Written answers
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
Department of Justice and Equality
- Maternity Leave
408. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extended maternity leave will be granted to mothers due to go back to work during the Covid-19 lockdown; and if he will make... - Disability Activation Projects
414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the supports or grants available to small business owners with disabilities whose specific needs dictate they need to employ... - Covid-19 Pandemic
419. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that have been taken at EU level to protect migrants and asylum seekers from an outbreak of Covid-19, including those... - Crime Prevention
420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to fulfil the public commitment made on 17 January 2020 to establish a taskforce in Drogheda, County Louth in the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nationalities which refused to give details of the locations they would quarantine for the 14 day period as reported... - Departmental Contracts
427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged the use of external consultants from 1 January 2020 to date; the details and costs of such... - Garda Disciplinary Proceedings
428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and rank of members of An Garda Síochána that are suspended from duty by Garda division; and if he will... - Direct Provision System
431. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a centre (details supplied) under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Citizenship Status
432. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that had their citizenship and or naturalisation revoked and the reasons for same in each year since... - Court Orders
433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if guidance will be provided on the operation of a court order during the Covid-19 outbreak (details supplied); and if he will... - Citizenship Ceremonies
434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider holding postponed citizenship ceremonies online in view of the restrictions due to Covid-19; and if he will... - Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
435. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when INIS registration appointments which have been cancelled due to the Covid-19 crisis will be rescheduled. [5633/20] - Peace Commissioners
436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of peace commissioners appointed in County Tipperary in the past five years; the way in which this compares to the... - Prisoner Releases
437. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners released from prison to emergency homeless accommodation or no pre-arranged accommodation over the past... - Direct Provision System
438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and causes of deaths in direct provision and emergency accommodation centres in 2019 and to date in 2020, in line... - Animal Welfare
439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to establish a dedicated Garda unit to exclusively deal with animal abuse. [5953/20] - Direct Provision System
440. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positive Covid-19 cases and clusters in direct provision centres; and the number of these occurring in new... - Departmental Funding
442. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a reply will issue to an organisation (details supplied) regarding the refusal of a scheme; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Inquiries
443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the scoping inquiry relating to the death of a person (details supplied); when the process will be concluded; his... - Deportation Orders
444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of persons (details supplied) who have been issued with a deportation order dated 26 June 2020. [6127/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to adequately deal with businesses that are closed due to Covid-19 and that are unable to keep the terms of their... - Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to grant asylum to unaccompanied minors currently located in migrant camps on the Greek islands of Lesbos, Chios and... - Proposed Legislation
448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will be tabling a motion to extend sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act... - Garda Equipment
450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if masks or other personal protective equipment are being made available to gardaí who are on the front line during the... - Direct Provision System
451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of new arrangements put in place to protect those in direct provision during the Covid-19 crisis; if his attention... - Covid-19 Pandemic
452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason asylum seekers were moved to a location (details supplied) in County Kerry following a confirmed case of Covid-19 at... - Liquor Licences
471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding licences for public houses to be extended that are due to expire in August 2020 in view of the fact that... - Garda Transport
472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda vehicles allocated to each Garda district in the Longford-Westmeath Garda Division to date in... - Court Accommodation Provision
473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the new District Court in Gorey, County Wexford will remain open. [6459/20] - Garda Resources
474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the museum at the Garda College has been closed; the person or body that took this decision; the consultation that... - Garda Recruitment
475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 5 March 2020, the date on which the broader review of entry to An Garda... - Garda Stations
476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding providing a new Garda station in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [6506/20] - Garda Resources
477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asset profilers in the Tipperary Garda division in each of the past two years. [6507/20] - Garda Transport
478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new contract to supply new marked Garda vans has recently been put out to tender; if so, when new Garda vans will come... - Garda Youth Diversion Projects
479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Garda Youth Diversion Programme in each of the years 2018 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he... - Dublin Airport Authority
480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he engaged in or received correspondence with the management team at Dublin Airport or the Dublin Airport board of directors... - Asylum Applications
481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Irish Refugee Protection Programme Humanitarian Admission Programme proposals that were received in the second... - Asylum Seekers
482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the lack of liaison support for persons in emergency accommodation being provided to asylum... - Direct Provision System
483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to assist physical distancing in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the... - Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
484. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a further extension on all emigration permissions will be issued from 20 May 2020; and if he will make a statement on the... - Garda Stations
485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the works on Rush Garda station; the date the station is scheduled to be reopened; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Covid Query No. 5.709 (details supplied), the specific changes being proposed to the insolvency legislation as a... - Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable men, women and children in need of immediate... - European Court of Justice
488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the latest Report of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice will be published; and if he will make a statement on the... - Undefined
489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the growth in drug intimidation in many working class communities but not exclusively so;... - Court Orders
490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding fathers’ rights to equal access to their children; his views on fathers’ difficulties in... - Prisoner Data
491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in the prison system; the number of these sharing cells; the reduction in the number of prisoners... - Departmental Correspondence
493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied) sent to him on 25 April 2020 in view of the urgent need for a... - Deportation Orders
494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when revocation of a deportation order will take place in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Direct Provision System
496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken in direct provision centres to ensure that persons with suspected and confirmed cases of... - Prison Staff
497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison nurses that were recruited for the Irish Prison Service in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of... - Direct Provision System
499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that residents of a reception centre (details supplied) are reporting that... - National LGBTI+ Strategy
503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of additional funding that has been made available to LGBTI+ community services for 2020 in line with action 6.2 of... - Child Abuse
505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of child sexual abuse referrals received by An Garda Síochána from Tusla in each of the years 2016 to... - Naturalisation Applications
506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for naturalisation being processed; the number that are over 24 months in process since the... - Direct Provision System
507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when State owned direct provision centres will be converted to independent living centres; and if he will make a statement on... - Departmental Contracts
508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on external consultants by his Department in 2019; the average hourly rate; if caps or limits on such spending...
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