Written answers
Wednesday, 16 February 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Proposed Legislation
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he expects that the long promised judicial conduct and ethics Bill will be published; if he has brought proposals to... - Garda Complaints Procedures
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of complaints received by the Garda complaints board in the years 2000 to 2004 inclusive; the number of cases that... - Garda Deployment
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of serving members of the gardaí employed as full-time drivers for Ministers, former Ministers and judicial... - Site Acquisitions
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason his Department purchased a site for the probation and welfare service in Blanchardstown to locate its services;... - Garda Deployment
Question 71: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers in the gardaí at the latest date for which figures are available; his plans to... - Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the total amount paid out in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005 either in respect of court awards or out of court... - Industrial Disputes
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to his negotiations with the Prison Officers' Association to resolve the long running dispute; and if... - Juvenile Offenders
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures his Department has in place to deal with juveniles who are at risk or who have committed offences; the proposals... - Prisoner Reintegration
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date towards implementing the recommendations of the report of the NESF, published in 2002, on the... - Crime Victimisation Survey
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the promised new national crime victimisation survey will commence; the person by whom it will be carried out; the... - Air Pollution
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the latest figures for the prosecution of persons driving vehicles that are exceeding the proscribed air pollution limits.... - Review of Garda Structures
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date with regard to the recommendations contained in the report of the implementation steering group on... - Garda Strength
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which the extra 2000 gardaí promised have been achieved to date; his future plans on the issue; and if he will... - Victim Support
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the significant disquiet on the part of victims' families at their treatment and exclusion... - Missing Persons
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if adequate resources are put into locating missing Irish children and other children that are reported missing in the State;... - Documentation Costs
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to reports that an embassy (details supplied) is charging its citizens exorbitant rates to... - Garda Deployment
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to make more gardaí available on the streets through civilianisation of Garda posts. [5085/05] - Sexual Offences
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the huge difference between the number of rapes recorded in annual Garda reports on crime... - Garda Deployment
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no Garda car was available to deal with incidents in Ballyfermot on the afternoon of 9 February 2005. [5087/05] - Garda Strength
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of recruits who have graduated from the Garda training college as full Garda members since 6 June 2002; the number... - Omagh Bombing
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if it is now intended to publish the report of the Nally group on the Omagh bombing in the light of the acquittal of a person... - Witness Security Programme
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date in the review of the witness protection programme; if he will consider additional measures to... - Garda Stations
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if steps are being taken to address the sub-standard accommodation and facilities in many Garda stations that have in the... - Site Acquisitions
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the process that has been followed in the selection of a site to replace the Mountjoy Prison complex; if... - Crime Levels
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the provisional crime figures for 2004; the steps he proposes to take to deal with the continuing high level of... - Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Garda will issue its promised apology arising from the wrongful charging of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7;... - Asylum Applications
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for asylum received during 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date in 2005; the number of applications upheld... - Driving Tests
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí authorised to drive Garda vehicles; the number of such gardaí who have passed the official Garda... - Disability Issues
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his Minister of State with responsibility for equality issues last met the disability legislation consultation group; if... - Omagh Bombing
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will offer the support of the Government to the survivors and relatives of the Omagh bombing in pursuit of justice... - Garda Districts
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to change the geographical boundaries of the Garda districts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4831/05] - Crime Levels
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which racketeering, protection and money laundering activities have been identified by his Department; the... - Site Acquisitions
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the contract price agreed for the new prison site at Thorntown, County Dublin represents good value and best use of... - Defamation Law
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding his consideration of the recommendations of the legal advisory group on the defamation law, in regard... - Garda Strength
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the Garda numbers attached to the Carrick and Glencolmcille Garda Stations; and if there are plans to increase the number of... - Garda Investigations
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has completed his consideration of the report of the senior Garda officer who has been requested by the commissioner... - Racism Issues
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the significant increase in the number of complaints regarding racism reported to the... - Electronic Tagging
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the electronic tagging of certain offences; the research his Department has done to establish the... - Garda Stations
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the station accommodation provided to gardaí is sufficient in all cases to accommodate gardaí who are... - Child Care Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the reported finding of the NESC that people here pay almost twice as much for child care... - Prisoner Releases
Question 111: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the parole board on an application for early release from persons (details supplied); if he... - Victim Support
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has plans to reduce victims and victims' families alienation from the legal process regarding prosecution... - NESF Report
Question 113: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the fourth periodic report of the NESF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34085/04] - Citizenship Applications
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications to remain in the State received to date from non-national parents of Irish born children; the... - Racism Issues
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the resources that will be provided to implement the national action plan against racism. [5086/05] - Departmental Assistance
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will circulate an inquiry line to enable Oireachtas Members to access the services available in his Department; and if... - Search Warrants
Question 117: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received the advice he requested on the possible invalidity of a number of search warrants following a recent... - Criminal Prosecutions
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that fewer than one in six recorded murders since 1998 in which firearms were... - Prison Accommodation
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason no mental health professional was included as a member of the implementation committee to establish observation... - Property Disposal
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when his attention was drawn to the fact that the Government is precluded from selling the former Shanganagh open prison due... - Sexual Offences
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of persons serving custodial sentences for sexual offences; the number of such offenders who have been offered a... - Metrology Service
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to extend the metrification of distances to the Garda carriage office. [5098/05] - Drugs in Prisons
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made with regard to the implementation of the commitment contained in An Agreed Programme for... - Garda Investigations
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the situation with respect to the investigation into the murder of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Land Registry Office
Question 125: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason there are such long delays in processing cases through the Land Registry office; if he has plans to expedite the... - Property Disposal
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he plans to reopen Shanganagh prison; and his other plans for the site. [5084/05] - Work-Life Balance
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether the introduction of paid parental leave would be a significant step forward in attempts to create... - Garda Traffic Corps
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he still proposes to have 1,000 gardaí on duty as part of his promised traffic corps; when he proposes to set up this... - Commission on Policing and Crime
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the report of the Dublin Lord Mayor's commission on policing and crime; if he intends to act on the... - Garda Deployment
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to resolve the potential conflict of interest that arises for Garda ethnic minority liaison officers who are also... - Garda Training
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the proposed volunteer members of the Garda Síochána will receive full training before they commence their duties. [5106/05]
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