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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1449 and 1516 together. Any attack against innocent members of the public is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Attacks on individuals because of their inherent characteristics including race are abhorrent to the values of our republic and are condemned by any right-thinking people. While it is not within my remit, as Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSP) represent a significant step towards a more collaborative, responsive, and locally driven model of public safety and will play a major role in enhancing public safety alongside An Garda Síochána, residents, businesses and state agencies. On 31 July 2025, the National Office for Community Safety circulated Guidance for the Operation of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I am advised by An Garda Síochána that the information requested by the Deputy is not available in the format requested. However, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) regularly publishes detailed statistical information on both prison and probation re-offending rates. The latest available study of one- and three-year prison re-offending rates can be found in the Prison...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1452 and 1453 together. As part of the Zero Tolerance Strategy, this Government committed to doubling domestic violence accommodation capacity by the end of 2026. Cuan has a key function to coordinate delivery of the capital programme to increase safe accommodation capacity. A capital programme of this scale to deliver safe accommodation is unprecedented in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1454, 1473 and 1479 together. At the outset I want to make it clear that I am are extremely grateful to all frontline workers for their outstanding dedication and commitment to serving the public and for the important role that they play in our society. It is imperative that frontline workers are able to go about their work safely, and that the law reflects...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Regrettably, it has not been possible to compile the information in time and I will write to the Deputy once the information is available.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The vast majority of members of An Garda Síochána serve the organisation and the State with integrity each and every day of their careers. We are rightly proud of the job they do often under difficult circumstances. Of course for the public to have absolute confidence in a police service, they must have faith that when the law is broken by those who are responsible for upholding...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: An Garda Síochána has a proud tradition in serving communities and protecting the State with over 18,000 Garda members, civilians and reserve. An Garda Síochána are guided by three simple Policing Principles which state that policing services must be provided:Independent and impartiallyIn a manner that respects human rightsIn a manner that supports the proper and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The below table, provided to me by the Garda authorities, details the number of Gardaí suspended in tabular form, per Garda Region and National Units between 2020 and 2024 and as of 7 August 2025. I am advised that as suspension data is subject to ongoing change and regularly fluctuates, the statistics below relate to the number of individuals newly suspended within the given year. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1465, 1466 and 1467 together. A welcome to and support for people fleeing the war in Ukraine was shown by the people of Lisdoonvarna and other areas in Co. Clare and nationwide since 2022. Since that time, need for accommodation for people from Ukraine has reduced across the country. There are currently five accommodation centres in the Lisdoonvarna area...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1469, 1535 and 1536 together. The State is currently accommodating over 32,000 people who have applied for international protection in Ireland, over 9,000 of whom are children. When a person completes their international protection application and gets a positive decision, they have a legal status that allows them to remain in Ireland. This also...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland and the United Kingdom (UK) share a long history and common interest in the effective operation of the Common Travel Area (CTA) and work together to prevent any abuses of the CTA. There is extensive engagement, cooperation and data-sharing at all levels between my Department’s officials and UK Home Office counterparts, as well as significant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1475 and 1509 together. I can advise the Deputy that details of all payments over €20,000 and the recipients published quarterly online at Gov.ie and available here: www.gov.ie/en/collection/dfdadb-department-of-children-and-y outh-affairs-purchase-orders-for-20000-o/. Detailed contractual arrangements in relation to IPAS accommodation centres are,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: An Garda Síochána publishes data on the allocation of Gardaí by Division, Station and rank, including for Garda stations in Kerry. This can be found at the following link: www.garda.ie/garda/en/about-us/our-departments/human-resourc es-and-people-development/garda-hr-directorate/garda-strengt h-breakdown-2025/june-2025.html. The Deputy can access the file “Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Coroner Service comprises a network of coroners located in districts throughout the country. Responsibility for the Coroner Service has been a matter for local authorities since the introduction of the modern coroner system in 1846. The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is responsible for coronial legislation and policy and, since 2018, operational responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vacant Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: Details of properties owned or controlled by my Department that are currently vacant are provided in the table below. Property Address Dáil Constituency Length of Time Vacant Intended Future Use Westview House Audley’s Place, Cork City Cork North Central 6 years The intended future use...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1485 and 1486 together. Garda Reserve deployment focuses on supporting An Garda Síochána in communities through local patrols, crime reduction, community engagement, and operational support for regular Garda members, particularly at major incidents and events. Reserves provide on-the-ground assistance and leverage their local knowledge, operating...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1487, 1488, 1489, 1490, 1492, 1493 and 1494 together. The Department's International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) has not received an offer of accommodation at this location and is not currently examining a property for use as international protection accommodation in the area.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Department's International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS) is not currently examining any property for use as international protection accommodation in Ballina, County Mayo. Providing reception conditions – accommodation and other basic supports – to people seeking international protection is part of Irish and EU law and is also part of our humanitarian duty to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (8 Sep 2025)

Jim O'Callaghan: My Department recognises that possession of illicit drugs for personal use must necessarily be viewed as a public health issue, and not just as a matter for the criminal justice system. Additionally, while punishment for those who commit crime is a central element of our justice system, the rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders is at the core of our penal system. For these reasons, my...