Written answers

Thursday, 7 December 2006

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

 
  • Airport Security
    Question 10: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the arrangements his Department has made for protecting Shannon Airport from possible attack; if his...
  • Crime Levels
    Question 11: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the information available as to the extent of contract killings here; and if he has proposals to deal with...
  • Garda Reserve
    Question 12: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the recruitment of a retired senior Garda officer (details supplied) who was strongly...
  • Garda Strength
    Question 13: To ask the Tánaiste and 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...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 14: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take following the publication of the options paper prepared by the working group on...
  • Garda Stations
    Question 15: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Garda stations equipped for the video recording of interviews with suspects; the percentage of...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 16: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the Judicial Council Bill is expected to be published; the consultation he has had with members of the...
  • Civilianisation Programme
    Question 17: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress that has been made on the implementation of the civilianisation programme; the success of the...
  • Sentencing Policy
    Question 18: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the consideration he has given to the recent call from the Director of Public Prosecutions for the Judiciary...
  • Residency Permits
    Question 19: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the action he will take following the recent High Court ruling which found that he breached the rights of...
  • Juvenile Offenders
    Question 20: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the main proposals for dealing with child offenders following the raising of the age of criminal...
  • Garda Investigations
    Question 21: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in regard to the death of a person (details supplied) in County Offaly in February 2002, and the fact that...
  • Criminal Prosecutions
    Question 22: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of occasions in each of the past five years in which known serious crime gang bosses or principles...
  • Garda Ombudsman Commission
    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....
  • Airport Security
    Question 24: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing an inspection system for flights landing at Shannon Airport in order to ensure that...
  • Drug Seizures
    Question 25: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the almost tenfold increase in seizures of heroin in the first ten months of 2006 over the same...
  • Departmental Reports
    Question 26: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the recent report of An Garda Síochána advisory groups, published on 7 November 2006; if he...
  • Garda Training
    Question 28: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to enhance Garda training in order that all members of An Garda Síochána will be trained in the...
  • Departmental Agencies
    Question 31: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the Law Reform Commission consultation document on legitimate defence; and if he will make a...
  • Garda Deployment
    Question 32: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí currently assigned to community policing; the proportion of the overall force this...
  • Crime Levels
    Question 33: To ask the Tánaiste and 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 to date in 2006;...
  • Civilianisation Programme
    Question 34: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of non-Garda clerical staff employed by An Garda Síochána; the number placed in each Garda...
  • Garda Deployment
    Question 35: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí seconded to work on Operation Freeflow from 27 November 2006 to 7 January 2007; the...
  • Airport Security
    Question 37: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if Irish officials, during the 1960s, boarded and searched planes at Shannon en route to Cuba; if so, the...
  • Departmental Inquiries
    Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a report from the expert group established in view of concerns arising from the Dean Lyons...
  • Garda Discipline Regulations
    Question 39: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the consideration of the new draft Garda discipline regulations by the Garda...
  • EU Directives
    Question 40: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason the Government has opted out of Council Directive 2004/81/EC on the protection of victims of human...
  • Garda Stations
    Question 41: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the times when Youghal Garda station is open with gardaí present to facilitate members of the public; if a...
  • Residency Permits
    Question 42: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has given further consideration to the difficulties facing aged-out non-Irish minors who have applied...
  • Closed Circuit Television Systems
    Question 43: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his intentions with regard to the regulation of closed circuit television reported in a newspaper (details...
  • Substance Misuse
    Question 44: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the recent 2006 Annual Report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs...
  • Victims of Crime
    Question 45: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on whether a single Department and Minister should take ultimate responsibility for ensuring that...
  • Proposed Legislation
    Question 46: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the NYCI's demand for legislation to ensure that the Equal Status Act 2000...
  • Judicial Appointments
    Question 48: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Government is considering an alteration to the manner in which it selects persons for nomination by the...
  • Garda Strength
    Question 49: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of members of An Garda Síochána, the number of juvenile liaison officers and the percentage of...
  • Crime Levels
    Question 50: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of tiger robberies, where people were taken hostage in an attempt to force others to hand over cash...
  • Immigrant Services
    Question 52: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has satisfied himself that his Department is providing adequate reception and integration services for...
  • Garda Deployment
    Question 53: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of the new Garda recruits employed since the establishment of the Government in 2002 deployed to...
  • Prisoners' Voting Rights
    Question 54: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures being put in place to ensure that the maximum number of prisoners possible are allowed to...
  • Garda Investigations
    Question 55: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has received a response from the Garda Commissioner to the copy sent to him of the Report of the...
  • Civil Partnerships
    Question 56: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if same sex couples will be satisfied with a selective approach or a limited version of civil partnership...
  • Electronic Monitoring of Offenders
    Question 57: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when arrangements for electronic monitoring of criminals will be in place; the present arrangements; and if...
  • Prison Building Programme
    Question 58: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans for the construction of a new prison in north Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Crime Levels
    Question 59: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the crime figures and progress with detection rates in the greater Dublin area over the past five years; and...
  • Public Order Offences
    Question 60: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when the anti-social behaviour provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 will be brought into operation; and...
  • Garda Investigations
    Question 61: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made to date by the gardaí in regard to the murder of a person (details supplied); if he is...
  • Garda Stations
    Question 62: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the times when Garda stations in Killeagh, Cloyne, Ballycotton, Carrigtohill and Whitegate are open with...
  • Child Protection
    Question 63: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his programme of action on foot of the publication of the 62 recommendations of the Joint Committee on Child...
  • Joyriding Offences
    Question 64: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has a strategic plan to address the increasing problem of so called boy racing and existing problems of...
  • Ministerial Appointments
    Question 65: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the criteria used by Government when appointing lay persons to sit on the Judicial Advisory Appointments...
  • Court Staff
    Question 66: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the resignation of former Circuit Court Judge, Brian Curtin, under section 6 of...
  • Probation and Welfare Service
    Question 67: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals for further development of the probation service; the additional resources that will be provided...
  • Weapons Amnesty
    Question 68: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of firearms and knives surrendered under the recent amnesty by the closing date of 31 October 2006;...
  • Garda Recruitment
    Question 69: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he has brought to Government his request for approval for the appointment of an additional 1,000 gardaí;...
  • Crime Levels
    Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number and extent of criminal empires which are being run directly by its members while in prison; if such...
  • Garda Operations
    Question 71: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of weapons seized to date and the number of arrests made in relation to Operation Anvil; the reason...
  • Departmental Bodies
    Question 72: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the terms of reference and membership of the working groups to produce proposals for the development of...
  • Deportation Orders
    Question 75: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of deportation orders of illegal immigrants to people refused refugee status or people who have...
  • Asylum Support Services
    Question 76: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the moneys spent on asylum and immigration functions to date in 2006; the comparison figures for the years...
  • Courts Service
    Question 77: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress with the Courts Service proposals for restructuring of court fees; and if he will make a...
  • Juvenile Offenders
    Question 78: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress to provide a secure detention centre to specifically cater for the needs of juvenile offenders;...
  • Anti-Racism Measures
    Question 79: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress of the Government's anti-racism and diversity policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Garda Vetting Services
    Question 80: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures in place for the vetting of people offered employment in child care services and in services for...
  • Citizenship Applications
    Question 81: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he...
  • Public Order Offences
    Question 83: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make a statement on the policies in place to tackle public order offences; and the number of public...
  • Illegal Immigrants
    Question 84: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 121 of 23 November 2006, if he will review the issue of compensation in...
  • Crime Prevention
    Question 87: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he is satisfied that the gardaí have adequate resources to deal with the growing problem of organised...
  • Crime Levels
    Question 88: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which there has been a re-classification for the various forms of crime which has removed...
  • National Drugs Strategy
    Question 89: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason contrary to his affirmation, there appears to be a serious deficiency in the extent of resources,...
  • Witness Intimidation
    Question 92: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents of witness intimidation reported in each of the past five ears to date; the action...
  • Crime Levels
    Question 93: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of money laundering incidents uncovered in the past five years to date; the amount recovered...
  • Garda Strength
    Question 94: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if an examination has been carried out to identify precisely the number of gardaí still required with regard...
  • Public Order Offences
    Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his proposals to deploy sufficient Garda numbers to tackle the ever increasing problem of anti-social activity...
  • Illegal Immigrants
    Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a...
  • Asylum Applications
    Question 101: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a...
  • Citizenship Applications
    Question 104: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the extent to which an application for naturalisation has been progressed in the case of persons (details...
  • Visa Applications
    Question 105: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedure to be followed by a non-EU national who has been here for the past six years on an educational...
  • Residency Permits
    Question 106: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a work permit from 10 January 2005 to 9 January 2006, 10 January 2004 to 9 January 2005, 10 January 2003...

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