Written answers
Tuesday, 17 July 2012
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
- Northern Ireland Issues
Question 507: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Decommissioning Papers held in the Burns library at Boston College will be returned to Irish jurisdiction where they will be... - Garda Stations
Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34401/12] - United Nations Committees
Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which he will provide the United Nations Convention Against Torture with his Department's comprehensive follow up... - Garda Vetting of Personnel
Question 510: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm when a garda clearance certificate will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if this case... - Garda Strength
Question 512: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the number of gardaí based in each station in the Galway Division; the number of these gardaí that are members of... - United Nations Conventions
Question 513: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Government will publish its next report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women in... - Asylum Seeker Accommodation
Question 515: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding accommodation centres; if consideration will be given to the appointment of a... - Citizenship Applications
Question 516: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a... - Garda Operations
Question 517: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the high level of violent incidents at recent large music events; if he has raised this issue with An Garda Síochána; if... - Departmental Agencies
Question 519: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will publish the new regulations to allow the Private Security Authority to license contractors and personnel working in the... - Crime Levels
Question 521: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering new measures to tackle knife crime in cities and towns here; if he is considering new legislation regarding same;... - Garda Operations
Question 522: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the recent Garda Operation Slowdown; the number of motorists that were found to be speeding during the course of... - Road Traffic Offences
Question 523: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorists caught for speeding offences in 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the... - Cash for Gold Trade
Question 524: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is considering new legislation to target potential illegal gold trading operations on foot of the recent Departmental review of... - Crime Levels
Question 525: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to incidents in an area (details supplied) in County Meath; his plans to tackle this issue; and if he... - Crime Statistics
Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been arrested for burglary in County Meath in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the... - Naturalisation Applications
Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have applied for naturalisation on the basis of being married to an Irish citizen since it was no longer... - Garda Transport
Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to the procurement of new vehicles for An Garda Sßochána, is there a maximum of 300,000 kilometres referred to in the... - Departmental Properties
Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he or any State agencies under the aegis of his Department owns or rents any apartments in a complex (details supplied) in Dublin... - Drug Courts
Question 531: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be possible to extend the operation of the Drug Treatment Court Programme to the Clondalkin and Lucan area in the near... - Liquor Licensing Laws
Question 532: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the late night permit to serve alcohol cost €410 per night; if a special rate applies for bars or nightclubs which serve alcohol... - Public Order Offences
Question 533: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to have more offences covered under the fixed penalty notice order for public order offences where alcohol is involved; and... - Residency Permits
Question 534: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a stamp 4 visa in respect of persons (details supplied). [34724/12] - Public Order Offences
Question 535: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the increase in public order offences, public drinking, drug abuse and anti-social behaviour in the... - Departmental Properties
Question 536: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm he has been contacted by South Dublin County Council in respect of the council designating a site in Tallaght west,... - Temporary Release of Prisoners
Question 537: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently participating in the community return programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Prison Committals
Question 538: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to figures that show that the prison population increased to 4,493 as of 14 June 2012, up from 4,288 on... - Commencement of Legislation
Question 539: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the Fines Act with the necessary ICT systems in place will commence. [34830/12] - Community Service Orders
Question 540: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to resource the community service schemes and the resources currently allocated. [34831/12] - Mental Health Services
Question 542: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources allocated to the Cloverhill Mental Health Prison Inreach and Court Liaison Service; and if he will make a statement on... - Sentencing Policy
Question 543: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to respond to the recent Law Reform Commission Consultation Paper on mandatory sentencing; if his Department has reviewed the... - Prison Building Programme
Question 544: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on renovation plans for Cork, Mountjoy in Dublin and Limerick prisons; his plans to ensure that... - Prison Accommodation
Question 545: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that replacement of outdated accommodation must not be used to expand overall prison capacity. [34836/12] - Inspector of Prisons
Question 546: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the new Inspector of Prisons will have the powers to compel witnesses to give evidence; the level of involvement the family of a... - Prisoner Complaints Procedures
Question 547: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will establish an office of a prisoner's ombudsman. [34838/12] - Juvenile Offenders
Question 548: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the interim measures in place to improve the regime at St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin, during the two year period while the new... - Prison Committals
Question 549: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service bring forward a strategy for diverting women offenders away... - Penal Policy Review Group
Question 550: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed Penal Policy Review Group. [34841/12] - National Crime Strategy
Question 551: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the development of a national crime strategy. [34842/12] - Prisoner Privacy
Question 552: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a recent court case where prisoner correspondence was found to have been leaked to a national... - Irish Prison Service
Question 553: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on protection in each prison; the number of these prisoners locked up for 23 hours or more and the prisons they... - Irish Prison Service
Question 554: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time prisoners are being held on 23 hour lock up regime; the longest period in which they may be held like this; if there... - Prison Accommodation
Question 555: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners still slopping out; the number of these prisoners in shared cells; the locations of these prisoners; and the... - Irish Prison Service
Question 556: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children and adults that were held in special observation cells in 2011; the duration of time they were held in same; and... - Prison Medical Service
Question 557: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place with regard to prescription drugs in each prison; the number of prisoners being prescribed benzodiazepines in... - Drugs in Prisons
Question 558: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on waiting lists for drug treatment services, counselling services, in each prison; the method by which the... - Prisoner Medical Records
Question 559: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners with long term illnesses in each of the prisons. [34850/12] - Prison Medical Service
Question 560: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if qualified medical staff are available in prisons at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34851/12] - Prison Dental Services
Question 561: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to dental care, where a prisoner requires treatment beyond the cost limit set by the Health Service Executive, the options... - Prison Regulations
Question 562: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place to ensure that the needs of prisoners with special dietary requirements, for example diabetics, are met. [34853/12] - Deaths in Prison
Question 563: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths in prison custody that occurred in 2011; the number of deaths in prison custody in the first six months of 2012;... - Prison Committals
Question 564: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women currently in prison custody; the number of those women on remand; the number of those women serving a sentence of... - Prisoner Transfers
Question 565: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of transfers that were effected within the prison system in 2011; the number of these that were involuntary; and the... - Prisoner Transfers
Question 566: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the highest number of transfers for an individual prisoner during sentence or in a year for each of the past four years; the number of... - Prisoner Safety
Question 567: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if seat belts are routinely provided to prisoners during transfers; and the safety measures in place to ensure prisoner safety during... - Prison Committals
Question 568: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for fine default during 2011; the number of persons imprisoned for fine default during the first six... - Prisoner Gratuity Payments
Question 569: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the proposed reduction in the standard prisoner gratuity, the steps he will put in place to ensure that no prisoner is... - Prison Visiting Regulations
Question 570: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners that had family visits withdrawn as punishment in 2011. [34861/12] - Prison Staff
Question 572: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if prison officers receive any specialist training with regard to family visits. [34863/12] - Prisoner Complaints Procedures
Question 573: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by prisoners in each prison during 2011; the number of these which were upheld; the number of these that... - Prison Staff
Question 574: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the training provided to staff on the way to support prisoners making a complaint. [34865/12] - Prison Regulations
Question 575: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that foreign national prisoners held in prisons here are not allowed to write or telephone... - Prison Religious Services
Question 576: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of access to religious services provided in each prison; and the level of access to minority religious services that is... - Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
Question 577: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children who have a parent in prison; the policies within the prison service that are in place to facilitate the child... - Prisoner Transfers
Question 578: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place to ensure that families are informed of the transfer of their family member; and if he will make a statement on... - Sex Offender Treatment Programme
Question 579: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sex offenders serving sentences of imprisonment; the number in each prison; the number in prison who have to date... - Garda Operations
Question 583: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of warrants that are outstanding in each Garda division; the breakdown of the outstanding warrants for each division in... - Citizenship Applications
Question 584: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for citizenship by naturalisation processed by his Department between 1 January 2011 and 31 December 2011;... - Garda Investigations
Question 591: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will support the case of a person (details supplied) as there is a lack of action on this urgent matter; and if he will make a... - Garda Transport
Question 592: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 14 June 2012, of the nine Garda cars that are currently assigned to Carlow district the... - Ministerial Allowances
Question 593: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the full list of allowances that are not subject to income tax and the rates applicable that are available to him and Ministers of... - Garda Stations
Question 594: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will protect rural Garda stations in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35073/12] - Garda Policing Plan
Question 595: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the impact that the assessment process being undertaken on the demands placed on each Garda District and station in the country will... - Garda Operations
Question 596: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by An Garda Siochána, including overtime costs, in providing services for the recent Eucharistic Congress; and if he... - Garda Operations
Question 597: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost incurred by An Garda Síochána, including overtime costs, in providing services for the recent visit of Aung San Suu Kyi; and... - Garda Operations
Question 600: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that there are sufficient policing numbers for the O'Connell Street area; if his attention has bean drawn to any... - Medical Negligence Cases
Question 601: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in cases of deaths caused by gross medical negligence that require a full ECHR Article 2 type investigation and noting the restrictions... - Citizenship Applications
Question 603: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the granting of an Irish passport to a child born in Ireland in 2006 of parents from outside the EU; and if he... - Departmental Staff
Question 604: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of clerical officers, executive officers, higher executive officers and assistant principal officers who replied to the... - Departmental Bodies
Question 605: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the merger of the Equality Tribunal and the Employment Appeals Tribunal; if this will result in a redeployment of staff;... - Compensation Awards
Question 606: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the payment of an award to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary by the Criminal Injuries Compensation... - National Drugs Strategy
Question 607: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for and the actual expenditure by An Garda Síochána, the Irish Prison Service, the Probation Service and by his... - Sexual Offences
Question 608: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 12 January 2011, the progress made to date on the provision of information to parents; and... - Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
Question 609: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons registered with the Gardai who must comply with Part 2 of the Sex Offenders Act 2001; the number actually... - Departmental Staff
Question 610: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the internal promotion competitions were last held for the following grades, promotion to principal officer,... - Proposed Legislation
Question 612: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the progress of the new mental capacity legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 613: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 614: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of chairpersons appointed to State boards since March 2011 that have appeared before the relevant Joint Oireachtas... - Departmental Staff
Question 615: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in the public sector over recent years. [36045/12] - Defence Forces Re-organisation
Question 616: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will give a firm commitment that he will not amalgamate the Army Western Brigade and the Army Southern Brigade; if he will give a firm... - Illegal Traveller Encampments
Question 617: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on a submission (details supplied) regarding the Curragh; if a review of the regulations governing the area to ensure its protection will... - Illegal Traveller Encampments
Question 618: To ask the Minister for Defence his views on the impact of the growing incidents of traveller encampments, some of which are extremely large, on the environs of the Curragh Plains;... - Defence Forces Property
Question 619: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for the future of the 4th Infantry Battalion in Collins Barracks, Cork, in view of reports that it will be disbanded. [34731/12] - Departmental Properties
Question 621: To ask the Minister for Defence the procedure in place in his Department for the employment of security services for his Department's facilities; if these procedures were adhered... - Defence Forces Medicinal Products
Question 622: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Doxycycline tablets issued to members of the Defence Forces annually since 2000. [34872/12] - Defence Forces Transport
Question 623: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times Defence Forces helicopters were used to transport Government Ministers in Ireland for 2011 and to date in 2012 in tabular form.... - Defence Forces Transport
Question 624: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of times Defence Forces helicopters were used to transport dignitaries, excluding Government Ministers, in Ireland for 2011 and to date... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 630: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of members there are in the Reserve Defence Forces in the Western Brigade and a breakdown of the number of members in each branch of the... - Defence Forces Reserve
Question 631: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of new recruits in the Reserve Defence Forces in the Western Brigade in 2012; if he will provide a breakdown of the new recruits in each... - Ministerial Allowances
Question 632: To ask the Minister for Defence the full list of allowances that are not subject to income tax and the rates applicable that are available to him and Ministers of State in his... - Departmental Agencies
Question 633: To ask the Minister for Defence the State agencies and bodies within the remit of his Department that have the power to enter or search premises in the course of an investigation;... - Appointments to State Boards
Question 634: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will outline the total number of appointments to State boards since March 2011 under the aegis of his Department; the total number of... - Departmental Staff
Question 636: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of retired public servants who have been awarded temporary or term-time posts in the public sector over recent years. [36040/12] - Pension Provisions
Question 637: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of public servants in receipt of pensions between €10,000 to €20,000; €20,001 to €30,000;...
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