531. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of garda vetting appeals heard by appeals officers in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47474/26]
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsAn Garda Síochána
1,882 questions from 135 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,882
questions
1,855 written, 27 oral
135
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 67 |
| February 2025 | 114 |
| March 2025 | 142 |
| April 2025 | 86 |
| May 2025 | 92 |
| June 2025 | 81 |
| July 2025 | 128 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 134 |
| October 2025 | 87 |
| November 2025 | 88 |
| December 2025 | 108 |
| January 2026 | 78 |
| February 2026 | 125 |
| March 2026 | 112 |
| April 2026 | 96 |
| May 2026 | 92 |
| June 2026 | 75 |
| July 2026 | 64 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 43 |
| October 2026 | 70 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
549. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address delays in the Garda vetting process, particularly for the Early Education and Childcare Sectors, where providers report waiting up to eight weeks for vetting clearance for new employees; whether consideration has been given to introducing alternative interim measures, such as recognising a valid G…
414. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda personnel currently assigned to Ballina Garda Station; the way in which this compares with previous years. [46706/26]
130. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on purchasing mountain bikes for its fleet in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [46065/26]
131. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans added to the Garda dog unit fleet in each of the years 2024 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of vehicles withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [46066/26]
136. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of minibuses currently operational in each Garda station for community policing within the Dublin metropolitan region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46212/26]
364. Deputy Tom Brabazon 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. [45784/26]
639. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána with 20, 25 and 30 years, or more, of service, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44888/26]
645. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications to the Garda Reserves in 2024, 2025 and so date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45018/26]
646. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications to the Garda Reserves that were successful in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45019/26]
647. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda Reserves that were attested in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45020/26]
648. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda Reserves currently operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45021/26]
662. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he last formally met with the Chief Superintendent of Kildare-Carlow division; and the topics discussed. [45243/26]
663. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked Garda vans attached to each Garda division as of 9 June 2026, in tabular form. [45244/26]
664. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 6 May 2026, if he has received the relevant information from Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45248/26]
684. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which an individual can challenge or even become aware of an allegation that results in them being targeted for Garda monitoring, potentially for years, without notification. [45531/26]
685. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure the Garda is not acting on unfounded or false intelligence when engaging in surveillance. [45532/26]
686. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason mobile phone service providers are not required to question, flag, or independently assess Garda requests where allegations of unlawful monitoring are raised. [45533/26]
687. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the transparent and accountable systems that exist to protect individuals who believe they are being unlawfully monitored by the State or the Garda. [45534/26]
688. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in light of proposals to expand Garda powers to monitor phones, CCTV, and private homes, the specific protections that will be put in place for whistleblowers, journalists, and innocent civilians. [45537/26]
689. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given the number of serious criminal cases involving gardaí that come before the courts, the steps the Government will take to justify expanding surveillance powers without first strengthening civilian protections. [45538/26]
690. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the complaints referee never, to public knowledge, upheld a finding of unlawful monitoring by the Garda; and his views on whether this indicates that the role is not fit for purpose. [45539/26]
711. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of additional Gardaí who have been allocated to a town (details supplied), not the Garda division more widely, since 2020. [45790/26]
248. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fixed charge notices, prosecutions and other enforcement actions relating to breaches of the statutory speed limit for electric scooters that have been issued; the mechanisms currently available to An Garda Síochána to detect and enforce speed limit breaches by electric scooter users; and if he will make a statement on t…
251. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people arrested during the visits of the British Queen, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [44789/26]