Parliamentary questions

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

783. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application to the undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied) whose vetting was completed on 29 April 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35668/23]

Departmental Policies

Mark Ward

784. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to transfer grants for prison links from her Department to the HSE; for an update on these plans; the rationale behind them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35685/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Eoin Ó Broin

785. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the current turnaround times for processing of a join family member of EU/EEA/Swiss citizen spouse visa application by the INIS; and what efforts her Department is making to ensure timely decisions for applicants. [35704/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Fergus O'Dowd

786. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the serious concerns raised by a charity (details supplied) in respect of a major threat to charity fundraising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35709/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

787. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice further to the final terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), the reason she and her officials refused to provide a judge with the independent review mechanism report. [35723/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

788. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the final terms of reference of the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), a judge requested the independent review mechanism report as required to fulfil the obligations of their appointment. [35724/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

789. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the final terms of reference for the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), a judge was provided with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission statutory section 101 report. [35725/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

790. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the final terms of reference of the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), a judge requested the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission statutory section 101 report as required to fulfil the obligations of their appointment. [35726/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

791. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide the terms of reference for the independent review mechanism's review into the death of a person (details supplied); and if the terms of reference were provided to a person to enable them to fulfil the obligations of their appointment to conduct a scoping exercise. [35730/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

792. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to the many failures of An Garda Síochána, the judiciary, the Coroner's Office, the Courts Service and her own Department identified by a judge (details supplied) throughout the report of their scoping exercise into the death of a person, she will now establish an independent inquiry into the person's death as previously directed by the Members of Dáil and Seanad Éireann. [35731/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

793. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide the dates on which a person (details supplied) met, exchanged emails or telephone calls with her officials from the date of appointment to conduct the scoping exercise into the death of a person to publication of the final report on the 3 July 2023. [35733/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide the dates on which a person (details supplied) met, exchanged emails or telephone calls with her or former Ministers from the date of appointment to conduct the scoping exercise into the death of a person to publication of the final report on the 3 July 2023. [35734/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

796. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the reason she or her officials did not inform a family (details supplied) that a judge was formerly a member of the Courts Service Board on their appointment to undertake the scoping exercise; and the dates on which the judge was a member of the Courts Service Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35743/23]

Prison Service

Mark Ward

797. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the plans that are in place to address the long waiting list for persons in prison to access addiction services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35748/23]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

798. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice how many residential properties seized by CAB are still under remit of CAB due to the property being sold by CAB or issued to a local authority by CAB. [35773/23]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

799. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice how many years a residential property seized by CAB is left vacant; and his views on whether property seized for more than two years should be given to the local authority. [35774/23]

Human Trafficking

James Lawless

800. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice to clarify a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35775/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

801. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional criminal assets profiling unit, in tabular form. [35791/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

802. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of stinger courses held for gardaí within the DMR division in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the duration of this course. [35792/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

803. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each divisional criminal intelligence office, in tabular form. [35793/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

804. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if a new contract for the supply of additional marked Garda cars and vans has been put out to tender. [35794/23]

Equality Issues

Michael Moynihan

805. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice the action her Department has taken to honour the programme for Government pledge to ensure that Government Departments and public bodies take positive steps, including the use of correct pronouns and, where possible, making improvements on official forms, to assist non-binary people. [35833/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

806. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, domestic, sexual and gender-based violence offences data for 2022, broken down by Garda district or station, to include, but not limited to, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and coercive control. [35840/23]

An Garda Síochána

Mary Lou McDonald

807. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of crime data for each of the Dublin metropolitan region divisions for the period of 2020-2023 to date. [35841/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Mary Lou McDonald

808. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide, in tabular form, a breakdown of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence offences data, to include, but not limited to, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence and coercive control for the period of 2020-2023 to date in the Dublin north inner city and north-west inner city. [35842/23]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

809. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service Bill 2023 provides for any change to the Civil Service status of current Irish Prison Service staff; and when engagement with representatives of these staff will begin. [35856/23]

Visa Applications

Niamh Smyth

810. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if a person’s work visa (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35857/23]

Immigration Status

Thomas Pringle

811. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice whether a non-EU national with leave to remain in the UK and resident in Northern Ireland is permitted to work in the Republic of Ireland and-or apply for residency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35860/23]

Legislative Programme

Pa Daly

812. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill. [35886/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Kehoe

813. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice whether she can request An Garda Síochana to reconsider a decision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35897/23]

Passport Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

814. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice if she will confirm that information requested by the Department of Foreign Affairs about a passport application (details supplied) has been received by her Department; if it has been processed and returned to the Department of Foreign Affairs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35924/23]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

815. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 11 July 2023, the timeframe for the conclusion of the review of the immigration arrangements for non-EEA circus performers; and what stakeholders have been consulted in this review. [35930/23]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

816. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 11 July 2023, to clarify the immigration arrangements which enable Irish circuses to engage the services of non-EEA national circus performers that have been in place since 2007. [35931/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

817. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to each community policing unit within each district within Dublin region as of 12 July 2023, in tabular form. [35945/23]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

818. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of contracts to provide services and-or consultancy to her Department; the companies that were granted these contracts and the nature of the work involved; and the qualifying criteria that was applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2022 and to date in 2023. [35946/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

819. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans attached to the Garda dog unit as of 12 July 2023; and if she will provide same figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form. [35947/23]

Departmental Reports

Verona Murphy

820. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of external consultant reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date, by report, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35971/23]

Departmental Reports

Verona Murphy

821. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of external consultant reports commissioned by the bodies under her Department's aegis in each of the years 2020, 2021. 2022 and to-date in 2023; the cost of same; the company involved; the title and publication date, by report, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35972/23]

An Garda Síochána

Verona Murphy

822. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she considers the payment of €184 per week for 34 weeks to trainee gardaí in Garda college to be a deterrent to entry to An Garda Síochána, particularly given the current cost of living; if her Department is actively considering recommendations for an increase to this weekly payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35982/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

823. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), recently published on her Department’s website and completed by a judge on appointment by her, omits information regarding the Judicial Review taken by An Garda Síochána and that the outcome of this action was a decision by the Garda Commissioner not to discipline the gardaí for the wrongful actions raised by earlier GSOC reports regarding the person’s death on the basis that there was no evidence that the gardaí concerned were trained on the PULSE system to prepare cases for court or outcomes of same. [35984/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

824. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied), recently published on her Department’s website and completed by a judge on appointment by her, omits the information that the perpetrator’s successful appeal to a 16 February 2011 drug conviction due to deficiencies in the State’s case despite the perpetrator having breached bail conditions by further arrests and leaving the State in the intervening period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35985/23]

Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell

Mary Lou McDonald

825. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that the scoping exercise into the death of a person (details supplied) recently published on her Department's website and completed by a judge appointed by her, describes speeding convictions as trivial, if she agrees with this position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35987/23]

Legal Aid

Paul Murphy

826. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will agree to pay restoration for barristers. [35989/23]

International Protection

Paul Murphy

827. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if Ireland will designate Russia as an unsafe country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36021/23]

Immigration Policy

Patrick Costello

828. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 746 of 11 July, if she will consider reducing the cost of IRP cards under budget 2024. [36057/23]

Coroners Service

Colm Burke

829. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice to confirm what action will be taken to reduce the waiting time for cases being listed for inquest in the coronial service, particularly in light of the fact that coronial service and families affected have been experiencing significant delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36161/23]

Legal Aid

Colm Burke

830. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide additional funding to the Legal Aid Board to ensure that waiting times for access legal aid are reduced (currently 35 weeks in some parts of the country); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36177/23]

Legal Aid

Colm Burke

831. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will give due consideration to increasing the means test for access to Legal Aid Board services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36178/23]

Departmental Records

Patrick Costello

832. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 111 of 28 June 2023, when her Department expects the cataloguing process to be complete and the files made available to the public for viewing within the National Archives. [36234/23]

Immigration Policy

Patrick Costello

833. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 11 July 2023, if she will provide details of the ongoing review of the fee structure, the form it takes and the outcome of the most recent review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36237/23]

Gambling Sector

Jim O'Callaghan

834. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice whether subscription racing channels will be able to continue after the enactment of the Gambling Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36256/23]

Defence Forces

Brendan Howlin

835. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if resident non-nationals who serve in the Defence Forces for a number of years must pay citizenships fees if they then apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36271/23]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

836. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her officials or any other competent body audits information provided by An Garda Síochána to the Road Safety Authority to ensure that the data is accurate (details supplied). [36296/23]

Immigration Policy

Carol Nolan

837. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the measures her Department is taking to fulfil the statutory obligation to return a person refused entry permission to the State as soon as is practicable; if, where a person is refused leave to land at an airport, the priority is to return them on the next available return flight to the last point of embarkation; the number of times persons have been returned on the next available flight during the period 2011 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36301/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Kelly

838. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a breakdown of the details of all new Garda stations built or existing Garda stations refurbished since 1 June 2021, in tabular form. [36319/23]

Gambling Sector

Alan Kelly

839. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the closing dates for applications to apply for the position of director of licensing and director of technology for the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. [36320/23]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

840. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will be eligible for citizenship; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36346/23]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

841. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if a transfer from stamp 2 to stamp 4 will be accommodated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36349/23]

Coroners Service

Colm Burke

842. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice what action will be taken to recruit additional staff to provide support to coroners, particularly in view of the fact that the coronial service, and families affected, have been experiencing significant delays in cases being listed for inquest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36351/23]

Citizenship Applications

Patrick Costello

843. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, when enacted, will be used to clear the backlog of citizenship applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36356/23]

Immigration Status

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

844. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36358/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Fergus O'Dowd

845. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide a time scale for when she will bring forward amending legislation on coercive control by persons who are not intimate or former intimate persons as indicated by her in Seanad Éireann on 5 July 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36359/23]

Family Reunification

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

846. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36364/23]

Citizenship Applications

Robert Troy

847. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if a citizenship certificate will be issued without delay and sent to an applicant (details supplied) whose citizenship was granted at a ceremony in Killarney on 19 June 2023. [36365/23]

Legislative Measures

Fergus O'Dowd

848. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice to make regulations under section 60 of the Data Protection Act 2018 where, for the purposes of safeguarding important objectives of general public interest, it is necessary to restrict the rights of the data subject to protect the rights of the data subject and to protect the rights and freedom of others, where the ‘general public interest’ are set out in Article 23 of the GDPR which include in addition to the protection of the data subject and the rights and freedom of others, ‘the prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of breaches of ethics for regulated professions’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36372/23]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

849. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application as part of recent undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36412/23]

Immigration Policy

Paul Murphy

850. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the reason there is not a visa specifically for Irish citizens returning to Ireland with a spouse or child, given that they currently have to apply for a join spouse visa even if they will be travelling to Ireland together; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36460/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

851. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to Garda mounted unit as of 14 July 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36461/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

852. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on Garda Operation Saul; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained under this operation to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36462/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

853. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the names of external veterinary services used by either the Garda mounted unit or the Garda dog unit in 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount paid to each provider for their services in the period in question, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36463/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

854. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of members of An Garda Síochána who have a competency-based driver permit level 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36464/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Jim O'Callaghan

855. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the estimated current expenditure cost of providing ten additional refuge spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36465/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

856. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda public order unit vans that will come into the fleet during 2023; the number of Garda public order unit vans withdrawn from the fleet during 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36467/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

857. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the costs incurred by An Garda Síochána from policing the US President's visit to Ireland in April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36468/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

858. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held in 2022 and to date in 2023 for sworn gardaí to apply to join the Garda air support unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36469/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

859. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of advanced motorcycle courses held for gardaí within the DMR north division to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36470/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Ged Nash

860. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if, under the circumstances, an early decision will be made on a naturalisation application which was made in January 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36472/23]

Departmental Records

Patrick Costello

861. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1107 of 21 March 2023, for an update on the matter. [36473/23]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

862. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí within the Meath division that successfully completed the method of entry course in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and the duration of this course. [36518/23]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

863. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of unauthorised taking of mechanically propelled vehicle offences reported to gardaí within the Meath division in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [36519/23]

Private Security Authority

Darren O'Rourke

864. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice If she has received the 2022 annual report from the Private Security Authority; and when same will be published online. [36520/23]

Legal Aid

Robert Troy

865. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if, in light of her plan to review the legal aid system, she will consider increasing the threshold in terms of eligibility for people to avail of legal aid particularly for family law cases. [36559/23]

An Garda Síochána

Robert Troy

866. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí attached to each Garda station for the years 2021, 2022, and currently assigned to each station, in tabular form. [36561/23]

Domestic Violence

Catherine Connolly

867. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of the number of domestic violence refuge spaces in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36680/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Catherine Connolly

868. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice for a status update on the delivery of priority refuge units under the Third National Strategy; the details, by local authority area, of the progress made to date regarding site identification and site ownership for the additional units, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36681/23]

Departmental Communications

Brendan Smith

869. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice if his Department, and all agencies under the remit of his Department, have their telephone contact details on their websites and on other media platforms; if all stationery and headed notepaper used in correspondence with the public contain relevant phone contact details, taking into account that everybody is not in a position to correspond by e-mail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36700/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Donnelly

870. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount of revenue generated through the release of vehicles seized by gardaí under road traffic legislation in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [36707/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

871. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice how many people were recruited into An Garda Síochána in the first six months of 2023. [36718/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

872. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the total estimated number of persons who will be recruited into An Garda Síochána in 2023. [36719/23]

Work Permits

Peter Burke

873. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice if there are detailed guidelines for completion of applications for the atypical working scheme; if she will provide the links for same; and if she will provide an update on six applications (details supplied). [36813/23]

Crime Prevention

Ivana Bacik

874. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice when the community safety partnership pilots will commence in Dublin north inner city local electoral area, Waterford City and County Council and Longford; and the reason for the delay in commencing these pilots. [36827/23]

Citizenship Applications

Ivana Bacik

875. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice her plans to clear the backlog in processing citizenship applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36832/23]

Legal Aid

Noel Grealish

876. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice the cost of providing free legal aid in criminal cases over each of the past five years, by county; the average cost per alleged offender; the total payment to legal practitioners; the average payment to legal practitioners, over the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36941/23]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Connolly

877. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 5 May 2022, when the review of the immigrant investment programme, delivered to her Department in November 2020, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36943/23]

Departmental Strategies

Cian O'Callaghan

878. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the current status of Action 22.3 of the National LGBTI Inclusion Strategy (for which her Department is responsible); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36952/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Whitmore

879. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Justice if she has been briefed by An Garda Síochána regarding the intimidation of staff in libraries in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36970/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

880. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of additional gardaí hired since the formation of this Government, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37000/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

881. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown, on a division basis, of all new Garda stations built or existing stations refurbished since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37001/23]

Court Accommodation

Jim O'Callaghan

882. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of investment in court houses since the formation of this Government, by county, in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37002/23]

Deportation Orders

Robert Troy

883. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider publishing on a weekly basis the number of illegal immigrants who are deported; and the reasons such decisions were taken. [37003/23]