359. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the guidelines being developed for local authorities in relation to local memorialisation projects associated with former Mother and Baby Homes and County Home Institutions; whether the guidelines have been completed and submitted for Ministerial approval; and the date on which they will be published and circulated to local authorities. [67778/26]
358. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason guidelines for local authorities on local memorialisation of former Mother and Baby Home and County Home sites have not yet been published, noting that the relevant working group's report and guidelines were stated to be at an advanced drafting stage in April 2025; and to provide a definitive timetable for their completion and publication. [67779/26]
377. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the guidelines, practice directions, training materials and country-of-origin information provided to members of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Appeals Officers of the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals when determining international protection appeals; whether these materials are publicly available; and if he will publish any that are not currently available. [67705/26]
376. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the recognition or appeal-success rate for international protection appeals to date in 2026, by year, nationality, application procedure; and whether an oral hearing was held and, where legally permissible, with an individual Tribunal member or Appeals Officer. [67711/26]
327. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next application of the DEIS identification model to all schools will take place for the purposes of determining inclusion in the DEIS programme and the classification of existing schools as DEIS Urban Band 1 or Urban Band 2; and whether consideration has been given to undertaking a new assessment having regard to changes in the profile and concentration of educational disadvantage since the model was last applied to all schools in 2022. [67776/26]
326. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools that have been reclassified from DEIS Urban Band 2 to DEIS Urban Band 1 since the conclusion of the 2022 DEIS identification and appeals process; and whether any such reclassifications have taken place outside of a Department-wide application of the DEIS identification mode. [67777/26]
219. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of Critical Skills Employment Permits granted in each of the past five years and to date in 2026, by occupation, standard occupational classification (SOC) code and nationality; and the percentage of the total represented by each occupational category, in tabular form. [66693/26]
647. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to require inpatient psychiatric services to provide the referring clinician with an appropriate discharge plan following an involuntary psychiatric admission, including information necessary to ensure continuity of care; whether national guidance currently exists in respect of such communication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67065/26]
646. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health whether an assessment has been undertaken of the additional community and outreach mental-health capacity required before the Mental Health Act 2026 is commenced, particularly for people experiencing homelessness who may not access emergency departments or conventional mental-health services; the additional funding sought for this purpose in the 2027 Estimates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67066/26]
645. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria for HSE-funded nurse-prescriber training in mental-health services; whether nurses employed by Section 39 organisations providing HSE-funded inclusion-health services are eligible to access such training; if not, whether eligibility will be extended to these organisations; and the estimated cost of doing so. [67067/26]
418. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains a consolidated implementation register in respect of recommendations concerning the treatment and protection of Garda reporting persons arising from the Morris Tribunal, the O'Higgins Commission of Investigation, the Disclosures Tribunal and the 2016 report of the Policing Authority on the Garda protected-disclosures policy; if he will publish that register, specifying the implementation status of each recommendation; and the body responsible. [66384/26]
416. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure incurred by his Department, and any body under the aegis of his Department, in connection with the visit of President Donald J. Trump to Ireland in September 2026; and if he will provide a breakdown of such expenditure by category, in tabular form. [66365/26]
415. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reports received through the internal protected-disclosures channels of An Garda Síochána in each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number in each year that were assessed as protected disclosures, referred for investigation, substantiated in whole or in part, not substantiated, discontinued or awaiting determination; the median time from receipt to final determination; and if he will provide the information, in tabular form. [66370/26]
414. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of allegations of penalisation arising from the making of a protected disclosure by a member of Garda personnel recorded in each year from 2016 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such allegations that were upheld, partially upheld, not upheld, discontinued or remain under examination; the median time taken to determine them; and if he will provide the information in anonymised and aggregated form. [66371/26]
285. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of recruitment and retention trends among solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work since 1 January 2022; and if he will provide details of any such assessment. [66126/26]
284. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether risks relating to the availability, recruitment or retention of solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work have been identified in any departmental risk assessment, risk register or business planning document since 1 January 2021. [66125/26]
283. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether statistics are maintained regarding criminal proceedings adjourned due to difficulties in securing legal representation under the criminal legal aid scheme; and, if so, the number of such adjournments recorded in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [66124/26]
282. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has conducted any workforce planning exercise, manpower assessment, service-capacity review or similar exercise relating to the future provision of criminal legal aid services since 1 January 2020; the dates on which such reviews were completed; if he will provide details of the principal findings; if his Department has undertaken any assessment of recruitment and retention trends among solicitors undertaking criminal legal aid work for the same period; and if he will provide details of any such assessment. [66123/26]
278. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for naturalisation which satisfied the statutory conditions in section 15(1) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, but which were nonetheless refused in the exercise of the Minister's discretion, in each of the past five years; the nature and extent of any data or evidence held by his Department on deficiencies in English, Irish or Irish Sign Language proficiency among applicants for naturalisation; and whether any such data informed the proposal to introduce mandatory language testing. [66112/26]
277. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the Government's approval of priority drafting of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, the number of applications for naturalisation received in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the minimum, maximum and median processing time for such applications in each of those years; the breakdown of such by nationality of applicant; and the number of certificates of naturalisation revoked in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [66111/26]
860. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court in July 2025 and July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64710/26]
859. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court in August 2025 and August 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64711/26]
858. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64712/26]
857. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificate granted in the District Court, by county for the months of July and August 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter [64713/26]
856. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of criminal legal aid certificates granted in the District Court, by county, for the months of July and August 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64714/26]
973. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given the proposed Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 relates only to citizenship acquired through naturalisation and not to citizenship acquired through descent, if there are plans to amend the rules, eligibility criteria, or administrative processing of applications for registration in the Foreign Births Register. [66113/26]
972. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the metrics, benchmarks and outcome indicators by which he intends to assess the success or failure of the proposed Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026, given that no anticipated reduction in demand for housing, education, healthcare or other public services has been identified by him; whether such reductions form part of the policy objectives underpinning the reforms and number of persons who currently possess between one and five years' reckonable residence in the State for naturalisation purposes, by year, in tabular form. [66114/26]
812. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of disclosures authorised under section 14E and publications authorised under section 14G of the Sex Offenders Act 2001, as amended, since those provisions commenced; the guidance applied by An Garda Síochána when deciding whether disclosure is necessary; and whether the operation and adequacy of these provisions have been reviewed. [64225/26]
811. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has examined the establishment of a publicly accessible, State-operated register of persons convicted of serious sexual offences not covered under the Domestic Violence Register; the principal constitutional, data-protection and human-rights issues identified; and whether he will publish any policy analysis undertaken. [64226/26]
810. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently subject to the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number assessed as presenting a low, medium or high risk; the number who breached their notification requirements and whose whereabouts became unknown or who were convicted of a further sexual offence, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [64229/26]
809. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and proportion of operational members of An Garda Síochána who had completed training on the Health Diversion Approach prior to its commencement on 1 September 2026, broken down by Garda division; the nature and duration of that training; and the arrangements in place to train members who had not completed it before the commencement date. [64219/26]
808. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who were the subject of more than one Garda vetting application within a three-year period in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number who underwent vetting twice, three times or more during that period; and the sectors in which these repeat applications arose, if available. [64208/26]
807. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda vetting applications received and completed in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the median processing time in each period; and the number of applications which took more than ten, 20 and 30 working days to complete, in tabular form. [64207/26]
1796. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether, under the croí cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant scheme, a local authority may refuse drawdown of an approved grant solely because a property is not yet habitable, where the applicant has completed all works approved under the grant, complied with the conditions of the letter of approval, and satisfied all other published scheme requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60434/26]
1780. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify the statutory provision, scheme rule, circular or published guidance which requires a dwelling to be habitable before payment of an approved vacant property refurbishment grant can be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60439/26]
1779. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department's interpretation of the croí cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant scheme is that grant payment should issue once the approved grant works have been completed, inspected and vouched in accordance with the scheme conditions, irrespective of whether additional non-grant-funded works remain outstanding before the dwelling is capable of occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60444/26]
1778. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify a statutory provision, scheme condition, departmental circular or published guidance requiring a dwelling to be habitable before payment of an approved croí cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant; whether local authorities are entitled to impose such a requirement in the absence of an express provision in the national scheme or an applicant's letter of approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60448/26]
3730. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to clarify the rules and guidance applying to the dispensing of repeat prescriptions for controlled drugs, including medications prescribed for ADHD; whether there is a nationally standardised period governing the earliest date on which a repeat prescription may be dispensed; the guidance provided to pharmacists to ensure consistency for patients; whether consideration has been given to the particular difficulties that restrictive or inconsistent dispensing arrangements can create for people (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62585/26]
3702. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have lost access to a medical card, prescribed medication or other State funded healthcare following the issuing of a return decision or deportation order in 2025 and to date in 2026; if this includes persons receiving mental health treatment or treatment for chronic illness; if continuity of care for such persons is monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62381/26]
1877. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether Dublin City Council and-or the Dublin Region Homeless Executive has informed his Department of a policy that no additional emergency homeless accommodation will be contracted or opened in Dublin 1 or the north inner city; when this policy was agreed; the basis for the decision; if it applies to all categories of emergency homeless accommodation; if his Department supports an approach which seeks to prevent the further concentration of emergency accommodation in areas already providing a disproportionately high level of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62571/26]
1876. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of emergency homeless accommodation facilities and bed spaces, according to information available to his Department, currently operating in Dublin 1 and, separately, the north inner city; the proportion of Dublin's emergency accommodation represented by these areas; whether his Department monitors or requires the DRHE to monitor the geographic concentration of emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62574/26]
1875. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has issued any policy, guidance, criteria or targets aimed at preventing the disproportionate concentration of emergency homeless accommodation within particular communities; whether geographic concentration is considered when approving or funding additional emergency accommodation; whether he will consider requiring the publication of regular area-level data on the distribution of emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62575/26]
1874. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the policy which previously applied where a person presenting as homeless in Dublin had most recently been ordinarily resident in another local authority area, including any arrangements whereby the person could be referred to that local authority for homeless services; when and why this approach changed; the extent to which a person's previous residence, family connections and existing support networks are currently considered when determining the appropriate local authority or location through which homeless services are provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62577/26]
3017. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding access to an appropriate residential placement for a person (details supplied); and if the HSE will urgently review this case and engage directly with the person’s family regarding available options and anticipated timeframe for discharge. [62591/26]
2628. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether Attenti technology, hardware, software or technical services form any part of the Irish Electronic Monitoring Managed Service contract; the location in which data generated by the service will be processed and stored; and the supply-chain, data-protection and ethical due diligence undertaken before the contract was awarded. [63676/26]