856. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court, by county, for the months of July and August 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64714/26]
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| 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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857. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificate granted in the District Court, by county for the months of July and August 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter [64713/26]
858. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64712/26]
859. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court in August 2025 and August 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64711/26]
860. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court in July 2025 and July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64710/26]
861. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the appeal of student visa application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64771/26]
862. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of immigration checks carried out by An Garda Síochána in each of the Border counties of Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim and Donegal in each of the past 12-months, by county and type of operation; and the number of persons detected during those checks who did not have lawful permission to enter or remain in the State. […
863. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons detected entering or attempting to enter the State without a passport or other valid identity or travel documentation in each of the past 12 months, broken down by location, nationality and stated route of entry; and he will make a statement on the matter. [64776/26]
864. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the proposed Dublin Family Courts complex at Hammond Lane, including procurement, construction and opening timelines and estimated cost; the provisions being incorporated for separate entrances, secure waiting areas, private consultation rooms and safe facilities for children; and the consultation undertaken with vi…
865. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the immediate civil and criminal protections currently available to a victim of domestic violence; the average waiting times for protection, safety, interim barring and emergency barring order applications; the number of applications granted, refused or withdrawn in 2024 and 2025; and whether any gaps or delays in obtaining urgent p…
866. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who accessed Cuan-funded services in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number unable to access accommodation or specialist assistance when requested. [64724/26]
867. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the proposed new family court complex in Smithfield, Dublin 7. [64742/26]
868. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of domestic violence refuge units and safe-home units available when Cuan commenced and at present, by county; the number under development in each county; the expected opening date of each project; and the current and planned provision for County Louth. [64722/26]
869. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the standard procedure followed when a person enters or is found in the State without verifiable identity or travel documentation; the measures used to establish their identity, nationality and travel route; the use of fingerprints, photographs and national or international databases; the circumstances in which detention may be cons…
870. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of undocumented persons detected entering or attempting to enter the State in each of the past 12-months who were refused leave to land, returned to their point of departure, issued with a deportation order, or removed from the State, broken down by month, nationality and category of action taken. [64779/26]
871. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration of those detected entering or attempting to enter the State unlawfully in each of the past 12-months, the number who subsequently applied for international protection, broken down by month, nationality and location of detection; and the number transferred into the international protection process. [64778/26]
872. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the status of an application (details supplied) in view of its being 40 months since the application was submitted, which is beyond the standard processing timeframe for such application types. [64799/26]
873. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders signed in each year from 2020 to 2025; the number of confirmed departures recorded by the Garda National Immigration Bureau in respect of persons subject to those orders in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64816/26]
874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 2228 of 28 July 2026, the reason the gap is not recorded on the Corporate Risk Register, given that enforcement of the immigration system is described as a central priority of the Government (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64815/26]
875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has set any target or performance indicator for the proportion of signed deportation orders that are enforced; if not, whether his Department will consider setting one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64811/26]
876. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 403 and 404 of 16 July 2026, the details of which the ongoing review comprises in relation to the interaction between the confidentiality provisions and public confidence in the reporting of criminal proceedings, including whether any paper, submission or assessment has been prepared on that speci…
877. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 403 and 404 of 16 July 2026, whether consideration has been given, at either official or ministerial level, to introducing an amendment to section 26 of the International Protection Act 2015 or section 278 of the International Protection Act 2026; to provide for an exception to the prohibition on …
878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 15 July 2026, whether the review is a systematic review of all naturalised citizens convicted of such offences or a case by case process (details supplied); the number of such cases reviewed since 7 April 2025; the number referred for citizenship revocation proceedings in that period; and if…
879. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of any contracts in place between his Department and agencies under his remit with a company (details supplied) known to have provided material support to the IDF in Gaza, which the Government considers to be guilty of genocide, since 2023. [64856/26]
880. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents relating to anti-social behaviour, public order offences and fireworks reported in Celbridge in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [64885/26]