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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Detention Centres (3 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will finally ratify and implement the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention Against Torture, given Ireland’s long-standing commitment and repeated calls from civil society and international monitoring bodies; if he will provide a clear timeline for establishing the national preventive mechanism; and to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (3 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to ensure Ireland’s prison system complies fully with the United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (the Mandela Rules), particularly regarding the use of solitary confinement, access to healthcare, contact with the outside world and access to rehabilitation supports;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Detention Centres (3 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 331. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions being taken in response to the serious incident at Oberstown in which nine staff were injured–four requiring hospital treatment, including one with life-changing injuries–marking the third such assault in under two weeks; how he justifies operating the facility with dangerously low staffing levels, given...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Detention Centres (3 Jul 2025)

Gary Gannon: 332. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the urgent measures being taken to address the over-capacity crisis at Oberstown, which has recently resulted in the centre turning away remand children due to lack of space, including two facing serious charges; and the steps he will take to ensure that any increase in capacity is matched by investment in rehabilitative...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality on each occasion since January 2024 where a serious offender was granted bail or released early due to prison or detention centre overcrowding, the nature of the offence that was, the alternative arrangements that were made for public safety, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment that has been made of the risk to public safety posed by the release or non-detention of individuals accused of involvement in organised crime due to the lack of remand spaces; and if he will publish this assessment. [34910/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison or remand places occupied in the past 12 months by individuals detained purely for immigration-related reasons; and the total cost of this to the State. [34908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Detention Centres (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current official operational capacity of Oberstown Detention Campus; the number of beds actually available for remand, as of 20 June 2025; how this compares with demand on 20 June 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (25 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 191. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the services currently provided for adult patients with epilepsy at a hospital (details supplied); the number and grade of staff that are currently attached to this service at this site; the number of current staff vacancies within this service; the number of epilepsy patients currently registered with this service; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring a temporary travel document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33623/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of a situation concerning an international protection applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probation and Welfare Service (19 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 351. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people referred to the probation service for a community service report who were found by that report to be unsuitable for community service and were subsequently not sentenced to an immediate term of imprisonment, in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [33423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of deportation orders issued to individuals under the age of 18 in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; for a breakdown of the total number, by individual year of age, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32027/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals under the age of 18 who are currently in the State and subject to a deportation order, with a breakdown by individual year of age, and the average length of time since arrival in Ireland for each age group, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32028/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the top five countries of origin of children who have been issued deportation orders in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32029/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the access to legal advice and interpretation services provided to individuals detained in prison prior to enforced deportation by chartered flight in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether protocols or standard operating procedures are in place to govern the provision of legal advice and interpretation services to individuals detained prior to deportation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32031/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and roles of professionals present on board, including medical staff, child protection professionals, psychological or trauma support personnel, independent observers, and Gardaí or private security contractors, for each of the deportation flights carried out to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent under the voluntary return scheme in 2024 and to date in 2025, by transport, transit visas and associated costs, and reintegration grants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32035/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Gary Gannon: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals and families that received reintegration grants in 2024 and to date in 2025; the total value of payments under each category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32036/25]