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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1036. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if prisons or places of detention are defined in any way under the Constitution; and if not, whether there are any constitutional principles or provisions that shape or influence how prisons operate in the State. [30216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1037. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the constitutional rights that apply to individuals in prison or detention under Irish law; and how these rights are balanced with the State's penal policies. [30217/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1038. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the constitutional provisions under Article 40.4, relating to personal liberty, are interpreted in the context of the management and oversight of Irish prisons. [30218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1039. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to introduce constitutional or legislative reforms that would more explicitly define the role, function, or limitations of the prison system in line with human rights obligations. [30219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1061. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mandatory training judges, court-appointed assessors, and legal practitioners receive on domestic violence, particularly coercive control and post-separation abuse. [30506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1062. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review and revise current safeguards against the misuse of “parental alienation” claims, which according to new research conducted by organisations (details supplied) are frequently used to discredit legitimate safety raised in Irish family courts. [30508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1065. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification sponsor applications made to date in 2025; the number of these applications made by minors under the age of 18, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1066. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the delays in processing family reunification applications, noting that the average processing time is currently 18 months, despite previous Government commitments to process such applications within 12 months; the reasons for these delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30538/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1067. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Department has a system in place to fast-track family reunification applications in emergency or high-risk situations, such as for Afghans in Pakistan or Iran, or Eritreans at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1068. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the top five nationalities of applicants who have successfully secured family reunification in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1069. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average refusal rate for family reunification applications in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1070. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the main grounds on which family reunification applications are refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1071. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are still currently 13.5 staff members working in the family reunification unit; to provide a year-by-year breakdown of staffing levels in this unit for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1072. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for Irish citizenship received so far in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1073. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for applications for Irish citizenship; how this compares with average processing times in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 1074. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently working in the Citizenship Unit of the Department of Justice; how this compares with staffing numbers in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30546/25]

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: While I accept fully that we do not want to be nodding heads after the fact, it seems we are being asked to be nodding heads before the fact, which is a strange situation to be in. The Minister indicated that it is understanding that the Commission would not enter negotiations without some form of human rights framework as the basis of negotiations. How did he come to that conclusion? Did...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: We both know there are people being deported and sent back for various reasons to countries where there are not particularly high human rights standards. Hypothetically, a person who comes here from Kazakhstan, for example, may be coming from some sort of political conflict or have fled as a result of issues relating to their sexuality. We all know there are scenarios where they do not want...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Minister knows we have different views on that.

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Readmission Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Kazakhstan: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Gary Gannon: The Minister will know as well as I do there are people here who are claiming asylum and cannot prove the violation they speak to for fear their country may be contacted and their family targeted as a consequence of that. This is a regular issue that happens within this country and others and it is particularly important when we are developing new frameworks. When it comes to the concept...