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Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 190: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has read the log as submitted to him on 21 November 2006 from a person (details supplied) outlining the events to which they have been a witness in the period of 8 September to 20 November 2006; if his attention has been drawn to the number of events contained in that log which details events in one...

Written Answers — Crime Levels: Crime Levels (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 191: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in view of the wide discrepancy in actual and reported incidents of violence and serious crime in the Limerick Garda division, steps are being or will be taken to determine the reason for non-reporting of crime; if that is the issue, the efforts being made to address the reasons or issues relative to the...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 212: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for long term residency for a person (details supplied) who had been told to expect a decision in late November 2006; and when a decision may now be expected. [42796/06]

Written Answers — Overseas University Courses: Overseas University Courses (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 341: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish consul in California donated funding to a course on revisionist history run by the British Studies Department in the University of California, Berkeley and has refused funding to a course on traditional Irish music proposed to be run under Celtic studies at the same university;...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 406: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if discussions have been held with Dublin City Council regarding the allocation of volunteering funding; if the necessary criteria have been met for the allocation of volunteering funding; if not, the criteria that remain to be met; if funds have been allocated to Dublin City Council for volunteering; and if not,...

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 475: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the position regarding an application from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20 for a grant to build additional rooms to cater for English classes for non-national pupils and the principal's office, as these classes are currently held in the school hall. [42672/06]

Written Answers — School Transport: School Transport (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a problem with the school bus which ferries children to and from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20, in that it has no safe set-down area; and if she will communicate with Dublin City Council and the school management on the need to agree a plan to provide a safe set...

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 477: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if consideration has been given to relocating a school (details supplied) in Dublin 20, to allow for its expansion and provide adequate play facilities; and if consideration has been given to purchasing a nearby property to serve such a purpose. [42674/06]

Order of Business (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I oppose the proposal to send No. 19 to committee without debate because these regulations, which purport to govern the treatment of persons in Garda custody, have been in place since 1987. No. 19 provides for only a minor adjustment given that the regulations pre-date the events uncovered by the Morris tribunal in County Donegal and many of the deaths which occurred in custody, including...

Departmental Programmes. (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Ar an cheist chéanna, mar gheall ar na scéimeanna i dtaobh na dteangacha oifigiúla atá aontaithe ag an Roinn, deir sé sa chairt do chustaiméirí go gcuirfear na scéimeanna ar bun faoi dháta a n-aontaítear leis an Roinn Gnóthaí Pobail, Tuaithe agus Gaeltachta agus go gcuirfear na scéimeanna i bhfeidhm taobh istigh den tréimhse ama aontaithe chun na custaiméirí a shásamh maidir...

Departmental Programmes. (12 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I am referring to that Department's customer service charter.

Written Answers — Garda Ombudsman Commission: Garda Ombudsman Commission (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 23: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda Ombudsman Commission will begin receiving complaints in January 2007 as previously indicated. [41985/06]

Domestic Violence. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Question 5: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will guarantee that funding to the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency which works to maximise victim safety and offender accountability will be increased or maintained at the very least to allow the project in the pilot areas of Dún Laoghaire and Bray District Courts to continue fulfilling...

Domestic Violence. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The National Crime Council, the Law Reform Commission and the Law Society have all recommended at various stages dating back to 1999 that the probation and welfare service have a role in the family courts providing reports and advice for the Judiciary around barring orders and the like. Why has the Minister, to date, not made provisions for this to happen? If he is planning provisions, when...

Domestic Violence. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister of State not agree that such a project is hindered because of the uncertainty of future funding? Could interim funding be provided after the report is handed in and pending the decision on the funding to ensure this agency continues to operate for the few months it takes the Minister of State, his officials and the Department to come to a judgment on the operation of this...

Domestic Violence. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Will the Minister of State meet representatives of the agency?

Garda Equipment. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: The Minister could get a poacher to tell him that.

Court Procedures. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Is the Minister aware of the other proposals made in regard to this issue to ensure proceedings are not a deterrent to children such as the use of screens around witness boxes, giving evidence via a live link, the removal of wigs and gowns, the absence of members of the public while evidence is given, the use of communication aids and an examination through an intermediary? Some of these...

Crime Levels. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Does the Minister accept that greater supply means cheaper drugs, which translates into more deaths of addicts by overdose and other medical complications? What extra resources will the Minister commit to tackle the availability of illicit drugs in the interest of saving lives and addressing related crime?

Crime Levels. (7 Dec 2006)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Drugs are cheaper on the street.