Departmental Data

517. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension his Department has received in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of those applications that have been approved in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [56742/25]

530. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare claims currently awaiting a decision, in each scheme, in County Wexford; the average waiting time for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57207/25]

532. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline all the supports available from his Department for families with twins, in particular for families who are full-time carers to twins with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57263/25]

536. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will list the countries with which Ireland has reciprocal agreements regarding social insurance contributions for pensions and other core welfare payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57350/25]

543. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Ireland currently has, or is pursuing, any bilateral or informal arrangements with the United Arab Emirates for the recognition or enforcement of family maintenance or spousal support orders issued by the Irish courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57273/25]

544. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged, or intends to engage, with the authorities of the United Arab Emirates or other non-signatory states to the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, with a view to establishing practical channels for the enforcement …

545. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the options or supports currently available to Irish citizens who are unable to enforce a maintenance or support order due to the fact that the liable person resides in a non-convention country such as the United Arab Emirates; and if he will outline any policy work underway to address this gap; and if he wi…

546. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to address the gap in protections for maintenance recipients in cases where enforcement is not possible due to the absence of reciprocal arrangements with the country of residence of the liable person; and if he will make a statem…

547. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the other capital works on Garda Stations in Laois which will be funded in 2026, aside from Portlaoise Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56514/25]

556. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracted bed days in IPAS centres which were unoccupied in each month of 2024, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56535/25]

557. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the mechanism by which he is aware when contracted IPAS beds are unoccupied; if there is an oversight mechanism to ensure that his Department is not paying for unoccupied beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56536/25]

558. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of contracted bed days in TPD accommodation which were unoccupied in each month of 2024, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56537/25]

559. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the mechanism by which he is aware when contracted TPD accommodation beds are unoccupied; if there is an oversight mechanism to ensure that his Department is not paying for unoccupied beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56538/25]

566. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí available to Cahir Garda station; the number of Gardaí available to Clonmel Garda Station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56640/25]

576. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether anyone has ever been prosecuted under the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud) Offences Act 2001 specifically for the theft of an animal(s); and, if so, what animal(s). [56678/25]

578. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on any research his Department has carried out into the merits of making parental alienation a legal offense; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56703/25]

579. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda road policing motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of motorcycles withdrawn during same period, in tabular form. [56745/25]

580. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the IPAS NGO partners who provide drop-in day services for unaccommodated people and who assist in the provision of access of facilities including hot showers, meals and laundry services; to provide the total funding to each individual partner NGO for every year since 2020 to date; and if he wi…

581. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff currently employed by An Garda Síochána in each of the Garda Stations on the north side of Cork city and Cork city in 2023, 2024, and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56769/25]

582. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána in the wider Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56770/25]

583. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff vacancies by An Garda Síochána in each of the stations in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56771/25]

586. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions regarding the offence of poisoning or endangerment under the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 where the suspected criminal act was drink spiking in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the number of investigations carried out by An Garda Síochána where the suspected o…

589. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of juvenile liaison officers based within Kildare-Carlow division as of 13 October 2025; if he will provide the same figures as of 30 June 2024, in tabular form. [56887/25]

591. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardaí stationed in the east Cork constituency from 2020 to date in 2025. [56935/25]

593. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full and final cost of a housing site (details supplied) including all site preparation, ancillary and constructions costs, security costs, landscaping etc; for a breakdown of these costs; the total cost per unit; the annual cost of operating these housing units by the approved housing body; and if he will ma…