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Written Answers — Legislative Programme: Legislative Programme (22 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation providing for the establishment of judicial councils will be published. [16767/11]

Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: We were bored of listening to the Deputy.

Order of Business (Resumed) (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Therefore, none of them is in order.

Legal Aid Service (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current delays to access a civil lawyer via the Legal Aid Centre; if he will consult with the Department of Social Protection in relation to utilising the new internship scheme to assist the Legal Aid Board in addressing the delays in civil law cases. [16779/11]

Legal Aid Service (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: I apologise for the delay. I want, first, to acknowledge the Minister's record over many years as a practitioner in this area. I know that he has been very involved. I am sure he will agree that to have 3,800 people waiting for this service on 1 June is something that we cannot stand over and we need to put in place some preparations to address this. The internship scheme announced in the...

Legal Aid Service (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Regarding the internship scheme, I welcome the commitment of the Minister and his former colleague in the House, Ms Anne Colley. Has the Minister set a deadline by which people must apply to the scheme? Does his office have plans as to when these people will be made available?

Magdalene Laundries (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he did not opt to establish a full statutory inquiry into allegations of torture and degrading treatment of women committed to Magdalene Laundries as recommended by the UN Committee Against Torture. [16787/11]

Magdalene Laundries (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: In regard to the chairperson of the committee, what type of person does the Minister have in mind? Will the chairperson be someone with a legal or non-legal background? Given that the Minister has given a commitment to revert within three months with a progress report, when can we expect the appointment to be made? The Minister referred to obtaining information from congregations. What...

Magdalene Laundries (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: On 7 June Professor Maurice Manning of the Human Rights Commission referred on RTE to a wall of official indifference in relation to the work of the commission on this matter. Will the Minister guarantee that both he and the Minister of State, Deputy Lynch, will instruct that that wall of official indifference be taken down for the duration of the investigation?

Magdalene Laundries (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Will the meetings be held in public or private?

Criminal Investigations (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: The proposal in regard to the establishment of an inter-agency unit to progress the investigation is not mine, it is the Minister's own, from a speech he gave on a Private Members' motion in 2009. At that stage, he suggested this would be a way to proceed. The sharing of files and the submission of files to the DPP has been under way for some time. My concern in tabling this question was...

Garda Operations (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: We all congratulate An Garda Síochána for the manner in which the gardaí policed both operations. I appreciate the Minister's difficulties. We are now five weeks down the road and the gardaí have been paid their overtime allowances with their regular salaries. I just wish to get the final costs and draw a line under the matter so that in future a plan is put in place for large security...

Garda Operations (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Given the amount involved, will it require an additional Estimate? The Minister said previously an amount had been budgeted for the visits but was this much envisaged? Is the €20 million specifically related to Garda activity?

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: I regret any deaths but, given that three of the deaths occurred in 2010, why has there been a delay in getting the report from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission?

Garda Deployment (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Have we an extra hour?

Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the fact that the Minister has brought this Bill so quickly. In the current climate, it is essential. The Minister can be assured of my party's full support, whatever House it comes through, in terms of trying to get this through before the summer recess.

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his response to the views expressed on the cost of the referendum on judicial pay versus the anticipated savings of the proposed reductions in judicial pay. [16784/11]

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (23 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the contacts he had with the prescribed persons or organisations prior to the appointment of a person (details supplied) as confidential recipient and if he informed these organisations of this persons political donation to him. [16782/11]

Defence Forces Property (28 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: Question 42: To ask the Minister for Defence if he intends to proceed with the proposal for Connolly Barracks, Longford; and if so, if he will provide an outline of same. [17595/11]

Defence Forces Property (28 Jun 2011)

Dara Calleary: I am accompanied by Deputy Robert Troy who has been pursuing this issue. I understand Longford County Council is waiting for a response from the Department on its proposal. As the Minister knows, the proposal was quite detailed. It was for the creation of five zones of development in Longford focusing on an education centre and tourism, arts and crafts facilities. Everybody would agree...