730. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda National Immigration Bureau personnel assigned specifically to deportation enforcement duties in each year since 2020. [74280/26]
Parliamentary questions
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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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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
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 | 2,585 | 1,436 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,499 | 162 | 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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731. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any organisations receiving State funding for migration-related services also participated in consultations on migration policy; and if so, if he will provide details. [74273/26]
732. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of accommodating persons who are the subject of final deportation orders. [74279/26]
733. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of formal meetings held between his Department and non-governmental organisations relating to migration policy since January 2025; and if he will provide a schedule of those meetings. [74272/26]
734. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of State funding provided by his Department and agencies under his remit to organisations engaged in advocacy relating to immigration, asylum, integration or anti-racism initiatives during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74271/26]
735. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of occasions on which gardaí were unable to respond immediately to emergency calls because no patrol unit was available in the relevant district during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74270/26]
736. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for indictable offences while resident in international protection accommodation during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74268/26]
737. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount paid in accommodation-related contracts to the twenty largest providers of international protection accommodation during 2025 and to date in 2026. [74267/26]
738. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracts for international protection accommodation awarded without a public tender process since January 2022 and the total value of such contracts. [74266/26]
739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ten electoral divisions with the highest concentration of international protection accommodation per capita and the corresponding figures in each case. [74265/26]
740. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants whose whereabouts are currently unknown to the authorities following registration of their claim. [74264/26]
741. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants for international protection who have made more than one application in Ireland or elsewhere within the European Union, insofar as such information is available through Eurodac or other systems. [74263/26]
742. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently residing in State-provided international protection accommodation who have received a final refusal decision; and the average length of time such persons remain in accommodation after refusal. [74262/26]
743. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he believes it is necessary to introduce new legislation making it a specific criminal offence to engage in drug debt related intimidation. [74261/26]
744. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking in collaboration with An Garda Síochána and the Criminal Assets Bureau to target the financial assets of criminal gangs engaged in the illegal drug trade. [74260/26]
745. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73983/26]
746. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the enforcement of court-ordered access arrangements and child maintenance orders; and whether a review of the current legislative framework is being considered to strengthen accountability where there is repeated non-compliance with su…
747. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe for the transfer of responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act from the Department of Justice to the Department of Housing; the reasons for any delay in implementing this transfer following the enactment of the necessary legislation; and the progress made to date in this regard. [74243/26]
748. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when his Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74438/26]
749. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an option to provide own meals would be extended to Ukrainian residents who qualify to remain in designated accommodation centres where on-site self-catering facilities exist; and if the requirement to pay for full-board services would be removed in such scenarios where a resident’s preference is to cater for their own dietary …
750. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the movement of responsibility of the MUDS Act to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [74190/26]
751. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, where a person convicted of a sexual offence is an asylum seeker, if the confidentiality provisions of international protection legislation prevent that person being named in reports, even in cases where the victim has requested that they be named; and the legal basis for the position. [74050/26]
752. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions he will take to ensure that people in receipt of disability allowance are not inadvertently prevented from qualifying under family reunification criteria (details supplied); and if he will allow for a derogation in this regard. [74078/26]
753. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of homeowners in receipt of ARP per county, and by hosting arrangement, for whole properties or sharing a private residence, in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74178/26]
754. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will be transferred from his Department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. [74127/26]