporting IPAS residents between accommodation locations, including transport costs contained within accommodation provider contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52096/26]

156. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of planning applications or Section 5 exempted development declarations relating to IPAS accommodation submitted since 2023, by county; and the outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52100/26]

157. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of private landlords or property management companies currently providing self-contained apartment accommodation for IPAS; the total number of apartment units managed by each provider, where disclosure is permissible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52101/26]

158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the occupancy rate of apartment accommodation together with the number of apartment units vacant for more than 30 days in each year from 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52102/26]

159. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the current delays being experienced by people trying to secure IRP renewals (details supplied); and the steps currently being taken to reduce them. [52166/26]

160. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to examine the delays in issuing a Garda vetting invitation to a person (details supplied); the reason his Department has not yet issued a response on this despite the original query first being raised back in February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52186/26]

161. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can clarify the situation for a person in an instance where their Stamp 4 work permit expires while the individual is awaiting the renewal of their Irish residence permit (IRP) card, particularly in an instance where the wait for the IRP card has gone beyond the twelve week grace period; if he is aware tha…

162. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to report on the removal and confiscation of private fridges and a prohibition of the storing of food or medication in the rooms at an IPAS centre (details supplied); if he is concerned that this may have a deleterious effect on elderly or very young residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52231/26…

163. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration will be given to expediting an IRP application for a person (details supplied) due to technical issues experienced by the family during the application leading to an error, refusal and reapplication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52236/26]

164. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or the International Protection Office collects data on the number of instances where a person is found to have made a false and/or misleading statement on their application for international protection; if so, the number of such instances from 2020 t to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will mak…

165. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of issues associated with the ISD portal; the current delays in processing immigration stamps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52256/26]

166. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether residents at IPAS accommodation are entitled to keep foodstuffs in their room; whether refrigerators privately purchased by IPAS residents are allowed in rooms; if his attention has been drawn to management at an IPAS accommodation (details supplied) that are confiscating privately purchased refrigerators f…

533. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda public order unit vans allocated to each Garda division as of 29 June 2026, in tabular form. [50787/26]

534. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated cost in 2027 if 1,250 new recruit Gardaí were recruited. [50788/26]

535. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of standard motorcycle courses held for Gardaí within Mayo-Roscommon and Longford division in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of Gardaí that applied for each of those courses; and the number of places that were available in each of those courses, in tabular form. [50789/26]

536. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50806/26]

537. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have been charged under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010 for the misuses of nitrous oxide; the number of people that have been charged under the same Act specifically for the sale, importation, exportation or advertisement of nitrous oxide in each of the years 2020 to da…