Parliamentary questions

Departmental Correspondence

Thomas Pringle

287. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if there are guidelines, written procedures or protocols or key performance indicators for acknowledgement of correspondence received and response to correspondence received, respectively by category of correspondence (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38246/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

288. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to each Garda district within Dublin as of 1 July 2020 and 1 July 2021, in tabular form. [38264/21]

Court Judgments

Catherine Murphy

289. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons successfully prosecuted for begging in a public place within Dublin city centre in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [38265/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

290. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of vehicles seized by gardaí within the Kildare division for driving without insurance in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [38266/21]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

291. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if members of An Garda Síochána attached to the Garda armed support unit are fully trained in advanced lifesaving skills. [38269/21]

Mental Health Services

Mark Ward

292. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the status of the establishment of a high level taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system; the way a person can become a part of this taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38337/21]

Legal Aid

Peadar Tóibín

293. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time that persons are waiting for free legal aid in each county; the longest waiting time for free legal aid in each county; the number of persons who are on the waiting list for same in each county; the number who are working in each free legal aid centre in each county; the number who have worked in such centres in each of the past five years; and when the last salary threshold was changed for free legal aid. [38338/21]

An Garda Síochána

Paul McAuliffe

294. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice the overtime bill for An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38392/21]

Citizenship Applications

Paul McAuliffe

295. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice the number of citizenship applications that were processed in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38393/21]

Court Judgments

Paul McAuliffe

296. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that were jailed for not having a television licence in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38395/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 16 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38496/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

298. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the way her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are implementing Action 32 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 (details supplied). [38513/21]

An Garda Síochána

Aindrias Moynihan

299. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda patrol cars, patrol vans, motorcycles, bicycles and other vehicles in the Cork Garda divisions from 2017 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38562/21]

Drug and Alcohol Testing

Aindrias Moynihan

300. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice the number of mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints nationally during 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of motorists who have tested positive for drugs at these checkpoints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38564/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Pearse Doherty

301. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice if a list will be provided by county of the permits granted under the Street and House to House Collections Act 1962 for each weekend in 2019; the corresponding name of each organisation to which a permit was granted; the dates for which the permit was granted; and the district and or area within the county for which the permit was issued. [38614/21]

Visa Applications

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

302. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the timeline on resuming short stay visitor visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38640/21]

An Garda Síochána

Róisín Shortall

303. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the number of community policing Garda members by rank attached to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38675/21]

Road Safety

Róisín Shortall

304. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice the current position regarding steps she is taking to deal with the dangerous misuse of scramblers, quad bikes and electric scooters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38676/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pauline Tully

305. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to Cavan-Monaghan community engagement unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38694/21]

An Garda Síochána

Willie O'Dea

540. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider requesting the Garda Commissioner to allow members of An Garda Síochána who are suspended for alleged offences to at least do duties of a clerical nature in view of the fact that Garda resources are under pressure. [37167/21]

Foreign Birth Registration

Matt Carthy

541. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if she will propose an amendment to the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 in order to provide for retrospective posthumous registration on the foreign birth register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37211/21]

Departmental Reviews

Holly Cairns

542. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the details of the social impact assessments carried out by her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit since 1 January 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37297/21]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

543. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1135 of 15 June 2021, the breakdown by nationality of the 133 renewed approvals for the atypical work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37340/21]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

544. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown by nationality of the atypical work permit approvals that expired without renewal from December 2019 to date. [37341/21]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

545. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the number of vessel owners since the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers commenced that have been barred from availing of the scheme arising from detected infringements on their part of the terms of the scheme or of the applicable rules of employment law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37345/21]

Work Permits

Mick Barry

546. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice if it is the policy of her Department to issue foreign nationals present in the State for five years on foot of permissions on stamp 1 conditions granted under the atypical working scheme for non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet with permissions on stamp 4 conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37351/21]

Residency Permits

David Cullinane

547. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice if she will advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); if permission will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37362/21]

Visa Applications

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

548. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for a stamp O visa by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37367/21]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

549. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37403/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

550. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to develop the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence which will place a priority on prevention and reduction and will include a national preventative strategy. [37409/21]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

551. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to address financial coercion and financial exclusion faced by victims and survivors of domestic abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/21]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

552. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to legislate to introduce domestic homicide reviews. [37423/21]

Proposed Legislation

Holly Cairns

553. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will extend the definition of consent in law to emphasise that sexual coercion involves more than threats of and actual physical force. [37424/21]

Court Procedures

Holly Cairns

554. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce strict time limits for applications to adduce sexual experience evidence and ensure that legal counsel representing the complainant is not much less experienced than those representing the prosecution and defence in such cases for sexual assault and rape trials. [37425/21]

Court Procedures

Holly Cairns

555. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will request that guidance for juries be developed as a priority to address rape myths ingrained and pre-existing biases, stereotypes and assumptions they may have, whether conscious or unconscious, preferably to be given at the start of a trial but with judicial discretion to repeat it when needed. [37426/21]

Drug Dealing

Thomas Gould

556. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the situation residents in a location (details supplied) are having with serious issues regarding the sale of drugs that may fall under the Criminal Justice (Psychoactive Substances) Act 2010; and the supports that are being provided to local gardaí to combat same. [37441/21]

Legislative Measures

Mattie McGrath

557. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the delay in implementing all sections of the Judicial Council Act 2019; when she will sign commencement orders in relation to sections 3, 42, 50-51, 53-64, 67-84, 86 and 88 of the Act and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37453/21]

Departmental Policies

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

558. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice the plan that has succeeded the Youth Justice Action Plan 2014-2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37484/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

559. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37551/21]

Visa Applications

Michael Collins

560. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice if she will address a matter regarding long stay visas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37552/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Fitzmaurice

561. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost if 1,000 additional gardaí were recruited in each of the years 2022 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37612/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Fitzmaurice

562. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice if funding will be provided for the purchase of high-powered jet skis for the Garda water unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37613/21]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Fitzmaurice

563. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Justice the number of quad bikes, all-terrain vehicles, scramblers and similar types of vehicles seized by gardaí in each Garda division in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37614/21]

Proposed Legislation

Éamon Ó Cuív

564. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered the report by an organisation (details supplied) relating to easements issued in May 2021; if she is considering on foot of this report extending section 38 of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 for another six years to enable the Law Reform Commission review the whole area of easements and their registration in view of the day to day experience since the commencement of the 2009 Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37646/21]

Prison Service

Mary Lou McDonald

565. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service has provided her with a report of an incident which took place in 2021 in Cloverhill Prison during which a male prison guard instructed a female solicitor to remove her underwear when her bra set off a metal detector when attending for a visit with a client on an urgent matter, and if she will meet with the solicitor to discuss the matter. [37748/21]

International Protection

Thomas Gould

566. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants going through the accelerated process at the International Protections Office; the number going through the non-accelerated process; and the total number respectively in tabular form. [37800/21]

International Protection

Thomas Gould

567. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the overall median waiting time for applications through the International Protections Office; and the median waiting time for accelerated and non-accelerated applications, respectively in tabular form. [37801/21]

Visa Applications

Thomas Gould

568. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications to the new pre-clearance visa scheme that was introduced for UK nationals who came to Ireland after 31 December 2020 and wish to bring their non-EEA family members with them; the number of visas granted in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37802/21]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

569. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of GSOC investigations launched in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [37803/21]

Departmental Legal Cases

Peadar Tóibín

570. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of legal cases brought against her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021; and if he will provide details on the nature of these cases. [37814/21]

Prison Service

Mary Lou McDonald

571. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she will commission a review into the practices and policies within the Irish prison system which resulted in a male prison guard instructing a female solicitor to remove their underwear when their bra set off a metal detector in order for them to meet with their client on an urgent matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37821/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Jackie Cahill

572. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the progress of a certificate of naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37828/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

573. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if the practices of visiting prisoners have been adjusted and improved in accordance with vaccination levels in the prison and general population given many have been without family visits since March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37832/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

574. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service can at this stage of the Covid-19 situation, allow solicitors see their clients in person as opposed to video link, particularly in complex cases and in which interpreters might be needed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37833/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

575. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if the Irish Prison Service is producing prisoners for video link consultation with their solicitors on every occasion necessary; if not, the reason; her plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37834/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

576. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the date and findings of the most recent studies done on prisoner literacy and numeracy in the State both when they arrive for the sentence and when they leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37835/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

577. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the cost per annum to the Exchequer of keeping a prisoner in the prison system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37836/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

578. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners currently in the prison system; the number according to age group by decade in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37837/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

579. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners currently being treated for a mental health conditions; the number who began their sentence known to have a mental health condition; the number who have been assessed as needing psychological help and getting psychological help; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37838/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

580. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the number of psychologists employed by and also available to the State for the treatment of prisoners in tabular form in each of the past ten years; the number of prisoners referred to them in each of the past ten years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37839/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

581. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners on anti-anxiety and anti-depressant or mood related medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37840/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

582. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice the stated capacity of prisons and the current numbers incarcerated in same in tabular form in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37841/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

583. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has been in contact with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the treatment of women solicitors in the matter of removal of items of underwear in order to be admitted to a prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37845/21]

Prison Service

Réada Cronin

584. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice if non-solicitor female visitors to prisoners have been required to remove items of underwear in order to be admitted to the visit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37846/21]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Brendan Griffin

585. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice if she will review the upper threshold in respect of prizes that may be raffled by charitable, sporting and community organisations to allow for the rising valuation of new houses that may be raffled in such competitions; if so, if such a change will be accomplished by a statutory instrument; if not, if primary legislation would be required; if a different threshold could apply in respect of charitable, sporting and community organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37855/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Peadar Tóibín

586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37856/21]

Probate Applications

Thomas Gould

587. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the average processing time for probate in the past five years by year, in tabular form. [37887/21]

Residential Property Prices Register

Cian O'Callaghan

588. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that on the residential property price register website there are a number of properties registered in the wrong areas and thus not reflecting the true property prices in each locality; the steps that the Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has taken to ensure greater accuracy in the data on the register and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37897/21]

Prison Service

Pa Daly

589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 1 July 2021, the significant issues that have arisen in respect of inward prisoner transfers from the UK that necessitate additional legislation to the 1983 European Council Convention and existing 1995 Act. [37966/21]

Visa Applications

Paul Murphy

590. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will intervene on humanitarian grounds to ensure the safe passage of an Irish citizen’s mother (details supplied) to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37994/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

591. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if senior Garda officers have indicated that they will not carry out investigations on behalf of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission as part of a protest which will also impact on the implementation of planned policing reforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37995/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

592. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if it is planned to implement a 25% increase in the availability allowance for Garda superintendents which was recommended as part of a review in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37996/21]

An Garda Síochána

Joe Carey

593. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice if her Department plans to amend the misuse of drugs regulations to provide clarity and legal certainty to civilian property exhibit management system roles in An Garda Síochána nationally with regard to their ability to control drugs or firearms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38022/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

594. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the progress made towards action 18 of the National Disability and Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. [38082/21]

Asylum Applications

Holly Cairns

595. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce statutory time limits for decisions on asylum applications. [38084/21]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Kenny

84. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if a full independent investigation will be carried out into issues of 999 calls not being responded to by members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37159/21]

An Garda Síochána

Bríd Smith

85. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she will commission a review into the workings of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC and its limitations compared to a full commission of investigations in view of recent cases (details supplied) involving GSOC investigations and questions regarding the speed and outcome of these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36697/21]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Kenny

86. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the status of the proposed new Garda station for Sligo town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37160/21]

Data Protection

Matt Shanahan

87. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice the data that was contained on a memory device (details supplied); if there was video imagery contained therein; the steps that have been taken to recover the lost information; if the original information is still safely protected within her Department's hard drives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36835/21]

Asylum Applications

Thomas Pringle

88. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice the steps her Department is taking to improve processing times for applications for asylum, leave to remain and associated permissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37158/21]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Brendan Smith

89. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the proposals there are for further co-operation with the authorities in Northern Ireland on the need to implement effective measures to deal with the scourge of illicit drugs on this island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36818/21]

An Garda Síochána

Jackie Cahill

90. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in the Tipperary division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36798/21]

Visa Applications

Bernard Durkan

91. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the extent to which improvements can be made in the processing of visas for employment here and the processing of applications for naturalisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36757/21]

Courts Service

Bríd Smith

92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice the reason the work of the Jury Reform Group has been stopped; the costs to date of the work of the group; if there are plans for reform in this area; if the group will deliver a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36702/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

93. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice her plans for the expansion of Garda CCTV in County Carlow to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36767/21]

An Garda Síochána

Christopher O'Sullivan

94. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of community gardaí in the Clonakilty, Bandon and Bantry Garda districts of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36795/21]

An Garda Síochána

Kieran O'Donnell

95. Deputy Kieran O'Donnell asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on the progress being made on the implementation of A Policing Service for the Future plan with reference to County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36514/21]

Crime Prevention

Jackie Cahill

96. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the initiatives that are being taken to address rural crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36797/21]

An Garda Síochána

Mark Ward

97. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice her views on the report by the Mental Health Commission (details supplied) that states the highest number of applications to involuntarily detain persons that came from An Garda Síochána; the training that is in place; the interaction her Department has had with the Department of Health on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36578/21]

Missing Persons

Duncan Smith

98. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice the status of the work of her Department in relation to the identification of unidentified bodies and linking this data with the missing persons database; and the progress her Department has made in its work referenced in a reply to a Topical Issue matter raised by this Deputy on 4 March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36632/21]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

99. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda superintendents who will be based in County Kerry for 2022. [36611/21]

Departmental Projects

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

100. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice the status of the new local partnership projects for community safety which were announced in November 2020; her plans for further resourcing and funding of the projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36696/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Dara Calleary

101. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice her plans for the expansion of CCTV to deter criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36576/21]

Departmental Projects

Mark Ward

102. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to restructure the community safety forums, the local policing forums and the joint policing committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36511/21]

Prison Service

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

103. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Justice the supports that are provided for prisoners, such as educational and employment supports; the number of prisoners availing of these supports in recent years; if there are plans to increase and expand the supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36552/21]

Naturalisation Applications

Aindrias Moynihan

104. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice when resumption and progression to decision on all naturalisation applications currently waitlisted when the return of original documentation is expected on these applications; the number of 2019 applications and the number of 2020 applications not yet concluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36796/21]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Dara Calleary

105. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice the additional supports being provided for existing CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36577/21]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Murphy

106. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her views on comments by the Mental Health Commission on the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; if she will request a report from An Garda Síochána on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36752/21]

An Garda Síochána

Gino Kenny

107. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the details of any meetings or contact she has had with the Mental Health Commission on its concerns over the rise in applications by An Garda Síochána to detain persons in psychiatric care against their will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36754/21]

Prison Service

Éamon Ó Cuív

108. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the arrangements made for recommencing prison visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35629/21]