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Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
1217. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of road traffic collisions in each of the years 2020 to 2022 in each Garda district within Dublin; the number that resulted in a fatality or serious injury, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38829/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
1218. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with driving while disqualified within Garda C district within DMR in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38830/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
1219. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda vehicles allocated to the Garda Technical Bureau to date in 2023; and the number of vehicles withdrawn from the Garda Technical Bureau to date in 2023. [38859/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
1220. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí for having no insurance within Meath Garda Division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38860/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Niamh Smyth
1221. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí that have resigned from the Force in the past five years; if she can outline what divisions they left; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38863/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Passport Services
Alan Dillon
1222. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38868/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
1223. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with dangerous driving within the Kildare Garda division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38945/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
1224. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed penalty notices that gardaí within the Kildare division issued for driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38946/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
1225. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been secured to replace the two patrol boats currently within the Garda water unit. [38947/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
1226. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a fresh new recruitment campaign will be launched before the end of the year for persons to apply to join An Garda Síochána. [38948/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Pa Daly
1227. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of projected retirements from An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2023 to 2029. [38969/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Paul McAuliffe
1228. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice if Santry Garda station is to be included in the Garda Capital Investment Plan 2022 – 2030. [39007/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Bernard Durkan
1229. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) whose spouse's Garda vetting has been approved but their own is still pending; when their application is expected to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39079/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Bernard Durkan
1230. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied to have their spouse and child to join them in this jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39080/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1231. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on replacement of ballistic shields in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [39097/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1232. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí within the Carlow-Kilkenny division who are trained in each level of public order training, in tabular form. [39098/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Michael Creed
1233. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the current situation regarding a visa appeal/application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39186/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
1234. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of go-safe vehicles in the fleet as of 1 September 2023; the number of hours per day each van is actively in use detecting breaches of speed limits; the location of each go-safe monitoring point; and the number of detections per location in each year to date since the service was fully rolled-out; and the revenue raised, by location over the same time period, in tabular form. [39188/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Immigration Status
Jim O'Callaghan
1235. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when an application submitted to the IIP section by a club (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39197/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
1236. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice whether she has given consideration to permitting Irish citizens who are working in police forces in other jurisdictions to be permitted to enter into An Garda Síochána without the necessity of training in Templemore on the basis that they have already qualified as police officers in other jurisdictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39198/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Mark Ward
1237. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the rollout of the crisis de-escalation team in Limerick; when this will be in operation; to provide details on the make-up of the team, by funding and staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39272/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
1238. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, the number of professional youth workers currently employed in each county, as funded under the Garda youth diversion projects programme, with a separate breakdown to cover each Garda district. [39275/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Niall Collins
1239. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice to provide an analysis of data provided by An Garda Síochána for speed monitoring on national slow down day (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39295/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Alan Kelly
1240. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been sought by the Garda Commissioner for the purchase of additional high powered unmarked Garda cars. [39301/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Alan Kelly
1241. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if contract for the replacement of aircraft in the Garda air support unit has been put out to tender; and if so, the deadline for accepting tender offers for the provision of new aircraft in the Garda air support unit. [39302/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Brendan Smith
1242. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the reason delays have arisen in the resumption of Garda services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39303/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Drug Dealing
Brendan Smith
1243. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if additional measures will be introduced to deal with the scourge of drugs throughout the country, impacting on every community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39435/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Coroners Service
Sorca Clarke
779. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice what additional resources have been provided to the Coroner Courts to address the backlogs that bereaved loved ones are currently experiencing. [35610/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Private Security Authority
Holly Cairns
780. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the use of tracking devices on private citizens by private investigators; to list any actions proposed by her Department to prevent this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35652/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Private Security Authority
Holly Cairns
781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of private investigators operating in the State. [35653/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Michael Healy-Rae
782. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for a person (details supplied) who has made an application under the Afghan admission programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35658/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Immigration Status
Bernard Durkan
783. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application to the undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) whose vetting was completed on 29 April 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35668/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Policies
Mark Ward
784. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to transfer grants for prison links from her Department to the HSE; for an update on these plans; the rationale behind them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35685/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Eoin Ó Broin
785. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the current turnaround times for processing of a join family member of EU/EEA/Swiss citizen spouse visa application by the INIS; and what efforts her Department is making to ensure timely decisions for applicants. [35704/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
Fergus O'Dowd
786. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the serious concerns raised by a charity (details supplied) in respect of a major threat to charity fundraising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35709/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
787. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice further to the final terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), the reason she and her officials refused to provide a judge with the independent review mechanism report. [35723/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
788. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the final terms of reference of the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), a judge requested the independent review mechanism report as required to fulfil the obligations of their appointment. [35724/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
789. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the final terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), a judge was provided with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission statutory section 101 report. [35725/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
790. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the final terms of reference of the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), a judge requested the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission statutory section 101 report as required to fulfil the obligations of their appointment. [35726/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
791. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide the terms of reference for the independent review mechanism's review into the death of a person (details supplied); and if the terms of reference were provided to a person to enable them to fulfil the obligations of their appointment to conduct a scoping exercise. [35730/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
792. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the many failures of An Garda Síochána, the judiciary, the Coroner's Office, the Courts Service and her own Department identified by a judge (details supplied) throughout the report of their scoping exercise into the death of a person, she will now establish an independent inquiry into the person's death as previously directed by the Members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann. [35731/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
793. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide the dates on which a person (details supplied) met, exchanged emails or telephone calls with her officials from the date of appointment to conduct the scoping exercise into the death of a person to publication of the final report on the 3 July 2023. [35733/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide the dates on which a person (details supplied) met, exchanged emails or telephone calls with her or former Ministers from the date of appointment to conduct the scoping exercise into the death of a person to publication of the final report on the 3 July 2023. [35734/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Mary Lou McDonald
796. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the reason she or her officials did not inform a family (details supplied) that a judge was formerly a member of the Courts Service Board on their appointment to undertake the scoping exercise; and the dates on which the judge was a member of the Courts Service Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35743/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Prison Service
Mark Ward
797. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the plans that are in place to address the long waiting list for persons in prison to access addiction services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35748/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Gino Kenny
798. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice how many residential properties seized by CAB are still under remit of CAB due to the property being sold by CAB or issued to a local authority by CAB. [35773/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Gino Kenny
799. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice how many years a residential property seized by CAB is left vacant; and his views on whether property seized for more than two years should be given to the local authority. [35774/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Human Trafficking
James Lawless
800. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice to clarify a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35775/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Paul Donnelly
801. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional criminal assets profiling unit, in tabular form. [35791/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Paul Donnelly
802. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of stinger courses held for gardaí within the DMR division in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the duration of this course. [35792/23]