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Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Taoiseach indicated that the DPP stated there are no staffing issues at this time. However, the perception is - perhaps it is incorrect - that there have been increased delays in the administration of justice and that part of the reason for this relates to the fact that there are insufficient staff to deal with the both the expanding workload and the complexity of the cases being...

Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Can the Taoiseach assure the House there is no delay in cases before the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions due to a resource or a staffing issue?

Request to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Molaim an Dáil a chur ar athló faoi Bhuan Ordú 32 chun an ghné seo a phlé: the urgent need for the Government to abandon its plans to impose water charges on ordinary households and in particular its intention, unveiled by the Minister yesterday, to base the rates on the German model, which charges its citizens more for water than any other country in the world and instead to upgrade the...

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I attended a meeting of the Joint Committee on European Scrutiny today at which the Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform indicated that legislation was being prepared on head shops. When I returned to my office, however, I noted that the legislative programme does not refer to any legislation related to head shops.

Order of Business (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Secretary General asked us to watch this space, as it were, but gave no indication about the timing of legislation or whether measures on head shops would be included in other legislation proposed in the legislative programme. Will stand-alone legislation be introduced to address all aspects of head shops or will measures be attached to the chemicals (amendment) Bill, Mental Capacity...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 718: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if his Department has concluded its report on mortgage interest supplement; if not, the reason for the delay; and if the report has been published. [15724/10]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 111: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his views on whether the pension insolvency payments scheme which came into effect in March 2010 fails to meet the State's obligation under the EU Insolvency Directive (EC council directive 80/987/EC) which requires the State to protect employees in insolvency situations; his plans to make changes to PIPS to ensure that in cases...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if it is equitable to require workers to wait until they are 68 years of age before receiving their State pension, as proposed by the National Pensions Framework, while others such as ex-Ministers can receive a public pension well in advance of this age and while they are still in employment; and if he intends to introduce...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 131: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, further to the decision to cease funding to the Dublin Inner City Partnership following which Pobal indicated its intention to enter into direct funding agreements with the community groups and organisations affected, if FÁS will do likewise and ensure that all bodies that previously received FÁS funding via DICP will...

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Health and Children further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 1 April 2010, the moneys that will be made available for the national campaign on legal highs; and if this campaign will involve TV, radio and billboards. [15516/10]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason persons (details supplied) in Dublin 8 were refused a full medical card in view of the fact that both of them are in need of regular medication and both are on social welfare payments. [14798/10]

Written Answers — Funeral Expenses: Funeral Expenses (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has a debt of €9,000 for funeral expenses in respect of the burial of a family member. [14818/10]

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the process involved in contacting women to remind them of their right to a free cervical cancer smear test; the numbers contacted each year; the way they are contacted; the effort made to ensure the database is up to date; the action taken when someone is uncontactable or has not taken up the offer or reminder of a smear test; and if...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 420: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 cannot get a surgical procedure for another nine months. [15587/10]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Payments: Social Welfare Payments (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 426: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the scale of and the reasons for different interpretations employed by community welfare officers here in terms of whether they consider the amount of interest to be reasonable when using their discretionary power toward mortgage interest supplement or not. [15752/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Questions No. 144 of 2 April 2009, and No. 340 of 16 February 2010, the reason it took ten months for his Department to provide a response that they could not answer the initial question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14555/10]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of domestic violence that were reported to the Gardaí during each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14651/10]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of convictions for domestic violence related offences secured in the courts during each of the years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15292/10]

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the moratorium on recruitment is reducing the capacity of the Probation Service to implement the post release supervision of high risk offenders. [14826/10]

Written Answers — Probation and Welfare Service: Probation and Welfare Service (20 Apr 2010)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the moratorium on recruitment is reducing the availability of the Probation Service for the supervision of community service orders and if this will hamper efforts to make non-custodial sentences the default for minor offences.. [14827/10]