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Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: The Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality will be aware that there is considerable disquiet among the public and in An Garda Síochána regarding the pay and conditions of younger and newer members of the Garda. In that context does the Minister or the Government intend to introduce any measures to improve the working conditions of rank and file members of An Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Inspectorate Reports (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 35. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken, given the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report on policing in December 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17124/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward an expanded recruitment programme in order to ensure that numbers in An Garda Síochána will rise to 15,000 over five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17123/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recently reported contention by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that the timing of Garda Síochána searches of suspects' residences at 3.15 a.m. is unreasonable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17126/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the dismissal of a person (details supplied) from the Irish Prison Service was appropriate in light of the traumatic events to which they were exposed to during their employment as a prison officer. [17409/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 79. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has evaluated or plans to privatise part of the operations of the Prison Service. [17006/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to introduce an administrative scheme for migrants who wish to regularise their undocumented status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17330/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 103. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the time the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service requires to administer applications from migrants seeking to regularise their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17332/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 102. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the backlog in processing applications by migrants seeking humanitarian leave to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17331/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the office for the promotion of migrant integration within her Department still operates; the work it has carried out in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17333/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she proposes to introduce an integration strategy for migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if third level institutions in receipt of considerable State funding, should be allowed to discriminate against Irish citizens, in the matter of postgraduate fees (details supplied). [17004/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Service Staff (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 317. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will assign additional staff to the Passport Office during the peak holiday season or between May and September in order that telephone calls made to it can be answered by an official, passports can be issued without delay, and queries regarding passports can be followed up accordingly. [17003/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (21 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 403. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reverse huge cuts to services made by the Health Service Executive, which will affect a school (details supplied) in County Dublin as there is clearly no reduction in demand for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/16]

Parole Board Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee (15 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality pursuant to pursuant to 82A(3)(a) and 118 of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business and paragraph (8) of the Orders of Reference of Select Committees. Question put and agreed to.

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Minister of State.

Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am pleased to introduce the Bill to the House. Members will be aware that parole has operated in the criminal justice system for many years. It applies to offenders convicted of serious offences on whom longer sentences, including life sentences, have been imposed. The system currently operates entirely at the discretion of the...

Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (14 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: The purpose of the two resolutions before Dáil Éireann this evening is to determine whether this House agrees to extend the operation of 12 sections of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and section 8 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 for another 12 months. I am conscious that many Members of the House have previously spoken and voted on the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Records Data (14 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 125. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions, custodial sentences and suspended sentences, by court, in each of the years 2011 to 2015. [15749/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (14 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 255. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to grant waivers or other forms of relief to family, single and older person household users under the pay-by-weight scheme. [15698/16]