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373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement he and local Garda management have had with community representatives in Saggart regarding policing priorities and high-visibility patrols in the area surrounding the Citywest Reception Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50623/26]

6. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will consider introducing a statutory indemnity for gardaí who are acting within reason while pursuing persons driving scramblers and other vehicles recklessly and illegally. [49644/26]

14. 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. [48865/26]

19. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps that are being taken to increase An Garda Síochána numbers and visibility in communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49853/26]

32. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on recruitment of members of An Garda Síochána; and to set out his recruitment targets for the remaining years of this Government, for both members and civilian staff. [49765/26]

37. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans for increasing the Garda training allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49294/26]

38. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he intends to introduce any new legislation in relation to the dismissal of serving members of An Garda Síochána who have criminal convictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49341/26]

58. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on Garda recruitment to meet increasing policing demands. [49846/26]

60. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he can provide the Garda to population ratio per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49840/26]

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]

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]

225. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures in place to ensure timely Garda statements and preservation of evidence where a victim is incapacitated; if he will commit to establishing a clear national pathway across Garda stations to ensure suspected spiking incidents are treated as crimes, investigated promptly, and supported by appropriate po…

226. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reported suspected drink-spiking cases in County Kerry; the number of reported suspected drink-spiking cases across the country; the number that were investigated; the number that were brought before the courts; the number that were convicted, in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will …

291. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the timeline for the process to refine the brief of requirements for the construction of a new Garda divisional headquarters at northern cross. [49204/26]

292. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 14 May 2026, in which the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration stated An Garda Síochána has no plans to develop facilities on the land, the plans for these lands in Dromard, Clonmore, County Tipperary which were bought tw…

299. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the timeline for the completion of the new Garda station in Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50078/26]

574. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of enforcement actions, seizures, or prosecutions taken by An Garda Síochána against unlicensed gaming activity in licenced premises (public houses) in each of the years 2024 and 2025; whether his Department has assessed the competitive and economic impact of unlicensed gaming in pubs on licensed bookmake…

583. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of the proposal made by his predecessor to ban the wearing of face coverings at protests; to summarise any interactions he has had with Garda management on this issue since his appointment as Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/26]

592. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Training Review Group will have its work concluded by July this year. [49332/26]

612. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vacant detective sergeant posts currently within Kerry division. [49553/26]

613. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda members, sergeants, inspectors and civilian staff assigned to K district; the number of vacancies currently in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49564/26]

266. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the proposed new divisional Garda headquarters at Northern Cross; the current status of the project and the next key milestones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48637/26]

355. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí trained and deployed in specialist units for cyber-crime and serious and organised crime within Kildare-Carlow Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48463/26]

137. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Defence if her Department has examined the arrangements adopted by An Garda Síochána in relation to the Garda Síochána Centenary Medal in considering recognition of former members of the Defence Forces who took part in commemoration events; and if she will provide details of any such proposals. [48161/26]