590. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update and the timeframe for his Department's engagements with national organisations representing licensed firearms users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53713/26]

My Department regularly holds meetings with individual firearms organisations on request, and additional engagement is ongoing with various firearms stakeholders, including representative firearms organisations.

I am informed that the fourth in a series of meetings that began in September 2025 took place on 28 April 2026. The meetings were attended by a total of 32 participants, and attendees comprised Department officials, members of An Garda Síochána’s Firearms Policy Unit and relevant stakeholders from the firearms community.

The objective of these meetings is to provide a mechanism for ongoing engagement with firearms stakeholders from a broad range of areas within the firearms community, ensuring their valuable insights in specific areas of firearms can be considered in any future policy and legislative changes that may arise.

To date, engagement has been extremely positive. It is envisaged that we can enter the consultative phase of the process in the near future wherein my officials will contact representative organisations regarding meetings to discuss the outcomes of the Stakeholder Engagement Meetings.