Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2005
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
- Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 12: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will honour a commitment to meet persons (details supplied) on 6 May 2005; and if he will make a statement on the... - National Emergency Plan
Question 13: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the exercises in March 2005 to test the effectiveness of the national emergency plan; the success of the... - Deportation Orders
Question 14: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions since June 2002 on which aircraft have been chartered to facilitate the deportation of persons; the... - Garda Personnel
Question 15: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that sufficient resources are available for juvenile liaison officers; and if he will make a statement on... - Child Care Services
Question 16: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he is taking to ensure that the equal opportunity child care funding will continue past August 2005; and if he... - Asylum Applications
Question 17: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications for asylum received during 2002, 2003, 2004 and to date; the number of applications approved by... - Homophobic Crime
Question 18: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to combat homophobic hate crime. [16173/05] - Crime Levels
Question 19: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime level across all headings for the Arklow area in 1997. [16169/05] - Law on Defamation
Question 20: 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,... - Garda Equipment
Question 21: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent caution from the Court of Criminal Appeal to gardaí concerning the importance... - Public Order Offences
Question 22: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he intends to take to deal with vandalism and anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the... - Immigrant Services
Question 23: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for the establishment of a new one-stop shop for dealing with all immigration matters; and if he will make a... - Asylum Applications
Question 24: 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... - Prisons Building Programme
Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the capital funding which has been allocated to the Mountjoy complex in Dublin in each of the past ten years; and if he will... - Immigration Policy
Question 26: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consultation process he intends to initiate in regard to his recently published discussion document, Immigration and... - Crime Levels
Question 27: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime level across all headings for the Bray area in 1997. [16168/05] - Garda Investigations
Question 29: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress which has been made in the Garda investigation into two robberies of security vans in Dublin in March 2005 in... - Bullying in the Workplace
Question 30: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to claims made by the president of the Garda Representative Association that insidious... - Crime Levels
Question 31: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps he proposes to take to combat escalating gun crime, with particular reference to the use of automatic and... - Industrial Disputes
Question 32: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the contingency plans he has in place to ensure the safety and security of prisons here should the current dispute with the... - Garda Investigations
Question 33: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made with regard to the Garda investigation into the major money laundering operation uncovered earlier in 2005;... - Garda Personnel
Question 34: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of the Garda Síochána who have been dismissed from the force or lost their pension entitlements in... - Asylum Applications
Question 35: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to confer immigration status on persons (details supplied) who were granted work permits due to the fact that... - Crime Levels
Question 36: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the steps being taken to deal with the surge of serious crime in recent months, including the spate of gangland style... - National Women's Strategy
Question 37: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will report on the progress of the interdepartmental committee in developing a national women's strategy; the... - Crime Levels
Question 38: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of murder in which firearms were used in respect of each year from 1998 and to date; the number of such... - Tribunals of Inquiry
Question 39: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the efforts which have been made by him to ensure that persons (details supplied) have legal representation at the Morris... - Prisons Building Programme
Question 40: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to plans to construct a new prison at Thornton, County Dublin; if the Irish Prison Service has taken... - Irish Prison Service
Question 41: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he is taking to address the concerns expressed in the Second Annual Report of the Inspector of Prisons and Places... - Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Question 42: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has plans to provide a meaningful statistical breakdown of cases decided upon by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal. [16185/05] - Proposed Legislation
Question 43: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the long promised Judicial Conduct and Ethics Bill will be published; if he has brought proposals to Government on the... - Claims against Gardaí
Question 44: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the amount paid out either in respect of court awards or out of court settlements for claims taken against members of the... - Children Act 2001
Question 45: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans fully to implement the Children Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16184/05] - Garda Deployment
Question 46: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of community gardaí in place in each of the past five years for which figures are available; and if he will make... - Asylum Support Services
Question 47: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his Department has carried out its own review of the living conditions and health of asylum seekers in accommodation... - Garda Divisional Structures
Question 48: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he intends to redraw Garda divisions as they relate to north Kildare. [15999/05] - Sex Offender Treatment Programme
Question 49: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report submitted to his Department suggesting that sex offenders should be given special privileges... - Industrial Disputes
Question 50: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will reopen discussions with the Irish Prison Officers' Association in regard to the dispute on overtime working,... - Security Industry
Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position in regard to a proposed code of practice for the private security sector; when the code will be finalised; and... - Prisons Building Programme
Question 53: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason adequate time was not given to assessing all aspects of the land chosen for the new Mountjoy Prison at Thornton... - Maternity Leave Provisions
Question 54: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will introduce legislation to increase maternity leave entitlements in the State to 26 weeks paid and 26 weeks unpaid... - Family Law
Question 55: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the implications for divorce law here of the recent EU Green Paper on divorce; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Decentralisation Programme
Question 56: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding decentralisation of sections of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to Tipperary town;... - Garda Systems
Question 57: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the stage of development of the technology required to ensure the full implementation of all existing Road Traffic Acts; when... - Garda Strength
Question 58: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí at the latest date for which figures are available; the number expected to be recruited during 2005;... - Prison Reports
Question 59: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report of the Inspector of Prisons on St. Patrick's Institution; and if he will make a statement on... - Independent Monitoring Commission Report
Question 60: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when it is intended to publish the third report of the international monitoring committee, which he received on 27 April... - Garda Personnel
Question 61: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of juvenile liaison officers in the Garda at the latest date for which figures are available; his plans to extend... - Garda Investigations
Question 63: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an outside counsel has been appointed to examine the papers in the Grangegorman murder case with a view to determining the... - Money Laundering Offences
Question 65: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which extortion, racketeering, threatening of witnesses and money laundering has been established; if adequate... - Security Industry
Question 66: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the operation of the Private Security Authority; the number of staff recruited by the authority;... - Child Care Services
Question 67: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether community and child care facilities will require funding on a continuous basis, in view of his recent... - Public Order Offences
Question 70: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason measures to deal with anti-social behaviour have not been introduced by him. [16191/05] - Sexual Offences
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the low level of detections and convictions secured in respect of rape cases; the steps he intends to take to... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the manner in which it is intended to monitor and ensure enforcement of the recent announcement regarding equal gender... - Irish Prison Service
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the cost of the construction and equipping of the special unit on the grounds of St. Patrick's Institution that was to have...
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