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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Resources (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: As the Tánaiste is aware, serious gangland crime continues in Dublin. She has stated that the threat is severe and is a significant challenge to the gardaí, and not just the gardaí on the north inner city of Dublin but to gardaí throughout the city. Fortunately they are meeting that challenge and have been very active as was seen last weekend.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Resources (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I recognise that resources are crucial in order to meet the challenge posed by organised crime. I welcome that the Tánaiste has been apprised by the Garda Commissioner that the unit will have 55 gardaí. It is not a matter for the Tánaiste or me to get involved in operational matters with regard to whether that number is sufficient or insufficient. However, I am slightly...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: Garda Resources (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: On behalf of myself and Fianna Fáil, I acknowledge and thank An Garda Síochána for the excellent work the gardaí are doing. However, it is obviously the case that senior gardaí and commissioners can be reticent when it comes to stating publicly that they need further resources. Ultimately this is a battle that will be defeated if sufficient resources are provided to...

Revised Estimates for Public Services 2016 (Resumed) (22 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I welcome this opportunity, which is my first one, to speak on the justice Vote group Estimates. Each year, this State spends a considerable amount of money on those elements within the control of the Department of Justice and Equality. It is extremely important that the elected Members of Dáil Éireann have an opportunity on behalf of the citizens who elect us to consider those...

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]

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: As the Acting Chairman, Deputy Durkan, will be well aware, for centuries the history of this island has been dominated and overshadowed by its relationship with the neighbouring island. For most of that time, the relationship was poisoned because of colonialism and oppression. Fortunately, the past 100 years have been different and there have been great improvements in that relationship....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (28 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of all costs associated with the Garda Síochána investigation into a person (details supplied) including the number of gardaí and overtime involved in the investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17976/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (28 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistants provided to a school (details supplied) can be maintained at their current level rather than having one special needs assistant removed from the special needs assistants available to that school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18065/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court (28 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 544. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appeals to the Labour Court which it has considered as being out of time and has not heard as a consequence in each of the years from 2011 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18047/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ombudsman's Reports (29 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the Ombudsman has excused her Department from the need to act regarding the audit-related complaint made to her Department and its agents by a person (details supplied) following the explicit judgement of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland in July 2012, namely that audited accounts had been...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ombudsman's Reports (29 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that regarding the disclosures by the European Union Commission to a person (details supplied) in February 2009 and again in July 2013, the Ombudsman has excused her Department of the need to correct the record of Dáil Éireann. [18681/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Jun 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 70. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her estimate of the number of new gardaí that will need to be recruited over the next five years to bring the force to a strength of 15,000, taking into account the likely number of retirements or departures from the force. [19046/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (5 Jul 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the powers the charities regulator has to investigate or otherwise act when there are concerns about a registered charity; the number of times in the past five years such powers have been used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19521/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (5 Jul 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the sections of parts of the Charities Act 2009 yet to commence and the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19522/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Availability (5 Jul 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing inheritance tax relief for persons who are not married and who are without children but who wish to bequeath their properties to nieces or nephews to bring them in line with the provisions in respect of bequests to children. [19120/16]

Criminal Justice Act 1994: Motion (6 Jul 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: I support the motion put before the House by the Tánaiste and the Fianna Fáil Party supports the change in the draft section 44 regulation that proposes to reduce the prescribed sum from the old sum of £5,000, or €6,349 as it is now, down to €1,000. It is very important that as criminality gets more sophisticated and diverse our legislation also shadows that and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (6 Jul 2016)

Jim O'Callaghan: 69. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reintroduce the Gambling Control Bill 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19883/16]