Parliamentary questions

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

452. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked vehicles allocated to the Garda dog unit as of 7 May 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 1 May 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21445/24]

International Protection

Carol Nolan

453. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if any person has been excluded from temporary protection due to circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21450/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niamh Smyth

454. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice to review an application (details supplied); to provide an update on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21474/24]

Asylum Seekers

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

455. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if consideration has been given to the introduction of special measures similar to those introduced to fast-track the processing and facilitation of Ukrainian war refugees under the temporary protection system for those who are fleeing the Israeli genocidal war on Palestine. [21482/24]

Visa Applications

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

456. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a Palestinian woman (details supplied); and if she will take the required steps to facilitate her passage to be reunited with her parents and siblings in Ireland. [21484/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

457. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí who have bought back time to retire early in each of the past five years. [21503/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

458. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time for the first initial decision to be made for international protection applicants for each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and the longest time for an applicant to receive a first decision for the corresponding timeframe. [21504/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

459. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the average length of time for the final decision, including court decisions, to be made for international protection applicants for each of the past five years and to date in 2024; and the longest time for an applicant to receive the final decision for the corresponding timeframe. [21505/24]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

460. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she and or her officials have engaged with the Minister for Transport and or the RSA in respect of undertaking a data impact assessment in regarding plans to use speed cameras and or other types of camera to detect motorists who are using their phones while in control of a vehicle on a public road. [21512/24]

Human Trafficking

Jim O'Callaghan

461. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of immigration officers policing Dublin port and Rosslare port and Cork port to ensure that human trafficking is not taking place through the illegal transportation of persons into Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21593/24]

Visa Applications

Bríd Smith

462. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been forcibly displaced four times in Gaza after the building in which they lived was completely destroyed and whose parents and siblings in Ireland are desperate for the person to join them; if she and her Government colleagues will implement special measures in fast-tracking visa applications, similar to the fast-tracking of visa applications for Ukrainian refugees, for Palestinians who urgently want to join family here; if she will expedite the person’s visa application as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/24]

Penalty Points System

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

463. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of penalty points issued for parking in cycling lanes in each year from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form, both in total and on a geographical basis. [21647/24]

Employment Rights

Ged Nash

464. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21696/24]

An Garda Síochána

Peadar Tóibín

465. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21725/24]

International Protection

Peadar Tóibín

466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of international protection applicants there have been for each of the past five years up to end-April; 2024, the number of these who IPAS is now unable to locate or does not know their whereabouts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21737/24]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

467. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when a temporary stamp will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) whose spouse relocated here from Italy four months ago for work, and who sent the appropriate EUTR1 form by registered post on 22 March 2024; the correct procedure to now be followed to regularise their position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21740/24]

Citizenship Ceremonies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

468. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice when naturalized Irish citizens who attended the citizenship ceremony on 26 February 2024 will receive their certificates; the reason for the ten-week delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21764/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

469. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice if a pathway could be provided for new members of the gardaí who are foreign born in passport or citizenship applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21767/24]

Citizenship Applications

Martin Browne

470. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice the status and progress being made in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/24]

Legislative Measures

John Lahart

471. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice if she is satisfied that the maximum effort is being made by her Department to fully utilize the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Act 1995 to return any convicted criminals to their own countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21814/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

472. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of reserve Gardaí who have been attested to date from Garda College in Templemore from the first intake in December 2006; the number of reserve Gardaí currently remaining in the force; and the number of reserve Gardaí who obtained their Annual Allowance in 2023. [21821/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

473. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21869/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

474. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the current number of roads policing Gardaí who have access to the ANPR app via their mobility device to allow them to scan all vehicles approaching them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21893/24]

An Garda Síochána

Catherine Murphy

475. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the current number of roads policing Gardaí who have access to the 'traffic app' to search driving licences by scanning the driving licence rather than having to type in manual details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21894/24]

Departmental Records

Matt Shanahan

476. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Land Commission records (details supplied) will be digitised and made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/24]

Agriculture Industry

Bernard Durkan

477. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure a balance between meeting emission reduction targets and ensuring the future of the agri-food sector, ensuring the future of the agricultural production sector while meeting carbon reduction targets to the greatest possible extent; if he is satisfied that neither will progress at the expense of the other, that food security for the future is assured and that everything possible is being done to reduce emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21834/24]

Food Labelling

Niamh Smyth

478. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s actions to combat items being sold as Irish produce in supermarkets that do not have the Bord Bia logo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21192/24]

Teagasc Activities

Michael Healy-Rae

479. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a Teagasc matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/24]

Brexit Supports

Catherine Connolly

480. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form, an account of the distribution of Brexit adjustment reserve funds to enhance, upgrade, and develop Ireland's coastal and marine infrastructure; the specific projects and costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21290/24]

Farm Safety

Niamh Smyth

481. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that incentivised schemes under his Department are seeing battery energy storage systems erected on farmland, without the proper safety facilities in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21385/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Robert Troy

482. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review an application for payment under the young farmer capital investment scheme (details supplied). [21395/24]

Animal Welfare

Sorca Clarke

483. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls received by his Department's animal welfare helpline in 2023 and for the first four months of 2024, in tabular form. [21412/24]

Trade Missions

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

484. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the international trade missions that will take place for the remainder of 2024, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21446/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niall Collins

485. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21626/24]

Farm Costs

Paul Kehoe

486. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial assistance or lending assistance available to a landowner/farmer for a stocking loan, who has been refused financial lending from high-street banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21669/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

487. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the payment systems to make payments under TAMS III are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21672/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

488. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form, the number of applications outstanding under TAMS III for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21673/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

489. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider fast-tracking payments under TAMS III, given the investment made by farmers and their need for payment. [21674/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Neasa Hourigan

490. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to a correspondence (details supplied) concerning a shipping vessel; his views on the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21681/24]

Employment Rights

Ged Nash

491. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21685/24]

Common Agricultural Policy

Peadar Tóibín

492. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county in the State. [21720/24]

Farm Costs

Peadar Tóibín

493. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average cost of a bag of fertiliser in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [21721/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

494. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lamb imports into the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21722/24]

Departmental Data

Peadar Tóibín

495. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity in tonnes or otherwise of lamb or sheep meat exported from the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21723/24]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

496. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has discussed the announced tillage payment of €100 with an Taoiseach given his public comments on the inadequacy of the announced payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21727/24]

Environmental Impact Assessments

Peadar Tóibín

497. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the comparable environmental impacts of agricultural produce produced in Ireland and the produce imported into the EU form the five largest countries in terms of volume; and if the information is not available to him, if he will carry out a comparable environmental impact assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21775/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

498. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21858/24]

Community Care

Robert Troy

499. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that community respite hours are commenced for a child (details supplied). [21233/24]

Guardians Ad Litem

Joe Flaherty

500. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of guardian ad litem appointments, by county, in 2023 and 2022, respectively; and the cost of same, in tabular form. [21424/24]

Guardians Ad Litem

Joe Flaherty

501. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of barristers assigned to guardian ad litem appointments, by county in 2023 and 2022, respectively; and the cost of same, in tabular form. [21425/24]