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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (19 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 295. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in each Garda Síochána station and each Garda Síochána district in each of the years 2007 to 2015. [2226/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (19 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 490. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of the grievance within some rural communities that responsibility for sporting and leisure activities such as dog trials, shooting and game hunting in bogs and other State owned lands, passed from the Land Commission to the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2000, without any consultation; and if she will...

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I have listened to Deputy Twomey and other Government colleagues for the past while. I know that Deputy Twomey is a general practitioner and has experience of the primary care system. I share his concerns. We watched the documentary about sugar, about the increase in diabetes and about lifestyle. These issues have been on the table for many years. The only difficulty I have is that one...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (14 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if it is acceptable that a person (details supplied), who depends on full-time support has lost a living alone allowance and a fuel allowance and that this person and a sibling should be financially penalised for saving the State a considerable amount by ensuring that the person is cared for at home. [1596/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: We are now in public session sitting as the joint sub-committee on petitions. We have had a chance to deliberate on the five petitions before us today and will record our decisions in due course. The committee has received a total of 159 petitions to date since the launch of the petitions system. The secretariat has been examining them to establish admissibility of the petitions on how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Is that agreed? Agreed. The next petition, No. P000037/14, better cycle lanes in Dublin City - more cycle paths and cycle paths to be put in place beside Luas lines, is from Ms Alanna Blake. I call Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett who will record the decision of our committee on this petition.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: For the record, we will correspond also with the Railway Procurement Authority and the National Transport Authority to get their response to the issues raised. We will revisit that petition at a later date.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Senator. The next petition is No. P000038/14. It relates to families of different nationalities travelling together through passport control and it was submitted by Mr. Norman Wilson. The matter is of considerable interest but we will defer the petition because we want to get clarification around some of the matters involved. We will revisit the petition in due course. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: It is safe to say that there has been considerable concern around the issues raised. The next Dáil will engage with the matter comprehensively so that is agreed. The next petition is No. P000035/15 and it, too, has garnered considerable public interest. It calls for the image of Conor McGregor to be put on the €1 coin and it was submitted by Mr. Patrick O'Leary. We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: Whatever the public may think of the merits of this petition, I welcome the fact that it has drawn attention to our work. Some very important issues are contained in the five petitions received today. They concern our health service and education system. That has been the case for the last five years. As we come to the end of this committee's lifetime, it is important to reflect on that....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 434. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will proceed with the Defence Forces operational service medal to be awarded for service on missions not governed by the United Nations, the European Union or similar mandates; and when the sailors on Operation Pontus and the members of the Defence Forces on the ebola medical mission in Sierra Leone will be paraded to receive the medal. [46649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Allowances (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 435. To ask the Minister for Defence the date on which the adjudicator will sit in 2016 to decide on the provision of the armed overseas peace support allowance, given the overwhelming evidence of all the military authorities. [46650/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Easter Rising Commemorations (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 436. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will issue a 1916 centenary medal to all serving members of Óglaigh na hÉireann who participate in the commemoration in 2016 and who have a minimum of three years of service.' [46651/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 437. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will convene a medal and awards review board comprising of a wide cross-section of the Defence Forces to examine the reinstatement of the Good Conduct Medal under new conditions and criteria; and if all officers and enlisted personnel with ten years exemplary service as recorded on the electronic personal management system will be awarded this medal....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 438. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will direct a review board to consider a maritime deployment medal in recognition of the deployment of sailors on board Irish Naval vessels who complete a two-year rotation at sea. [46653/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 470. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a carer’s allowance and a domiciliary carer’s allowance will be taken into consideration for the purpose of calculating a sponsor’s income for an application for a visa pursuant to the policy document on non-European economic area family reunification. [46641/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 475. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons of Iraqi origin or claiming to be of Iraqi origin who were refused leave to land at various points of entry; the reason in each case, by age, by gender, by country to which they were returned, in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46682/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 486. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of those persons refused leave to land in 2015 from Syria, Eritrea, Iran, and Afghanistan, and as outlined by her in response to previous parliamentary questions raised, how many of the persons were subsequently permitted to enter the State and to claim asylum. [46842/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 493. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that this State rescinds the deportation of a person (details supplied) from Ireland. [1139/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Discipline (13 Jan 2016)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: 511. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of recorded assaults on prison officers and prisoners by other prisoners, by prison, and place of detention, in 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1476/16]