Parliamentary questions

Official Engagements

Carol Nolan

195. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she intends to engage with the British prime minister to address concerns about the impact of the Rwanda plan on the security and immigration system in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19983/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

196. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a schedule of Garda stations not yet deemed surplus to the requirements of An Garda Síochána and not currently in use as Garda stations, by county. [20083/24]

Residency Permits

Patrick Costello

197. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [20231/24]

Residency Permits

David Stanton

198. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is currently conducting a review of the fee structure of the Irish Residence Permit card; if so, when she expects this review to be completed; if she anticipates any change in the current fee this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20223/24]

Residency Permits

Jim O'Callaghan

199. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Irish Residence Permit card fee will be completed; if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20209/24]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

200. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when the review of fees for the IRP cards will be completed; if a reduction on these fees is anticipated this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20277/24]

Residency Permits

James Lawless

201. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Irish Residence Permit card fee will be completed; if a reduction on these fees is anticipated soon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20453/24]

Residency Permits

Thomas Pringle

202. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed; if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for this year’s Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20513/24]

Family Reunification

Martin Kenny

203. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice when a decision on an immigration appeal for a family reunification of a child (details supplied) with their mother will be decided on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19939/24]

Citizenship Applications

Colm Burke

204. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice to confirm when a citizenship application will be completed, in view that it is over 48 months since the application (details supplied) was first lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19961/24]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

205. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice how she was able to establish the basis for her recent claim that up to 80% of international protection applicants are arriving from the north of Ireland, having come from Britain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19967/24]

Official Engagements

Carol Nolan

206. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the engagements between the border management unit of her Department and the equivalent border management and enforcement units of the United Kingdom with respect to the impact of the so-called Rwanda plan and the growing trend of international protection applicants arriving from the UK to the north of Ireland and subsequently to the Republic to claim international protection here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19968/24]

Official Engagements

Carol Nolan

207. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if she or officials from her Department have engaged with their UK counterparts to address concerns about the impact of the British government's Rwanda plan on the flow of migrants into the Republic of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19982/24]

Residency Permits

Holly Cairns

208. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the IRP card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [19993/24]

Departmental Staff

Cormac Devlin

209. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice to confirm, in tabular form, the number of staff or contractors and their grades in her Department assigned to International Protection Office, and the immigration service delivery divisions on 1 January 2023, 1 January 2024 and 1 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19999/24]

Residency Permits

Pa Daly

210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the IRP card fee will be completed; and if a reduction on these fees is anticipated for Budget 2025. [20004/24]

International Protection

Michael McNamara

211. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for international protection that have made an application for international Protection and have not yet been issued with a decision. [20013/24]

International Protection

Michael McNamara

212. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants for international protection that have lodged an appeal against their decision from the IPO and have not yet been issued with a decision. [20014/24]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Brendan Smith

213. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice when she will establish a public inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20051/24]

Official Engagements

Brendan Smith

214. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice what additional measures will be introduced to deal with persons, domiciled in Britian, illegally entering this State through transiting Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20052/24]

Sentencing Policy

Denise Mitchell

215. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans on the part of the Department to review minimum sentencing laws for sex crimes, especially those involving children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/24]

Official Engagements

Brendan Smith

216. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice what direct contact she has had with her counterparts in Britain and in Northern Ireland in relation to illegal migration from Britain through Northern Ireland into this State, which she referenced recently at the Oireachtas Justice Committee; the outcome of such discussions, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20080/24]

Residency Permits

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

217. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice when the review of the Irish residence permit card fee will be completed and if a reduction of the fees is anticipated for this year’s budget. [20089/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Seán Canney

218. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice for an update on a matter (details supplied). [20094/24]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

219. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice whether leave to remain/Stamp 4 can be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20117/24]

Family Reunification

Bernard Durkan

220. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied) can be arranged to enable her son and daughter join her in this jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20118/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

221. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when a naturalisation certificate will issue in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20119/24]

Family Reunification

Bernard Durkan

222. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current status of an application to join a family in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20121/24]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

223. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current position in relation to correspondence with her Department in the case of a person (details supplied); if all requested information has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20122/24]

Family Law Cases

Bernard Durkan

224. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the extent to which she remains satisfied that children’s rights are at present adequately protected in the course of family law proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20124/24]

Citizenship Applications

Jennifer Whitmore

190. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay in issuing minor citizenship certificates; when the minor citizenship certification will be issued for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19681/24]

Departmental Staff

Cormac Devlin

191. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice to detail the arrangements in place for where an employee of the Department, and each organisation under its aegis, becomes elected or co-opted to a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19570/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Paul Murphy

192. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a new agency (details supplied) will also deal with the issue of sexual abuse of young males and how that affects them, and by implication their partners, in later life, and the need for support for such survivors and their partners; if the agencies board members will undergo specific training about sexual abuse of young males.. [19591/24]

Mental Health Services

Patrick Costello

193. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has received a copy of the recently published report by Mental Health Reform "Mental health services & supports in prisons: Service Mapping and Reflections from Lived Experiences"; and if she will make an itemised response to each of the recommendations included. [19611/24]

Visa Applications

Thomas Pringle

194. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if consideration could be given to having an emergency humanitarian visa scheme for Sudan to allow Sudanese people living and working in Ireland to apply to have family members join them here, even on a temporary basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19617/24]

Prison Service

Mick Barry

195. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the measures she intends to take to end overcrowding in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19620/24]

Prison Service

Ivana Bacik

196. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to change the purpose of the progression unit at Mountjoy Prison; and, if so, where the progression unit will be located. [19661/24]

Legislative Programme

Pa Daly

197. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, further to the published summer legislative programme, the provisions that the proposed Intoxicating Liquor Bill will contain. [19663/24]

Legislative Measures

Leo Varadkar

198. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Justice the status of the criminal justice - disregard for certain convictions related to consensual sexual activity; and if she expects to publish the legislation in advance of Pride. [19672/24]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

199. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice when the review of remission and temporary release which commenced in Q3 of 2022 will be completed, published and implemented with a view to improving rehabilitation and reduce reoffending and overcrowding in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19741/24]

Visa Applications

Louise O'Reilly

200. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has given any consideration to relaxing the financial criteria in circumstances (details supplied). [19756/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

201. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the current number of roads policing vehicles; and the number equipped with technology in ANPR and interconnection with Garda mobility. [19766/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

202. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that were successful at stages 1 and 2 of the Garda trainee application process that were deemed to be generally unsuitable to be offered a place in phase 1 of Garda training in the past three years. [19896/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

203. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that were successful at stages 1 and 2 of the Garda trainee application process in the past three years; the totality of applicants in the past three years to the Garda trainee recruitment programmes; the number of persons that took part in stage 1 of the process over that time period; and the number that took part in stage two of that same time period, in tabular form. [19897/24]

Departmental Data

Chris Andrews

475. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the reason that despite the objection of local residents and businesses, portaloos have now been installed at a location (details supplied); and the person or body that made the decision to do so. [19183/24]

International Protection

Catherine Murphy

476. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the estimated first and annual cost of the introduction of a skills assessment for international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19353/24]

Departmental Programmes

Patrick Costello

477. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the status of a series of Programme for Government commitments (details supplied); the actions taken to date; the stage of formulation and the estimated timeline for completion of each, in tabular form. [18742/24]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

478. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on the recent recommendation that domestic violence specialist-based remote witness hearings be extended to other courts, and also to inter-partes hearings, in family law cases around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18765/24]

Domestic Violence

Violet-Anne Wynne

479. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on the recent statistics showing that there has been an increase of domestic violence incidents in Clare, bringing it to 184 in quarter 1 of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18776/24]

An Garda Síochána

Seán Canney

480. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of Garda graduates assigned to positions outside of Dublin city over the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

481. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18841/24]

Visa Applications

Jim O'Callaghan

482. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the status of an expired visa and request for a work permit in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18892/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

483. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardai by rank attached to each divisional scenes of crime unit as of 22 April 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form. [18909/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

484. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of custody cells and holding cells within Kildare division that are reserved for suspects aged under 18 years. [18910/24]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

485. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the capital budget allocation for the Irish Prison Service in 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [18911/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

486. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on purchasing new tasers for armed garda personnel in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [18912/24]

Courts Service

Jim O'Callaghan

487. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she can secure data from the Courts Service on the average length of time for reserved judgments in family law cases to be delivered. [18919/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

488. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice what percentage of her Department's capital budget is used to cover the cost of unitary PPP payments each year since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18941/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

489. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice if the level of expenditure by her Department on unitary PPP payments are in line with the investment policy framework for PPPs, which restricted annual expenditure on PPP unitary payments to no more than 10% of aggregate capital expenditure, in any given year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18942/24]

Antisocial Behaviour

Willie O'Dea

490. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the growing problem of crime and anti-social behaviour in Limerick city centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18962/24]

Legal Aid

Claire Kerrane

491. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the review of the Civil Legal Aid Scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18988/24]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

492. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by the State on the basis that the construction of settlements seriously destabilises the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structure of Palestine (details supplied); if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by the State on the basis of their connection with reported violence against Palestinian civilians that seriously destabilises the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structure of Palestine; if the State is considering imposing any sanctions on such organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19020/24]

Departmental Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

493. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the measures the Government is taking to monitor financial support for Israeli West Bank settler organisations, considering that it is an offence under the Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (details supplied) to collect or receive funds intending or knowing that they be used for the benefit of a terrorist group or in order to carry out terrorist activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

494. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding allocated to projects in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas out of the community safety initiative/community safety innovation fund; the details of the initiatives funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19028/24]

Departmental Data

Róisín Shortall

495. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice whether community safety initiative/community safety innovation fund monies can be used to support public realm space/park improvements in areas which have suffered from criminality; if so, if she will point to successful examples of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19029/24]

Legal Aid

Pauline Tully

496. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider increasing both the income and disposable assets threshold limits for access to free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19033/24]

Immigration Policy

Bríd Smith

497. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, by month and nationality, the number of people who have been refused permission to land in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19048/24]

Citizenship Applications

Bríd Smith

498. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will clarify the reason a person (details supplied) who attended the citizenship ceremony at the National Concert Hall on 26 February 2024, has still not received their certificate eight weeks later; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19052/24]

European Union

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

499. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the exact nature and current status with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 7 February 2024 that it was sending Ireland a reasoned opinion for failing to comply with certain obligations under the Regulation on the dissemination of terrorist content online (INFR(2022)2121); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19065/24]

An Garda Síochána

Niall Collins

500. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice if she will extend the online application service for GNIB cards to Limerick, where applicants are experiencing significant wait times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19079/24]

Immigration Status

Niall Collins

501. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice for an update on an undocumented regularisation appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19080/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

502. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí in the U district within DMR for having no insurance in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19097/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

503. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in each division within DMR that have received additional specialist public order training to deal with major violence disorder incidents to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19098/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

504. 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 to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19099/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

505. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on purchasing additional Garda public order equipment in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19100/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

506. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on Garda Operation Satailt; the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19101/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

507. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed penalty notices issued by gardai within F District within DMR for driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19103/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

508. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of detective inspectors allocated to each District within DMR as of 23 April 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 30 June 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19104/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

509. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question number 863 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19105/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

510. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardai by rank attached to each of the four National Cyber Crime Bureau satellite hubs as of 23 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19106/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

511. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of detective superintendents allocated to each Division within DMR as of 23 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19107/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

512. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of new marked Garda cars that came into the fleet in 2023 and to-date in 2024; the number of marked Garda cars that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19108/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

513. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of aggravated burglaries reported to gardai in the B District within DMR in the first three months of 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19109/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

514. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if the necessary funding will be provided for the issuing of a personal protective helmet to be issued to each frontline Garda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19110/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

515. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardai by rank attached to each Divisional Street Crime Unit within DMR as of 23 April 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19111/24]

European Union

John Paul Phelan

516. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19170/24]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Thomas Pringle

517. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 17 October 2023, if she will provide an update on the progression of an application by a person (details supplied) to move from a prison in Britain home to Ireland, as their father is extremely ill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19181/24]

Legal Services Regulation

Willie O'Dea

518. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if she has given consideration to increasing the fines and sanctions that the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal can impose on a solicitor for misconduct; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19224/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

519. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Carlow women's refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19231/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

520. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the refurbishment of Leighlinbridge Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19232/24]

Prison Service

Patrick Costello

521. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 23 April 2024, if this relocation of prisoners will entail the progression unit remaining together; if not, if the prisoners will the general population; if the new location will entail the same level of services that those prisoners earned considering they are all on the enhanced status; if not, her views on whether there is no motivation for generic prisoners to progress within the prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19297/24]

Peace Commissioners

Carol Nolan

522. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to list all peace commissioners appointed by her from 1 June 2023 to date and the areas to which they were appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19329/24]

Freedom of Speech

Carol Nolan

523. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 18 April 2024, if she is aware that Scottish police received almost 4,000 complaints in the first 24 hours of the operation of the new Scottish legislation; if Gardaí currently have adequate resources to deal with a likely surge in complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19330/24]

Sentencing Policy

Seán Haughey

524. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce minimum sentencing laws for sex crimes involving children; if she will reform existing legislation in order that a defendant who has not previously been convicted of an offence cannot have this taken into consideration when sentencing for sex crimes involving children and so that a guilty plea not be considered a mitigating factor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19347/24]

Sentencing Policy

Seán Haughey

525. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice if effective restrictions can be imposed on those accused or convicted of sex crimes involving children when they are on bail or when they have received a suspended sentence; if she is aware that confining a person to postcode districts means they can still live within ten minuets of their victims; if convicted offenders can be restricted to being within a ten mile radius of their victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19348/24]

Local Authorities

Catherine Murphy

526. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19365/24]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

527. 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); when a decision is likely to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19378/24]

Immigration Support Services

Michael Ring

528. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position in relation to an application (details supplied); when the application was received; the progress that has been made on this application; when she expects a decision to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19396/24]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

529. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants who applied for legal aid advice through the Legal Aid Board for each year from 2019 to date in 2024; the number of successful applications; the number of refused applications during this time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19402/24]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

530. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí assigned to roads policing units on 31 March 2024; if forensic collision investigators and public service vehicle inspectors are included in those figures; if gardaí currently on sick leave are included in those figures; if those suspended are included in these figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19425/24]