Written answers

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

  • Visa Applications
    548. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views that the visa application process should be more streamlined thus making Ireland more accessible for non-EU nationals; and if she will...
  • Citizenship Applications
    549. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Criminal Justice Working Group
    550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the contents of the first interim report of the Criminal Justice Working Group established to monitor the fixed...
  • Legal Assistance Treaties
    551. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the mutual legal assistance treaties Ireland has signed or ratified that relate to the US case in which a company (details supplied) has been...
  • Road Traffic Offences
    552. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any prosecutions in relation to truck drivers on the Kennelsfort Road, Palmerstown, Dublin 20 in the past five years. [34279/14]
  • Naturalisation Applications
    553. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
  • Garda Strength
    554. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of members of An Garda Síochána in the State overall; the current number and number as of March 2011 of gardaí...
  • Non-EEA Student Registrations
    555. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of non-EEA students registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau from 2005 to 2014; and if he will provide a breakdown...
  • Garda Station Closures
    556. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rural Garda stations that have been shut down in the past five years and their locations. [32997/14]
  • Garda Deployment
    557. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently serving in the different districts of Waterford city and county; and the number that were serving in those...
  • Criminal Prosecutions Data
    558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for possession and-or sale and supply of heroin that were recorded at courts in Waterford city and county in each of...
  • Road Traffic Offences
    560. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown, for the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 and based on each court district, of the number of drivers...
  • Garda Investigations
    561. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the appointment of a person to investigate 221 cases of Garda irregularity (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Anti-Social Behaviour
    562. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views regarding anti-social issues and crime and increasing the penalties for forecourt drive offs and better equip the gardaí to deal...
  • Cycling Policy
    563. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding cycling on footpaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33085/14]
  • Naturalisation Applications
    564. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied), the reason a decision has not yet been made despite...
  • Equality Issues
    565. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33147/14]
  • Humanitarian Assistance Scheme
    566. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on the refugees to be accepted under the Syrian humanitarian admission scheme this year; if persons with a...
  • Graffiti Issues
    567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support a matter (details supplied) regarding graffiti; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33187/14]
  • Departmental Staff Data
    568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected annual...
  • Closed Circuit Television Systems
    572. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of CCTV cameras currently in operation throughout the State. [33236/14]
  • Citizenship Applications
    573. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for citizenship are generally postponed where in the case of the applicant they are subject to court appearances regarding motor...
  • Criminal Injuries Board
    574. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Injuries Board will meet to deal with outstanding cases in view of the fact that a number of cases are over three years old and...
  • Legislative Reviews
    575. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Coroners Bill published in 2007 will be reviewed and updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33275/14]
  • Gambling Legislation
    576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if current gambling regulations permit bookmakers to offer roulette or other games of chance on licensed premises; and if she will make a...
  • Asylum Applications
    577. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of potential asylum seekers that have been turned away from ports of entry over the past five years; and if she will make a statement...
  • Child Care Services Regulation
    578. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána is reviewing its use of section 12 of the Child Care Act 1991; and if the recommendations made by the Ombudsman...
  • Direct Provision System
    579. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the punitive direct provision and dispersal system which has children marginalised, stigmatised and living on €19.10 per...
  • Personal Insolvency Act
    580. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Personal Insolvency Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33376/14]
  • House Sales
    581. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the legal position that applies to the practice known as gazumping in relation to house purchases; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Illegal Moneylenders
    582. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suspected cases of illegal moneylending that have been investigated by the Gardaí in the past three years; the outcome of...
  • Prisoner Data
    583. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of the number of convicted persons imprisoned for less than one week; less than two weeks; less...
  • Legal Aid Service Expenditure
    585. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the overall amount of expenditure this year on free legal aid; the procedures that are in place for controlling costs; the case of persons who...
  • Residency Permits
    586. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency status-permission to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and...
  • Immigration Data
    587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount of legal costs incurred by the State in addressing issues relating to asylum seekers in each of the past five years; and if she...
  • Property Services Regulatory Authority Remit
    588. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for processing complaints made to the Property Services Regulatory Authority. [33499/14]
  • Residency Permits
    590. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of eligibility for residency with particular reference to an application made with respect to the Zambrano...
  • Subsidiary Protection Applications
    591. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath;...
  • Employment Rights
    592. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to amend the Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011; when it is proposed in introduce amending legislation; and if she will make a...
  • Direct Provision Data
    593. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number persons within direct provision; of those the number who made their application for protection more than five years ago; the number...
  • Stardust Fire
    594. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will support the Stardust families on matters (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33554/14]
  • Passport Applications
    595. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the Ombudsman's investigative report on passports for Irish-born children of non-EEA-EU-Swiss citizens; and the steps her...
  • Direct Provision System
    598. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the presence of armed gardaí at Mount Trenchard direct provision centre in County Limerick and the transfer of two...
  • Direct Provision Data
    599. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of transfers that have taken place between direct provision centres in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and...
  • Direct Provision System
    600. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will immediately take steps to introduce an independent complaints mechanism for asylum seekers in direct provision hostels. [33576/14]
  • Garda Transport Provision
    601. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles that were assigned to all 26 counties in Ireland for the following years 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013. [33583/14]
  • Residency Permits
    602. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Subsidiary Protection Applications
    603. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date for an application of subsidiary protection in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a...
  • Residency Permits
    604. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date of an application for Stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Family Reunification Applications
    606. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to make an application for family reunification in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6. [33608/14]
  • Citizenship Applications
    607. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date of an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Deportation Orders
    608. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status in respect of a deportation order in the case of a person (details supplied) with particular reference to submissions made...
  • Residency Permits
    609. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Naturalisation Applications
    610. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she...
  • Residency Permits
    611. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current or expected residency status in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Leave to Remain
    612. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in order to obtain permission for leave to remain in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan; and...
  • Firearms Certificates
    613. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider amending the Firearms Acts 1925-2006 inclusive to increase the minimum mandatory sentence for persons found to be in illegal...
  • Residency Permits
    614. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for updating of status to Stamp 4 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8;...
  • Penalty Points System
    615. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 89 of 24 June 2014, if agreement has been reached on the implementation plan and costings in relation to...
  • Citizenship Applications
    617. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; if...
  • Residency Permits
    618. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date on an application to upgrade from Stamp 2 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will...
  • National Internship Scheme Administration
    619. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an internship for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry. [33684/14]
  • Garda Powers
    620. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will regulate the use of house alarms in order that that they have automatic shut-off times and give the required powers to gardaí...
  • Garda Deployment
    621. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider allocating additional resources to the gardaí so that they may increase the number of gardaí on active duty in...
  • Liquor Licensing Laws
    622. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to review the section of the Intoxicating Liquor Act which prevents occasional licences for dances being granted for events in marquees...
  • Residency Permits
    623. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application to upgrade from Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in...
  • Liquor Licensing Laws
    625. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to enact sections 9 and 16 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33778/14]
  • Civil Partnership Legislation
    626. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if proposals have been finalised for existing and future civil partnerships as part of same-sex marriage legislation and in the event the...
  • Criminal Law
    627. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the progress of the criminal law (sexual offences) (amendment) Bill 2013; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Victim Support Services
    628. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding support services for persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33854/14]
  • Registration Certificate
    629. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Garda National Immigration Bureau card will be re-issued in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
  • Citizenship Applications
    630. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for citizenship in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement...
  • Naturalisation Applications
    631. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she will make a...
  • Leave to Remain
    632. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for leave to remain in the State in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if she...
  • Naturalisation Applications
    633. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary;...
  • Residency Permits
    634. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) ion County Galway; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Road Traffic Accidents Data
    635. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported road traffic accidents or traffic incidents at Gregan West, Ballyvaughan, County Clare, in the past five years. [33885/14]
  • Direct Provision Data
    636. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding direct provision; the number of persons in direct provision in 2014; the number that are children; the way in which these...
  • Direct Provision System
    638. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place to protect children in direct provision as well as those who might be vulnerable adults; and if she will make a statement...
  • Immigration Policy
    639. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding policies to do with integration and multiculturalism; if there is a framework for dialogue with leaders of new communities...
  • Crime Data
    640. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes reported to gardaí in County Kerry from 1 June to 1 September in the years 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 and 2014. [33909/14]
  • Citizenship Applications
    641. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made to date in determining an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
  • Asylum Seeker Accommodation
    642. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that young asylum seekers with opportunities for further education are not deprived of such opportunities due to their forced...
  • Residency Permits
    643. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for leave to remain in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if she will...
  • EU Directives
    644. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures in place regarding the transcribing of EU directive concerning minimum rights for the victims of crime, 2012/29/EU, into Irish Law;...
  • Visa Applications
    645. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take the persecution of minority groups into consideration when issuing visas to those coming from Iraq and Syria. [33992/14]
  • Departmental Contracts
    646. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service, to which her Department is a party; if she will provide in...
  • Deportation Orders Data
    647. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the annual number of deportation orders issued; and the corresponding number of deportation orders executed...
  • Criminal Law
    648. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter regarding legal protection in place to defend home owners (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
  • Asylum Applications
    649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Direct Provision System
    652. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the report, "What's food got to do with it: food experiences of asylum seekers in direct provision", published by Nasc; and the...
  • Deportation Orders Re-examination
    654. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Asylum Applications
    655. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter (details supplied) in relation to asylum seekers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34137/14]
  • Criminal Assets Bureau
    656. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau since its inception, broken down by region; and the way this money has been spent. [34144/14]
  • Firearms Licences
    657. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her examination of key policy, legislative, administrative and other issues relating to firearms licensing will affect the licensing of CCTV...
  • Garda Investigations
    658. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a personal pension plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34174/14]
  • Garda Misconduct Allegations
    659. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an investigation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34178/14]
  • Irish Prison Service
    660. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 388 of 01 July 2014, the number of young people under 18 years of age, with a breakdown on a monthly basis,...
  • Road Traffic Offences
    661. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge penalty notices issued to drivers by An Garda Síochána in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 for...
  • Direct Provision System
    663. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons availing of the direct provision facilities in County Waterford; the numbers who have entered direct provision centres in...
  • Prison Accommodation Provision
    668. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her policy in relation to more than one prisoner being held in any one cell at any time; the number of prisoners being held in cells with more...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    670. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a substantive answer will be given to a letter written to her some time ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34538/14]
  • Judicial Appointments
    671. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges appointed to the Supreme Court during each of the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of the...
  • Garda Transport Provision
    678. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the purchase of replacement Garda prison trucks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34592/14]
  • Departmental Funding
    682. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding financial assistance to NGOs, attending a conference in July 2014; and if she will make a...
  • Garda Station Closures
    683. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Elphin Garda station, County Roscommon; and if she will provide confirmation that it will remain into the future. [34626/14]
  • Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations
    684. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a complaint made to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin...
  • Deportation Orders Data
    686. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of asylum cases determined in each of the last three years that have resulted in the issue of deportation orders; and if she will...
  • Proposed Legislation
    687. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation in the near future (details supplied) regarding sex trafficking and exploitation; and if she will make a...
  • Appointments to State Boards
    688. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will appoint the board of the National Disability Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34653/14]
  • Child Maintenance Issues
    689. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will investigate the delays in acknowledgements and responses of other countries in relation to the maintenance recovery section with...
  • International Agreements
    690. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the national legislation required so that Ireland can ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing...
  • Residency Permits
    691. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) in County Galway was refused a stamp 4 visa on the grounds that he failed to submit the requested...
  • Direct Provision Data
    694. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality of the current number of people in direct provision in the State, the number of individuals who have received an initial decision on their...
  • Drugs Crime
    695. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the number of drug seizures in the Garda R and J districts in 2013 and to date in 2014, including the quantities,...
  • Naturalisation Applications
    696. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status and-or entitlement to seek application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied)...
  • Legislative Programme
    700. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed mediation Bill which will promote mediation as a viable, effective and efficient alternative to court...
  • Court Procedures
    701. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is willing to take measures to stop media incursion on family privacy at civil court proceedings in view of a number of judges who have...
  • European Arrest Warrant
    702. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will disclose the advice she received, and from whom, that informed the decision of the then Minister for Justice to delete section 42(C)...
  • Departmental Staff Data
    704. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of new appointments made in her Department and those under her remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of the...
  • Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
    705. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector employees under her remit who are subject to a freeze on their increment payment in 2014; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Staff Rehiring
    706. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civil servants, public servants and semi State employees in her Department on career break at the time of the Haddington Road...
  • Sentencing Policy
    707. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing the English and Welsh model of sentencing with starting tariffs outlining minimum sentences in cases of murder...
  • Age Identity Cards
    708. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider making the age card available to persons under the age of 18 in order to provide a form of identification that can be used...

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