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Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 463: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gangland executions that have taken place in each of the years to date since 2001; the extent to which the perpetrators have been prosecuted or have themselves been the victims of similar executions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14276/12]

Written Answers — Defence of the Dwelling: Defence of the Dwelling (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 465: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, arising from a previous incident in which a burglar made a successful insurance claim against a householder, any further legislative action is contemplated to prevent a recurrence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14278/12]

Written Answers — Defence of the Dwelling: Defence of the Dwelling (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 466: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the definition of reasonable force in the context of the Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act 2011 needs to be clarified with a view to a clearer understanding of fear-driven reaction by householders faced with intruders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14279/12]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 467: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions under section 15 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 in each of the past five years to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14280/12]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 468: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported incidents of domestic violence in each of the past five years and to date in 2012; the successful prosecutions arising therefrom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14281/12]

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 469: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for rehabilitative or educational programmes in each of the prisons in each of the past three years and to date in 2012; the number of such applications that were successful; the number rejected and for what reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14282/12]

Written Answers — Prison Education Service: Prison Education Service (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 471: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners recorded as having sought participation in educational or rehabilitative schemes at Mountjoy, Wheatfield and Arbour Hill prisons; the extent to which such applications have been approved and on what basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14284/12]

Written Answers — Electronic Tagging: Electronic Tagging (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 470: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which electronic tagging has been used to date; the manner of selection for such a programme; the criteria taken into account; the extent to which the scheme effectively monitors the activities and location of the individual effectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14283/12]

Written Answers — Prisoner Releases: Prisoner Releases (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for compassionate day, early or supervised release in respect of the various categories of prisoner for health reasons or family events such as funerals, births, confirmations or first communions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14285/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the national vetting bureau legislation is expected to eliminate the possibility of risk arising from any inadequacies in the register of sex offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14287/12]

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported incidents of sexual offences against women in each of past five years and to date in 2012; the number of successful prosecutions arising from such incidents, with particular reference to section 2 of the Criminal Law (Rape) Act 1981 (as amended); the average length of custodial sentence, if any, received by the...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 489: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accommodate pig producers who have to comply with animal welfare legislation by the end of the year but who may have difficulty obtaining planning permission and completion of the works by the 31 December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13735/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 490: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will encourage the banking sector to facilitate viable pig farming enterprises which may need capital investment for redevelopment relating to animal welfare provisions with particular reference to the requirement for ongoing working capital in the current difficult economic situation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 539: To ask the Minister for Health, further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 15 February, the progress made to date in the determination of eligibility for a medical card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13524/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 575: To ask the Minister for Health if and when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath who applied in October 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13740/12]

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: In view of the huge number of people left on local authority housing lists by the previous Administration, I ask the Taoiseach to introduce the housing Bill at the earliest opportunity. Perhaps he will also indicate the extent to which the Bill has been discussed in the Cabinet. Have the heads of the Bill been drafted?

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: On another issue relating to promised legislation, the sale of alcohol Bill has been promised.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: An early debate on the Bill would be socially desirable.

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 24: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he will take to address the housing shortage as evidenced by the 100,000 families currently on local authority waiting lists, in many cases for several years, and who currently cannot provide themselves with a home due to economic circumstances, cannot access local authority housing due to lack of...

Written Answers — Water Quality: Water Quality (8 Mar 2012)

Bernard Durkan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the degree to which overflows from municipal waste water treatment systems, septic tanks or other sources continue to pollute the groundwater on an ongoing basis; the degree to which this has increased over the past ten years; if any measurement has been carried out as to the deterioration in the quality of...