274. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any analysis has been undertaken by his Department, the immigration service or any agency under his remit regarding the long-term residency, emigration or retention rates of naturalised Irish citizens; and if he will provide details of any such analysis. [66029/26]
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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,628 | 1,479 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,516 | 179 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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275. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department collects or maintains data on the number or proportion of persons who acquire Irish citizenship through naturalisation and who remain resident in the State for five years, ten years and 15 years after naturalisation. [66028/26]
276. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he agrees that an Irish child should have the same rights for a parent to be resident in Ireland as a child who is citizen of another EU member state under the Zambrero judgment; the administrative mechanism that exists in Ireland through which that asserted EU-law right is determined; and where in the completed refusal or review …
277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the Government's approval of priority drafting of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, the number of applications for naturalisation received in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the minimum, maximum and median processing time for such applications in each of those years; the breakdo…
278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for naturalisation which satisfied the statutory conditions in section 15(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, but which were nonetheless refused in the exercise of the Minister's discretion, in each of the past five years; the nature and extent of any data or evidence held by his…
279. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is any flexibility to the moving date for families (details supplied). [66031/26]
280. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of declarations of intention to retain Irish citizenship received from naturalised Irish citizens residing outside the State in each year since 2015, in tabular form. [66030/26]
281. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to advise if there are protocols for prisoners during their time in prison for a crime (details supplied) regarding access to the public, being in public-facing environments and being in less secure areas with prison officers, such as staff canteens.
[66065/26]
282. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted any workforce planning exercise, manpower assessment, service-capacity review or similar exercise relating to the future provision of criminal legal aid services since 1 January 2020; the dates on which such reviews were completed; if he will provide details of the principal findings; if his Departm…
283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether statistics are maintained regarding criminal proceedings adjourned due to difficulties in securing legal representation under the criminal legal aid scheme; and, if so, the number of such adjournments recorded in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [66124/26]
284. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether risks relating to the availability, recruitment or retention of solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work have been identified in any departmental risk assessment, risk register or business planning document since 1 January 2021. [66125/26]
285. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of recruitment and retention trends among solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work since 1 January 2022; and if he will provide details of any such assessment. [66126/26]
286. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the processing of a peace commissioner application for a person (details supplied). [66196/26]
287. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details of the costs incurred to date, together with the total estimated expenditure for phases 1 and 2, of the development at Castlerea Prison, including the provision of four modular six-bedroom houses, an additional ancillary services building and the construction of 21 lower-security units at The Grove, includi…
288. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budgeted cost of demolishing the old Cork Prison buildings, including all associated preparatory and clearance works. [66288/26]
289. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 26 November 2025, if he will confirm the current status of the office (details supplied). [66268/26]
290. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by Gardaí on replacing musician instruments for the Garda band in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [66279/26]
291. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that have been tested for bluetongue virus since 1 January 2026 to date; and the number that have come back as positive. [65995/26]
292. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals both bovine and ovine have been vaccinated against bluetongue virus since January 2026. [65997/26]
293. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is tracing where the bluetongue virus that has been found in animals in Kildare and Wexford recently originated; and the actions his Department is taking to combat this virus. [66002/26]
294. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is conducting testing of animals on surrounding farms of the two cases where bluetongue has been found in Wexford and Kildare in recent weeks. [65999/26]
295. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on changes to agricultural grants from 2028; and if pensioners will still be able to access grants. [66091/26]
296. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66082/26]
297. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report referred to in a debate (details supplied) will be released publicly. [66121/26]
298. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date by his Department in relation to a review of the eligibility criteria for the Succession Planning Advice Grant to ensure better uptake of the grant, in particular in the post-2027 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). [66135/26]