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Wed, 15 May 2024
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Asylum Applications
Bríd Smith
82. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of people refused permission to enter Ireland via inbound flight in the past 12 months who subsequently applied for international protection, by nationality of applicants and month; the number refused permission to enter Ireland who were actually turned back with the airline that brought them in, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22116/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Asylum Applications
Bríd Smith
83. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applications received in the past 12 months, by nationality of applicants and month, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22117/24]
Wed, 15 May 2024
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Asylum Applications
Bríd Smith
84. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice how many people were granted refugee status, subsidiary protection and permission to remain the country in the past twelve months, by month, type of status granted and nationality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22118/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Visa Applications
Paul Murphy
424. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of a case of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the visa application so the person can join their family in Ireland and escape the dangers being faced in Gaza. [21963/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Immigration Policy
David Stanton
425. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice if there is a pathway for people from Ukraine who are currently living and working here under the EU Temporary Protection Directive to avail of a more permanent arrangement granting them a right to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21183/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Citizenship Applications
Robert Troy
426. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice whether there are specific arrangements in place for British nationals who have been married and working in Ireland for many years to apply for Irish citizenship; and if he will clarify the cost in applying for citizenship in such a case. [21221/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Citizenship Ceremonies
Michael Ring
427. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship ceremonies that have taken place since 1 January 2022 to date; the dates of said citizenship ceremonies; the location of said citizenship ceremonies; the number of people were granted citizenship at each citizenship ceremony, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21226/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Peadar Tóibín
428. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff, by rank, in the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each of the past three years. [21227/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Seán Haughey
429. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice the number of people convicted of sex offences involving minors in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by county, in tabular form; the number of those convicted who received a fully suspended sentence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21240/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy
430. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of people with a Dublin Regulation positive match on EURODAC in the past 12 months, by month, in tabular form; and the number of Dublin Regulation transfers effected in the corresponding period. [21248/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Charles Flanagan
431. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons deported from the State each month for the first four months of 2024. [21268/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Charles Flanagan
432. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice the number of orders for deportation from the State made in each month of the first four months of 2024. [21270/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Probation and Welfare Service
John McGuinness
433. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal; and if a decision will be expedited as the funding is urgently required. [21276/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Reviews
Michael McNamara
434. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice when the review into the lapses regarding the Sex Offenders Register, identified in the High Court judgment (details supplied) delivered on 22 March 2024, was commenced; who was appointed to carry out the review; when that person or persons were appointed and if she will publish the findings of the said review. [21291/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Reviews
Michael McNamara
435. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will carry out an audit of all information received in the past five years from any other state on sexual offences committed abroad by any person residing in Ireland to ensure that it was adequately followed up on the Sex Offenders Register; and if she will publish the results of that audit. [21292/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
John Paul Phelan
436. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice the total number of proceedings lodged at the High Court in 2023 and to date in 2024; the estimated total number of these which relate to immigration matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21295/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Peadar Tóibín
437. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of cases that have come before the DPP in relation to sexual offences involving children, in each of the past three years; the number of those that came before court; the number which resulted in a custodial sentence; the number who secured a conviction but where a custodial sentence was not received; if those convicted with or without a custodial sentence have re-offended, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21301/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Visa Agreements
Patrick Costello
438. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if, given the ongoing situation in Gaza, she will stop the issuing of new travel and work visas for Israeli citizens coming to Ireland. [21307/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
439. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of group intervention sessions currently being run in the IPS to target criminogenic factors, by institution and by year for the period of 2015 to date. [21313/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
440. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the average wait time for a generic prisoner to meet with both an addiction counsellor and psychology services for ongoing intervention, separate from for an initial assessment in person, for the period of 2015 to date, by institution, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21314/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
441. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice for those prisoners in the Mountjoy Prison progression unit who are being put back into general population, what unique perks and rehabilitation services they will have access to reflect their progressed status. [21315/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
442. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of sex offenders who have completed mandatory group work of the total sex offender population by institution in the Irish prison system in the past five years. [21316/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Correspondence
James Lawless
443. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice the status of a matter (details supplied); the steps her Department has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21336/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
444. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank attached to the public service vehicle inspector unit within Westmeath division, in tabular form. [21407/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the amount of revenue currently owed to An Garda Síochána as of 3 May 2024 in respect to non-public duty charges for policing concerts and so on in 2023 [21408/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Sorca Clarke
446. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank attached to public service vehicle inspector unit within Roscommon-Longford division, in tabular form. [21409/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Family Reunification
Niamh Smyth
447. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice how many applications are currently in the system for the join family (sponsor is an Irish citizen) visa. [21423/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
448. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda forensic collision investigators, by rank, attached to Carlow-Kilkenny Divisional as of 7 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21440/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
449. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of 1250cc and 1400cc motorcycles in the Garda fleet as of 7 May 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 1 May 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21442/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
450. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost in 2025 if 1,750 new gardaí were recruited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21443/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
451. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing specialist gas masks in 2022,2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21444/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
452. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked vehicles allocated to the Garda dog unit as of 7 May 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 1 May 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21445/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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International Protection
Carol Nolan
453. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if any person has been excluded from temporary protection due to circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21450/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Departmental Correspondence
Niamh Smyth
454. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice to review an application (details supplied); to provide an update on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21474/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Asylum Seekers
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
455. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if consideration has been given to the introduction of special measures similar to those introduced to fast-track the processing and facilitation of Ukrainian war refugees under the temporary protection system for those who are fleeing the Israeli genocidal war on Palestine. [21482/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Visa Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
456. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a Palestinian woman (details supplied); and if she will take the required steps to facilitate her passage to be reunited with her parents and siblings in Ireland. [21484/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Peadar Tóibín
457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have bought back time to retire early in each of the past five years. [21503/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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International Protection
Peadar Tóibín
458. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time for the first initial decision to be made for international protection applicants for each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and the longest time for an applicant to receive a first decision for the corresponding timeframe. [21504/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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International Protection
Peadar Tóibín
459. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time for the final decision, including court decisions, to be made for international protection applicants for each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and the longest time for an applicant to receive the final decision for the corresponding timeframe. [21505/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Road Traffic Offences
Catherine Murphy
460. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she and or her officials have engaged with the Minister for Transport and or the RSA in respect of undertaking a data impact assessment in regarding plans to use speed cameras and or other types of camera to detect motorists who are using their phones while in control of a vehicle on a public road. [21512/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Human Trafficking
Jim O'Callaghan
461. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of immigration officers policing Dublin port and Rosslare port and Cork port to ensure that human trafficking is not taking place through the illegal transportation of persons into Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21593/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Visa Applications
Bríd Smith
462. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been forcibly displaced four times in Gaza after the building in which they lived was completely destroyed and whose parents and siblings in Ireland are desperate for the person to join them; if she and her Government colleagues will implement special measures in fast-tracking visa applications, similar to the fast-tracking of visa applications for Ukrainian refugees, for Palestinians who urgently want to join family here; if she will expedite the person’s visa application as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Penalty Points System
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
463. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of penalty points issued for parking in cycling lanes in each year from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form, both in total and on a geographical basis. [21647/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Employment Rights
Ged Nash
464. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21696/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Peadar Tóibín
465. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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International Protection
Peadar Tóibín
466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants there have been for each of the past five years up to end-April; 2024, the number of these who IPAS is now unable to locate or does not know their whereabouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21737/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Residency Permits
Bernard Durkan
467. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when a temporary stamp will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) whose spouse relocated here from Italy four months ago for work, and who sent the appropriate EUTR1 form by registered post on 22 March 2024; the correct procedure to now be followed to regularise their position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21740/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Citizenship Ceremonies
Pádraig O'Sullivan
468. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice when naturalized Irish citizens who attended the citizenship ceremony on 26 February 2024 will receive their certificates; the reason for the ten-week delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21764/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
469. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice if a pathway could be provided for new members of the gardaí who are foreign born in passport or citizenship applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21767/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Citizenship Applications
Martin Browne
470. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice the status and progress being made in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/24]