Results 10,261-10,280 of 10,319 for speaker:Jim O'Callaghan

Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed new Judicial Appointments Commission will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17509/16]

Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Since December 2015, there has been a vacancy on the Court of Appeal. The Courts Act 2015 was enacted in December 2015 which increased the number of High Court judges by two, so there are vacancies for two more High Court judges. There are also vacancies in the Circuit Court and the District Court. When does the Government intend to nominate appropriately qualified individuals to fill...

Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Sometimes people think that the filling of judicial vacancies is a matter to convenience judges or lawyers, which it is not. It is required in order to ensure that citizens who appear before our courts, who are anxious to secure and seek justice, have an opportunity to have their rights vindicated. When there is an absence or shortage of judges and vacancies that have not been filled, it...

Priority Questions: Judicial Appointments (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: If there is a desire within Government to try to delay the nomination of judges pending the establishment of the judicial appointments commission, I urge it to bring forward legislation promptly in respect of such a judicial appointments commission. That is something that Fianna Fáil intends to do. We believe the judicial appointments commission process should be amended so that the...

Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: Obviously, we welcome the further investment of €55 million in respect of targeting and dealing with organised crime. The question I am seeking to address is the issue of pay for new recruits in An Garda Síochána. The Tánaiste will recall that the agreement between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael contained an agreement to establish a public service pay commission. The...

Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: We hope those talks do progress, but that will not disguise the fact that there is frustration among rank and file gardaí about the Garda pay review. I think it was due to finish in June 2014 but, regrettably, we have lost the Chair of that review body. In the context of negotiations and discussions with the Garda representative associations, does the Tánaiste anticipate that the...

Priority Questions: Garda Remuneration (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to improve the working conditions of rank and file members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17508/16]

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]