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Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am aware that responsibility for this matter is being transferred. Will the proposed new facilities include a unit to help treat children with severe behavioural problems?

Written Answers — Juvenile Offenders: Juvenile Offenders (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he will not expand the remit of the Ombudsman for Children to cover St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37924/11]

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 21 November 2011 open prisons Loughan House, County Cavan and Shelton Abbey, County Wicklow, were both under capacity; the reason overcrowding persists in prisons such as Mountjoy, Dublin, due to the imprisonment of large numbers of persons for minor offences who could be placed in...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: One of the reasons I put down the question was because the figures we got from the parliamentary question were startling in terms of the bed capacity and the current population. Now that the Minister has clarified that it did not include those on temporary release I can understand the reason the figures were so low on that day. As the Minister stated in his reply, open centres are the type...

Prison Accommodation (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: To be clear, will part of the remit of the new policy review group the Minister is establishing be to examine existing prison structures and the possibility of expanding within those confines even, for instance, in terms of Castlerea Prison where there is a good deal of open space? We could examine the possibility of doing something similar to what was done in the Six Counties where they put...

Departmental Agencies (1 Dec 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has discontinued funding for an organisation (details supplied); if he will reinstate this funding to allow them to continue their activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38143/11]

Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (30 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 17: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been a rationalisation impact assessment of household waste collection; and if he intends to introduce a bill to introduce competitive tendering for household waste collection, under which service providers would bid to provide waste collection services in a given area, for a given period of...

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (30 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 47: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the progress made in the development of a plan to resolve the issues surrounding ghost estates; and if he will carry out an audit of properties in the control of the National Asset Management Agency and a needs analysis of those on local authority housing lists. [37558/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (29 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 394: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will initiate a national study on the impact of gambling; the dates on which he will begin, conclude and publish this study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36924/11]

Written Answers — Údarais Ranna: Údarais Ranna (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 28: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé rinne an cinneadh mar gheall ar Oifig an Choimisinéra Teanga a dhúnadh; cén dearcadh atá ag an Aire; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas faoi chúrsaí fostaíochta, buiséid, an chonartha, agus cóiríochta a bhaineann leis an gceist seo. [36569/11]

Written Answers — Prison Visiting Committees: Prison Visiting Committees (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the method used to choose appointees to the various prison visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36801/11]

Written Answers — Courts Service: Courts Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 177: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to rationalise court venues as part of the public sector reform plans; the courts that will be affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36877/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 183: To ask the Minister for Defence if it is procedure for members of the Defence Forces who take their own lives to be tested for lariam toxins during post-mortem procedures. [36725/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 184: To ask the Minister for Defence if he has examined international best practice in prescribing anti-malarial drugs to soldiers deployed in malaria zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36726/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 185: To ask the Minister for Defence the costs of prescribing lariam to soldiers deployed in malaria zones; if he has examined the costs of prescribing doxycycline and malarone instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36727/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the US Centre for Disease Control's most recent yellow book contains guidance to doctors that doxycycline and malarone should be prescribed before lariam for travel to malaria zones. [36728/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 187: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the medical research that he used that led to the decision being taken to use lariam as the drug of choice for soldiers being deployed in malaria zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36729/11]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Medical Service: Defence Forces Medical Service (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: Question 188: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the views of the Dublin city coroner, that users of lariam may suffer extreme psychotic reactions as a result, as well as the views of the State Pathologist that the drug can induce psychosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36730/11]

Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: I move amendment No. 1: In page 4, to delete lines 3 to 20 and substitute the following: "2.—(1) Notwithstanding the generality of any other enactment or rule of law and subject to subsections (2) and (3), it shall not be an offence for a person who is in his or her dwelling, or for a person who is a lawful occupant in a dwelling, to use force against another person or the property of...

Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Bill 2010: Report and Final Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Jonathan O'Brien: The Minister said on Committee Stage that an action that is disproportionate would be highly unlikely to be considered reasonable. Does he not agree that it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that a disproportionate action could be considered reasonable under the Bill?