Written answers
Tuesday, 17 April 2018
Department of Justice and Equality
- Immigration Policy
484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the statute to prevent persons that have abused international human rights to enter Ireland or from doing... - Judicial Appointments
485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he or his officials have concerns regarding the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017; and if he has met or spoken with... - Departmental Reviews
486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the findings of the recent counsel-led review of his Department; if he plans to publish this report; and the... - Parental Leave
487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when legislation will be introduced regarding parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15267/18] - Passport Controls
488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is planned to install self-scanning passport machines at the passport gate in Cork Airport to ease passenger... - Road Traffic Accidents Data
489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatalities that have been recorded for hit and run road traffic accidents which occurred in the Mallow Garda... - Road Traffic Offences Data
492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful criminal prosecutions for each Garda sub-district in regard to hit and run incidents in each of the... - Bankruptcy Data
494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have availed of bankruptcy each year since the change of the law in recent years to shorten the term... - Personal Insolvency Arrangements
495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications under the personal insolvency arrangements that have been completed each year since inception; the... - Money Laundering
496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the fourth EU anti-money laundering directive will be transposed into legislation here; and if he will make a statement on... - Road Traffic Offences Data
497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers convicted of an offence under section 38(5) of the Road Traffic Act 1961, as amended by the Road Traffic... - Ministerial Meetings
498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has recently met persons (details supplied) in regard to the tragic death of their son. [16809/18] - Road Traffic Offences Data
499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers who failed to surrender their licence and were summoned to court for the offence; the number of drivers... - Residency Permits
501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14986/18] - Garda Data
502. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspectors in the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in... - Visa Applications
503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a review can be undertaken of the refusal of an application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make... - Immigration Status
504. 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. [15028/18] - Direct Provision System
505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the checks and oversight exercised to ensure that direct provision centres are maintaining appropriate standards of health and... - Parental Leave
506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the age of a qualifying child in relation to parental leave from eight to 12 years of age; and if he will... - UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 22 March 2018, the reforms needed for Ireland to ratify the Optional Protocol to... - Garda Youth Diversion Projects
508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the Irish Youth Justice Service, IYJS, proposals to alter their service delivery model whereby one Garda youth... - Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sworn members of An Garda Síochána that were disciplined for internal Garda breaches in 2017; the... - Garda Youth Diversion Projects
512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of funding the Garda youth diversion projects in 2017; the way in which that funding is distributed; and if he will... - Community Alert Programme
513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding text alert rebates (details provided); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15162/18] - Public Services Card
514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána accepts the public services card as a form of identification for forms it administers and... - Departmental Expenditure
515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of expenditure on consultancy by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2015 to 2017; the number of... - Departmental Reports
517. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made with regard to releasing the Crowley report into the death of a person (details supplied); if... - Garda Investigations
518. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a model investigative team here equivalent to the historical enquiries team established in Northern... - Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason permission to install a transmitter for a community CCTV scheme on a redundant Garda mast at Littleton Garda... - Asylum Applications
523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for asylum. [15270/18] - Naturalisation Applications
524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive naturalisation papers. [15271/18] - Garda Information and Communications Technology
525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when PULSE will be updated to enable gardaí to differentiate between full driver licences and learner permits; and if he... - Asylum Seeker Accommodation
526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if additional bed space on medical grounds will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Deportation Orders Re-examination
527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [15291/18] - Legislative Measures
528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legislative measures enacted and published by his Department which originated in work carried out by the Law... - Direct Provision Data
529. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons residing in each of the country's direct provision centres by category (details supplied). [15383/18] - Immigration Status
531. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the determination of permission to remain, stamp 4 eligibility or otherwise in the case of a person... - Leave to Remain
532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Visa Applications
533. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a visa by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15426/18] - Leave to Remain
534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for permission to remain in the State by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Protected Disclosures
535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department is not adhering to the protected disclosure policy within the Irish Prison Service; and the reason he... - Immigration Status
536. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when residency status and citizenship will be confirmed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - State Visits
537. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of official State visits his Department has been involved with for each of the past four years; the costs associated... - Departmental Funding
538. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the decision to stop funding a centre (details supplied); the amount of funding provided by his Department to... - Garda Equipment
539. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of speed vans to monitor speed on roads around the country in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Penalty Points System Data
540. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of penalty points accumulated for speeding during 2017; the number of speeding fines paid during 2017; the amount in... - Garda Operations
541. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the matter of drug dealers who are informers being allowed to sell drugs in communities; if this is an official... - Garda Deployment
542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extra gardaí that will be required post-Brexit if there is a hard or soft border; and if he will make a statement on... - Common Travel Area
543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of meetings of the Common Travel Area Forum since the United Kingdom triggered Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon;... - Fines Data
544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of unpaid court imposed fines in 2017; the percentage of these that were imposed for burglary offences; and if he... - Extradition Arrangements
546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been involved in recent European Union, EU, discussions on the process of extradition of persons alleged to have... - Fines Data
547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the monetary value of the outstanding court fines owed to the Exchequer for the past five years in each court district; and if... - Data Protection
548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it was a decision by the drafters of the Data Protection Bill 2018 not to specifically refer to closed-circuit television,... - National Awards Scheme
549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if special consideration can be given to awarding a person (details supplied) with a national bravery award for their swift... - Passport Services
550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a passport scheme exits whereby a person making a very substantial investment here by way of an enterprise or community... - Prison Service Data
551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the daily regime which is currently undertaken by detainees in the prison system. [15844/18] - Garda Data
552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the reported serious deficiency in the numbers of trained forensic collision investigators in An Garda... - Road Traffic Offences Data
553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of serious traffic collisions and injuries in the Dublin region from 2014 to date; his views on recent reports that... - Garda Investigations
554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the operational guidelines for forensic traffic investigators have been updated since 2007; if a review and urgent update of... - Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Applications
555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 133 of 15 November 2017 and 172 of 28 March 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the... - Probate Applications
556. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a probate application (details supplied); the number ahead of it in the queue; and when he expects this... - Commencement of Legislation
557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the commencement of provisions in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 whereby efficient... - Immigrant Investor Programme Eligibility
558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which a non-national person legally living here under a time limited visa may be eligible to be... - Leave to Remain
560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adults and children with leave to remain at the end of March 2018 that are still living in direct provision.... - Direct Provision System
561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are, as per the McMahon report, befriending subcommittees in each direct provision centre in County Kerry; and if so,... - Departmental Funding
562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital allocation for his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2023; the areas in which this funding will be spent in... - Garda Remuneration
563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of bringing all gardaí on salaries below €32,000 per annum up to that wage. [16099/18] - Adoption Legislation
564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to remove the anomaly that exists under legislation providing for paid adoptive leave to enable same sex couples to... - Child Protection Guidelines
565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the recommendations of the report by a person (details supplied) into the Childcare Act 1991, published in May 2017 will... - Garda Operations
566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 272 of 13 February 2018 and 340 of 20 March 2018, if the matter has been referred to the... - Coroners Service
567. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the persons that are legally permitted to formally identify a deceased person in instances in which a person dies unexpectedly... - Garda Reports
568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 of 23 January 2018, 322 of 30 January 2018 and 136, 137, 138, 139 and 248 of 7... - Garda Data
569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and community gardaí stationed at Clondalkin, Lucan, Ronanstown, Ballyfermot and Rathcoole in... - Garda Operations
570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if serving Garda personnel may assist with voter registration on third level campuses or institutes of technology; and if he... - Naturalisation Applications
571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the options open to an American citizen (details supplied) to live and work here on a full-time basis; and if he... - Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision
572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of applications from counties Sligo and Leitrim that were made to his Department for funding under the... - Naturalisation Applications
573. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details... - Departmental Staff Data
574. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of clerical officers and clerical assistants in his Department on temporary contracts by years of... - Visa Applications
575. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa for a person (details supplied) will be extended. [16449/18] - Community Courts
576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to implement community courts as an alternative to formal legal proceedings; and if he will make a... - Visa Applications
577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if passports supplied with recent documentation in the case of a person (details supplied) will be returned as a matter or... - Naturalisation Certificates
578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of certificates of naturalisation that have been granted to UK citizens by the Irish Naturalisation and... - Prison Education Service
579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of days in the past academic year since September 2017 on which education and training workshops in the... - Garda Youth Diversion Projects
580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to increase funding to the Garda youth diversion programme in the north inner city in view of the... - Garda Deployment
583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the manning levels as of 1 March 2018 in all Garda stations in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if he will... - Domestic Violence Policy
585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the further steps that need to be taken for Ireland to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and... - Residency Permits
586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to offer stamp 4 residency status to applicants who have spent more than five years in this jurisdiction... - Naturalisation Applications
587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the number of non-Irish born applicants who have been approved for naturalisation in each of the past nine years to... - Garda Strength
588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the strength of An Garda Síochána; the way in which this compares to the average over the past ten years;... - Garda Remuneration
589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason garda inspectors newly promoted to the rank of superintendent receive a higher remuneration than existing... - Garda Promotions
590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacant posts from the rank of sergeant upwards in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on... - Garda Information and Communications Technology
591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which adequate modern technology is available to An Garda Síochána in the context of the fight against... - Crime Data
593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes committed by prisoners while on bail in each of the past ten years to date; the number in respect of which... - Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes
594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who have not been given educational or rehabilitative training in any year in the past ten; and if he... - Prisoner Data
595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal gang members serving prison sentences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16703/18] - Garda Station Refurbishment
596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda stations deemed to be in need of an upgrade; the number of those likely to receive attention... - Crime Data
597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which the various categories of crimes continue to be reported in all Garda divisions and districts in County... - Criminal Assets Bureau
598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full extent of the scale and value of assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB, in the past five years; if all such... - Garda Deployment
599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in Whitehall Garda station at the time of its closure; the number of gardaí stationed... - Departmental Reports
601. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping exercise regarding a SAVI II report; the findings of the scoping group report which was due before... - UN Conventions Ratification
602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the instrument of amalgamation with regard to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,... - Gangland Crime
603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána can engage with and offer support to local communities that have suffered or...
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