Parliamentary questions

State Pensions

Brendan Griffin

721. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person in County Kerry will be considered for a State pension (contributory) (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11683/24]

Disability Services

Claire Kerrane

722. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will roll out WALK employment across the State to ensure that young people with intellectual disabilities finishing post-primary school have opportunities for training and employment after school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11726/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Niamh Smyth

723. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an appeal decision for a domiciliary allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11780/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Alan Dillon

724. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are in place for those suffering from long-Covid who are no longer able to continue in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11831/24]

Social Welfare Payments

John McGuinness

725. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of maximum benefit. [11896/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Colm Burke

726. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an appeal (details supplied) by a person; when a decision is likely to be received, as this has been pending for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11922/24]

School Meals Programme

Paul Murphy

727. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether the Government has a duty to ensure that all children are treated equally and fairly in relation to the school meals programme and the need for gluten free meals for coeliac children, and that no child is left behind or excluded from the benefits of the programme; if she will make it compulsory for schools participating in the programme to cater to the needs of coeliac children if there is a demand for it (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11945/24]

Departmental Data

Mairéad Farrell

728. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 5 March 2024, the reason her Department requires the destination of a person's travel as evidence of travel in order to access the two week holiday entitlement under the disability allowance scheme; and in what case or circumstance would a signed letter from the recipient not be sufficient evidence. [11952/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Thomas Pringle

729. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider backdating child benefit payments for the intervening period from May 2023 to May 2024 for the small cohort of 18 year-olds that lost out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11965/24]

Departmental Data

David Stanton

730. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans, if any, to update the Code of Practice on Determining Employment Status which was published in July 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11990/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

731. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determining an appeal (details supplied); when a final determination is likely to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12028/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

732. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in determination of review in the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12029/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Willie O'Dea

733. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision be made in relation to a disability allowance review (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12046/24]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Connolly

734. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the independent external evaluation of the proposal that claims that higher financial returns can be achieved for automatic enrolment pension participants at lower costs; her plans to publish the report by the independent external evaluator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12066/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

735. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason self-employed people are not entitled to claim carer's benefit; if she will consider changing the eligibility criteria whereby self-employed people can claim carer's benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12074/24]

Pension Provisions

Pauline Tully

736. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will adjust the new flexible pension arrangements to allow people under the age of 70 years to work if they so choose and claim contributions towards a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12075/24]

School Meals Programme

Steven Matthews

737. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the challenges facing some schools (details supplied) in sourcing venders to provide a hot school meals programme; if any measures are in place to address such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12077/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

738. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the Pensions Council-commissioned independent evaluation report by (details supplied) into the alternative auto-enrolled pensions proposal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12104/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

739. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the Pensions Council's own evaluation report into the alternative auto-enrolled pensions proposal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12106/24]

Departmental Reports

Thomas Pringle

740. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Pensions Council has presented her with both the Pensions Council-commissioned independent evaluation report by a person (details supplied) and its own evaluation report into the alternative auto-enrolled pensions proposal by another person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12108/24]

Pension Provisions

John McGuinness

741. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a history of contributions made by a person (details supplied) to determine if they have sufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory). [12114/24]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Bernard Durkan

742. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason her Department has declined to issue a PPSN to a person (details supplied) given they are an Irish citizen and have been living in Ireland since December 2022, who requires same to access a number of services; if their application will be reviewed with a view to issuing the number as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12161/24]

Departmental Offices

Brendan Griffin

743. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if additional resources will be provided to the social welfare appeals office to address the three-month delay in registering appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12259/24]

Departmental Staff

Brendan Griffin

744. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff in the independent social welfare appeals office for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12264/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

745. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals registered by the independent social welfare appeals office for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12265/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Brendan Griffin

746. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection the average time it takes to complete appeals submitted to the independent social welfare appeals office for the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12266/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

747. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12292/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

748. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12317/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Mairéad Farrell

749. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a public services card is required for a person to collect their pension from their local post office or if it is acceptable to use another form of identification, a passport for example to do this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12325/24]

Departmental Data

Catherine Murphy

750. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by her Department, and bodies under her aegis and of bodies she funds in full or in part, of €100,000 and above but less that €200,000, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [12357/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Cian O'Callaghan

751. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports available for people to assist in furnishing their unfurnished social home; the eligibility for these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12467/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Colm Burke

752. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has conducted a review of the optical benefit scheme; and if so, to outline in detail the outcome of this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12510/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Colm Burke

753. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if a change to the optical benefit scheme eye examination fee for contractors is under consideration; if this matter will be raised at her Department’s next meeting with stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12511/24]

Social Welfare Code

Cathal Crowe

754. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports her Department will put in place for those who have been on special leave with pay and whose payments are due to cease, but who cannot return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12512/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

755. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date in undertaking review of case of a person (details supplied) who requested same on 19 February 2024 by email; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12532/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Creed

756. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the designation of long-Covid as an occupational illness. [12533/24]

School Meals Programme

Sorca Clarke

757. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are in place for small schools that are unable to source a supplier for the hot school meals programme due to suppliers deeming it as an uneconomical move for their business; her plans to ensure that each school approved for the hot school meals programme receives these meals in due course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12554/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Pauline Tully

758. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has concerns regarding the equitability of the fact that disabled people over the age of 65 years were not entitled to the cost-of-living disability lump sum payments contained within either Budget 2023 or Budget 2024. [12611/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Healy-Rae

759. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12637/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Healy-Rae

760. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if they can pay contributions to augment their contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12676/24]

Social Welfare Code

Pearse Doherty

761. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection further to comments made by him on Budget Day (details supplied), what support are available to households that do not qualify for the mortgage interest tax credit on the grounds of insufficient income or income tax liability; if a scheme has been developed in concert with the Department of Employment and Social Protection in line with the aforementioned comments and; if not, the status of this commitment. [12691/24]

Gender Recognition

Carol Nolan

762. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any social welfare payment administered by her Department would be lost by a claimant in the event of them changing their gender, from male to female or from female to male, under the provisions of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12696/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Louise O'Reilly

763. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 7 December 2023, the number of appeals that were decided on by the original decision-making official in the year preceding the July 2023 changes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12706/24]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

764. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish a list of the NGOs funded by her Department; and the level the funding each NGO received in the past three years, in tabular form. [12727/24]

Departmental Meetings

Carol Nolan

765. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings that she or officials from her Department and bodies under the aegis of her Department have had with an organisation (details supplied) including its representatives from 1 January 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12747/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Mattie McGrath

766. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update from her Department in response to the recent decision of the Supreme Court to rule in favour of a person (details supplied) in relation to their exclusion from the widower's contributory pension scheme; the current position of her Department in relation to this matter; when this ruling will be reflected in legislation and schemes within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12811/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Bernard Durkan

767. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not paid the double week in January when they were in receipt of a carers allowance; if the matter will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12815/24]

Social Welfare Code

Catherine Murphy

768. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to change the treatment of persons who are in receipt of supplementary pension payment in the context of customer service and general treatment by her Department (details supplied). [12839/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Frankie Feighan

769. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allowing parents with children the right to claim domiciliary care allowance while living outside the State for the purpose of availing of specialist care for their children in that particular country, that is not currently available in Ireland; and if she will consider a mechanism where a special application could be made whereby the designated care and treatment programme for the child in the other state was sanctioned by an approved Government agency in Ireland before the parents could then apply for the domiciliary care allowance while living and caring for them abroad. [12861/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Cian O'Callaghan

770. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the level of means testing her Department is caring out on a family carer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12889/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

771. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the income thresholds for the fuel allowance in the case of under 70s in light of recent increases for those aged over 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12957/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

772. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider those aged under 70 years with modest occupational pensions which they worked for, who are unable to access the fuel allowance; if she will examine this cohort in the context of the next Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12958/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Claire Kerrane

773. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if she plans to continue increasing the weekly income threshold for the over 70s when accessing the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12959/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

774. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12960/24]

Departmental Communications

Paul Donnelly

775. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by her Department in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and if she will include the fees expanded, by the name of personality and the name of the campaign they were engaged on, in tabular form. [12979/24]

Departmental Properties

Robert Troy

776. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure disability access is installed at the Intreo office, Athlone. [13006/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

777. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the current situation regarding an invalidity pension payment to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [13009/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Seán Canney

778. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reverse her decision to only pay child benefit for students over 18 years from May 2024 who are still in school but not currently in receipt of child benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13018/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

779. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for the State pension (non-contributory) in the case of a person (detail supplied) has been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13039/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Farrell

780. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a pay claim for citizens information staff was received by her Department from the Citizens Information Board in its budget proposals for 2024; if she will support the pay claim for current staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13066/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Dara Calleary

781. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if changes are going to be made to jobseekers allowance and X and O system to allow people working as care assistants/home help assistants to claim assistance (details supplied). [13081/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Robert Troy

782. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if children's allowance payments could be made retrospective to the date on which a student turns 18 years (details supplied). [13084/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Neasa Hourigan

783. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if, as part of her plans to extend the payment of child benefit to 18-year-olds who are in full-time education, she will allow those with children turning 18 before 1 May 2024 to retrospectively avail of child benefit for the months between their 18th birthday and 1 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13085/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

784. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) whose sole means is their State pension (contributory) is entitled to an increase in same due to the reduced level of payment. [13104/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Bernard Durkan

785. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress of the review for domiciliary care allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13109/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

James Lawless

786. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13113/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Bernard Durkan

787. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Social Protection when a working family payment will issue/be reinstated to a person (details supplied), with particular reference to their special family requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13150/24]

Departmental Data

Patricia Ryan

788. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection the length of time it is taking her Department to process and complete applications for each payment (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13160/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Richard Bruton

789. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection where the payment of a qualified adult allowance is under review, if half of the savings of a couple are automatically attributed to the qualified adult, regardless of whose name is on the bank account; and whether in the same way if the savings are in an account in the name of the qualified adult, that person will still only be assessed with half of the savings. [13176/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

790. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the anticipated or known cost to the Exchequer over the lifetime of the contracts; the annual total payment of PPP unitary charges and the percentage share of the total capital budget for her Department and all public bodies under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13203/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Michael Creed

791. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the circumstances under which a pension payment may continue posthumously to next of kin; the family members entitled to such continued payments and the duration of these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13222/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Brendan Griffin

792. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity pension award in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be backdated to the date they were found medically suitable for a disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13237/24]

Public Services Card

Violet-Anne Wynne

793. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Social Protection the legal status of the Public Services Card to be used as a form of identification of an individual; her plans in this respect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13327/24]

Wildlife Regulations

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

794. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons injured each year as a result of discharges from licensed firearms by deer hunters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12674/24]

Asylum Seekers

Catherine Connolly

795. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice what provision her Department has made for Palestinians who have fled the war in Gaza to seek asylum in Ireland in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13364/24]

Asylum Applications

Catherine Connolly

796. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of family reunification applications received in 2023; the number of family reunification applications pending before FRU at the end of the year; the average time taken to decide an application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11565/24]

Immigration Support Services

Carol Nolan

797. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has provided assistance, financial or otherwise to BOPT applicants to transport their personal vehicles to Ireland since the outbreak of hostilities with Russia in 2022; if so, to provide details of costs incurred and the number of vehicles involved; if such assistance is still available and when it will end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11577/24]

International Protection

Alan Kelly

798. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide details in relation to the International Protection Office for each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form (details supplied). [11582/24]

Legislative Programme

Mairéad Farrell

799. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Sale of Alcohol Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11587/24]

An Garda Síochána

Carol Nolan

800. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats being addressed to staff or Ministers, at any level, working within the Department during the period 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11599/24]

Citizenship Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

801. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice for an update on a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11606/24]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Maurice Quinlivan

802. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice what steps are being taken so that local authority provided closed circuit television can be used for the dual uses of crime detection and to combat illegal dumping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11629/24]

Residency Permits

Patrick Costello

803. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the total number of instances where a fee of €300 was paid for the issuing of an IRP (formerly GNIB) card (including both registration and renewal) in the whole of 2023 and the total income from this activity. [11636/24]

Road Safety

Jim O'Callaghan

804. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice how many prosecutions for dangerous cycling were taken in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11637/24]

Departmental Data

Cian O'Callaghan

805. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the increase in motorbike theft, specifically expensive types of motorbikes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11673/24]

Visa Applications

Holly Cairns

806. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the measures in place to alleviate the backlog and streamline the visa application process for family reunification. [11728/24]

Legislative Reviews

Joan Collins

807. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the reason she is not removing or amending Article 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992 whereby in certain criminal cases the private counselling/ therapy records of the victim of sexual abuse can have their records made available to the accused abuser (details supplied). [11756/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

808. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of convictions for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11761/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

809. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of custodial sentences imposed for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11763/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

810. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the overall amount received by the courts, either through statutory fine or 'charity box' payments, for non-payments of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11764/24]

Court Judgments

Thomas Gould

811. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of referrals for conviction for non-payment of the TV licence in each of the months January 2022 to February 2024, in tabular form. [11765/24]

Child Protection

Joan Collins

812. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice the reason the Minister for State in her Department stated on 1 December 2023 that the State should be in a position to ratify Second Optional Protocol to the Convention in the Rights of a Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography; if the State will be in the position to ratify the second optional protocol once the new Criminal legislation (Sexual Offences and Hunan Trafficking) Bill 2023 once enacted is enacted. [11774/24]

Probation and Welfare Service

Thomas Pringle

813. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice how many individuals released on licence in the UK have returned to Ireland during their licence period in the past five years; whether these individuals have been provided with any supervision, support or any other form of engagement by the Probation Service; whether any consideration has been given to entering into a formal agreement with the probation services of England and Wales to facilitate the transfer of post release supervision between the two jurisdictions, similar that with Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11797/24]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

814. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the determination of residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11801/24]

Naturalisation Applications

Jackie Cahill

815. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice what options are available to an individual who has been unsuccessful in their application for naturalisation due to an error in the calculation of their reckonable residence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11804/24]

Immigration Policy

Pa Daly

816. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if guidelines for carriers under section 2, subsection (8) of the Immigration Act 2003 have been published, and if so, if she will provide a copy of same. [11810/24]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Brian Stanley

817. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the progress of the establishment of Cuan, the new statutory domestic, sexual and gender based violence (DSGBV) agency; to provide, in detail, the efforts that are being made under the zero tolerance strategy to develop new refuge units in County Laois and to include if providers and sites have been identified; to list the towns where these sites are located and the number of family places being allocated to each. [11823/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pádraig O'Sullivan

818. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of independent appeals officers appointed by her Department as part of the Garda National Vetting Bureau process in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11854/24]

Legislative Programme

Pa Daly

819. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; and when it will proceed to the remaining stages. [11865/24]

Legal Aid

Seán Sherlock

820. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if he will consider increasing the disposal income of €18,000 to qualify for free legal aid; the last time the limit was increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11883/24]