Written answers
				Tuesday, 24 January 2012
  				
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
				 
  - House Prices 
 Question 472: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  when the register of residential house prices envisaged in discussions with the troika will commence; and if he will make a statement...
- Asylum Support Services 
 Question 473: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of asylum seekers and others accommodated in the respective centres under the direct provision scheme; the number, gender...
- Legal Proceedings 
 Question 474: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the steps he will take to stop a person (details supplied) from making himself or herself bankrupt in the UK; and if he will make a...
- Crime Levels 
 Question 475: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of Garda investigations which have taken place during each of the past five years regarding illegal adoption practices here,...
- Garda Transport 
 Question 476: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality   if he will confirm that once Garda patrol cars reach a mileage of approximately 300,000 km they are to be automatically decommissioned...
- Witness Protection 
 Question 477: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of witnesses in criminal cases who have enjoyed Garda protection have had...
- International Agreements 
 Question 478: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  his plans to introduce a system of sharing personal data, fingerprints and future DNA profiles held by authorities here with the US...
- Citizenship Applications 
 Question 480: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied).  [3355/12]
- Charitable Lotteries Fund 
 Question 483: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the level of funding available in 2012 to the Charitable Lotteries Fund; the way this level of resources compares to the 2011 figures;...
- Garda Operations 
 Question 484: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if there are provisions in place, or likely to be introduced in the future, to allow for cross-county surveillance in respect of An...
- Children's Rights 
 Question 485: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the position in this jurisdiction regarding parentage, guardianship and citizenship rights for a child born to a surrogate mother...
- Garda Transport 
 Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the total number of official Garda vehicles in operation in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Courts Service 
 Question 492: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  his plans to improve the efficiency of the criminal courts.  [3431/12]
- Citizenship Applications 
 Question 495: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the current status and procedures followed to date with respect to an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- National Drugs Strategy 
 Question 496: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  his views on the Vienna declaration on drug policy, the official declaration of the XVIII International AIDS Conference - Aids 2010 -...
- Asylum Applications 
 Question 497: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the current or expected position in respect of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 15;...
- Departmental Funding 
 Question 499: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he will support the Justice for the Forgotten group in 2012 with adequate funding.  [3491/12]
- Freedom of Information 
 Question 500: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he will make available to a person (details supplied) all and any notes, memoranda, communications and correspondence, in whatever...
- Visa Applications 
 Question 501: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he will give any consideration to the proposal to increase the amount of time in respect of which persons can apply for a visa to...
- Garda Deployment 
 Question 503: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the position regarding his programme for new Garda roster arrangements; when the new arrangements will come into force; if the new...
- Road Traffic Accidents 
 Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if all drivers involved in a fatal or serious road collision are now being tested for their alcohol level; if he will also indicate the...
- Road Traffic Offences 
 Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, since  the commencement of section 63 of the Road Traffic Act, the number of drivers who have turned up to court without their driving...
- Garda Strength 
 Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of gardaí employed.  [3547/12]
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings 
 Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of gardaí convicted of any offences during each of the past ten years; the offences they were convicted of; the length of...
- Garda Compensation 
 Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of gardaí awarded compensation for injuries sustained in the course of their work during each of the last seven years; the...
- Garda Operations 
 Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, in view of  the fact that local gardaí on the County Donegal side of Lough Foyle have stated that they have instructions to take no...
- Citizenship Applications 
 Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  when will he issue a decision in relation to an application for certificate of naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied)...
- Garda Stations 
 Question 511: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the criteria used in the decision by him to close the Garda station in Moyvane, County Kerry; the way he assigned a population of 530...
- Garda Deployment 
 Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  his views on the work carried out by the Garda water unit in Athlone; and if he will confirm that the unit will remain in Athlone,...
- Garda Stations 
 Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he is proposing to close more Garda stations; and the location of same.  [3626/12]
- Proposed Legislation 
 Question 514: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the exact change to the Fines Act he is proposing to bring in; and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [3627/12]
- Commercial Rent Reviews 
 Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  his plans to review the upward only rent reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [3628/12]
- Garda Operations 
 Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he will provide details, for each of the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011, of the number of different instances in which counterfeit...
- Crime Prevention 
 Question 518: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality,  further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 14 December 2011, if there is an established requirement on receivers of metal to log all...
- Visa Applications 
 Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he will review the administration and processing of a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
- Garda Disciplinary Proceedings 
 Question 520: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the details of any member of An Garda Siochána who has been charged or convicted of making false statements or perjury in carrying out...
- Garda Equipment 
 Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of additional Garda mountain bikes that will be purchased in 2012; the cost of same; when he expects An Garda Síochána to...
- Garda Operations (1 comment) 
 Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the current age at which dogs in the Garda dog unit are kept in active service until the dog has to retire on age grounds; the last...
- Garda Transport 
 Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the cost of repairing Garda vehicles for the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Garda Interpretation Services 
 Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the services and facilities available to gardaí when dealing with persons who have little or no English; and if he will make a...
- Immigration Policy 
 Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the position regarding investment opportunities here (details supplied).  [3900/12]
- Garda Investigations 
 Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he sanctioned the significant rise in the cost to bereaved families for accessing copies of Garda documents relating to the...
- Departmental White Papers 
 Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if the new White Paper on crime has been completed; and when he intends to publish same.  [4001/12]
- Garda Deployment 
 Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the number of members of An Garda Síochána that are on duty in the 39 Garda stations proposed for closure in the 2012 policing plan....
- Inspector of Prisons Reports 
 Question 530: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the way he intends to ensure that the Prison Service action plan for Limerick Prison is implemented in view of the recent report...
- Garda Stations 
 Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  the reason for the closure of a Garda station (details supplied); if an evaluation of the impact on the local community has been...
- Prison Education Service 
 Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  when the Inspector of Prisons and Places of Detention's value for money audit in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, will be completed; the...
- Proposed Legislation 
 Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if he plans to amend the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989 to include racially aggravated harassment or other forms of...
- Citizenship Applications 
 Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality,  further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 5 April 2010, the current backlog in processing applications for naturalisation; when...
- Residency Permits 
 Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality,  further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 5 April 2010, the current backlog in processing applications for long-term residency...
- Public Sector Reform 
 Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality  if robust service level agreements between parent Departments and State bodies are now in place for all non-commercial State agencies....
- Army Barracks 
 Question 537: To ask the Minister for Defence  when his officials will meet with the civilian staff from Columb Barracks, Mullingar, County Westmeath, to discuss the options available to them....
- Departmental Bodies 
 Question 538: To ask the Minister for Defence  if he will provide a breakdown of the membership of the high level civil-military planning and procurement group in his Department and the Defence...
- Public Sector Reform 
 Question 539: To ask the Minister for Defence  the measures that have been put in place to date with regard to rationalisation of the State bodies under his aegis listed in Appendix IIA of the...
- Departmental Bodies 
 Question 542: To ask the Minister for Defence  the total amount paid in remuneration and expenses to members of publicly appointed State boards both in the public and semi-State sectors in 2011;...
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