Parliamentary questions

1411. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of workers who retired from the public service in each of the last three years who have a fast accrual element to their public service pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21552/26]

422. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí assigned to road policing in Cork from 2014 to date in 2026, by local station, in tabular form; [17902/26]

423. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if it is common practice to refuse to issue statements of reckonable residency by post when requested by the passport office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17903/26]

424. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a request by a person (details supplied) for a statement of reckonable residency was sent by email on multiple occasions rather than posted as requested given that this was a demand from the Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17905/26]

425. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of staff currently employed by Fiosrú, the Police Ombudsman; the percentage of those staff who previously served as members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17909/26]

426. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the opening of Carrickmacross Courthouse for operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17943/26]

427. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a paper application for naturalisation to a person who cannot use the online system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17964/26]

428. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams in the Garda and or Fiosrú, have provided him with the policy on use of taser, in line with similar Garda policies that is the incapacitant spray policy which are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18064/26]

429. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner or his leadership teams, the Garda and or Fiosrú, has provided him with the policy on the Garda use of force policy, in line with similar Garda policies such as the incapacitant spray policy which are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18065/26]

430. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams the Garda and or Fiosrú, has provided him with the protocol, if any exists for cases in which an individual is seriously injured, or dies following taser use, whether immediately after a taser is issued or from the effects of a taser for example due to a head inj…

431. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in his Department during the course of the upcoming EU Presidency term; the terms under which such staff will be engaged; the number of staff his Department plans to hire; the measures planned to guar…

432. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the level of overcrowding in Limerick prison that is, the capacity of the prison, the current number of prisoners held there either on remand or serving sentences, whether our prisons are in breach of international regulations or Government targets; the steps he will take to alleviate any overcrowding; and if h…

433. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a detailed up-to-date progress report on an application by the Kerry County Board for significant funding under the IIP scheme in respect of the Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence in Currans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/26]

434. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision on a visa application by a medical doctor (details supplied) who wishes to reside in Ireland will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18123/26]

435. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and rank of Gardaí that have undergone pursuit driving training at a training facility outside of the jurisdiction in the past three years to date; and the location of the training and associated costs. [18139/26]

436. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the short and medium-term plans for the continuation of the Ukrainian accommodation scheme; to provide details on the most suitable contact point for property owners currently engaged in the scheme. [18141/26]

437. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a citizenship application (details supplied) will be completed, and a decision reached given it is 34 months since the application was first lodged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18151/26]

438. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a detailed update in relation to strategies or initiatives his Department is taking to tackle increasing online misinformation and cyber-crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/26]

439. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to address the delay for spouses of critical skills employment permit holders receiving their visas; the reason for the delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18214/26]

204. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the evidence base, if any, his Department has on the impact of tightening family reunification rules on retention and recruitment problems identified in the Department of Finance’s Future Forty: Ireland’s Demographic Outlook published in September 2025; the engagement across departments to rectify this issue; and …

205. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the impact of tightened family reunification criteria on the labour market, as detailed in the NESC (Council Paper No.171, December 2025) and the Future Forty: Ireland’s Demographic Outlook published in September 2025: whether he has raised concerns about labour market impacts an…

206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the nature of the exceptional and compelling circumstances that a letter issued by his Department (details supplied) requires in order to waive the five-year reckonable residence requirement for refugee applicants for Irish citizenship. [17282/26]

207. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the recommendation of the High Level Taskforce on Mental Health and Addiction; and when the 2024 progress report will be published. [17314/26]

208. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure incurred by the State over the past five years in transporting newly arrived international protection applicants from points of entry, including Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock airports, to a centre (details supplied); the expenditure by transport type including private coach hire, contracted t…

209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the passenger manifests for an aircraft for all of the times it landed in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17466/26]