Results 3,381-3,400 of 8,015 for speaker:Jonathan O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Information (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the provisions of section 18 of the Official Secrets Act 1963 applies to e-mails, text messages and other electronic communications using phone applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36957/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 99. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her reasons for commissioning a new Garda report into undercover policing here by British Metropolitan Police officers; and if she will make the findings of that report public. [37037/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the terms of reference for the new report into undercover policing here by the British Metropolitan Police will seek to establish if any of the undercover police officers were carrying Irish passports. [37038/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to whether any undercover British Metropolitan Police officer used an Irish birth certificate to procure either a British or Irish passport; and if not, if she included this in the terms of reference of the second Garda report. [37039/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) has completed his report on Garda whistleblowers; if she has received the report; the date on which it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37343/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Communications (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to claims that gardaí are using third party applications (details supplied) for Garda communications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37526/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Detention Centres (29 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 763. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the separation policy in place in Oberstown detention centre; the number of times inmates were placed in isolation in each month of 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016. [37194/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: Deputy Gino Kenny asked some of the questions about the review and the terms of reference. While I agree that there cannot be a large number of experts engaged in the review because it is such a short timeframe, will the authority be accepting submissions from the public in the review or will it be solely the group of experts looking at the wide range of evidence available to date? ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: It will not be a part of the review, but one argument on medicinal cannabis is that if we start legalising cannabis for medicinal purposes, it will have a knock-on effect for illicit use. There is no evidence whatsoever to suggest that. In fact, in all the countries in which medicinal cannabis can be received, there has been either a stagnation or an actual reduction in the illicit use of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: We can pair with each other.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: Will there be recommendations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I wish to tease out that point. It was interesting that earlier we were saying that the clinical evidence must reach a certain level. There is a possibility that the clinical evidence might not be published or contained in peer-reviewed journals before the HPRA's review is completed. There could be a scenario where there is a recommendation that we should pursue a new legal policy or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: Obviously, the lack of that clinical level having been reached in terms of publication would be a consideration in any policy advice the HPRA gives. I presume it would be a factor the authority would have to consider in giving advice to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: Is it a Government decision?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Legalisation of Medicinal Cannabis: Discussion (24 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: It has the recommendation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Civil Legal Aid (22 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 15 November 2016, the number of persons that applied for civil legal aid for legal services in connection with domestic violence remedies during each of the past five years; the number of those persons that had the financial contribution waived; and the total amount of contributions made during...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Projects Funding (22 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding allocated to Traveller programmes in 2016. [36140/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (22 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the consultation process on the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy has concluded; if she has submitted the draft strategy to Government; and the date on which the new strategy will be published. [36143/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (22 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of convictions in respect of animal health or abuse since the 2013 Animal Health and Welfare Act was enacted, by county, in tabular form; and the comparison incline and decline in convictions for 2011 to 2013 prior to the enactment of the Act. [35784/16]

Courts Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I am not too sure who is speaking after me.