Written answers
Tuesday, 4 March 2025
Department of Justice and Equality
- Daylight Savings Time
480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will raise the issue of abandoning daylight savings time as agreed in a European Parliament vote in 2021 at a future... - Ukraine War
481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Ukrainian refugees welcomed to the State from February 2022 to date; the number of Ukrainians who are known... - Fines Administration
482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount in court fines currently outstanding; the number of persons owing these outstanding fines; the number of... - Departmental Projects
483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the pilot project for a mental health crisis de-escalation team in operation in Limerick; the length of time... - Departmental Data
484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the figures for knife crime convictions for each of the years 2017 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [9014/25] - Deportation Orders
486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportations from the State in each of the years 2021 2022, 2023, 2024; and the country they were deported to, by... - Departmental Staff
487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources as of 1 January 2025 that will be added to the staffing compliment of his Department and or related... - Citizenship Applications
488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an Irish citizenship application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9050/25] - Departmental Data
489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the overall Garda numbers for County Wicklow; the Garda numbers for each station in County Wicklow, in tabular form;; and if he... - Departmental Reviews
490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine the case of a residence permit card renewal issue (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [9061/25] - Departmental Schemes
491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to institute a visa scheme to facilitate the moving to Ireland of those engaged on a self-employed basis in the... - Departmental Data
492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of charges under the Control of Horses Act 1996 in 2024. [9107/25] - Prison Service
494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of individuals in the prison population living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; the supports that they... - Legislative Programme
496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are proposals to amend existing legislation with respect to the application of a lis pendens on land folios; and if he... - An Garda Síochána
497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in the years 2014 to date; the amount returned to the Exchequer; the amount of... - Departmental Investigations
499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to recommendation No. 16 of the Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Proceeds of Crime... - Departmental Funding
500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the workings of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; the amount allocated to it in each of the years 2021... - Departmental Data
501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on his role in appointing peace commissioners; the current number of peace commissioners, by county; and if... - Departmental Policies
503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will create a new profession of conveyancer; the timeline for when this will be completed; and if he will... - Departmental Data
504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs of training a Garda until attestation, in the Garda Training College, Templemore. [9185/25] - Citizenship Applications
505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the various fees that apply for a citizenship application and certification fee for certificate of naturalisation; the minimum... - An Garda Síochána
506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of claims by Gardaí that were injured during the course of their duties, processed by the State... - Departmental Policies
507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a case of guardianship issues for persons (details supplied); the actions he will take to... - Legislative Programme
508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on legislation regarding CCTV usage; when this legislation will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on... - An Garda Síochána
509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community Garda buses in Cork city in 2019; and the number currently by station, in tabular form. [9299/25] - Citizenship Applications
510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Visa Applications
511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the further options or advice available to an applicant for a tourist visa (details supplied) who has been refused on appeal;... - Departmental Projects
512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the roll-out of the community safety partnerships across the country. [9322/25] - Departmental Data
513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for drug offences in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [9334/25] - Departmental Projects
516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of projects, currently under construction or stalled in construction, which are part or wholly funded through the... - Prison Service
517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison places in each prison in the State; the level of overcrowding in each prison; the measures being taken to... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken by his Department and by An Garda Síochána to address crimes motivated by homophobia in the... - Legislative Programme
519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to undertake a health-impact assessment for the Sale of Alcohol Bill and Intoxicating Liquor Bill; and if he will... - Departmental Programmes
520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the proposed timeline to legislate for a shared fraud database as outlined in the Programme for Government;... - Judicial Appointments
521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to increasing the number of judges at District Court level; the current number of judges at... - Departmental Programmes
522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the backlog with guardianship right cases in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9394/25] - Legislative Measures
524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the law in relation to trees that, due to their size and potential danger to life and property and the owners refuse... - Legislative Process
525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to specify the level of priority being attached to the Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 in the Government legislative... - An Garda Síochána
526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Deputies will sit on local community safety partnerships similar to the joint policing committees; the reason for this... - Visa Applications
527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review the visa application case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9589/25] - An Garda Síochána
528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding has been made available this year for the replacement of Garda prisoner transport trucks and the current ages of... - Departmental Reports
531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish the Policing Authority report on serious riots which occurred in Dublin city centre in November... - An Garda Síochána
532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date his Department was made aware that the last intake of trainee Gardaí to Templemore in 2024 were not going to be... - Citizenship Applications
533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application (details supplied); when the application will be completed given it is over 53 months... - Passport Services
534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options open to a person (details supplied) who urgently needs to apply for a passport; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Investigations
535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been briefed on the reported existence of a Russian spy in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [9754/25] - Departmental Bodies
537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the units and divisions that operate within his Department; the bodies under its aegis; the contact information of each; and if... - An Garda Síochána
538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles, per type, per division, per district and per Garda station; the number therein of vehicles which... - Parliamentary Questions
539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Parliamentary Questions his Department has not answered fully and have had to change the reply to, subsequently,... - Citizenship Applications
540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to the application process for non-EU residents applying for citizenship by... - Departmental Data
541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes that were recorded where the suspected offenders were on bail in each of the last three years, by county...
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