Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2017
Department of Justice and Equality
- Disability Support Services
546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of access officers within local authorities; if there are guidelines from his Department regarding this role; and if... - Work Permits Applications
547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied). [37871/17] - Refugee Resettlement Programme
548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Syrian refugees resettled here in 2016 and to date in 2017; the anticipated number to be settled during the last... - Property Registration
549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for right of way by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Language Schools Accreditation
550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the registration of English language schools which cater for students outside the European Union; the... - Garda Data
551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no training of detectives in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations for the past nine years;... - Direct Provision System
555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of abolishing the system of direct provision allowing asylum seekers the right to work; and the estimated... - Immigration Status
556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36877/17] - Deportation Orders
557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36878/17] - Immigration Status
558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36879/17] - Deportation Orders
563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status, including eligibility for naturalisation, in the case of a person (details supplied).... - Immigration Status
564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36885/17] - Direct Provision System
566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the regime of direct provision of refugees here. [36936/17] - Direct Provision Data
567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been processed through direct provision since its inception; and the number who have been... - Departmental Staff Data
571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special... - Leave to Remain
572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37051/17] - Departmental Staff Data
573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department, in tabular form. [37074/17] - Residency Permits
575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status of a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37089/17] - Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration
576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) is properly resourced to enable it to process... - Immigration Status
577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a proposal to remove a person (details supplied) from the State; and if he will make a statement on the... - Fines Administration
580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will authorise an independent audit of the prison system relative to the methodology used to calculate fines and warrants... - Office of Public Works Properties
581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the carpark at the new courthouse in Drogheda will be available to the public on non-sitting days; the terms of agreement on... - Immigration Status
582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Residency Permits
583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status with particular reference to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Visa Applications
584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Residency Permits
585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37184/17] - Visa Applications
587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will reconsider a visa refusal to facilitate a family reunification in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he... - Garda Expenditure
588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if public moneys were used to purchase a boat (details supplied) for use by the Garda sea angling club; and the total sum of... - Departmental Expenditure
589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees;... - Ministerial Appointments
590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a county registrar will be appointed in County Westmeath; and if the person appointed will deal only with County... - Visa Applications
591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for a visa can be reviewed and processed as appropriate in the case of a person (details supplied); the next... - Garda Station Opening Hours
592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the opening hours of a Garda station (details supplied) have been reduced; the number of personnel there are at... - Garda Strength
593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the manning levels as of 1 September 2017 in all Garda stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a... - Garda Deployment
594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí allocated to stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a... - Direct Provision System
595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding direct provision; and if he will make a... - Garda Recruitment
596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department's recruitment policy for allowing members of the transgender and LGBT communities to enlist in An Garda... - Residency Permits
597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) are allowed to leave the State for a holiday in the 12 months prior to applying for residency;... - Prisoner Transfers
598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful applications under the transfer of prisoners legislation for persons wishing to transfer from prisons... - Asylum Support Services
599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the measures advocated by the safe passage campaign (details supplied) which seeks to reunite separated... - Garda Operations
600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and civilian staff assigned to and working with the Garda special crime task force when it was first... - Crime Data
601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the joint agency response to crime announced in 2015 to bring Gardaí, the Irish Prison Service and the... - Prison Service
602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding the concerns and suggested actions of the UN committee against torture regarding the systemic deficiencies... - UN Committees
603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views regarding observations of the UN committee against torture in relation to the death of a person (details supplied);... - Court Orders
604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the order of the district court ordinary decree of 26 October 2016 (details supplied) has not been executed or acted... - Garda Recruitment
605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Garda recruits assigned to each Garda division since recruitment resumed in Templemore in 2014, in tabular... - Road Traffic Offences Data
606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons driving over the limit of alcohol intake in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath area and throughout the... - Garda Deployment
607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí located in Counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the... - Garda Resources
608. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the financial allocation for An Garda Síochána in 2010 and in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Immigration Policy
609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the State will be issuing an apology to a person (details supplied); his plans to review the immigration interrogation... - Garda Recruitment
611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the competition for the selection of Garda trainees the number of such recruitment campaigns that have been... - Extradition Arrangements
613. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Interpol red notice requests for arrests that have been received by the authorities here in the past three years,... - Citizenship Applications
614. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant citizenship to a family (details supplied). [37798/17] - Direct Provision System
615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used in the awarding of contracts to provide direct provision facilities; and if he will make a statement on the... - Direct Provision Data
616. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria used by his Department in relation to companies awarded contracts to provide direct provision facilities when... - Garda Station Refurbishment
617. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of works on a Garda station (details supplied); and the expected completion date. [37835/17] - Garda Vetting Applications
618. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Garda vetting for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37837/17] - Third Level Graduate Scheme
619. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue directly to persons (details supplied) in relation to the EEA students graduate programme; if he will... - Garda Stations
620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the reopening of Ballinspittle Garda station in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37859/17] - Garda Station Opening Hours
621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a decrease in Garda hours in the main station in Ballybofey and the Stranorlar area in Donegal in the past... - Garda Resources
622. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investment his Department has made in Garda infrastructure, personnel, Garda equipment, cars and so on, since March 2016 in... - Prison Service Data
623. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed in the Irish Prison Service other than prison officers who are in receipt of rent allowance; the... - Prison Service Staff
624. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 5 July 2017, the way in which prison clerical officers are employed in line with... - Garda Station Closures
625. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Kilmallock Ggarda station in County Limerick has been closed indefinitely; if so, the reason therefor; when it will reopen;... - Registration of Wills
626. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the development of a central register of wills. [37957/17] - Garda Station Closures
627. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Garda stations closed in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in 2012 and 2013 (details supplied) are among the six stations being... - Prison Service
628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the review being undertaken by officials of the Prison Service and his Department in consultation with... - Brexit Staff
629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the... - Construction Costs
631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect... - Commercial Rates
632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the commercial rates levied on private nursing homes throughout the country; if there is a connection between the number of... - Law Reform Commission Reports
633. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Reform Commission report number LR67 2002; and if he will make a... - Public Services Card
634. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use... - White Collar Crime
635. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation that will be introduced to tackle white collar crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38165/17] - Road Safety
636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress he has made with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local... - Garda Deployment
637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 12 July 2017, the progress made to date to increase the Garda traffic corps by 10%... - Probate Applications
638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for significant delays in the probate system; the steps he will take to address these delays to ensure that probate... - Prison Service Staff
639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if retired prison officers are being employed on a contract basis in the prison system; if so, if there are age restrictions;... - Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff
640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí on secondment to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the rank of each; the duration... - Penalty Points System Investigation
641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of disciplinary action against gardaí who have been found to have abused the penalty points system following... - Garda Deployment
642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each station in Togher Garda district in January 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and to date in... - Direct Provision Data
644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the location and number of direct provision centres in operation; and the number of persons residing in each centre. [38326/17] - Direct Provision Expenditure
647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the direct provision services per year in each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [38329/17] - Direct Provision Data
648. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of private operators running direct provision centres; the number of centres each private operator runs; and the... - Direct Provision System
650. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the implementation of the 175 recommendations of the McMahon report; the number of these recommendations... - Asylum Applications
651. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum that are in the new single procedure application system under the International... - Public Sector Staff Data
652. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual percentage of non-commercial State sponsored bodies' staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each... - Courts Service Data
654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual Exchequer funding provided to the Courts Service in each of the past ten years and to date in 2017. [38445/17] - Community Alert Programme
655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation towards the establishment of community safety programmes or text alert schemes. [38447/17] - Garda Strength
656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when there will be further graduations of probationer gardaí from Templemore in 2017; and if he will make a statement on... - Forensic Science Ireland Laboratory
657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of contractors invited to tender for the construction of the new State forensics laboratory in Celbridge, County... - Crime Data
658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken by An Garda Síochána to categorise crime statistics in each county correctly. [38534/17] - Garda Stations
660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and their geographic location that are not computerised. [38536/17] - Garda Strength
661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí as of 31 August 2017 or the latest date available, by rank and gender, in tabular form. [38538/17] - Garda Recruitment
662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí recruited since 2014; and the gender breakdown of same. [38539/17] - Garda Retirements
663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have retired or left the force in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [38540/17] - Garda Recruitment
664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next Garda recruitment campaign will be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38554/17] - Garda Resources
665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will assign additional resources to Tallaght Garda station to allow for further effective action to be taken in respect... - Protected Disclosures
666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is accepted that a person (details supplied) made a protected disclosure relative to their employment with the Irish... - Garda Deployment
667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Tallaght and Rathfarnham Garda stations in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in... - Garda Station Refurbishment
669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide funding for the refurbishment of the public office in Malahide Garda station; the Garda stations scheduled... - Visa Data
671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of type 2 and 2A visas issued by the Garda north division in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017;... - Garda Resources
673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 12 July 2017, if he will ensure that additional Garda resources are provided for... - Brexit Issues
674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of sectoral response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a... - Brexit Staff
681. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit-related roles; the expected date for these roles to be filled; and if he... - Brexit Issues
683. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the membership and role of all Brexit-related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the... - Brexit Data
684. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Brexit-related research currently being undertaken by his Department; the topics under consideration; the date this... - Departmental Expenditure
685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure... - Garda Deployment
686. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the nine gardaí who are leaving a Dublin station (details supplied) in September 2017 will be replaced in view of... - Child Protection
687. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will direct the Reception and Integration Agency, RIA, to update its commercial contract for the awarding of tenders to... - Policing Issues
688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of the Commission on the Future of Policing; the number of times it has met; and if he... - Garda Deployment
689. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of gardaí allocated to the Ballymun Garda station; and the comparative figures for September 2013 to...
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