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Courts Bill 2016: Second Stage (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I will pick up on a point the previous speaker, Deputy O'Callaghan, made about the number of people on whom this legislation, if passed, will have an impact. As he indicated, it will be a very small number. It is those with investment properties who are renting who will be affected. While nobody wants to see increased costs in cases of home repossessions - whether it is a family home, an...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I thank the Minister of State. In order to ratify it, this is not the only legislation which has to be completed. Is the Minister confident the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will be completed before the end of the year? Obviously, it is one Bill that needs to be ratified.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she will publish the equality/disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill, which is necessary for the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [35195/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I have tabled this straightforward question to get an update on the date on which the equality/disability (miscellaneous provisions) Bill will be published.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I hope we can meet that timeframe.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Proposed Legislation (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: We are quickly running out of time to meet the timeframe of the end of 2016. The Bill has not been published yet, and the Minister does not have a definitive date for when it will be published. Is there a particular reason there is a delay in publishing it? Article 33 of the convention recommends that an independent monitoring body should be put in place to monitor progress. In the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traveller Community (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 65. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has not introduced legislation to provide legal recognition of the Traveller community as an ethnic group in law. [34826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [34828/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 78. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered the implications for cross-Border co-operation in justice and policing matters in the context of Brexit. [34825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Industrial Relations (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 81. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding stream that will be used to make additional payments to Garda as a result of recent industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34824/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (15 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons at risk of domestic violence or who are victims of such violence must also pay contributions for legal aid and that victims of domestic violence may have avoided, or may be avoiding, the civil legal aid scheme for economic reasons; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences Data (10 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons receiving new driving licences who were born in Northern Ireland have country of birth noted as UK on them; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is a deviation from the previous practice where Ireland would be indicated in this case; and his plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Industrial Relations (9 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 61. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if any of her departmental staff or members of An Garda Síochána suggested or mentioned using members of the Defence Forces in a peacekeeping capacity, or any other capacity, potentially or otherwise, during any talks concerning industrial action by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied) regarding a visa. [33495/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (8 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is at present an eight week delay for an appointment at Burgh Quay under the new INIS registration system and that there is no provision to request an emergency appointment; if her attention has further been drawn to the fact that as a consequence, many persons are finding themselves...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (8 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 298. To ask the Minister for Health where records from a nursing home (details supplied) are currently stored. [33308/16]

Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: I congratulate Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh on introducing this Bill again. As he said, it was put forward in the past. I agree with some of the Minister's contribution around the series of events that have taken place this year. The sense of national pride which many of those commemorations brought out was evident to see across the country. That is something we need to foster and expand...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (2 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the work of the Garda review team currently working on the investigation of the disappearance of a person (details supplied). [32541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (2 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 72. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which she plans to publish the criminal justice (corruption) Bill; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32556/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (2 Nov 2016)

Jonathan O'Brien: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to secure permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied). [32872/16]