An Garda Síochána

50. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that primary responsibility for drone-related national security lies with An Garda Síochána and his Department, if he is fully confident that an Garda Síochána is fully and properly resourced to provide air defence for the entirety of Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a stateme…

52. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the number of arrests, charges and convictions under section 3 of the Misuse of Drugs Act in each of the past five years, by drug type. [20845/26]

55. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a proposed date has been set for the next Garda Reserve recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11574/26]

56. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in County Meath; if he is aware that County Meath has, for years, had the lowest number of gardaí per population in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19697/26]

64. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda patrols carried out in the Lucan/Clondalkin District between January 2025 and February 2026; and to provide a month-by-month breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20781/26]

65. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda personnel that are trained in the Cork County Division to deal with reported domestic abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20905/26]

67. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, by year and by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20916/26]

70. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the importance of community policing in growing towns such as Blackrock in County Louth. [20720/26]

71. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí currently stationed in each Cork station. [20917/26]

74. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams in the Gardaí have provided him with the policy on the use of tasers; if he can detail any relevant data relating to their use, such as, the number of times they have been drawn; the number of times they have been used, and so on; and if he will make a stateme…

75. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the Programme for Government commitment "provide funding to recruit at least 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda Staff over the next five years"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19471/26]

360. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ages of the vehicle fleet currently attached to Garda Water Unit. [21051/26]

361. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of occasions in 2025 and to date in 2026 where Garda personnel have requested the assistance of Garda Water Cannons, in tabular form. [21052/26]

367. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 710 of 16 December 2025, if he has received the relevant information from the Garda Authorities in order to answer this PQ. [21286/26]

307. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles detected by Gardaí with non compliant number plates each month since October 2025, by county and Garda district; the number of fixed charge notices (FCNs) issued to drivers each month for this offence by county and Garda district; the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay the FCN; the penalties imposed…

1231. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of dedicated Garda roads policing personnel currently deployed in the Dublin Metropolitan Region; the way in which this compares with 2014 levels; the number of speeding detections in the Dublin region in each of the past five years; whether the Government has assessed the impact of the 43% national d…

1233. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda community support vans that came into fleet in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of those Garda community support vans that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/26]

1234. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the operating hours and staffing levels of Cobh Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/26]

1241. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 748 of 4 February 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda Authorities to answer this question. [18312/26]

1242. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 747 of 4 February 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda Authorities to answer this question. [18313/26]

1259. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the commencement of Part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18503/26]

1267. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 4 February 2026, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda to answer this parliamentary question. [18663/26]

1268. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of the Garda roads policing motorcycle fleet that are 1250cc. [18664/26]

1270. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of protests which took place outside Leinster House that required additional Garda resources and physical barriers to be erected in the years of 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [18686/26]

1271. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 699 of 12 November 2025, if the necessary information from the Garda authorities has been supplied to him in order for this parliamentary question to be answered. [18687/26]