Written answers

Wednesday, 25 September 2013

Department of Justice and Equality

 
  • Penalty Points System
    10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken since he received the report in March 2013 on fixed penalty charges to address the recommendations arising from the report;...
  • Prison Visiting Committees Issues
    11. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce more robust legislation to help reform the prison visiting committee system; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Legal Aid Applications
    12. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to make proposals as part of his overall approach to courts reform to tackle the delays experienced by persons in accessing free...
  • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
    13. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will carry out an inquiry into the reports that Shell gave boxes of alcohol as presents to the Garda station in Rossport; and if he will...
  • Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Issues
    14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will an update on the amalgamation of the Equality Authority and the Human Rights Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Insolvency Service of Ireland Applications
    15. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been made to the Insolvency Service of Ireland since its inception to date; and if he will make a statement...
  • Legal Aid Applications
    16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the issues raised in relation to legal aid and the length of time that a woman in a domestic violence case has...
  • Garda Strength
    17. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of Gardai in the force and his estimate of the number of Gardai by the end of 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a...
  • Community Policing
    18. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps An Garda Síochána has taken to compensate for the loss of Garda stations across rural communities; the number of new community...
  • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
    19. 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 if he will...
  • Electronic Tagging
    20. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to roll out electronic tagging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39606/13]
  • EU Funding
    21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for selecting eligibility for funding via the ERF and EIF funding mechanism. [39753/13]
  • Subsidiary Protection Administration
    22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the revised procedures for the determination of applications to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for subsidiary protection have...
  • Garda Investigations
    23. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will have the case of the murder of Garda Richard Fallon on 3 April 1970 independently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Direct Provision Expenditure
    24. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in the direct provision system; the total cost to the Exchequer of the current system; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings that he has had with the Justice Minister in the Northern Ireland Executive. [39762/13]
  • Law Reform Commission Recommendations
    26. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Law Reform Commission will publish its consultation paper relating to whether stalking should be specifically provided for in...
  • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues
    27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in overcoming the difficulties which have been experienced by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, in...
  • Sentencing Policy
    28. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing legislation with the objective of establishing a sentencing council that would issue sentencing guidelines to the...
  • Legislative Programme
    29. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation providing for recognition of Traveller ethnicity in this Dáil session. [39755/13]
  • Charitable Lotteries Scheme
    32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the planned timeframe for the intended phasing out of the charitable lotteries scheme; his plans to increase the prize limit applicable to private...
  • Equality Proofing of Budgets
    34. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has consulted wit the Department of Finance on the issue of equality budgeting. [39754/13]
  • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
    36. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to an earlier Parliamentary Question and in view of the fact that there are no actions in the National Traveller/Roma Integration Strategy...
  • Peace Commissioners Appointments
    37. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for the appointment of peace commissioners across the State. [39765/13]
  • Sentencing Policy
    38. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some criminal cases where a suspended sentence is imposed the term of the suspended sentence...
  • Court Accommodation Provision
    39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are further closures of rural court houses expected in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39750/13]
  • Garda Recruitment
    40. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if priority or recognition will be given to current and serving reserve members of An Garda Síochána during the upcoming recruitment...
  • Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
    41. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to monitor sex offenders on an all-Ireland basis. [39764/13]
  • Magdalen Laundries Report
    42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if, under the recent Quirke report recommendations with regard to the Magdalene laundries, there is any scope to examine individual cases, for...
  • Proposed Legislation
    43. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing legislation with the objective of making An Garda Síochána an independent policing authority. [39759/13]
  • Garda Recruitment
    44. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recommence recruitment to An Garda Síochána. [39761/13]
  • Proposed Legislation
    45. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation as promised in the Programme for Government. [39748/13]
  • Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports
    46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent report and recommendations from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, unanimously endorsed by...
  • Prison Accommodation Standard
    47. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to complete the in-cell sanitation in Portlaoise Prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39812/13]
  • Referendum on Marriage Equality
    48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects a referendum to be put to the people on the issue of marriage equality. [39751/13]
  • Crime Prevention
    49. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he has taken to address criminality in the Border region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39601/13]
  • Courts Service Issues
    50. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases currently listed and awaiting before the Supreme Court, High Court and Court of Criminal Appeal; the extent to which any...
  • Garda Deployment
    51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda ethnic liason officers that are currently working with minority communities. [39757/13]
  • Garda Investigations
    52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will accede to the request by the family of Fr. Niall Molloy for an independent inquiry into the priest's violent death; and if he will make...
  • UN Conventions Ratification
    53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39756/13]
  • Public Inquiries
    55. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has spoken to the British Prime Minister Cameron regarding the public inquiry on the Omagh bombing; and if he will make a statement on the...

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