Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Cian O'Callaghan

336. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will establish a dedicated transport division of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27230/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

337. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if a person from this State and serving a prison sentence in Northern Ireland can apply under the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 to serve the prison sentence in this jurisdiction; the conditions under which such an application can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27251/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

338. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if a person who is Irish and lives ordinarily in Northern Ireland and is serving a prison sentence in Northern Ireland can apply under the Transfer of Sentenced Person Act 1995 to serve the prison sentence in this jurisdiction on the basis of their Irish citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27252/21]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

339. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the details of each contract placed in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and up to November 2020 for works awarded to a company (details supplied) by the Prison Service other than for those services specifically provided for in the schedule at appendix 1, Requirements and Specifications of the Request for Tenders dated December 2013 as published by the Prison Service; and if she will provide a schedule of contracts that were awarded following a specific procurement and tender procedure for those works and contracts in which no procurement procedure or tender was issued. [27268/21]

Prison Service

Catherine Murphy

340. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to any irregularities involving procurement issues within the estates and or building services divisions of the Prison Service unit: if so, the details, nature and extent of same. [27269/21]

Cybersecurity Policy

Catherine Murphy

341. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27282/21]

Data Protection

Fergus O'Dowd

342. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if her Department is fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements, the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to her Department’s IT infrastructure including Article 29 of GDPR which requires that data processors access only the data they need for their task; if ISO 27001 Annex 9 standards on privileged access are fully met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27343/21]

Data Protection

Fergus O'Dowd

343. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if any state or semi state bodies which report to her Department are fully compliant with GDPR EU requirements and the EU network and Information Security Directive and standards with respect to their IT infrastructure including article 29 of GDPR which requires that data processors access only the data they need for their task; if ISO 27001 annex 9 standards on privileged access are fully met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27362/21]

An Garda Síochána

Róisín Shortall

344. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice if the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission produces information literature translated into various languages in order that persons from diverse ethnic backgrounds can understand their rights in this regard and in order that they can fully engage with GSOC should they need to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27370/21]

An Garda Síochána

Róisín Shortall

345. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice her plans to increase the recruitment of members of An Garda Síochána from diverse ethnic backgrounds including Traveller, Roma, black Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27371/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Jim O'Callaghan

346. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay with the Ballybofey-Stranorlar CCTV application which was supported by the Donegal joint policing committee in 2020. [27420/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

347. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if the fee of €950 for a naturalisation certificate can be waived for a person who has lived and paid tax in Ireland for 49 years and would be in difficulty paying the fee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27430/21]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

348. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of civil servant posts that were filled through open and internal panels, since April 2020, in her Department and the bodies under the aegis of her Department, by county and by month in tabular form. [27601/21]

EU Data

Duncan Smith

174. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1493 of 21 April 2021, the relevant legislation that has been changed; the changes to relevant legislation in Irish national law that have been enacted that has necessitated changes to information on the eJustice portal; the way in which the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union is relevant to this matter; the reason for the removal of the information given that two different reasons have now been given for the removal of information from the eJustice portal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26768/21]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

175. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if the permanent relationship between persons (details supplied) will be recognised as a basis for naturalisation in the case of one of the persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26790/21]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

176. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if required documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) has now been received in her Department which was sent by tracked international post; the steps now being taken to progress the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26795/21]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Jim O'Callaghan

177. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when the scoping exercise into the investigation of the death of a person (details supplied) will be completed and published.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26819/21]

International Protection

Pa Daly

178. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will address missing targeted applications under the single application procedure for international protection applicants by 46.4% for 2020 (details supplied). [26825/21]

Alcohol Sales

Pa Daly

179. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the decreased number of liquor licensing applications for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26826/21]

Health Services

Mark Ward

628. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the status of the establishment of a high level taskforce in relation to mental health and addiction challenges for persons interacting with the criminal justice system; the details of same; when it will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26282/21]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

629. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if it is still the case that a refugee may not hold a national passport; the reason her Department requires refugees who apply for naturalisation to submit an affidavit stating the reason that they cannot supply a national passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25511/21]

Visa Applications

Ged Nash

630. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made on a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25546/21]

Antisocial Behaviour

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

631. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if she will request the Garda authorities to examine working with officials in the Department of Education in order to try and address antisocial behaviour as the country reopens after the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25589/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

632. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the change of a status application from stamp 3 to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25606/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

633. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application will be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25607/21]

Visa Agreements

Neale Richmond

634. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice when the short stay visa waiver programme will be recommenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25618/21]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Farrell

635. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the family court Bill; the infrastructure needed to make the legislation fulfil its potential; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25686/21]

Human Trafficking

Mick Barry

636. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the progress on the reforms to the national referral mechanism for suspected victims of human trafficking (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25702/21]

Sustainable Development Goals

Holly Cairns

637. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which her Department has lead responsibility as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25753/21]

Sustainable Development Goals

Holly Cairns

638. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the specific sustainable development goal targets her Department is responsible for implementing; the progress made in implementing those targets since 26 April 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25771/21]

Social Media

Holly Cairns

639. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she has engaged a third party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on social media coverage of her Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25789/21]

Social Media

Holly Cairns

640. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if officials in her Department are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of her Department and her ministerial activities; if so, the number of staff involved; the respective grades of each; the estimated working hours committed to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25807/21]

Departmental Investigations

Catherine Murphy

641. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and purpose of these engagements of this type of contractor. [25829/21]

Coroners Service

Catherine Connolly

642. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the changes implemented in the coronial system on foot of the review of the coroner service report of the working group published in 2000 by her Department; the extent to and date by which each of the 110 recommendations has been implemented to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25836/21]

Coroners Service

Catherine Connolly

643. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice her views on a report (details supplied); her plans to implement each of the 52 recommendations of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25837/21]

Probate Applications

Paul Kehoe

644. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the waiting times for the granting of probate in the Probate Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25838/21]

International Protection

Violet-Anne Wynne

645. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice her views on the duty of care of Ireland to Palestinian refugees here who are awaiting the transfer of relatives whose applications for family reunification have been approved; and the timeline for when these transfers will take place given the escalating violence in the region. [25887/21]

International Protection

Violet-Anne Wynne

646. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if psychosocial and or informational supports are available to persons who are seeking information in relation to when their family members will be able to travel and are navigating the anxiety of their family members in Palestine being in such an unstable geopolitical situation. [25894/21]

Youth Work Projects

Cormac Devlin

647. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the status of the operation and funding allocated by her Department to local Garda youth diversion projects as Ireland exits Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25901/21]

Gambling Sector

Cormac Devlin

648. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the status of the establishment of a new gambling regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25902/21]

An Garda Síochána

Cormac Devlin

649. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí allocated to the Garda public order unit by Garda division in the Dublin metropolitan region on 1 May 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25903/21]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

650. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of 1200cc and 1500cc motorcycles attached to Garda roads policing units. [25921/21]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

651. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of kennels in the Garda dog unit; and if all kennels are currently in use. [25922/21]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

652. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of burglaries reported to gardaí in the Mullingar Garda district in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [25923/21]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Browne

653. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank in each divisional crime scenes unit as of 10 May 2020 and 10 May 2021, in tabular form. [25933/21]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Browne

654. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice the budget allocation for the Garda Witness Protection Programme in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [25934/21]

Departmental Budgets

Pa Daly

655. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will account for the €37.6 million underspend within the Justice vote group for 2020 as detailed on page 59 of the Public Service Performance Report 2020. [26010/21]

Court Accommodation

Pa Daly

656. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if the facilities in Tralee courthouse were upgraded during the budget year 2020. [26011/21]

Forensic Science Ireland

Pa Daly

657. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the overperformance of Forensic Science Ireland with regard to its target metrics for missing persons case investigations or body identifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26014/21]

Citizenship Applications

Pa Daly

658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will address missing targeted citizenship applications by 57% for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26015/21]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Marian Harkin

659. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice when the next citizenship ceremony statutory declaration process will take place; if a person (details supplied) will be granted citizenship during that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26090/21]

Data Protection

Peadar Tóibín

660. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26103/21]

Freedom of Speech

Bernard Durkan

661. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidences brought to her attention deemed to have been in breach of legislation affecting the balance between freedom of speech and the control of expressions of hate or incitement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26120/21]

An Garda Síochána

Patricia Ryan

662. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda community officers for each district in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26295/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

663. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the engagements that she and her officials have had with an association (details supplied) and the Garda Commissioner in respect of ICT systems that can track expense claims within the association more accurately and efficiently. [26312/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

664. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her plans to meet with members of an association (details supplied) regarding the contents of correspondence dated 15 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26313/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

665. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding and or grant aid given to an association (details supplied) including the heading of the fund origin on an annual basis for the past ten years to date in tabular form. [26314/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

666. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of complaints made to her by members of an association (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021, in respect of alleged breaches of the association’s legal framework. [26315/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

667. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will publish and or provide details of, or copies of, all emails and hard correspondence received from an association (details supplied) seeking a statutory instrument to enable its annual conference to proceed. [26316/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

668. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to issues with internal financial controls and corporate governance within an association (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021. [26317/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

669. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her work to date in respect of reform of Garda staff associations that is being implemented in A Policing Service for the Future; and the name of each association, the goals that are to be achieved and the progress made to date on same in tabular form. [26318/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

670. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she had engagements with Garda management regarding the impact of the new Garda operational policing model and the impact that would have on the way in which the executive of an association (details supplied) would be structured. [26319/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

671. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding that her Department historically granted an association (details supplied) to engage a company. [26320/21]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide the breakdown by Garda district of fines and arrests in relation to the Covid-19 legislation. [26330/21]

Visa Agreements

Seán Sherlock

673. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will permit a person (details supplied) to re-enter the State to attend work. [26380/21]

Visa Agreements

Seán Sherlock

674. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice when her Department will resume processing entry visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26381/21]

Visa Agreements

Seán Sherlock

675. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice when her Department plans to resume the processing of certain priority and emergency visa applications for chefs or food workers in addition to the limited exemptions currently in place for transit workers, journalists and medical workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26382/21]

Antisocial Behaviour

Seán Sherlock

676. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a rise in occurrences of antisocial behaviour in Portobello Harbour, Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26383/21]

Court Procedures

Paul Donnelly

677. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the legislation, rules or guidance in relation to the poor box; and the discretion given to judges in relation to the distribution of such funds. [26417/21]

Court Procedures

Paul Donnelly

678. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if there is a requirement by the courts to publish the list of recipients of donations to the poor box in the courts system. [26418/21]

Visa Agreements

Brendan Howlin

679. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice when the recently amended visa requirements for visitors previously visa exempt and the restrictions imposed on the making of visa applications other than priority, emergency applications will be reversed; if visa applications from family members of Irish residents including spouses, partners and dependent children are currently being accepted and processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26423/21]

Prison Service Staff

Johnny Guirke

680. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current wait time for security clearances for Irish Prison Service recruits is between 12 and 18 months; if her Department will take steps to reduce this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26428/21]

Departmental Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

681. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the amount Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council paid her Department for the purchase of the Shanganagh Castle site and its surrounding lands. [26468/21]

Court Accommodation

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

682. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse in particular works to the railings at Carlow courthouse being managed by the OPW on behalf of the Courts Service in view of the fact that the building is of historic importance; if there is an update to tender documentation for the repair of ten sections of the railings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26469/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

683. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda jeeps that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the number of jeeps withdrawn from the fleet during same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26527/21]

Crime Prevention

Holly Cairns

684. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the action she is taking in relation to the reported 5,232 bikes stolen in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26567/21]

Social Media

Holly Cairns

685. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26585/21]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

686. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26634/21]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

687. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if a record will be provided of the annual funding received by the NGO and charity sector from her Department in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [26647/21]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

688. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the funding allocated to each NGO and charity in each of the years 2010 to 2020 by her Department. [26660/21]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

369. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed to obtain citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25189/21]

Citizenship Applications

Emer Higgins

370. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if the citizenship applications of front-line health care workers living in direct provision will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25209/21]

Residency Permits

Mick Barry

371. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the plans in place to reopen office facilities at Burgh Quay; the measures that will be put in place to allow persons in Dublin register their residency given its impact on the right of persons to work and to travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/21]

Fines Administration

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

372. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the number of speeding fines issued across County Donegal in each of the years, 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the locations of the alleged speeding offences; and the time of day that the alleged offences took place in each instance in tabular form. [25227/21]

Peace Commissioners

Martin Browne

373. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice if a list of the peace commissioners in each local electoral area in County Tipperary will be provided; and the number of peace commissioners appointed in each area in the past five years. [25244/21]

Student Visas

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

374. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice if the processing of applications for student visa permissions for students who wish to commence third-level courses in Ireland in September-October 2021 has recommenced; if not, when the processing of such applications will recommence; if applications are currently being accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25284/21]

An Garda Síochána

Denis Naughten

375. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí trained in first aid and other first responder emergency care, respectively; if a copy of the Garda operational guidelines for members that are first on the scene can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25369/21]

Visa Applications

Rose Conway-Walsh

376. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice when her Department will begin accepting new visa preclearance applications again after they were suspended on 29 January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25376/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Paul Kehoe

377. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the options available to a person (details supplied) who has difficulty providing the documentation for a naturalisation application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25387/21]

Legislative Programme

Thomas Pringle

378. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Amendments) Bill 2019 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas in the current Oireachtas session in the context of a recent report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25410/21]

Departmental Correspondence

Mairéad Farrell

379. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the details of the information her Department collates as per circular 20/2019 (details supplied); the date this report was issued; the location on her Departmental website on which it can be found; and the progress in relation to green procurement that has been made to date. [25436/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

380. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1453 of 21 April 2021, if she has been in contact with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive and brought to her attention the new information that has been brought to light by a person (details supplied) into the failure by the RUC to provide intelligence to An Garda Síochána of a car stolen from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh on 28 December 1972 and the identity of the loyalist paramilitary who was in possession of the car which was subsequently used in the bombing of Clones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25486/21]

Housing Issues

Jim O'Callaghan

193. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps that can be taken to prevent management companies from imposing significant increases in management fees on residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24822/21]

Housing Issues

Bernard Durkan

194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if it will be ensured that buyers and prospective buyers who have paid their deposit and signed contracts for houses at Mullen Park, Maynooth, County Kildare are not affected or impeded by investment companies who might seek to increase the price of the houses by various means; if it will be ensured that those seeking to provide a home for themselves can expect to have their rights vindicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25029/21]

Visa Applications

Chris Andrews

195. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the alterative arrangements that have been put in place to allow persons (details supplied) applying for a GNIB card for the first time to submit an application while the Burgh Quay Registration Office is closed. [24722/21]

Visa Applications

Chris Andrews

196. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice when the Burgh Quay Registration Office will reopen for appointments. [24734/21]

Asylum Applications

Bernard Durkan

197. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed to regularise status in the case of a person (details supplied); if recent updates regarding work references have been taken into account in determination of a conclusion on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24753/21]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

198. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 638 of 10 February 2021, if the further information requested from An Garda Síochána in relation to localised data is now available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24791/21]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

199. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed charge notices issued by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 by Garda district and division to learner drivers for the offence of driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver; the number of drivers that failed to pay the fixed charge notice in each year; the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay; the number of drivers convicted each year by district court and penalties imposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24793/21]

Fines Administration

Catherine Murphy

200. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of drivers issued with a fixed charge notice for driving while holding a mobile phone by Garda division in each of the years 2018 to 2020; the number of drivers per year that failed to pay the fixed charge notice; the number of drivers that were summoned to court for failure to pay by District Court in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24795/21]