Written answers
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the personnel located in each of the Dublin Garda stations (and not to include regional personnel hosted in Tallaght); and if he... - Immigration Policy
41. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify, in cases where a Border Management Unit decides to refuse permission to an intending visitor to this State,... - An Garda Síochána
48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there has been a 345% increase in those leaving An Garda Síochána... - Probate Applications
50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to address delays in processing probate applications; and if he will make a statement on the... - Prison Service
52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to the prison service for mental health supports for both staff and the prison population; for an update... - Domestic Violence
53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Committee on Justice Report on Women’s Shelters and Domestic Abuse... - Immigration Policy
54. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people who presented at Irish airports without a valid passport during each consecutive month since Covid... - An Garda Síochána
55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans for adequate resourcing of frontline gardaí in the context of the recent upsurge in criminal offences such as... - Control of Firearms
56. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on plans to impose conditions on firearm certificate holders, and his level of consultation with... - An Garda Síochána
57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to address the retention crisis in An Garda Síochána.; and if he will make a... - Courts Staff
58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 6 December 2022, his Department's policy position in relation to the number of... - Immigration Policy
59. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can clarify the procedure in relation to decisions by the Border Management Unit to refuse permission to board for... - Probate Applications
60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that he has taken to deal with the prolonged delays in the probate office; and if he will make a statement on the... - Prison Service
61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to address the issue of prison overcrowding; if he is satisfied to have sufficient medium and long-term prison capacity to deal... - An Garda Síochána
62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the provision of further resources to An Garda Síochána to provide a safer system of policing... - Data Protection
63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering legislating to allow families to avail of the digital right to be forgotten by erasing the social media... - An Garda Síochána
64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position on implementing the new policing model in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18079/23] - Crime Prevention
65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the way Community Crime Prevention Programmes are promoted and encouraged under the Rural Safety Plan 2022-2024... - An Garda Síochána
66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement of his Department in relation to the forthcoming new Garda Capital Investment Plan 2023-2030; and if he will make... - Proposed Legislation
67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for defamation law reform. [18081/23] - Online Safety
68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions that have been brought under Coco’s Law since it was enacted in 2021; and if he will make a... - An Garda Síochána
69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many applications were received for the Garda trainee competition 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17995/23] - Drug Dealing
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to indicate, given the extent and growth of drug trafficking throughout the country in urban and rural areas, including the... - Departmental Staff
72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff he has on secondment to the Department of Foreign Affairs in Brussels to assist with Ireland's work at EU... - Mental Health Services
73. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in establishing the trial 24-7 mental health de-escalation unit for Limerick that is due to be... - Crime Prevention
74. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the number of knives seized by gardaí in Cork city and county in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to... - International Protection
75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all countries from which people are entitled to apply for international protection status to... - Work Permits
76. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline any plans to address, by legislation or otherwise, the situation whereby persons granted a work permit, based... - Crime Prevention
78. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to discuss crime prevention resources for the Blackrock area of Cork city. [18012/23] - Proposed Legislation
79. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on any progress made on advancing duty of care legislation; and if he will make a statement on the... - Crime Prevention
81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the way animal crime is approached under the Rural Safety Plan 2022-2024 published by his Department; and if he will... - Data Protection
82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the next steps for the appointment of additional data commissioners; and to state what their principal focus will be.... - Domestic Violence
83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he can confirm a breakdown of the person or body who sits on the Carlow Refuge Development Advisory Group, and when he... - Paramilitary Groups
84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date by him and his Department in considering the most recent report of the Independent Reporting... - Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to stop convicted sex offenders from using the EU digital right to be forgotten to erase media reports of... - Citizenship Applications
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of long delays at the Immigration Service Delivery, ISD, formerly the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration... - Coroners Service
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware if autopsies are taking longer to be concluded in Dublin or elsewhere in recent years; and if so, what are the... - Crime Prevention
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the youth diversion projects that are in place in Cork; the programmes that have been funded over the past three years; the... - Domestic Violence
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a refuge for those fleeing domestic violence in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Crime Prevention
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the establishment of community safety partnerships; if he will outline the resources expected to... - Cannabis for Medicinal Use
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that a person (details supplied) was sentenced to five years in jail in December 2022 and is currently in... - An Garda Síochána
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel across the Dublin area by year from 2011 to date, broken down by region; the number of Garda... - International Protection
95. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the changes since 2018 in labour market access permission for international protection applicants;... - An Garda Síochána
96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cybercrimes recorded in Ireland in 2022; and a breakdown of the type of cybercrimes recorded. [18076/23] - Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps which he is taking to stop convicted sex offenders circumventing their monitoring through the use of a name change by... - Closed-Circuit Television Systems
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline his Department’s ongoing work to address concerns around the roll-out of community CCTV systems... - Legal Aid
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether criminal legal aid is fit for purpose, given recent industrial action by criminal practice barristers. [18065/23]
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