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]