Written answers

Tuesday, 17 June 2025

  • An Garda Síochána
    580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooter related road traffic incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2020 to...
  • Road Traffic Offences
    581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooter related road traffic offences recorded by An Garda Síochána since the introduction of...
  • Visa Applications
    582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an application for the join family visa will be finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Legislative Measures
    584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered expanding the scope of Coco’s Law to cover deepfakes and AI generated content more explicit given...
  • An Garda Síochána
    585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to Waterford/Kilkenny Division as of 9 June 2025. [31922/25]
  • Asylum Seekers
    586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene to ensure that a Palestinian asylum seeker (details supplied) is appropriately housed in line with the...
  • Courts Service
    587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1554 of 29 April 2025, his plans to retain the court services in Mall House, Youghal,...
  • Deportation Orders
    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...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    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...
  • Deportation Orders
    597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a breakdown of the average timeline between final refusal of international protection, the offer of voluntary return, and...
  • Departmental Data
    598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have availed of return counselling under the voluntary return programme in 2024 and to date in 2025,...
  • An Garda Síochána
    602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the current Garda vetting system with a view to streamlining the process, in particular by enabling a single...
  • Prison Service
    603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of people incarcerated in Irish prisons as of 31 December in each year from 1990 to date; and if he will make...
  • Deportation Orders
    605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State has a policy of issuing deportation orders against non-nationals on completion of a prison sentence; and if he...
  • An Garda Síochána
    606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí assigned to every Garda station in counties Carlow Kilkenny for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023,...
  • Prison Service
    609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the prison visitation committee application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
  • International Protection
    610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in light of the increasing demand for accommodation for both international protection applicants and beneficiaries of...
  • Departmental Staff
    612. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at a location (details supplied). [32164/25]
  • Citizenship Applications
    613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive their citizenship certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Social Media
    614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department is taking to address the growing misuse of social media platforms, particularly the sharing of...
  • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
    615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans for works to be carried out to upgrade CCTV cameras in a location (details supplied); if so, when these works...
  • Departmental Inquiries
    616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in respect of a property (details supplied). [32229/25]
  • Visa Applications
    617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an individual's application under the Turkish Association Agreement (details supplied); and if...
  • An Garda Síochána
    618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to issue specific guidelines for the submission of video content via the Garda traffic watch online reporting system,...
  • Prison Service
    619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used to determine suitability of a site for a new prison building.; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Departmental Properties
    620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of unused sites or buildings owned by his Department in each county, in tabular form. [32262/25]
  • Courts Service
    626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has plans to hold an inquest into the murder of a person (details supplied) as planned; the position regarding whether...
  • Prison Service
    627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the re-appointment of a Prison Visiting Committee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Asylum Applications
    628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants that were successful for asylum or protection that submitted no identification from their country of...
  • Citizenship Applications
    630. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants that were successfully given naturalisation having submitted a sworn affidavit as identity instead of...
  • Departmental Websites
    631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters...
  • Departmental Inquiries
    632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 677 and 679 of 20 May 2025, the reason both questions have not been sufficiently...
  • An Garda Síochána
    633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí working in the bureau full-time; the number of applications to the bureau in each of the past five...
  • Visa Agreements
    634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a limit on the number of Palestinian citizens that are minors allowed to enter the State on a short stay visa in a...
  • Departmental Data
    635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects the State purchase of a hotel (details supplied) in Dublin for the purpose of IPAS accommodation; the extent or...
  • Anti-Racism Measures
    636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy, if Ireland will implement policy similar to that which exists in...
  • An Garda Síochána
    638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet within the Clare-Tipperary division. [32609/25]
  • Departmental Contracts
    639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024;...
  • Visa Applications
    640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will increase staffing at visa offices so that those who have submitted applications for critical skills visas and join...
  • Departmental Data
    641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the properties that are under construction or contract to provide IPAS accommodation in Meath west. [32694/25]
  • Citizenship Ceremonies
    642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the invitations to the next citizenship ceremony will be issued. [32695/25]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position in relation to the proposed State purchase of a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • An Garda Síochána
    644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on Garda staffing levels (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Visa Agreements
    647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has begun to issue shorter visas than it had previously; and whether this has any consequences for the...
  • Judicial Reviews
    648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which...

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