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Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Bernard Durkan
669. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when the visa applications for the family of a person (details supplied) are expected to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39533/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Penalty Points System
Michael Ring
670. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Justice to confirm if penalty points for speeding have been applied in specific circumstances (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39560/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
671. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details of the total amount paid by the State to a company (details supplied) each year since the start of its most recent contract for its services in monitoring and enforcing speed limits on State roads. [39581/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
672. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if there are minimum quotas or targets that operators of a company (details supplied) must meet in terms of recording speeding vehicles; if so, what these quotas are; and the way in which are they determined. [39583/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Family Reunification
Peter Burke
673. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will provide more family reunification admission programmes for Syrian refugees and their families who have got Irish citizenship through naturalisation and humanitarian programmes; and if they could sponsor other family members especially elderly parents who wish to join their adult children. [39611/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Bernard Durkan
674. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice when a visa application for the mother of a person (details supplied) will be assessed with a view to granting the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39642/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Foreign Policy
Thomas Pringle
675. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if she was aware that prior to the publication of the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) in June 2023, Spanish authorities would categorise the Catalan independence movement as an ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorist group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39653/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Foreign Policy
Thomas Pringle
676. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if she is in agreement with Europol's categorisation of the non-violent Catalan independence movement as an ethno-nationalist and separatist terrorist group, in the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) in June 2023 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39654/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Foreign Policy
Thomas Pringle
677. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice what oversight procedures and protocols the EU council of Justice Ministers has in place to ensure the veracity of the qualitative and quantitative data provided by member states on which reports such as the EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE-SAT) are based (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39655/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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EU Directives
Holly Cairns
678. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by her Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39672/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Posthumous Pardons
Brendan Griffin
679. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position regarding the review of historic cases (details supplied); if a recommendation has issued to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39725/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Northern Ireland
Charles Flanagan
680. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, in the light of the recent UK government decision to carry out a fresh statutory investigation into the 1998 Omagh bombing atrocity, how she proposes that the Government will respond to such an inquiry; if she will accept that the most appropriate response would be the setting up of a parallel statutory inquiry in this jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39735/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Colm Burke
681. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice to outline in detail the progress that has been made to date in respect of having a single application process for employment permits and entry visa applications; the progress that has been made to date by the interdepartmental group established between her Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to review the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39773/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Ukraine War
Peadar Tóibín
682. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline, notwithstanding the Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382, her plans to put in place a recording system of the number of Ukrainian refugees who have transferred or sought a transfer to Ireland from another EU Member State, having originally sought protection in that state; the country from which they transferred or sought a transfer; their reasons for doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39824/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Niall Collins
683. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice when a person (details supplied) will have their naturalisation application decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39825/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Niall Collins
684. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39861/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Pa Daly
685. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the current average allocation of unused annual leave for all members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39888/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Extradition Arrangements
Catherine Connolly
686. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice to detail the offence that is punishable by imprisonment in Ireland for a maximum period of at least one year referred to in a document (details supplied), in light of the fact that Ireland does not and has never maintained a conscription regime, or imposed any legal obligation to serve in the armed forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39890/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Extradition Arrangements
Peadar Tóibín
687. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of any letters which purport to be issued from her Department seeking the extradition of military age men from Ukraine who have sought refuge in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive; if she or her Department has ever received correspondence from Ukrainian authorities with regard to the extradition of military-age men who sought refuge in Ireland; if she will provide a breakdown for 2022 and to date in 2023 of the number of military-age men from Ukraine who have sought refuge in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive as qualifying for an exemption from military service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39896/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Immigration Status
Bernard Durkan
688. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of an application to the undocumented scheme in the case of a person (details supplied), whose vetting was completed on 29 April 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39964/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
689. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda mountain bikes allocated to each Garda district within the Meath division as of 5 September 2023, in tabular form. [39972/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Darren O'Rourke
690. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of sexual offences reported to gardaí within the Meath division in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [39973/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Maurice Quinlivan
691. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied), whose parents applied for a citizenship application which was refused due to the child not having five years' residency at the time of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39978/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Immigration Policy
Michael Healy-Rae
692. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice if the Government will change the rules precluding refugees from working for six months (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39994/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Violet-Anne Wynne
693. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice the individual who is responsible for allocating specific Garda resources to an area on a given day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40043/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Paul McAuliffe
694. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice if operational guidance has been issued to An Garda Síochána in relation to implementation of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, in particular the new s.109A of the Road Traffic Act 1961. [40061/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
695. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to have 1400cc motorcycles in use in the Garda fleet; and the number of moped bikes in the fleet. [40118/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
696. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of stables currently in use in the Garda mounted unit; and if there are any stables not being used but are available to be used in the Garda mounted unit. [40119/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Joe Flaherty
697. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [40132/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Prison Service
Patrick Costello
698. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice how many prisoners have been granted probation, but due to an inability of community-based probation teams to facilitate early release, have instead remained in prison, by institution, in each the past ten years in tabular form. [40163/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Peace Commissioners
John Brady
699. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the status of an application for a Peace Commissioner by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40212/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Carol Nolan
700. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy 2019-2021. [40236/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Immigration Status
Michael Healy-Rae
701. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice if an application by persons (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40269/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Family Reunification
Pauline Tully
702. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the timeframe from application to issue of a long-stay (join family) visa under the International Protection Act 2015 for international protection beneficiaries. [40299/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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International Protection
Niall Collins
703. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice if a decision (details supplied) will be reconsidered, given that the reasons cited for refusal are incorrect; if she will confirm with this Deputy that this case is being reviewed as a result of the information being furnished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40314/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Departmental Reports
Peadar Tóibín
704. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of this Government, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by her Department; the dates on which any such reports yet to be released were first provided to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40375/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Crime Data
Paul Donnelly
705. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of aggravated burglaries reported to gardaí in the K district within the DMR in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [40395/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Crime Prevention
Paul Donnelly
706. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will report on Garda Operation Satailt; and the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation. [40396/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Departmental Staff
Paul Donnelly
707. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of full-time staff, by grade, working in the border management unit of her Department as of 12 September 2023, in tabular form. [40397/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Colm Burke
708. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice to clarify how those who made applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation earlier in 2023 have received their decision and have now been invited to the next citizenship ceremony in Dublin on 2 October, while those with applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation who applied prior to 2022 are still awaiting a decision; the reason this delay has occurred for earlier applications; the action that her Department is taking to improve the timeframe for applications such as these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40421/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Immigration Status
Colm Burke
709. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if a person (details supplied) will be permitted to apply for citizenship in February 2024 rather than May 2024, as they arrived into Ireland in February 2021 where they were given the join spouse stamp at Dublin Airport and were told to register at Burgh Quay, which remained closed until May 2021 due to the pandemic, and given that if they had lived outside of Dublin, it would have been possible for them to register at their local Garda station immediately, rather than being delayed for three months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40445/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Departmental Data
Catherine Murphy
710. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda members in each roads policing unit, by Garda division, in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40463/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
711. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if she will ensure that a visa application (details supplied) will be processed as a matter of urgency as the delay has cost the person their job and is having a very real and negative impact on their mental and physical health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40552/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Bernard Durkan
712. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice to indicate if and when a visa is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting decision for a number of weeks, who is employment permit approved and whose employer requires their assistance as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40555/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Family Support Services
Paul Murphy
713. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the huge financial burden placed on those using a service (details supplied) for supervised visits with their children; if she will provide the State support needed to ensure money is not a barrier for parents who want to see their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40572/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Cian O'Callaghan
714. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of community gardaí in the DMR each year from 2020 to 2023, broken down by division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40582/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Seán Crowe
715. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice if Operation Tombola will commence in September this year; whether additional resources will be allocated to police the sale and misuse of fireworks, particularly in built-up areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40598/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Matt Shanahan
716. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice to review a hardship case (details supplied) of a person whose travel plans faced significant disruption because of the sudden decision of the Department of Justice to implement a visa requirement for Bolivian nationals travelling to Ireland, effective 12 September 2023; if she will assess this particular situation and determine whether any exceptions or alternative solutions can be provided to mitigate the hardship faced by individuals caught unaware of this sudden change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40644/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Alan Kelly
717. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to issue front-line gardaí with PAVA spray instead of CS spray. [40667/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Prison Service
Alan Kelly
718. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of recruit prison officers recruited for the Irish Prison Service in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of prison officers who left the Irish Prison Service during this period, in tabular form. [40668/23]