Parliamentary questions

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

266. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if the proposed legislation for the regulation of the gambling industry contains provision for holding companies to account in the event that they make unsolicited contact with previous patrons who experienced problem gambling; if so, what that provision is; and, if not, if a route for resolution for these occurrences will be considered in light of the traumatic impact they have on individuals. [20216/23]

Legislative Measures

Jim O'Callaghan

267. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice whether he has consulted with county registrars in respect of the proposed amendment to section 35 of the Court Officers Act 1936 which is currently contained in section 96 of the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20218/23]

Legal Aid

Catherine Murphy

268. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of criminal legal aid that has been paid out to solicitors in respect of their assignment to a client by the most paid (details supplied); and the amount paid to each of the top ten recipients in fees, by each solicitor and-or company name that received the fees in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [20249/23]

Legal Aid

Catherine Murphy

269. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to private practitioners by year in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form, indicating the amount paid to each of the top ten recipients of fees, by the practitioner name and fees in those years (details supplied). [20250/23]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

270. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the process to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20270/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

271. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if applications for naturalisation have been submitted in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20272/23]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Martin Kenny

272. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if a regulatory impact analysis will be conducted on the sale of alcohol Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20276/23]

Legislative Measures

Martin Kenny

273. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if he is considering carrying out a public health assessment on the sale of alcohol Bill 2022, as recommended by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice in its pre-legislative scrutiny report of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20277/23]

Departmental Meetings

Catherine Murphy

274. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of meetings he and his predecessors have had with the chief constable of the PSNI and ministerial equivalent in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023 [20282/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

275. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of PSNI police officers seconded to An Garda Síochána in the past five years, to date; the number of Garda officers seconded to the PSNI in the same period; and if he will provide the rank of each officer seconded in either direction. [20284/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

276. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the plans to provide for PSNI police officers to transfer into An Garda Síochána on a full-time basis at rank and file, sergeant level and inspector level. [20285/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of instances in which An Garda Síochána has made requests to him and-or his predecessors to join PSNI counterparts on operations in Northern Ireland in the past five years to date. [20286/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

278. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will clarify whether there are formal arrangements in place for the exchange of data and-or intelligence between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI. [20287/23]

Crime Prevention

John Paul Phelan

279. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice his Department's views on the current level of involvement, if any, of current or former members of Sinn Féin or the Provisional IRA in organised crime on the island of Ireland; how such activity is being monitored by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20314/23]

Legislative Process

Thomas Pringle

280. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide details on the anticipated timeframe for the enactment of hate crime legislation; if he will confirm when he expects the Bill to commence Fourth Stage in Dáil Éireann; if he will outline details of the work being carried out by his Department, if any, on the implementation and complementary measures to assist the rollout of this legislation, such as a public information campaign, training of judges and prosecutors, educational measures and victim support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20348/23]

Control of Firearms

Michael Healy-Rae

281. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice if he will commit to meet with the representatives of the Firearms Users Representative Group (FURG) in respect of the review of firearms legislation; if so, when; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20351/23]

Data Protection

Neasa Hourigan

282. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has consulted the Data Protection Commissioner or carried out a data protection impact assessment in relation to the property marking scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20367/23]

Legal Aid

Patrick Costello

283. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the work of the legal aid review group; when he expects the review to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20402/23]

Departmental Correspondence

Joe McHugh

284. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Justice if he will make direct contact with a person (details supplied). [20417/23]

Legislative Reviews

Bríd Smith

285. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if the review (details supplied) of the effects of the Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2020 has been published and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; if not, if he will clarify what the delay was, given that he has replied several times that the review was imminent; if he will now clarify the date for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20425/23]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

286. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for permission to remain in the State on the basis of parentage of an Irish citizen child in the case of a person (details supplied) which was submitted on 1 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Farrell

287. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the number of knife crime prosecutions that have been confirmed since 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20435/23]

Control of Firearms

Mattie McGrath

288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if he will ensure that both he and the Firearms Expert Committee immediately engage and consult with a group (details supplied) in a meaningful way and to appoint a representative from the group to the Firearms Expert Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/23]

Proposed Legislation

Noel Grealish

289. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider interim changes to the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, whereby it will allow psychotherapists to provide reports if that psychotherapist is already working with the courts under section 32(1)a, and if they are designated professionals who have practised or provided a service specifically for children or adolescents for a period of not less than five years with the ten years immediately preceding their appointment, and provided they meet all other criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20449/23]

State Bodies

Pauline Tully

290. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of times the Criminal Assets Bureau has hired out external quantity surveyors to carry out works on its behalf in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount paid for such works, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20461/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

291. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents of suspected needle spiking reported to An Garda Síochána in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20462/23]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

292. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time civilian grooms persons working in the Garda mounted unit in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20463/23]

Control of Firearms

Mattie McGrath

293. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if he will give assurances that any proposals brought forward by the Firearms Expert Committee will be backed by publicly available data and that all impacted parties will have a voice in the final decisions being made, including the actual firearms owners and those who will be most impacted by increased restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20485/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

294. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each Garda divisional protective services unit as of 25 April 2023, in tabular form. [20503/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

295. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided in 2023 to purchase additional Garda prisoner transport vans. [20504/23]

Proposed Legislation

Noel Grealish

296. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice given that the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964, section 32(1)(a), allows psychotherapists to provide reports on the welfare aspect, but not section 32(1)(b) voice of the child reports, and given that it may take years for CORU to establish a register of psychotherapists, if he will consider interim changes to the Act to allow psychotherapists to provide reports if that psychotherapist is already working with the courts under section 32(1)(a), if they are designated professionals who have practised or provided a service specifically for children or adolescents for a period of not less than five years with the ten years immediately preceding their appointment, and provided they meet all other criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20604/23]

Legislative Reviews

Bríd Smith

297. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if he has plans to amend Article 19A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, which allows for the provision of counselling therapy records of a victim of sexual abuse to be made available to the accused abuser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20609/23]

Legislative Measures

Ivana Bacik

298. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when the regulations on service charges and sinking funds, as required under sections 18.17 and 19.9 of the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the reasons they were not introduced in quarter 4 of 2022, as indicated in the Housing for All plan. [20636/23]

Legislative Measures

Eoin Ó Broin

299. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice when the regulations on service charges and sinking funds under sections 18.17 and 19.9 of the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011, which, according to Housing for All, were supposed to be introduced by quarter 4 of 2022, will finally be introduced. [20637/23]

Visa Applications

Michael Fitzmaurice

300. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider making changes to the processing times for short-term stay visa applications whereby the application is for a business trip, and by a person who proposes to purchase goods or livestock from Ireland, given that a recent order and contract of livestock was cancelled due to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20671/23]

Legislative Reviews

Jim O'Callaghan

301. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if he has any proposals to amend section 78 of the Succession Act 1965 to ensure that persons who witness wills would be required to identify the time and date of the execution of the will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20766/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Holly Cairns

309. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to address post-separation abuse experienced by survivors of gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19952/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Holly Cairns

310. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to ensure that all persons within the policing and justice system who interact with survivors of gender-based violence have been provided with specialised training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19953/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Holly Cairns

311. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to collate and publish anonymised data from family courts concerning gender-based violence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19954/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Paul Murphy

312. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of a specific type of abuse, post-separation abuse; if he will ensure the implementation of reporting in all family court cases to investigate the extent of the problems within the current system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19980/23]

Coroners Service

Seán Haughey

313. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice if he will take appropriate measures to deal with delays in the Dublin coroner’s office in undertaking post-mortems which can cause unnecessary distress for bereaved families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20000/23]

Citizenship Applications

Bríd Smith

314. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1097 of 21 March 2023, if the e-vetting of applicants for 2023 is being processed ahead of applicants for 2021 and 2022; the reason this is happening; the length of time the e-vetting process will take for 2021 and 2022 applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20111/23]

Crime Data

Carol Nolan

315. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 20 April 2023, the reason data protection prohibits him from stating the number of charges and convictions in each year under the Acts concerned, given that the names of those charged and convicted would have been a matter of public record at the time and not subject to any restrictions on reporting or publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20113/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Kehoe

316. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the oversight that is in place for GSOC operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20126/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Kehoe

317. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles that are in the operation of GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20128/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Kehoe

318. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the number of people employed by GSOC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20130/23]

Immigration Status

Ged Nash

319. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice in light of the financial pressure experienced by a person (details supplied) if his Department will agree to renew his stamp 4 on a two or three-yearly basis rather than annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20135/23]

Departmental Contracts

Louise O'Reilly

320. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a list of contracts his Department currently has with a company (details supplied); and the estimated value of those contracts. [20189/23]

Legislative Measures

Niall Collins

127. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice his plans, if any, to review and update the laws around trespass given the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19619/23]

Travel Documents

Ruairí Ó Murchú

128. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if UK visa holders living in the North and commuting in and out of Dublin Airport require any further visas. [19807/23]