Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Prison Service

Sorca Clarke

479. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners who were on waiting lists to access psychology services at the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9523/23]

Citizenship Applications

Colm Burke

480. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice the current timeframe for the processing of citizenship applications, in view that it is 48 months since an application (details supplied) was first lodged, wherein the applicant's wife and three children have all been approved for citizenship within the past 22 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9564/23]

An Garda Síochána

Sorca Clarke

481. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank attached to each divisional public service vehicle inspectors as of 20 February 2023. [9586/23]

Visa Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

482. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 8 February, 2023, if he will arrange an urgent meeting with traditional circus owners and their representatives, and officials from his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (details supplied). [9595/23]

Visa Applications

Bernard Durkan

483. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if a refusal of a visa will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); when a visa is likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/23]

An Garda Síochána

Brendan Griffin

484. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda residences currently inhabited, currently habitable but not in use by Garda personnel and currently not habitable; the location of each, by county. [9664/23]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

485. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if, in conjunction with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, he will reconsider the business/work permit arrangements as they apply to holders of Critical Skills Employment Permits (CSEP) where such persons are joined by dependent children on Stamp 3 arrangements, whereupon such adult children upon completing second-level education are not entitled to work part-time or progress to third- level on the same basis as their peers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/23]

Citizenship Applications

Catherine Murphy

486. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of projects which IIP applicants proposed to invest in that were deemed not to meet IIP criteria by the independent evaluation committee since the scheme opened and closed. [9747/23]

Citizenship Applications

Catherine Murphy

487. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the totality of IIP permits that were granted since the scheme opened; if he will provide a breakdown of applications by country of origin; and if he will provide a schedule of all investments made under the IIP scheme. [9749/23]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

488. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of engagements he and or his predecessor have had with the Central Bank and the Revenue Commissioners in respect of closing the IIP scheme; if he gave both organisations advance notice of the cessation of the IIP scheme; and if he took advice from either organisation in respect of the cessation of the IIP scheme. [9750/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

489. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of times armed gardaí discharged a firearm during the course of their duty in each of the years 2019 to 2022, and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9754/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

490. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank attached to a district community response team within the DMR as of 20 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9755/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

491. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of gardaí adequately trained to engage in high-speed pursuit of vehicles in each Garda district within the DMR, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9756/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

492. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of registrations that An Garda Síochána is processing each week outside of the Dublin region; the average waiting times for appointments in each office, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9757/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

493. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí seconded outside of the State, by location; the number of police officers from other jurisdictions seconded here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

494. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number and percentage of roads policing vehicles that are currently fitted with automatic number plate recognition systems; the amount of funding that has been allocated in 2023 to include additional Garda vehicles with automatic number plate recognition systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9759/23]

An Garda Síochána

Jim O'Callaghan

495. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held in 2022 and to date in 2023 for Garda members to join community policing units throughout the Dublin metropolitan region.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/23]

Crime Prevention

Jim O'Callaghan

496. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of calls received regarding public order issues to Pearse Street Station, Dublin 2 in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/23]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

497. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9768/23]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

498. 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [9779/23]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Kenny

499. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have resigned from An Garda Síochána, by county, between 2022 year end and February 2023, in tabular form. [9782/23]

An Garda Síochána

Martin Kenny

500. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda vehicles were either equipped as standard, or retrofitted with operational dash cam technology, by year, between 2019 and 2022, in tabular form. [9783/23]

Community Development Projects

Patrick Costello

501. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the work of the Cherry Orchard Implementation Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9828/23]

An Garda Síochána

Patrick Costello

502. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank in each Garda station in the Dublin south west regional division as of 1 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9829/23]

An Garda Síochána

Patrick Costello

503. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the work of the Garda Operation Préachán; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/23]

Departmental Bodies

Patrick Costello

504. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the work of the Expert Forum on Anti-Social Behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9832/23]

Crime Prevention

Maurice Quinlivan

505. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the extent to which he and his colleagues at international level remain focused on the need to ensure the cut-off of the illegal supply of drugs, particularly heroin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9845/23]

Drug Dealing

Maurice Quinlivan

506. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug-dealing convictions under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions for possession of drugs over a value of €13,000 in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary for the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9846/23]

An Garda Síochána

Maurice Quinlivan

507. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí employed in each of the divisional drugs units respectively in each of the years 2015 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [9847/23]

An Garda Síochána

Maurice Quinlivan

508. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of seizures of crack cocaine and estimated value of same by the Limerick divisional drugs unit in 2021 and 2023, in tabular form. [9848/23]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

509. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an outline in respect of the IIP scheme of the due diligence that the independent Evaluation Committee conducted on applicants. [9863/23]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

510. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will confirm whether he was directed by either the EU Commission, Council of Europe and or OECD to close the IIP scheme on border security, money laundering, tax evasion and or circumvention of EU law. [9864/23]

Immigration Policy

Catherine Murphy

511. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if the independent Evaluation Committee and or the Department of Finance and or the Revenue Commissioners and or Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage drew his attention to broader public policy concern in respect of the IIP scheme. [9865/23]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

512. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies under his aegis in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will include the fees expended, name of personality and campaign they were engaged on; and if he will also provide the key performance indicators in respect of their engagement [9903/23]

An Garda Síochána

Paul Kehoe

513. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice if he has any immediate plans to engage with the trade unions and staff associations concerned with changes to the Civil Service status of Garda staff proposed in the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9955/23]

Crime Prevention

Alan Dillon

514. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will consider supporting the purchase and delivery of a property marking machine in collaboration with An Garda Síochána to each local authority across the country, to help cut down on property theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9989/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Dillon

515. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the number of property thefts recorded by An Garda Síochána in County Mayo in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9994/23]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Dillon

516. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Justice the number of property thefts recorded by An Garda Síochána across the country in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9995/23]

Visa Applications

Jackie Cahill

517. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the average processing time for these applications currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10077/23]

Visa Applications

Jackie Cahill

518. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied); the average processing time for these applications currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10078/23]

Human Trafficking

Patrick Costello

519. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice when the statistics around identification of victims of trafficking for 2022 will be released by his Department. [10093/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

520. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the awards made both with and without a tender process to management consultancy firms (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form and classed by firm; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10117/23]

Public Procurement Contracts

Neasa Hourigan

521. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice the awards made both with and without a tender process to an organisation (details supplied) by his Department and aegis bodies for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form; the purpose and a brief description of the awards; the value of the awards and the total amounts paid; the timeline or timeframe of the contracts; and the desired or completed output. [10135/23]

Immigration Policy

Paul Kehoe

522. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice if there are any plans to align or streamline the work permit and visa applications processes to reduce the time it takes to bring much-needed workers into the State to take up their employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10170/23]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

523. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice if a new contract for the provision of new Garda roads policing unit vehicles will be put out to tender before Easter. [10176/23]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

524. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer. [10177/23]

An Garda Síochána

Darren O'Rourke

525. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice if the tender for the contract for the replacement of aircraft and helicopters for the Garda air support unit has been completed. [10178/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Claire Kerrane

526. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if consideration could be given to reducing the maximum fee of €950 for naturalisation applicants in cases where the applicant has lived, worked and contributed taxes for a long period of time, i.e. thirty years in Ireland; if this could be added to the exemptions the Minister for Justice allows for in such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10190/23]

Naturalisation Applications

Claire Kerrane

527. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of difficulties faced by people born in England living and working, paying taxes in Ireland for a long period of time, i.e. 30 years, unable to apply for an Irish passport, given the fee of €950 associated with naturalisation which has to be completed first, and the impact this is having on limiting such people travelling abroad within the European Union with a British passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10191/23]

Immigration Policy

Michael Collins

528. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice if a scheme is open currently to bring in non-EEA fishermen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10200/23]