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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (3 Nov 2015)

Niall Collins: 960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide temporary prefabricated accommodation on the second level school site in Kingswood Heights in Dublin 24; if any consultation has taken place with the local community in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 62. To ask the Minister for Health when negotiations will open on a new general practitioner contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36576/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 71. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of expanding free general practitioner care to children under 12 years of age, as announced on budget day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36575/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Ministerial Meetings (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the recent meeting held with the Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection with special responsibility for activation and a delegation from the Killinarden parish community employment scheme from Tallaght in Dublin 24; the issues raised; the actions she will take; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have departed the force owing to voluntary retirement, compulsory retirement, cost-neutral early retirement, medical discharge, resignation and dismissal, respectively, for the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date, in tabular form. [36862/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Application Numbers (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vetting applications processed by the Garda Síochána central vetting unit in each month in 2015 to date, in tabular form. [36919/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Tipperary Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37012/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 214. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Limerick Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37041/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (22 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 228. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the recorded annualised crime statistics (details supplied) for the Dublin North Central Garda Síochána districts for the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2014, in tabular form. [37081/15]

Other Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: Notwithstanding the trend in the figures from the CSO which the Minister detailed, it is important to point out that last year alone 19 persons died as a result of knife attacks, which is a very high statistic given the population, and that there were 35 incidents in which people's lives were threatened with a knife during the commission of a crime. We know, for example, because we discuss...

Other Questions: Crime Levels (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister consider a number of proposals, to which she might respond if she gets the opportunity? I acknowledge that she has to strengthen the law and that she is taking some measures in respect of that, but they do not go far enough. My party has submitted proposals regarding, for example, mandatory sentencing for those who assault elderly people or who engage repeatedly in...

Other Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deal with the escalation in incidents of knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35216/15]

Other Questions: Crime Prevention (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister comment on her plans to deal with the escalation of incidents where a knife was used? Will she also comment on the issue of knife crime?

Other Questions: Crime Levels (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she will bring forward to address the problem of burglaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35219/15]

Other Questions: Crime Levels (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister provide a statement on the current statistics for burglaries? We know the official statistics from the Central Statistics Office indicate an 8% increase in burglaries involving upwards of €30,000. Will the Minister outline the actions she proposes to take in this regard?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: It is outrageous for the Minister to say in the House that there is no correlation between the closure of Garda stations and crime in particular areas. That is not what communities are telling us. I have attended about 40 public meetings around Ireland and a common message came from all of them, namely, that people want the presence of An Garda Síochána in their communities, which...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: The Government recruited to the Defence Forces.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for her views on whether the €500,000 realised by Garda Síochána station closures since 2012 has been a worthwhile saving; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35217/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister comment on the recent disclosure to the effect that the saving to the Exchequer following the closure of 139 Garda stations has amounted to €500,000 and whether this represents bad value for money?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Garda Station Closures (20 Oct 2015)

Niall Collins: I welcome the fact the Minister has allocated additional money to purchase 260 vehicles. They are welcome and needed. We should go further in many areas that we have previously discussed, such as recruitment, mandatory sentencing and a camera network along our motorways and at motorway junctions. The Minister and I have a different perspective on Garda stations. The Government feels it...