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Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce divestitures which require defendants to divest themselves of interests in tainted enterprises, impose restrictions on the future activities and investments of an individual and order the dissolution or reorganisation of any...

Written Answers — Organised Crime: Organised Crime (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce trusteeships that will allow the courts to empower trustees to run organisations where they are infiltrated or controlled by criminal elements. [19320/08]

Written Answers — Sentencing Policy: Sentencing Policy (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a judicial sentencing commission under the auspices of the Courts Service. [19321/08]

Written Answers — Sentencing Policy: Sentencing Policy (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a formal review process on an annual basis, to assess the effect of the stringent new mandatory sentence regime for drug crime introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2007. [19322/08]

Written Answers — Bail Regime: Bail Regime (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a formal annual review to assess the effect of the stringent new bail regime introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2007. [19323/08]

Written Answers — Sentencing Policy: Sentencing Policy (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide for the Director of Public Prosecutions to appeal against lenient sentences in the District Court and allow the DPP to make submissions at sentencing stage. [19324/08]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce means to ensure that criminal trials can no longer be collapsed because of legal technicalities and that this will include legislation and if necessary appropriate amendment to the Constitution. [19325/08]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 498: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce new pre-trial procedures to deal with admissibility of evidence to save overtime, and the time of jurors and the court. [19326/08]

Written Answers — Court Procedures: Court Procedures (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce procedures in order that the defence should provide the prosecution with a list of intended witnesses and put structures in place to ensure that the prosecution is on notice of the points of defence to be raised by the defence...

Written Answers — Victim Support: Victim Support (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a statutory victims support agency and set up a victims council to formulate victim policy. [19328/08]

Written Answers — Garda Investigations: Garda Investigations (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to protect the identities of witnesses and victims at identification parades through the installation of one-way glass in Garda stations. [19329/08]

Written Answers — Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 502: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to re-instate the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. [19330/08]

Written Answers — Criminal Injuries Compensation Board: Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to introduce a right for the State to recover from the perpetrators of crime the amount paid out by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board in respect of that crime. [19331/08]

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that an accused who can afford to defend themselves does not obtain legal aid by requiring those seeking legal aid to complete a statutory declaration prior to attending court. [19332/08]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to establish a domestic violence prevention office. [19333/08]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to set up a domestic violence fund under which there will be an increase in the number of refuge spaces. [19334/08]

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide that each Garda region will have a team extensively trained in the area of domestic violence. [19335/08]

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to expand the mechanism by which sexual offenders are monitored after their release from prison including the expansion of resources to the probation service and the Garda vetting unit. [19336/08]

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to ensure that all sexual offenders are assessed before their release from prison to identify the level of supervision and regulation needed. [19342/08]

Written Answers — Sexual Offences: Sexual Offences (20 May 2008)

Pat Rabbitte: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to provide the Garda with the power to require individual sex offenders to provide specific information about their movements and activities. [19337/08]