Results 861-880 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has implemented in whole or in part, the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice in respect of a decarceration strategy, and if so, the impacts to date on occupancy levels and recidivism. [45534/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to balance the Government’s aim of penal reform and reduction of prison overcrowding with the need to protect the public, safeguard victims of crime, and maintain public confidence in the justice system. [45537/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has commissioned or received evidence regarding increased assaults or risks to prison officers as a result of overcrowding in Irish prisons; and the measures being taken to safeguard the health, welfare, and safety of prison staff under such conditions. [45535/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department is examining international best practice in prison design and management, such as the adoption of normalisation models and architectural reforms that have been linked with improved rehabilitation outcomes; and if he intends to pilot such approaches in the State. [45536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the most recent figures on calls made to An Garda Síochána relating to domestic abuse incidents in 2024 and to date in 2025, by region; the measures that are being taken to address this reported surge in cases. [45541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions brought in 2023 and 2024 under domestic violence legislation; and whether the Department has identified gaps in the criminal justice process that contribute to under-prosecution or attrition in such cases. [45542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current waiting times for victims of domestic abuse seeking access to refuge accommodation; and the plans his Department has to increase refuge capacity in line with recommendations from Safe Ireland and the Istanbul Convention obligations. [45544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the training and support measures that are being put in place for gardaí handling domestic abuse calls, in particular in cases involving repeat incidents or high-risk victims, to ensure consistency of response across all Garda divisions. [45545/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of family reunification applications received; the number approved; the number of dependants admitted under the International Protection Act 2015 for each of the years since 2019; and if he will publish the internal business case referenced in documents released to RTÉ under freedom of information. [45556/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether family reunification rights under the International Protection Act 2015 are being applied more broadly than the statutory definition in view of recent court rulings; and if he will set out his Department’s position on this matter. [45558/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the legislative framework on family reunification in view of the fact that approvals now average 2.5 dependants per applicant, effectively doubling asylum intake numbers. [45559/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has considered introducing thresholds or conditions, such as financial capacity, housing availability, or integration requirements, before family reunification rights can be exercised. [45560/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether persons that arrived in the State without identification documents are subsequently permitted to exercise family reunification rights; and if so, the way in which identity verification of family members is conducted in such cases. [45562/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which Ireland’s family reunification provisions compare with those in other EU member states in terms of categories of relatives admitted and the average numbers approved per application. [45563/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment made of the cost implications for healthcare provision associated with family reunification; and whether his Department has commissioned a service impact study on this matter. [45567/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has prepared an inter-departmental strategy, in cooperation with the Departments of Justice, Housing, Health and Education, to coordinate the arrival and integration of family reunification beneficiaries; and if not, if she will bring forward such a plan. [45568/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason records on additional staffing and funding for international protection applications were withheld until compelled by appeal under FOI; and if he will commit to ensuring that future asylum related data is published proactively and in full. [45557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued, executed, and left unenforced in each of the years since 2020; and whether the suspension of deportations during and after the COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to increased asylum applications. [45561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders issued in the past three years; the number enforced; and the obstacles preventing full enforcement of deportation orders. [46531/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has conducted a national capacity assessment to determine the sustainable intake level under asylum and family reunification combined, given constraints in housing, health, and education services. [45564/25]