Written answers
Tuesday, 12 April 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Road Traffic Offences
Question 653: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform regarding the laws and regulation which govern the fitting of exhaust systems to road vehicles,the agency which is... - National Disability Strategy
Question 654: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who has overall responsibility for the national disability strategy launched by him in September 2004, in... - Anti-Racism Measures
Question 655: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will identify the members of the national advisory committee on racism; the criteria upon which the members were... - Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 656: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress in the provision of a CCTV system for Kilkenny city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9951/05] - Deportation Orders
Question 657: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the deportation of a person (details supplied) to Nigeria; his... - Garda Deployment
Question 659: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí on duty on St Patrick's Day in County Louth by location. [9997/05] - Garda Operations
Question 660: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of arrests made by gardaí on St Patrick's Day in County Louth by location in each case. [9998/05] - Citizenship Applications
Question 661: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in respect of application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if... - Registration of Title
Question 662: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for a registration in the land registry office will be completed. [10000/05] - Deportation Orders
Question 663: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason 35 Nigerian nationals were disgracefully deported from here on 15 March 2005 among them children and pupils... - Garda Stations
Question 664: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda personnel allocated to Garda stations in Lucan, Clondalkin, Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart and Brittas at... - Registration of Title
Question 665: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for registration in the land registry office will be completed. [10069/05] - Citizenship Applications
Question 666: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in relation to persons (details supplied) who have applied for citizenship under the Irish born child scheme;... - Residency Permits
Question 667: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding citizens from Angola who have applied for residency recently under the revised arrangements who... - Citizenship Applications
Question 669: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be approved or otherwise; and if he... - Garda Recruitment
Question 670: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who achieved 97th out of approximately 1,100 applicants in an... - Departmental Appointments
Question 671: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received correspondence to his business permission unit in respect of an application for employment (details... - Garda Recruitment
Question 672: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if competency in the Irish language forms part of the eligibility criteria for entry to the Garda; and if he will make a... - Official Engagements
Question 673: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he travelled abroad for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; the persons who travelled with him in his official party; the... - Visa Applications
Question 674: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny will be expedited. [10207/05] - Citizenship Applications
Question 675: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application to stay in the State in the name of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if a... - Deportation Orders
Question 676: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of foreign nationals deported to Nigeria on a chartered flight on 14 March 2005; the average time each had spent... - Child Care Services
Question 677: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for funding in the name of a group (details supplied) in County Carlow under the equal... - Travel Documents
Question 678: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; if his Department will issue new documents to them as the... - Traffic Fines
Question 679: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the efforts being made on a North-South basis to have reciprocal arrangements put in place to enable police forces to... - Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 680: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Morris tribunal rescinded its decision to move to Letterkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Citizenship Applications
Question 682: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an application by a person (details supplied) in County Galway for Irish citizenship and for an Irish passport is being... - Child Care Services
Question 683: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received an application for capital grants under the equal opportunities childcare programme from a group (details... - Business Permission Scheme
Question 684: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10251/05] - Visa Applications
Question 685: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for a visa for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Correspondence
Question 686: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration he gave to correspondence which he received (details supplied); if he will give a more substantive reply... - Citizenship Applications
Question 687: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the delay in processing an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied); the... - Child Care Services
Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position on an application for a group (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the... - Residency Permits
Question 689: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 9 December 2004, the status of the residency application in question in view of... - Equal Opportunities Childcare Programme
Question 690: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out an appraisal of the application for funding under the equal opportunities childcare... - Business Permission Scheme
Question 691: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the application for sole trader for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will be processed. [10323/05] - Registration of Title
Question 692: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Land Registry Office will expedite the application on a folio for a person (details supplied) in County Clare. [10324/05] - Visa Applications
Question 695: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa application was refused to a person (details supplied); the further information required; and if he will... - Garda Recruitment
Question 696: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proposals in place to call new Garda recruits for training from the panel of those already interviewed. [10340/05] - Garda Stations
Question 698: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime statistics for the Blessington area, County Wicklow for 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004; if he will give... - Mobile Telephony
Question 699: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the actions persons can take regarding abusive text messages on mobile phones; and if he will make a statement on the... - Registration of Title
Question 700: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will take steps to expedite an application for first registration by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath;... - Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 701: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when closed circuit television will be installed in Drogheda and Ardee in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on... - Drugs Problem
Question 702: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the action the Garda is taking and its progress in tackling the growing drug problem in... - Garda Deployment
Question 703: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of extra gardaí appointed to Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee in each of the past five years. [10459/05] - Grant Payments
Question 704: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for funding for a group (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Garda Investigations
Question 705: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times, since June 2002, private security companies have been robbed while in the process of transporting cash;... - Deportation Orders
Question 713: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of times, since June 2002, that persons under the age of 18 years have been deported separately from their... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 715: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the sections of his Department currently based outside Dublin which will be moved to other non-Dublin locations under the... - Probation and Welfare Service
Question 716: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 24 March 2005, the results of his Department's investigation into the death of... - Departmental Staff
Question 717: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria by which certain categories of employees in his Department, for example, cleaners at Garda Headquarters,... - Garda Operations
Question 718: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the gardaí at Mountjoy Garda Station, Dublin 7 liaise with Irish Rail regarding ongoing criminal and antisocial... - Fairtrade Products
Question 719: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the campaign to have Fairtrade products widely available and used; his views on the... - Inquiry into Child Abuse
Question 720: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a copy of a report on allegations of abuse at an institution (details supplied) between 1993 and1995; the... - Work Permits
Question 721: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding a request for family reunification and an application for a work permit for their spouse by a person... - Visa Applications
Question 722: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a decision to refuse a re-entry visa to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on... - Judicial Appointments
Question 723: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government will appoint additional district justices in 2005; if there are vacancies for district justices; and if he... - Prison Staff
Question 724: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if psychologists and addiction counsellors have now been appointed to the Mountjoy Complex, Cloverhill and Wheatfield... - Drug Seizures
Question 725: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda achieved their target of a 25% increase in the volume of opiates and all other drugs seized by the end of 2004... - Grant Payments
Question 726: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capital grant aid provided each year for each of the past five years to provide child care facilities; and the number of... - Residency Permits
Question 728: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) who has been informed that her application for residency on... - Grant Payments
Question 729: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grants and other financial assistance awarded by his Department in each of the past three years to men's organisations... - Deportation Orders
Question 734: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will revoke the deportation order against a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if this case will be... - Citizenship Applications
Question 735: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of a citizenship application for a person (details supplied) in County Waterford. [10724/05] - Visa Applications
Question 736: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria applied in deciding on the application of nominating parents of a person married to an Irish national to... - Citizenship Applications
Question 737: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 358 of 8 march 2005, the status of an application for a person (details supplied) in County Clare... - Departmental Agencies
Question 738: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the present status of the Land Registry's Registry of Deeds Statement of Strategy and Business Plan 2002-05; and if he will... - Grant Payments
Question 739: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) in County Cork have not yet received their... - Garda Operations
Question 740: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a dedicated missing persons bureau has been in existence; if he has assessed the urgent need to re-establish this bureau;... - State Bodies
Question 741: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the annual fees paid to each chairperson and director in each statutory board under the remit of his Department. [10883/05] - Registration of Title
Question 742: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a dealing will be completed in the Land Registry for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [10893/05] - International Agreements
Question 745: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government intends to continue to stay outside the Schengen area of the European Union; and if he will make a... - Courts Service
Question 746: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a record is kept of the number of cases of judgments which have been reserved by a particular judge. [10897/05] - Drug Seizures
Question 749: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manner in which drugs which are seized by the national drugs unit at Dublin Castle are disposed of; and the period of... - Crime Levels
Question 752: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Question No. 240 of 23 March 2005 regarding the figures for the number of firearms stolen, the breakdown of such... - Garda Operations
Question 756: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on a situation in the Carraig na bhFear and Whitechurch area of County Cork (details supplied);... - Visa Applications
Question 762: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a visa will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10913/05] - Asylum Support Services
Question 763: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures which were put in place by his Department to settle 20 non-national families in Dundalk, County Louth who... - Child Care Services
Question 764: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when application forms will be issued for staffing grants for community-based child care facilities; when those grants will... - Asylum Applications
Question 766: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when a decision will be made on an application for temporary permission to remain in the State for a person (details... - Garda Deployment
Question 767: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí assigned to Ballymun, Finglas, Santry and Whitehall Garda stations, with a breakdown for each station.... - Citizenship Applications
Question 769: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the application for residency and citizenship of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [10999/05] - Closed Circuit Television Systems
Question 773: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the code of practice and the technical specifications for community based closed circuit television schemes will be... - Citizenship Applications
Question 775: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if dual Irish-German citizenship will be offered to a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Garda Strength
Question 779: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the net number of extra gardaí that have been provided in line with the commitment given in the programme for Government to... - Courts Service
Question 780: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has allocated sufficient funds to the Courts Service to facilitate current and anticipated requirements with... - Crime Prevention
Question 781: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has given any specific instructions in regard to the methodology to be used to tackle organised crime; if he has... - Money Laundering
Question 782: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the suggestion that the proceeds of bank or other robberies, extortion, racketeering,... - Crime Prevention
Question 784: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if adequate communication structures exist between the Garda and police in other jurisdictions and Interpol to meet the... - Garda Deployment
Question 785: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent by which the number of gardaí deployed to each Garda station in Dublin and the greater Dublin area has increased... - Garda Stations
Question 787: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the condition and level of technology available at the various Garda stations in County Kildare is in accordance with... - Garda Transport
Question 788: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the quality and number of Garda patrol cars available for use from and through the various Garda stations throughout... - Garda Stations
Question 789: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he expects to increase the opening hours of the various Garda stations throughout County Kildare; and if he will make a... - Crime Levels
Question 790: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of public order incidents detected or reported in County Kildare in each of the past three years; the number of... - Prisons Building Programme
Question 791: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on concerns (details supplied) on the proposed prison at Thornton Hall, County Dublin; and if he will make a... - Garda Deployment
Question 793: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to locate a full time Garda presence in Dunlavin, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
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