Parliamentary questions

Local Authorities

Peadar Tóibín

445. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 30 January 2024, if he will list the eight local authorities which currently have LAITs in place. [5331/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

447. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5343/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

448. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5361/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

449. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5379/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

450. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5397/24]

Health Services

Peadar Tóibín

505. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will consider investigating whether urinary tract infections can be tested for by pharmacists rather than GPs to reduce costs on patients and ease pressure on general practitioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5155/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

522. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form. [5244/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

539. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5351/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

540. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with departmental or ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5369/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

541. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5387/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

542. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5405/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

583. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of times he embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days he spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by his Department in respect of each trip, in tabular form [5243/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

585. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5350/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental and ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5368/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

587. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent by his Department on legal costs or services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5386/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

588. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent by his Department on the procurement of office space, and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5404/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

597. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days she spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs incurred by her Department in respect of each trip, in tabular form.. [5248/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

598. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5355/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

599. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental and, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5373/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

600. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5391/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

601. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5409/24]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

4. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has conducted any analysis of the impact of fare reductions on the number of people using public transport, in particular rail travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4301/24]

Rail Network

Peadar Tóibín

6. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has given any further consideration to the idea of a rail line from Navan to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/24]

Bus Services

Peadar Tóibín

39. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the enormous number of bus cancellations on the NX and 109 bus services through Navan, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4167/24]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

84. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount and nature of all tax paid by domestic property funds and all foreign-owned property funds in Ireland and Irish real estate funds, real estate investment trusts, REITs, undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities, UCITS, and exchange-traded funds, ETFs, over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4168/24]

Tax Yield

Peadar Tóibín

93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total amount taken in by the Government on tax on electricity and tax on fuel, including petrol, diesel, home heating oil and so on, in each of the past ten years. [4169/24]

Defence Forces

Peadar Tóibín

17. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what steps his Department is taking to increase recruitment and retention within the Defence Forces. [4514/24]

Cabinet Committees

Peadar Tóibín

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3975/24]

Cabinet Committees

Peadar Tóibín

22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3974/24]

Mother and Baby Homes

Peadar Tóibín

51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the investigation into a matter (details supplied). [2774/24]

Rural Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what steps her Department is taking to tackle dereliction and vacancy in rural towns and villages. [3978/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of the €50 million community recognition fund, announced in May 2023, that has been spent to date; the projects on which it was spent; the counties in which the money was spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3979/24]

Defence Forces

Peadar Tóibín

175. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the restrictions he intends placing on Defence Forces representative associations; the reason he believes that a Defence Forces representative association or a representative of such association should be prohibited in law from making a public statement or comment concerning a political matter [or question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy] of the Government or a Minister of the Government or on the merits of the objectives of such policy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4043/24]

Legislative Measures

Peadar Tóibín

176. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason he has moved to legislate with the General Scheme (Defence) Amendment Bill 2023 for the prohibition of membership of a representative association for two named appointments (Director of Military Prosecutions and Military Judge) in complete contravention of the finding of a Government appointed adjudicator within the Defence Forces conciliation and arbitration scheme, whose ruling was laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in June 2023 and has not been overturned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4044/24]

Defence Forces

Peadar Tóibín

177. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at end December 2023; how many of these personnel are in full-time induction training, recruits, two star training, cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non deployable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4045/24]

Public Transport

Peadar Tóibín

185. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport how many times persons have donated to the Red Cross through the prompt on the Irish Rail website in each of the past 30 months; and the value of total donations per month, in tabular form. [3772/24]

Social Welfare Fraud

Peadar Tóibín

367. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraudulent claims of payments through her Department, by payment type of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by county in each of the past ten years; the number of fraudulent claims, by payment type currently under investigation of those residing in the State, and those residing outside the State, by country; the cost to the State of all fraudulent claims and legal investigation costs for the same time period, per year of those residing in the State and those residing outside the State, by country, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3771/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to detail if the gardaí have carried out any investigation into the number of people who have received deportation orders but have not self-deported; and if the gardaí have carried out this research, will she provide me with a copy of the report or detail the findings of this research. [3947/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many times Gardaí have made an official request to management of IPAS accommodation centres seeking to find out information about people who had received a deportation order (details supplied). [4233/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

453. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many reports or notices IPAS has received for each of the past five years from management at contracted asylum seeker accommodation centres requesting help for residents in terms of mental health issues, violent behaviour or addiction; and what steps or actions have IPAS undertaken to help residents in those circumstances. [4232/24]

Local Authorities

Peadar Tóibín

461. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of local authority integration teams, LAITS, in place; what local authorities have full LAITs in place; the amount of money given to each local authority in 2023 for LAITs; and the amount of money given in 2024 for LAITs. [3770/24]

Protected Disclosures

Peadar Tóibín

467. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been furnished with the protected disclosure to Tusla, referenced in a media article (details supplied); and if he will instruct Tusla to release the protected disclosure, with appropriate redactions, to this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3846/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

478. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has St. Johns House, Tallaght undergone a change of use from a passport processing office to accommodation for asylum seekers; and if his Department discussed this change with any of the workers. [3944/24]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

479. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail all of the buildings that were bought by his Department to house people from Ukraine, International Protection applicants and people within the Direct Provision sector; if he will detail how many of these buildings are in use for those purposes and how many are in other uses and how many are idle. [3945/24]

Ukraine War

Peadar Tóibín

480. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail how many rapid build accommodation units have been built to house people from Ukraine to date. [3946/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the items and the quantity of items and their value that were bought for in 2020, 2021 and 2022 to deal with the Covid crisis that are being stored by his Department all of the country; and if he will detail where these items are being stored. [3941/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

531. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if a centre (details supplied) is being used to store items bought to deal with the Covid crisis; if it is his intention to continue use of the centre for the purpose of storage; and when he will finally allow the centre to be used for a community purpose. [3942/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

532. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the budget for medical compensation for each year since 2010. [3943/24]

Foreign Policy

Peadar Tóibín

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the recent visit of the Chinese Premier to Ireland; and if human rights concerns were raised with the Premier during his visit. [2941/24]

Official Engagements

Peadar Tóibín

82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will list the occasions upon which he has met with the Palestinian Ambassador to Ireland. [2940/24]

Departmental Communications

Peadar Tóibín

186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health how many times he has referred Parliamentary Questions to the HSE for response to Deputies directly in each of the past twelve months; how many times the HSE has issued responses to the Deputies who submitted the questions; if a specific breakdown can be provided in the case of this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/24]

Meals-on-Wheels Services

Peadar Tóibín

188. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the allocation of funding for 2024 to each meals on wheels service in receipt of HSE funding, by name of service and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3112/24]

Economic Policy

Peadar Tóibín

7. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [55422/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the terms of reference for the inquiry into Covid-19 in Ireland will be produced. [55131/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach his views on the need for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. [2773/24]

Church-State Relations

Peadar Tóibín

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when he last met with church leaders in Ireland. [55133/23]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Peadar Tóibín

85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he met with the Women of Honour group before the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces handling of bullying, harassment and sexual assault allegations were agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2780/24]

Defence Forces

Peadar Tóibín

89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of times members of the Defence Forces have been involved in drug seizures or intercepting vessels containing drugs in each of the past ten years. [2781/24]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Peadar Tóibín

534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors or separated children currently seeking asylum in the State; and the types of care settings they are in, that is foster care, residential care, emergency accommodation, and so on. [2882/24]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

535. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in State care who are in special emergency accommodation; the number who were in such settings at the end of each week for the past two years; and if a breakdown can be provided on the number of whom are separated children/unaccompanied minors and those who are not, in tabular form. [2883/24]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

536. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of special emergency accommodation companies that have been set up, or contracted by Tusla in Ireland in each of the past ten years, for the purposes of accommodating children in State care; the names of such companies; and the amounts paid to each company, per child per year, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [2884/24]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

537. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla in each of the past ten years, in tabular form.
[2885/24]

Child and Family Agency

Peadar Tóibín

538. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children referred to Tusla last year 2023, and if a breakdown can be provided on the referral reason; and the occupation of the person who made the referral. [2886/24]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

541. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of Tusla beds occupied in residential centres; for a breakdown on this figure, to show the number of beds occupied in special care centres, voluntary centres, private centres and centres for separated children seeking international protection. [2932/24]

Ambulance Service

Peadar Tóibín

8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance drivers recruited to the National Ambulance Service and the number of ambulance drivers who have left the National Ambulance Service in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1894/24]

Emergency Departments

Peadar Tóibín

13. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who died while waiting to be seen in emergency departments in the State in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1893/24]

Further and Higher Education

Peadar Tóibín

113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who have graduated as nurses in the State in each of the past ten years. [1895/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Peadar Tóibín

116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of third level education among those who previously attended a DEIS school, care leavers, those who have a disability, single parents and among members of the Travelling community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1896/24]

Human Trafficking

Peadar Tóibín

244. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many vehicles, trucks and containers have been searched for each of the past five years at each port for potential smuggled migrants. [2137/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

245. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many asylum applicants have gone missing from State services in each of the past ten years; the number that have been pursued by State authorities; and how many will have been recovered by State authorities in each of the past five years. [2138/24]

Immigration Policy

Peadar Tóibín

246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the reason the decision was taken not to pursue the eight migrants who entered the country in a container at Rosslare and fled. [2139/24]

Middle East

Peadar Tóibín

14. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government received legal advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs or from the Attorney General on whether Israel's war in Gaza constitutes genocide, considering that Ireland is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and has legal obligations to fulfil, the Government needs to seek an urgent legal opinion on the matter; and if legal advice has been received, if he will provide a copy of the advice received, to Deputies. [1926/24]

Defence Forces

Peadar Tóibín

162. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how many members of the Defence Forces have requested voluntary retirement, by rank; the number that have been granted and refused, respectively in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1219/24]

Road Network

Peadar Tóibín

228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the East-West Link which includes a risk-based analysis for the east-west route between Dundalk and Cavan and the requirement for the necessary funding to made available for the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57386/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Peadar Tóibín

282. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of fatal car accidents in each county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1521/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

407. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the planning permission for the flood defences for Midleton will be submitted; and what interim measures will be put in place to protect citizens and their property in the East Cork area. [2005/24]

Home Schooling

Peadar Tóibín

523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the funding available to parents who home school their children in cases in which there is a knowledge gap and external assistance may be needed to cover a specific subject required by the curriculum to an appropriate standard as in the case of a student (details supplied). [57002/23]

School Transport

Peadar Tóibín

682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will rescind the ban on school bus drivers driving school buses when they reach 70 years of age; her views on whether fitness to drive a school bus should be individually assessed for men and women between the age of 70 and 75 years. [1924/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing units that have been built by each local authority in the past five years; the number of local authority housing units bought by each local authority in the past five years; the number of local authority housing units leased by each local authority in each of the past five years; and the number of local authority housing units provided under any other supply mechanism in the past five years. [1538/24]

Housing Provision

Peadar Tóibín

825. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units that are being bought by foreign private rental firms in Ireland each year. [1539/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

852. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection how many applications for aid have been received by the State for aid in east Cork since the flooding on 18 October 2023; and how much money has been paid out to date in aid to the residents of east Cork since the flooding. [2004/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

967. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seekers allowance/job seekers benefit, who identified themselves as former farmers in each of the past ten years. [1544/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Peadar Tóibín

980. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1797/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

981. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the disability allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1798/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Peadar Tóibín

982. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the carer’s allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1799/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

983. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the carer’s allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1800/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

984. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the domiciliary care allowance, were successful in their appeals of the Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1801/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Peadar Tóibín

985. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who were refused the domiciliary care allowance, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1802/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons recruited to An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1512/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1107. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who took early retirement in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1513/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have left the force in each of the past years, in tabular form. [1514/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1109. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on duty in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1515/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1110. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have taken stress leave in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1516/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

1111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí working in road policing at present, and in each of the past five years. [1517/24]

Crime Prevention

Peadar Tóibín

1112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of burglaries reported to gardaí, per county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1518/24]

Crime Prevention

Peadar Tóibín

1113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of stabbings/knife crimes, reported to gardaí, per county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1519/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Peadar Tóibín

1114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of speeding fines issued in each county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [1520/24]

Drug Dealing

Peadar Tóibín

1115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug seizures made by gardaí in each of the past ten years, by county, in tabular form. [1522/24]

Ports Policy

Peadar Tóibín

1124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to detail the number of security personnel that are employed at Rosslare Europort and all other ports and airports in Ireland to tackle issues such as smuggling and people trafficking for each of the past ten years. [1675/24]

Immigration Policy

Peadar Tóibín

1125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many people have been found to have illegally travelled to Ireland in containers or illegally stowed away on ships for each of the past ten years. [1676/24]