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Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Departmental Functions
Paul Murphy
452. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of a petition (details supplied) sent to her office; if she will meet the requests put forward by this petition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42745/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Departmental Policies
Michael Healy-Rae
453. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42748/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Departmental Policies
Ivana Bacik
454. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details supplied). [42820/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Ivana Bacik
455. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of new recruits to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of retirements from An Garda Síochána in the corresponding timeframe; and the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána. [42835/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Ivana Bacik
456. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in each county in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [42836/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Road Traffic Accidents
Ivana Bacik
457. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if her Department records the type of vehicle involved in road accidents which become the subject of a criminal trial; if not, her plans to record such information; and if so, the types of vehicles involved in such accidents in each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [42840/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Residency Permits
Catherine Connolly
458. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 1 March 2023, her plans to reduce or remove the annual fee for renewals of Irish residence permit cards for non-EEA nationals; her plans to review this matter; the details of any reviews carried out or commissioned to date by her Department in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42845/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
217. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the specific supports available for victims of the Troubles resident in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41914/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
218. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has studied polling (details supplied) reporting that 10% of the State’s population were victims of the Troubles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41915/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Departmental Policies
Patrick Costello
219. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will introduce a specific ‘Troubles pension’, similar to the one available to people in Northern Ireland and Britain. [41916/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Colm Burke
220. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the current status of an application (details supplied) for citizenship; when a decision is likely to be reached, in view of the fact that the application was submitted over two years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41958/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Prison Service
Michael Ring
221. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice if a service has met an organisation (details supplied) as committed to previously; what the outcome of this meeting was; if supports be provided to this organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41959/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Family Reunification
Róisín Shortall
222. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the status of her Department's review of eligibility requirements for family reunification; the timeline she is working towards; if this review will address issues related to family reunification for non-EEA healthcare assistants under the general employment permit (details supplied); the engagements she has had with the Minister for Health and the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding non-EEA healthcare assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41971/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Chris Andrews
223. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed at Pearse Street Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42015/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Chris Andrews
224. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed at Kevin Street Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42016/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Chris Andrews
225. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed at Irishtown Garda station in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, across each unit from the community policing, traffic, drugs, and regular units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42017/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Bernard Durkan
226. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice to outline the procedure to be followed to apply for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42093/23]
Thu, 28 Sep 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Bernard Durkan
227. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice to outline the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42095/23]
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Claire Kerrane
108. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice to outline, in tabular form, what options are available to a person (details supplied) seeking to join family living in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41727/23]
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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Residency Permits
Bernard Durkan
109. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if all information requested was received on time in the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of their pending application for residency status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41699/23]
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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Registration of Wills
Robert Troy
110. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered introducing a registration of wills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41722/23]
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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Immigration Status
Michael Healy-Rae
111. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41726/23]
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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Census of Population
Cian O'Callaghan
112. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a list of the populations of each division in the Garda Dublin metropolitan region as of the 2022 census; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41739/23]
Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Violet-Anne Wynne
113. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if she has confidence in the Garda Commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41867/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Legal Aid
Ged Nash
394. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when she plans to address the serious issues raised by the Bar Council on the need for fees paid to barristers practising criminal law in respect of the legal aid scheme to be increased in the context of cuts to the fees schedule which were first introduced in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41204/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Paul McAuliffe
395. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the critical skills employment visa application of (details supplied). [40974/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
396. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number and name of each of the Garda Youth Diversion programmes currently operating in each of the Garda divisions in the Dublin Metropolitan area; the number of officers assigned to the juvenile liaison teams and to set out, in tabular form, the numbers for each of the following years - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40983/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Emer Higgins
397. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Multi-Unit Developments, MUD, Act 2011 will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40984/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Courts Service
Darren O'Rourke
398. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the progress made in establishing an environmental court within the High Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41001/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Ceremonies
Éamon Ó Cuív
399. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when the next citizenship ceremony will take place; the venue where this ceremony will be held; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41009/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Carol Nolan
400. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who are currently suspended from duty; to provide a breakdown of how long they have been suspended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41081/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Carol Nolan
401. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total cost, by month, from May 2023 to date, of television advertising in relation to her Department's public information campaign in relation to threatening to share intimate images; to estimate the cost, by month, for the remainder of 2023; the total number of individual advertisements that appeared on television, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41088/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Domestic Violence
Charles Flanagan
402. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the provision of a domestic violence refuge in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41105/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Domestic Violence
Charles Flanagan
403. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the provision of a domestic violence refuge in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41106/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Courts Service
Bríd Smith
404. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1391 of 27 July 2021, if she will provide an update on the parental alienation research mentioned; if she will clarify how far advanced the research is; when the results will be published, given the urgency and number of families affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41133/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Departmental Funding
Imelda Munster
405. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown, in tabular form of all funding received by Drogheda Implementation Board; the source of the funding and detailing if it is new funding specifically for Drogheda or funding from previously existing government funding streams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41140/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Legislative Process
Patrick Costello
406. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice to provide a timeline for the legislative process for the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Bill 2023. [41159/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Legislative Measures
Patrick Costello
407. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce legislation to give effect to the Government commitment to legislate for an independent commission on information retrieval as part of our legacy commitments in relation to the Troubles. [41162/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Family Reunification
Jackie Cahill
408. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the reason a person's (details supplied) family reunification application was refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41167/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Legislative Reviews
Patrick Costello
409. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will carry out a review of the Family Law Act 2019 with a view to reducing the time period after which couples can get divorced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41193/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Bernard Durkan
410. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current position in the application of a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41199/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Bernard Durkan
411. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current position in the application of a person (details supplied) for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41200/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Residency Permits
Bernard Durkan
412. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current and/or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been in this jurisdiction for a number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41225/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Courts Service
Catherine Murphy
413. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41230/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Courts Service
Catherine Murphy
414. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers listed in court for holding a mobile phone while driving by District Court in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 which resulted in the case being struck out or dismissed due to the driver making a contribution to the court poor box; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41231/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Ukraine War
Michael Healy-Rae
415. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice if Ukrainians can work longer than 20 hours if the work is being offered to them, as it would benefit businesses who are struggling to find staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41245/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Road Traffic Accidents
Catherine Murphy
416. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fatal road traffic collisions each year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 in which the surviving driver was injured in the crash; the number of injured drivers involved, by year; the number taken to hospital; the number of these drivers that were not tested for intoxicants each year in hospital; the reason these drivers were not tested for intoxicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41246/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Niall Collins
417. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41249/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Robert Troy
418. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if, given the recent ballot by the GRA, she will acknowledge that morale within An Garda Síochána is low; if she will consider using the mechanism of the Workplace Relations Commission to address issues between management and rank-and-file gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41316/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Robert Troy
419. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of serving gardaí as of 1 September 2023, in comparison to September 2021; how many retirements in that period; and how many recruitments. [41317/23]