Results 40,921-40,940 of 74,100 for speaker:Bernard Durkan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress, to date, in determining a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13606/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects the strength of An Garda Síochána to increase over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13796/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total strength of An Garda Síochána in each of the past ten years and in 2015 to date, by rank and gender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13797/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Status Applications (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the context of determining eligibility for refugee or asylum status, due regard is had to the circumstances prevailing in the applicant's homeland, with particular reference to trafficking in women and children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13798/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available and continue to be made available to An Garda Síochána to tackle organised crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13799/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which Garda cars and information technology continue to be updated in line with best international practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13815/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which best Irish or international practice continues to be applied to enable An Garda Síochána to tackle effectively the activities of Irish criminal gangs, or those outside this jurisdiction, controlling criminal activities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13800/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Community Policing (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which community policing remains available to the various Garda Síochána divisions; the extent to which this continues to be a feature of policing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13801/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bail Law (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the extent to which further offences continue to be perpetrated by persons while on bail, when she expects to be in a position to amend the law on bail in order to protect potential victims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13802/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Bail Law (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 130. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which particular persons have been recorded as re-offending on multiple occasions while on bail; the action proposed to address such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13804/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which free legal aid remains available, in respect of criminal cases, to those who have re-offended while on bail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13803/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Missing Persons (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate resources remain available to a dedicated section within an Garda Síochána in respect of missing persons; the total number of person reported missing in the past five years and in 2015 to date; the numbers still outstanding; the numbers deemed to have been found; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation Provision (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which overcrowding throughout the prison system has been alleviated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13806/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which resources remain available to her Department for the pursuit of so-called cold cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13807/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Education Service (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which rehabilitative training remains available to all first time offenders in prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who made application for asylum and-or refugee status in each year from 2004 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13809/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she expects Garda numbers in the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare to be replenished, in line with demographics and criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which adequate resources are being made available to an Garda Síochána, to combat the supply of guns to organised criminal gangs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she is aware of the strong opposition from various sporting and gun clubs to proposals and restrictions in respect of guns available to the sporting sector, in view of the fact that the statistics would indicate that the most serious source of supply of such weapons comes from illegal sources; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Apr 2015)

Bernard Durkan: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legally held shotguns or handguns reported stolen from households in each of the past ten years and in 2015 to date; the extent to which such weapons have subsequently been used in the committal of crimes; the number of gun-related crimes committed, which indicate the use of weapons acquired through other sources; and if she will...