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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Firearms Licences (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: My party supports the review of the legislation and believes updated legislation will lead to safer communities. We also believe the stakeholders who legally use these firearms need to be consulted properly, however. I welcome that the Minister stated this would happen in her reply. The review must distinguish between those who hold firearms legally and those who engage in criminality....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Firearms Licences (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: Okay, I am finishing. The reply also stated it was not possible to extrapolate from PULSE the number of refusals which were appealed to the courts or the number of applications which were successful in the courts.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Firearms Licences (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: I recognise that concern. However, it is also a concern to those who legally hold and use the firearms in question for recreational and sporting purposes. It is a fact that there is no record of any member of the Judiciary expressing difficulty in interpreting the legislation in question. That needs to be cleared up as it has been left hanging out there. I do not know who came up with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: I mentioned three individual cases and there are other cases for which people are seeking a commission of investigation. I appreciate that some 311 cases are being reviewed. In terms of the possible outcome of these reviews, the Minister has indicated that if a commission of investigation is warranted, she will pursue that. I welcome that, as will the people involved in the 311 cases. Has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the independent review mechanism; when the independent review will be completed; the actions that will be taken as a result of the independent review; if cases from the independent review may form part of the commission of investigation following the Guerin report; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: The question asks the Minister to provide an update on the independent review mechanism which was established last July; to inform us when this review will be completed and what actions are likely to follow as a result of the review; and to explain if any cases which are part of the review could form part of the commission of investigation established following the Guerin report.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: At an opportunity like this, we have to take stock of where we are with regard to a number of commissions. The House was told the Fennelly commission would report before Christmas, and that has not happened. The commission concerning Ronan McLoughlin was established last July, as the Minister is aware, given that we discussed it at the justice committee and here in the House. It has not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the way she plans to address the increasing scourge of burglaries in both urban and rural areas; the latest statistics on this issue; the way she plans to ensure crime statistics are reported in an accurate manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1402/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the appointment procedure for the incoming chairperson of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; if there has been further correspondence or meetings between her Department and the GSOC following the publication of the findings in the Cooke Report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1401/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made in establishing a cross-Border commission of investigation into alleged sexual abuse within the provisional movement in Ireland and Northern Ireland; the engagement she had with her Northern counterpart on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify and implement the Istanbul convention; the further steps that must be taken to fully implement the Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 124. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality since the enactment of the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013, the number of persons have been prosecuted for trafficking children and adults for the purposes of sexual exploitation and soliciting or importuning for the purposes of prostitution of the trafficked person in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (15 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 126. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the budget and human resources allocation to the Garda traffic corps in each year from 2009 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2012/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek assurances from the Industrial Development Agency that attention is being paid to the job creation needs of Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he will ask the IDA to confirm the number of times investment visits were made to Tallaght in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 430. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of gardaí of all ranks assigned to each station in the DMR-East division in the past five years; the numbers lost to the division through promotion, transfer, retirement and other reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1183/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 436. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the terms of reference of the commission of investigation being carried out by Mr. Justice Kevin O'Higgins to include the examination of a further case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 437. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the terms of reference of the commission of investigation being carried out by Mr. Justice Kevin O'Higgins to include the examination of a further case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Releases (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 453. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of prisoners currently on temporary release broken down by prison; the type of offence the prisoner was convicted of; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1407/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Data (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 454. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total prison population; the number of prisoners in tabular form, broken down by prison; the capacity of each prison within the State; the percentage occupation of each prison; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (14 Jan 2015)

Niall Collins: 455. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of successful applications for personal insolvency arrangements, debt settlement arrangements and debt relief notices per year since the coming into force of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012; if she will provide the number of applications refused for same; and if she will make a statement on the...