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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff in her Department and bodies under her aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015, by year. [41844/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons appointed from the panels arising from the 2015 open competition and 2017 open competition for principal officer run by the Public Appointments Service, by year; if a table (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41857/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 648. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of staff in his Department and bodies under his aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015, by year. [41846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 649. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons appointed from the panels arising from the 2015 and 2017 open competitions for principal officer run by the Public Appointments Service, by year; if a table (details supplied) will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41859/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 680. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in her Department and bodies under her aegis appointed to principal officer arising from internal competitions since 7 July 2015, by year. [41841/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 681. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons appointed from the panels arising from the 2015 open competition and the 2017 open competition for principal officer run by the Public Appointments Service, by year; if a table (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41854/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 1. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision has been made in Budget 2019 for a second SAVI report; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42664/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Minister will recall that back in 2002, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre sponsored a national study of sexual abuse and violence in Ireland. It was a survey of some 3,000 men and women. The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre was able to sponsor that report because of funding from central Government at the time. The work was carried out by the Department of Psychology in the Royal College of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: It is important to note that it is now 16 years since the SAVI report was published. It provided very useful information on the incidence of sexual violence in Ireland at the time. Its findings were very significant and serious. It found that more than four in ten women reported some form of sexual abuse or assault in their lifetime, and that over a quarter of men reported some form of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sexual Offences Data (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister's answer. It is important that the public is aware that there is a reason we want further research on sexual abuse and violence. Something is happening in the statistics. In the first six months of this year, there has been a 10% increase in reported sexual offences. In 2014, there were 1,268 instances of sexual assault, and in 2017 it had increased to 2,885. It...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 3. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources his Department is providing for An Garda Síochána to prepare for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42665/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: None of us knows how Brexit is going to end up. In recent weeks, unfortunately, it appears that the prospect of a hard Brexit has increased. We heard yesterday that Mr. Donald Tusk appeared to be of that view. If it is the case that there will be a hard Brexit, An Garda Síochána, particularly along the Border, will require further resources. It is unpredictable for the force....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: Regrettably, we must now seriously prepare for the prospect of a hard Brexit on the island after next March. Hopefully, that will not happen but we must prepare for it. It is extremely worrying that senior members of An Garda Síochána seem to be in the dark on the planning for this prospect. Last week, we had Assistant Commissioner Michael Finn and Assistant Commissioner Pat...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: My understanding is that the PSNI has recruited further officers specifically to deal with Brexit. I am concerned that we have not reached the same levels of preparation. Policing along the Border requires further resources, as the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will know. Some 43% of stations within a ten mile radius of the Border have closed in recent years. There are, for example, 169 Border...

Third Interim Report of the Disclosures Tribunal: Statements (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: I will start by thanking Mr. Justice Charleton and the tribunal team for conducting such an efficient and thorough investigation, as requested by the Houses of the Oireachtas in February 2017. Mr. Justice Charleton has produced two substantive reports within a period of 20 months, and those reports have categorically answered the questions and issues of urgent public importance that this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reform (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if structural reform of his Department as recommended by the change implementation group has been costed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Legal Aid (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 31. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that the increases to the funding for civil legal aid as provided for in budget 2019 will address the concerns articulated by the Chief Justice about the need to reform the eligibility criteria for civil legal aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42339/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Levels (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 38. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which he plans to respond to the trend evidenced in the most recent statistics released by the Central Statistics Office which showed an increase in violent crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sexual Offences Data (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if provision has been made in budget 2019 for a second SAVI report; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42336/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Supports (17 Oct 2018)

Jim O'Callaghan: 64. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources his Department is providing for An Garda Síochána to prepare for a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42337/18]