Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Second Garda Recruitment Campaign of 2025

The campaign opened on Thursday 18 September 2025 and will run for three weeks until 9 October 2025.

Immigration fees waived for victims and survivors of domestic abuse

Victims of domestic abuse will not be required to pay the immigration registration fee of €300.

154 new Gardaí to be assigned across the country

This will be the largest allocation of probationer Gardaí to Regions outside of Dublin in the past year.

Tenders for two Family Justice initiatives have been launched

The initiatives are the Children's Court Advocate Pilot and the Family Law Reporting Project.

Consultations

Public consultation on the development of the Department of Justice Statement of Strategy 2025 - 2028 2 May 2025

Consultation on developing a strategy to combat Economic Crime and Corruption - Written Submissions 4 October 2024

Technical Stakeholder Consultation on the draft Electronic Communications (Security Measures) Regulations 2024 24 June 2024

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General Publications

National Action Plan Against Racism Second implementation Report 2024 18 September 2025

Office of the Inspector of Prisons Death in Custody Investigation Report and IPS response relating to the death of Mr L 2020 12 September 2025

DNA Database System Oversight Committee Annual Report 2024 9 September 2025

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Press Releases

Minister Jim O’Callaghan Announces Appointment of Independent Expert 23 September 2025

Minister Jim O’Callaghan launches Consent Matters project in Waterford 22 September 2025

Minister Jim O’Callaghan announces appointment of a third Commissioner for Data Protection following Cabinet approval 17 September 2025

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Ministers

Jim O'Callaghan

Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Niall Collins

Minister of State with responsibility for International Law, Law Reform and Youth Justice

Colm Brophy

Minister of State with responsibility for Migration

Senior management

Oonagh McPhillips

Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

Doncha O'Sullivan

Deputy Secretary, Civil Justice

John O'Callaghan

Deputy Secretary, Criminal Justice

Louise Jevens

Chief Information Officer

Neil Ward

Head of Transparency , Head of European Affairs

David Gilbride

Head of Immigration Service Delivery

Rachel Woods

Head of Policy for Criminal Justice

Yvonne Furey

Head of Corporate

Ben Ryan

Head of Legislation for Criminal Justice

Andrew Munro

Head of Legislation for Civil Justice , Head of Policy for Civil Justice

Stjohn O'Connor

Head of Civil Governance, Governance Division

Deirdre Meenan

Assistant Secretary, Security and Northern Ireland

Richard Dixon

Director, International Protection Office

Carole Sullivan

Head of Service Delivery

Deirdre McDonnell

Head of Governance for Criminal Justice

Sinead Kehoe

Assistant Secretary, Finance

David Delaney

Head of International Protection and Integration

Conor Rowley

Head of Ukraine Division

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