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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sport and Recreational Development (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the work being done in the prisons by the street leagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52693/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that since 1 January 2012, workers in this State, who are resident in the north of Ireland and who hold medical cards there are no longer exempt from paying the health levy component of the universal social charge; and his plans to rectify this. [52511/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the case of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal who is a mature student, had their student grant cut due to assessment of their 81 year old parents pension; the action he will take to ensure that cases like this in which adults are clearly not dependent on their parents, do not have their grants cut like this again. [52373/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Remuneration (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is in excess of €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff whose...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for fraud and the number of convictions for fraud during each of the past ten years broken down by categories of offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52815/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí attached to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52816/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilians employed in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52817/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of forensic accountants employed in the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations and in the Criminal Assets Bureau. [52818/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outsourced or temporary staff employed by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52819/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of jobbridge staff employed by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [52820/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce new legislation regarding white collar crime. [52821/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Recidivism Rate (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report by the Central Statistics Office on criminal re-offending in Ireland. [52822/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Recidivism Rate (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that studies on recidivism consistently show that offenders who go through restorative processes are less likely to reoffend that those who proceed through criminal courts. [52823/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Justice and Equality (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: While it is not specifically referred to for this Council meeting, I ask the Minister to have regard to concerns over how the European arrest warrant is being implemented in different states. There are different models of protection of human rights in the European Union. One of the issues that has come to the fore in France has been the arrest under the European arrest warrant of a French...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Forthcoming Justice and Home Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Justice and Equality (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Will the Minister comment on the European arrest warrant?

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The first issue I would like the Minister to respond to concerns over-expenditure of €8.5 million on retirement lump sums. As the Minister knows, this matter arose recently when he amended the Defence Vote. He had under-projected the number of Defence Forces members who would take early retirement. An issue seems to arise regarding planning for budgets and anticipating the numbers...

Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 20 - Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary) (27 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: The former assistant Garda Commissioner wrote an article in The Sunday Business Post criticising the smart policing model. The Minister should bear in mind the views of the Garda Representative Association and the Irish Farmers Association. The word "nostalgia" is just not appropriate. There are legitimate criticisms of the changes being made. Will the Minister give us a little more...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ar an gcaidreamh idir an IDA agus Údarás na Gaeltachta, chun míniú a thabhairt ar an tslí ina gcomhoibríonn siad chun infheistíocht eachtrannach dhíreach a mhealladh isteach sa Ghaeltacht agus chun an líon cuairteanna atá tugtha ag...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Wards of Court (28 Nov 2012)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the families of those whose funds are administered to by the office of wards of court in the Courts Service regarding the types of investments being made; if he has considered establishing an insurance scheme to protect these funds; if he has considered this issue in the context of the drafting of...