Parliamentary questions

553. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants, per county who are awaiting decisions under family reunification and other immigration permission schemes administered by Immigration Service Delivery; the average processing time for such applications; the steps being taken to reduce delays and improve customer service for applicants …

554. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an application for renewal of a Stamp 4, spouse of an Irish citizen will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51109/26]

555. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to increase resources to immigration service delivery in order to rectify delays in the processing of Stamp 4 visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51128/26]

556. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to extend the short stay visa waiver programme to South Africans; how often the list of eligible countries is updated; and the criteria used to decide the countries that will become eligible for this programme. [51137/26]

557. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants in each of the border, accelerated, standard, AMMR and inadmissibility procedures under the International Protection Act 2026; the nationalities represented in each procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51159/26]

558. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the National Integration Fund 2026 will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51160/26]

559. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he is considering introducing the international protection child payment, outlined in the White Paper to End Direct Provision, as a crucial anti-poverty measure in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51161/26]

560. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the extent to which the State is developing post-quantum cryptography in developing Ireland’s cyber resilience. [51188/26]

561. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of male international protection applicants who have been left without accommodation on arrival each month from January 2026 to date; if he plans to end this policy in the short term; and if so, the way in which he plans to meet the temporary accommodation needs of these individuals. [51193/26]

562. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of households with status in IPAS accommodation who have been written to with a notice of transfer; the breakdown of those households including the number of children affected; whether best interest assessments have taken place with respect to those children; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

563. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No’s 328, 330 and 331 of 24 June 2026,, wherein the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science indicated that responsibility for the matter lay with him, whether his Department recognises the significant role played by the international stud…

564. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No’s 328, 330 and 331 of 24 June 2026, wherein the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science indicated that responsibility for the matter lay with him, whether consideration has been given to issuing specific guidance or policy clarificatio…

565. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a visa situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51231/26]

566. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has collected or analysed data on the reasons for adjournments in District Court criminal legal aid cases, including adjournments arising from disclosure, DPP directions, forensic reports, probation reports, psychiatric assessments, interpreter availability, court-list pressures or othe…

567. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the new District Court criminal legal aid fee model, which replaces the previous payment of approximately €240 for a first appearance and €60 for each subsequent appearance with a flat fee of €520 per defendant, the assessment that has been carried out of the impact of this change on complex or…

568. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the new District Court criminal legal aid fee model is expected to address the rise in District Court criminal legal aid expenditure from approximately €19 million in 2015 to €37 million in 2024; the projected savings that are expected from the new model; whether these projections have been s…

569. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has analysed the extent to which repeated appearances in District Court criminal legal aid cases arises from defence-side conduct as opposed to prosecution-side or system factors, including disclosure, DPP directions, forensic reports, probation reports, psychiatric assessments, interpr…

570. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rationale underpinning the proposed introduction of a flat-fee model for payments under the criminal legal aid scheme in the District Court; the evidence base used to support the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51249/26]

571. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a detailed assessment of how the proposed flat-fee model for criminal legal aid will ensure that access to justice is not undermined for defendants with complex or vulnerable circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51250/26]

572. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected impact of the proposed flat-fee model on the availability of experienced criminal law practitioners willing to undertake legal aid work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51251/26]

573. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated savings expected to arise from the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid scheme; the methodology used to calculate these savings; whether any assessment has been carried out on potential cost increases elsewhere in the criminal justice system as a result of the proposal; and if he will make a stat…

574. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 24 June 2026 and 682 of 16 June 2026, whether other individuals are currently under consideration for a travel ban of the kind recently imposed on two Israeli ministers; the number of persons currently under consideration for such a ban; and to give a breakdown by nationa…

575. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No’s 320 of 14 November 2023 and 364 of 2 February 2023, whether the policy referred to has been finalised and published; and, if not, when it is expected to be completed and published. [51357/26]

576. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda vetting applications received regarding social housing applications in 2026; the number of applications yet to be processed; and the average time it takes to return a vetting result. [51384/26]

577. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, in line with the recommendation of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to Ireland in July 2025, in which it recommended the establishment of open prisons for women (details supplied), the Government has plans to establish an open prison for women, similar to Shelton Abbe…