Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1111. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff nationally involved in investigating material on mobile telephones, computers and so on, relating to child sexual offences; and the qualifications needed for such work. [30730/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1112. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to Meath roads policing unit as of 1 June 2020 and 1 June 2021, in tabular form. [30731/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1113. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilian cyber-security experts employed by An Garda Síochána currently attached to the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30732/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1114. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilians holding the position of property and exhibits manager in An Garda Síochána; the Garda stations in which the civilians employed as such are based; and if appropriate training has been provided. [30733/21]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

1115. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time forensic speech analysts working in An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years in tabular form. [30734/21]

Courts Service

Darren O'Rourke

1116. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons convicted of burglary in the Trim District Court area in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30735/21]

Drug Dealing

Darren O'Rourke

1117. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of drugs seizures in cases in which the monetary value of the drugs was in excess of €1 million in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [30736/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1118. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a schedule of companies that supplied An Garda Síochána with ballistic helmets and ballistic shields in each of the past four years. [30748/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1119. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the date on which in-person training courses for gardaí will resume in both the Garda Headquarters and the Garda Training College. [30749/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1120. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of fully sworn gardaí from 14,535 to 16,000 between now and the end of 2022. [30750/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1121. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of recorded arrests associated with Operation Soteria to date in the Dublin north division. [30751/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

1122. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to the street crime unit in Store Street Garda station as of 31 May 2021. [30752/21]

Courts Service

Catherine Murphy

1123. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons sentenced to one-two, two-three, three-four and four-five years for possession of a knife in a public place without lawful authority in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form [30753/21]

An Garda Síochána

Johnny Mythen

1124. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda community officers for each district in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30765/21]

Legislative Programme

Bernard Durkan

1125. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider introducing the relevant legislation to regulate the process of purchasing a home or property with particular reference to ensuring the buyer is as professionally represented as the seller by way of agent resulting in an equality of arms, thus helping to avoid situations in which the prices increase more than necessary due to the lack of regulation in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30783/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Carol Nolan

1126. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the details of the expenditure incurred by staff in her Department under the heading of travel and subsistence from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30869/21]

Departmental Reviews

Carol Nolan

1127. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the details of each value for money and policy review conducted by her Department from 1 January 2019 to date; if external costs were incurred; if so, the details of such costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30886/21]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

1128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda vetting applications on which a decision has yet to be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30941/21]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

1129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons released from Irish prisons in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [30973/21]

Prison Service

Peadar Tóibín

1130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons released from Irish prisons in each month since January 2020. [30974/21]

Visa Applications

Róisín Shortall

1131. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice when the processing of short stay C visas will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30990/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Duncan Smith

1132. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position with the proposed community based CCTV systems nationwide; if the GDPR issues have been addressed; if she will be announcing a new scheme; if not, if the current scheme will be readvertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30993/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Duncan Smith

1133. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if grant funding is available for a community wishing to install CCTV community-based schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30994/21]

Citizenship Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

1134. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31125/21]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

1135. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-EEA migrant fishers that are currently enrolled in the atypical work permit scheme; the number of renewals of atypical work permits that have been applied for in the past 12 months; the number of fishing vessels that have non-EEA migrants employed under the scheme; the number of fishing vessel owners that currently have non-EEA migrants in their employment as part of the atypical work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31184/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Michael Healy-Rae

1136. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31198/21]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

1137. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations made under section 21(3) of the International Protection Act 2015 to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31242/21]

International Protection

Catherine Connolly

1138. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of return orders issued under section 51A of the International Protection Act 2015 (as amended) in total and individually to the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31243/21]

Public Sector Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

1139. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the office in her Department that can be contacted by a person who is experiencing delays in the security clearance element of their application to join the Irish Prison Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31257/21]

Crime Prevention

Martin Browne

1140. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice the number of arrests, prosecutions and convictions for the theft of catalytic converters or for handling stolen catalytic converters that have taken place in 2020 and to date in 2021; the breakdown of these figures if possible by count and the details of the rising number of thefts of these items. [31260/21]

Departmental Websites

Holly Cairns

1141. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of their websites and mobile applications with the regulations under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31287/21]

Departmental Websites

Holly Cairns

1142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting the requirement to subject to Regulation 6, public sector bodies shall, in accordance with Regulation 3, take necessary measures to make their websites and mobile applications more accessible by making them perceivable, operable, understandable and robust under the directive 2016/2102 (EU), as articulated in SI No. 358/2020 - European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31305/21]

Legislative Measures

Holly Cairns

1143. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the offences relating to online abuse and harassment which are currently legislated for; the offences she plans to legislate for; her engagement with support organisations on these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31330/21]

An Garda Síochána

Holly Cairns

1144. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí in each Garda station in the Cork west division; and the number of gardaí in the same divisions. [31332/21]

Sport and Recreational Development

Pearse Doherty

1145. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a sporting organisation can apply for a licence to enable it to fundraise in all counties by means of an online raffle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31345/21]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

1146. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215 and 224 of 26 May 2021, if she will request the Irish Prison Authority to refer a person (details supplied) to the chief medical officer in order to progress their request to be reassigned to non-prisoner facing work duties in view of the fact that the person has engaged extensively and cooperated with the Irish Prison Service. [31425/21]

Public Sector Staff

Jackie Cahill

1147. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if public sector employees are being transferred as staff members to An Garda Síochána without agreement; if they will be transferred without the same employment terms and conditions that they had in the public sector; if they will be balloted to determine if they accept or approve of this staff transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31461/21]

Legal Aid

Catherine Murphy

1148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amounts paid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the Personal Insolvency Arrangement Review Legal Aid Service since its inception to date in 2021; the details of these payments; the companies and persons that received same; the amount received by each company and person; the amounts that have been incurred but are unpaid by the Legal Aid Board to personal insolvency practitioners, solicitors and barristers under the PIA Review Legal Aid Service since its inception to date in 2021; the details of these liabilities; the companies and persons to which they are owed and or outstanding and which are subject to objection and or challenge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31462/21]

Parole Boards

Éamon Ó Cuív

1149. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the number of recommendations made to her by the Parole Board in 2021; the number in which she accepted the recommendations of the Board; the number in which they were amended or rejected; the reason in the cases in which they were amended or rejected for doing so; the number still awaiting decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31474/21]

Visa Applications

Brendan Griffin

1150. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice if a South African citizen with residency in the UK can enter Ireland for holidays without the requirement of a visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31524/21]

An Garda Síochána

Ged Nash

1151. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí stationed at Laytown Garda station in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31550/21]

An Garda Síochána

Ged Nash

1152. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when a review of the Garda divisional boundaries pertaining to south County Louth and east County Meath will be completed. [31551/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Healy-Rae

1153. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding the review of the compulsory retirement age for members of An Garda Síochána; when an announcement on same will be forthcoming; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31574/21]

Personal Debt

Catherine Murphy

1154. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the legal system involving personal insolvency arrangements was on the brink of collapse due to cases being regularly delayed due to too much work being taken on by individual practitioners. [31592/21]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

1155. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); the progress to date in determining any application pending in their name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31649/21]

Departmental Staff

Róisín Shortall

1156. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the number of employees in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department who have been in receipt of a higher duty acting allowance for over two years. [31879/21]

Visa Applications

Seán Sherlock

1157. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-EU student visas issued in 2019 and 2020; the average length of time it has taken to process these visas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31897/21]

Constitutional Amendments

Willie O'Dea

1158. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to support the restoration of birthright citizenship in Ireland against the wishes of the Irish electorate who voted overwhelmingly in favour of restricting birthright citizenship in the 2004 referendum. [31930/21]

An Garda Síochána

Johnny Mythen

1159. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Justice the number of burglaries reported to An Garda Síochána in County Wexford by Garda district in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [31996/21]

Citizenship Applications

Seán Sherlock

1160. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is on track to give 6,500 citizenship applicants the opportunity to complete their Irish citizenship by the end of June 2021. [32020/21]