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Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will be aware that we have volumes of road traffic legislation on the Statute Book. We also have proposed amendments to legislation in this area going through the House at present. At the same time we have a situation whereby Garda statistics in respect of breath testing cannot be relied on by policymakers or the public. In the context of recent criticism by the Road Safety...

Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: While I am fully aware that the allocation of resources is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, the Minister for Justice and Equality has a responsibility to ensure effective road safety in this country. I tabled this question because at the beginning of February this year The Irish Times reported that the chief executive of the Road Safety Authority had written to the acting Garda...

Priority Questions: Road Safety (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Recent research by the RSA indicates that 29% of drivers involved in fatal collisions had alcohol in their system. That is a statistic that we must take extremely seriously. We must try to resolve this problem, and the method by which we can seek to deter people from driving with alcohol in their system is to conduct a large number of breath tests on our roads. That is something that was...

Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the measures being taken on foot of the recommendations of the State Ombudsman’s report on the Magdalen restorative justice scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16782/18]

Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister is aware that it is five months since the Ombudsman published his report on the Magdalen restorative scheme introduced by the previous Government to deal with the great disservice done to Irish women who served in Magdalen laundries. Several recommendations contained in the Ombudsman's report have not yet been complied with by the Minister and his Department. What is being done...

Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome that the Minister met the Ombudsman last week. However, it is important that we recall that the report of the Ombudsman was produced and published five months ago. When he produced his report, he provided in it evidence of significant maladministration within the Department in terms of the operation of the scheme. The Ombudsman came to that conclusion having conducted an...

Priority Questions: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: We must recall that we are dealing with a limited number of vulnerable women in this situation. The State owes them an obligation. The scheme brought forward by the previous Government should be applied in a generous way. It is regrettable that that has not been done to date. I hope that the Minister's recommendations will ensure a more generous application of the scheme for the women...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investment by his Department in CCTV since the commitment given in the confidence and supply agreement to invest in CCTV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16491/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Magdalen Laundries Report (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the measures being taken on foot of the recommendations of the State Ombudsman’s report on the Magdalen restorative justice scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16487/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of a secondary school will commence on the old greyhound track in Harold's Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Disciplinary Proceedings (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sworn members of An Garda Síochána that were disciplined for internal Garda breaches in 2017; the percentage of the overall strength of the force that this figure represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of funding the Garda youth diversion projects in 2017; the way in which that funding is distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15161/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra gardaí that will be required post-Brexit if there is a hard or soft border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15659/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings of the Common Travel Area Forum since the United Kingdom triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon; if he or officials from his Department have attended these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15696/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of unpaid court imposed fines in 2017; the percentage of these that were imposed for burglary offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fines Data (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of unpaid court imposed fines in 2016; the percentage of these that were imposed for burglary offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15717/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it was a decision by the drafters of the Data Protection Bill 2018 not to specifically refer to closed-circuit television, CCTV, and data protection impact assessments; the reason not to specifically legislate for two issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Adoption Legislation (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to remove the anomaly that exists under legislation providing for paid adoptive leave to enable same sex couples to avail of paid adoptive leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16166/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child Protection Guidelines (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recommendations of the report by a person (details supplied) into the Childcare Act 1991, published in May 2017 will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (17 Apr 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 of 23 January 2018, 322 of 30 January 2018 and 136, 137, 138, 139 and 248 of 7 February 2018, when the promised reports from An Garda Síochána will be issued; the reason for the delay in the issuing of these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16288/18]