Parliamentary questions

366. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projected cost of demolishing the old Cork Prison site, including all associated preparatory, environmental, safety, consultancy, and site clearance works required to render the site safe and fully prepared prior to the commencement of the new construction works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

367. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost incurred to date by the Irish Prison Service in respect of the Organisation Dashboard Project; the costs associated with consultancy services, including payments made to a company (details supplied) and any other external providers; the costs on software development and procurement, software licens…

368. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average daily number of users who logged on to the Irish Prison Service Organisational Dashboard during each of the first five months of 2026, by month; the estimated annual costs associated with maintaining the Irish Prison Service Organisational Dashboard for the period January 2026 to January 2030, includi…

369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out the provisions of the updated IPAS house rules of June 2026 concerning the re-entry to reception and accommodation centres of residents who have consumed alcohol; whether the effect of these provisions is that such residents may be refused re-entry and required to remain outside the centre; the measures i…

370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement his Department has had with An Garda Síochána and South Dublin County Council regarding enforcement of bye-laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in public places in the vicinity of the Citywest Reception Centre; the steps being taken to strengthen the cultural orientation programme for centre re…

371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the redirection since 11 May 2026 of new international protection applications from the International Protection Office at Mount Street to the applications centre at the Citywest Reception Centre, Saggart, the projected increase in the daily number of applicants attending, and in the number of persons acc…

372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of consideration being given to the development of a new Garda station at Saggart as part of the Citywest campus now in State ownership, as referenced in his Department's community engagement update of 12 June 2026; the timeline for any decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50622/26]

373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement he and local Garda management have had with community representatives in Saggart regarding policing priorities and high-visibility patrols in the area surrounding the Citywest Reception Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50623/26]

374. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware that renewal IRP applications are taking approximately 15 weeks in processing; the efforts underway to reduce these timeframes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50711/26]

375. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is currently considering reintroducing the travel confirmation notice for those who have experienced administrative delays in the renewal of their Irish residence permit for the summer travel period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50735/26]

376. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an application for naturalisation will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50737/26]

377. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address the high demand under TAMS 3 under the solar capital investment scheme; his plans to allocate additional funding to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/26]

378. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the ten largest egg production operations here; the number of birds that went through the system in each of the top five, in 2025; the number of mortalities in each of the top five producers in 2025; the reasons for these mortalities; the average age of the birds when they expired; …

379. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 16 June 2026, if he will clarify if any birds on Irish egg producer operations, be they enriched, barn or free range, have their beaks trimmed; if so, to provide accurate statistics on the number of birds whose beaks were trimmed in 2025; the breakdown for enriched, bar…

380. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of day-old female chicks that were imported into Ireland in 2025; the countries from which these day-old chicks were imported; the breakdown in numbers for each country; the way in which the chicks were packed for transport; the method and duration of transport from the overseas hatchery to the egg prod…

381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received their 2024 national protein incentive scheme (NPIS) payment; the reason for the continued delay arising from the reported technical issue involving the migration of inspection details from AgInspect to his Department’s claims system; when this issue is expe…

382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a dual claim affecting a 2025 basic income support for sustainability (BISS) application (details supplied); the reason for the dual claim; the steps required to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50511/26]

383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to perform urgent improvement works to Kilkeveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/26]

384. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intention within his Department to review the criteria of the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50599/26]

385. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to take into consideration the mitigating circumstances in relation to the registration of ten calves in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50731/26]

386. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns regarding the lack of continuity and coordination of services for children with additional needs, particularly in relation to CDNT (Children's Disability Network Teams), including delays in access to services such as speech and language therapy, long waiting lists for assessments and therapies, th…

387. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the short-term or interim funding options available for an early education centre (details supplied) while it is awaiting the outcome of a sustainability fund application from the Dublin City Childcare Committee; to maintain this centre’s viability in the short term considering it is located in an area where there…

388. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place to ensure that early learning and childcare providers participating in the core funding scheme comply with the fee management conditions, and do not increase fees charged to parents contrary to the terms of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50364/26]

389. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether compliance is monitored directly by her Department, by Pobal, by the network of City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs), or by another body; to outline the respective responsibilities of each organisation in relation to monitoring and enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5036…

390. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of fee management reviews, investigations, audits or compliance checks undertaken in each year since the introduction of core funding; the number of breaches identified and sanctions applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50366/26]