Parliamentary questions

62. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on his work to combat online fraud and cyber threats, and to bring Ireland in line with the NIS2 Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49368/26]

63. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the data his Department collects on the outcomes of women who engage with domestic violence services, including refuge access, repeat victimisation, protection orders and criminal justice outcomes; and whether he is satisfied that the State currently has sufficient data to assess whether victims are becoming safer af…

64. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has had any recent discussions with his counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the introduction of additional measures to counteract cross-Border criminality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49843/26]

65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of asylum seekers that are currently sleeping rough; his plans to stop this from happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49380/26]

66. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of legislative provisions to restrict the disclosure of counselling notes in rape and sexual offence trials; the expected timeline for enactment and commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49371/26]

67. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the proposals there are to increase the emphasis on community policing, which is a very highly regarded policing measure in communities throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49842/26]

68. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline progress on the Programme for Government commitment to construct a new prison at Thornton Hall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49839/26]

69. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of long stay (join family) visa applications received, approved and rejected by his Department in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-data in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49369/26]

70. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda stations in County Galway operating on a full time basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48936/26]

71. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of new Gardaí recruited over the past ten years; and the total number of Gardaí to leave the force in that period. [49841/26]

72. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on "Grace's Law" in relation to scrambler use; how effective it is; if the incidents of scrambles driving recklessly in communities has decreased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49739/26]

73. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on whether the proposed changes to the criminal legal aid system risks delaying justice for victims and witnesses; and the updates, if any, on the changes to the scheme. [49883/26]

74. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí that have been seconded to operational duties away from their base stations to Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [49646/26]

75. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the consideration he is giving to strengthening knife crime legislation; the number of assaults and murders involving knives in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025, and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49774/26]

76. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has assessed the delays being experienced by Irish citizens seeking to return to the State with non-Irish national spouses due to visa processing times (details supplied); whether any measures are being considered to prioritise spousal visa applications in such cases in order to facilitate family re…

77. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach the steps taken by the Government, without prejudice to the statistical independence of the Central Statistics Office, to assess the relevance of the Copenhagen framework on citizen data, endorsed by the United Nations statistical commission in March 2025, to the integration of citizen-generated data into Ireland's official statistics system. [5012…

78. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will list the citizens assemblies which have been held in the past two decades, by title; and the total cost of each assembly. [49984/26]

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the amount spent on the provision of alcohol at each citizens assembly, in tabular form; and if a free bar was provided at these assemblies. [49985/26]

80. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review an application (details supplied); if an update will be provided on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49904/26]

81. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 206 and 207 of 25 June 2026, her views on the article (details supplied); to give an update on the costs associated with this tender; which departments the funding has come from to purchase these vehicles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49916/26]

82. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) as all requested supporting documentation has been submitted and the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49992/26]

83. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost incurred by the Passport Service in the development, procurement, implementation, and operation of the new IT system, Turas, broken down by year and by category of spend, including development, procurement, software licensing, staff training, and ongoing operational and maintenance costs; whether an element of t…

84. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 212, 213 and 214 of 25 June 2026, in which her Department stated that there have been no significant service disruptions to the Passport Service’s new IT system, Turas, since its deployment in December 2025, the precise criteria used by her Department or the Passport Service to classify a…

85. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Registrar of the International Court of Justice notified the Irish Government of the proceedings in the case of Nicaragua v Germany in relation to Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory; the action that has been taken by the Government in response to …

86. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to United Nations Security Council Resolution 2797 (31.10.2025), which reaffirms Morocco's autonomy plan as the optimal solution within the Moroccan sovereignty; if in line with Ireland's strong commitment to multilateralism, the Government is considering an updated assessment of its current p…