Parliamentary questions

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

417. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of mobile phones reported stolen to Gardaí within DMR Region to-date in 2024; and the number and percentage of those reported stolen phones that have been returned to its original owner. [22366/24]

Private Security Authority

Catherine Murphy

418. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she has met formally with the CEO of the Private Security Authority to date in 2024. [22367/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Catherine Murphy

419. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the amount of her Department's pre-committed capital expenditure under the National Development Plan that will be dedicated to An Garda Síochána capital building programme in each of the years 2024 to 2026, in tabular form. [22368/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

420. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the ages currently of each of the Garda prisoner transport carriers currently in the Garda fleet. [22369/24]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

421. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 7 February 2024, the number of applicants for international protection who have been called for their personal interview under section 35 of the International Protection Act 2015 while awaiting accommodation from IPAS, by month, since the Government announced that it would no longer be able to guarantee accommodation for single male applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22411/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

422. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of new recruits to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2023 and to date in 2024; the number of retirements from An Garda Síochána in the corresponding timeframe; and the number of resignations from An Garda Síochána. [22425/24]

Peace Commissioners

Seán Crowe

423. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the total number of peace commissioners registered on the most recent roll maintained by her Department. [22457/24]

Ombudsman for Children

Martin Browne

424. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on additional funding sources to enable the office of the Ombudsman for Children to contribute to the working of the new strategy combatting domestic and gender-based violence; the reason for the delay in providing the funding despite assurances that it would be given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22460/24]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that applied for asylum in each of the past ten years who gained entry to the country by way of a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa. [22463/24]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

426. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that applied for a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa for each of the past ten years; and the breakdown of the top 15 countries in each cohort. [22464/24]

Asylum Applications

Peadar Tóibín

427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the method her Department uses to confirm that a person visiting Ireland on a holiday visa, a working visa or a student visa or any other visa has left the country. [22465/24]

State Pathology Service

Danny Healy-Rae

428. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice when a State pathologist will be appointed to Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22493/24]

Youth Services

Paul Kehoe

429. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of funding provided to Garda youth diversion projects across Dublin areas in each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22508/24]

Youth Services

Paul Kehoe

430. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice for a breakdown of the number of young people participating in Garda youth diversion projects across Dublin areas in each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22509/24]

Immigration Policy

Pa Daly

431. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current family accompaniment waiting times, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/24]

Visa Applications

Bernard Durkan

432. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for a visa in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22552/24]

International Protection

Jim O'Callaghan

433. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice whether an assessment has been carried out by his Department to determine whether the International Protection Office on Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, is an appropriate and-or safe place to process applicants for international protection in light of the significant increase in numbers making applications at that office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22558/24]

International Protection

Jim O'Callaghan

434. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice whether immigration officials within her Department are monitoring the transportation of international protection applicants from Northern Ireland to Ireland; whether those transporting the applicants are breaching any immigration laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22559/24]

Immigration Status

Sean Fleming

435. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice if an application for a person who was refused permission by her Department to lodge an appeal or seek a review on this matter; the options open to the person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22571/24]

International Protection

Leo Varadkar

436. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice if she has any figures or estimates on the number of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection and applicants for international protection resident in Ireland who may have crossed the border into Northern Ireland and on into Britain; and what efforts, if any, are being made to monitor the matter. [22589/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Paul Murphy

437. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question number 219 of 30 April 2024, the number of disqualified drivers who were prosecuted for failing to surrender their licence as set out in the Road Traffic (Licensing of Drivers) Regulations 2006; the number who were convicted of this offence in court in 2022 and 2023; the fines imposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22627/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

438. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 530 of 30 April 2024, the number of Gardaí on sick leave who are included in the figure of 627 assigned to roads policing on 29 February 2024; the number of Gardaí suspended who are included in the 627 figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22630/24]

International Protection

Mattie McGrath

439. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number in the international protection system awaiting either a decision on their international protection application or their application for leave to remain; the number who have been granted status either international protection or leave to remain; the number who have received a deportation order; the number who did not fall within any of the foregoing categories up to the end of March 2024; if she will outline the basis upon which the latter group is provided accommodation by IPAS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22637/24]

Deportation Orders

Mattie McGrath

440. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice to provide details of the number of deportation orders that have been issued in each year since 2020, and in each month of 2024; the number that have been actioned directly by the State in these years and these months; the location of those immigrants who have received a deportation order that has not been actioned to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22638/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Connolly

441. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if the register of relevant organisations under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012-2016 is publicly available; if not, her plans to make it publicly available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22653/24]

Legal Aid

Jim O'Callaghan

442. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if consideration is being given to reassessing the application process for legal aid from the Legal Aid Board in order that account is taken of the current cost of accommodation and/or debts held by the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22654/24]

Legislative Measures

Paul Murphy

443. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update in relation to legislation due in relation to the theft of a companion pet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22659/24]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

444. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22669/24]

Visa Applications

Bernard Durkan

445. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if visa applications in respect of the family of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22670/24]

Citizenship Applications

Carol Nolan

446. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice when an application (details supplied) will be processed; the reasons for the delay; if she will expedite the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22733/24]

Private Security Authority

Catherine Murphy

447. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections in 2023 and to date in 2024 by the Private Security Authority of accommodations contracted to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the context of enforcement of personal working at those locations to hold an enforcement guard licence. [22776/24]

Residency Permits

Catherine Murphy

448. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the length of the waiting list in Limerick, Dublin, Cork and Galway for appointments to apply for Irish residency permits; and if she will clarify whether language schools can submit group applications for visiting students to expedite the process due to the delays in issuing permits versus the duration they are valid for. [22811/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

449. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22875/24]

Departmental Data

Jim O'Callaghan

450. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with begging in a public place within the DMR in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22876/24]

Departmental Meetings

Jim O'Callaghan

451. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she has spoken formally with the executive director of Europol to date in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22877/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

452. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22878/24]

Departmental Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

453. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of vacant WTE staff by grade currently within the border management unit of her Department as of 13 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22879/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

454. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each divisional drugs unit as of 14 May 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22880/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

455. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 30 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22881/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

456. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to Garda mounted unit as of 14 May 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22882/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

457. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of dry custody cells in each district within the DMR as of 14 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22883/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

458. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the community policing unit within R district of the DMR as of 13 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22884/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

459. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of times An Garda Síochána have hired out an external forensic anthropologist for work on its behalf in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22885/24]

Family Reunification

Bernard Durkan

460. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in processing an application for family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22888/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

461. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the Garda districts within the DMR that received additional Garda vehicles to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22893/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

462. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of e-bikes seized by gardaí within the Kildare division in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22894/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

463. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the community access support team trial in Limerick. [22910/24]

Immigration Status

Catherine Murphy

464. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will be provided with a determination and or update in respect of a renewal application. [22915/24]

Citizenship Applications

Ged Nash

465. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that some individuals are experiencing undue delays in the processing of their applications for Irish citizenship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22928/24]

Residency Permits

Catherine Connolly

466. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of work on the single permit to both work and live in Ireland; the timeline for the implementation of the single permit; the status of plans to opt into the EU’s Single Permit Directive, and the timeline for same, and the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22936/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

467. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the roads policing unit within Cavan-Monaghan division as of 30 April 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 April 2021, in tabular form. [22950/24]

Legislative Process

Pauline Tully

468. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the current status of the Communications (Retention of Data) Bill; and when the Bill will move to the next stage. [22951/24]

An Garda Síochána

Bernard Durkan

469. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when an e-vetting request will be sent to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22964/24]

Data Protection

Éamon Ó Cuív

470. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the requirements relating to the retention of information submitted by child safeguarding officers of organisations such as sporting bodies, voluntary organisations, charitable organisations religious bodies and so on, in relation to Garda vetting, taking into account the compliance requirements with the General Data Protection Regulation; if she intends introducing further regulations in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22972/24]

Legislative Process

Éamon Ó Cuív

471. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when section 20 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 as amended by Section 23 of the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosure) Act, 2016 will be commenced; if there are proposals to amend this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22973/24]

Ministerial Appointments

Noel Grealish

211. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice if appointments to the policing and community safety authority will be made by the end of June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22179/24]

An Garda Síochána

Brendan Howlin

212. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice the expected timeframe of the next intake to begin their training at the Garda College, Templemore; the number of Garda recruits in the next intake; whether there will be further intakes in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22187/24]

Departmental Data

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

213. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions of HGV drivers for the contravention of the ban on five-axle vehicles in Waterford, Dublin, Limerick, Galway and Cork from 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22188/24]

Gambling Sector

John Paul Phelan

214. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to increase the legal age for gambling to 21 years in line with proposals to increase the legal age for smoking. [22198/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Patrick Costello

215. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed-charge speeding notices issued and paid in each county or local authority area, by month, over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22200/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

216. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when a naturalisation certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22214/24]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

217. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to revise the age of retirement for the Prison Service (details supplied). [22216/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

218. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in each Garda district in each Garda division at the end of April 2024, or the latest date available, in tabular form. [22296/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

219. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22303/24]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

220. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22305/24]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

221. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in assessing an application to have a deportation revoked in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22307/24]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

222. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the assistance that can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22313/24]

Appointments to State Boards

Noel Grealish

223. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice if appointments of lay members to the Judicial Appointments Commission will be made by the end of June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22353/24]

An Garda Síochána

Ivana Bacik

71. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice the statutory functions of An Garda Síochána in compiling statistics on the prevalence of certain types of theft and robbery offences; and where those functions are conferred. [21913/24]

Deportation Orders

Peadar Tóibín

72. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of deportation orders revoked by her Department in each of the past ten years.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21961/24]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

73. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of people on waiting lists for mental health treatment in Irish prisons in 2024; the average waiting period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21966/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

74. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]

Immigration Policy

Noel Grealish

75. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice the number of overseas students on a stamp 2 visa currently in Ireland; if she has considered making these visas more flexible to enable them to work more than 20 hours per week outside the Christmas and June to September periods as many of these people are struggling to pay rent and many of their employers are struggling to secure sufficient staff; if employers, who have no official way of knowing if stamp 2 students have already worked 20 hours in any week, could be held liable for a breach of visa rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21982/24]

Immigration Status

Cathal Crowe

76. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice the reason a person (details supplied) has been refused temporary protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21989/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

77. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will receive their certificate of naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21999/24]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

78. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on anti-psychotic medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22073/24]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

79. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of prescriptions for anti-psychotic medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22074/24]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

80. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on anti-depression and anxiety medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22075/24]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

81. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of prescriptions for anti-depression and anxiety medication for inmates in the Irish Prison Service in 2023, 2022 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22076/24]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]