Written answers
				Tuesday, 29 March 2022
  				
Department of Justice and Equality
				 
  - Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell 
 82. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to receive the final report of a scoping exercise in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and...
- Court Orders 
 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to pursue changes to bail conditions for those who have previously committed an offence while out on bail; and if...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships 
 84. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the Local Community Safety Partnership pilot in County Longford; and if she will make a...
- Courts Staff 
 85. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recruitment of a county registrar in County Mayo in view of the retirement of the outgoing registrar; and if...
- Departmental Policies 
 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the new policy approach for areas of severe disadvantage, which are suffering the ravages of drug dealing, has been...
- Electronic Tagging 
 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the further rolling out of electronic tagging of criminals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16211/22]
- Domestic Violence 
 88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the provision of domestic violence refuges in counties in counties Cavan and Monaghan; if a funding stream is...
- An Garda Síochána 
 89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits who have attested to date in 2022; and the number estimated to attest for the remainder of 2022....
- Ukraine War 
 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she agreed on behalf of Ireland with the decision that non-Ukrainian citizens affected by the Russian invasion cannot avail...
- Victim Support Services 
 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department provides funding for victim organisations; if so, the purpose of this funding; and if she will make a...
- Crime Prevention 
 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to target the problem of repeat criminal offenders with multiple convictions; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Naturalisation Applications 
 93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that are being taken to address the number of naturalisation applications that are being processed for  more than...
- An Garda Síochána 
 94. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests and seizures related to Operation Copóg in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships 
 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the evaluation process of the three local community safety partnerships pilots which are currently run in...
- Departmental Policies 
 97. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status and engagements of the Drogheda Implementation Board; the recommendations contained...
- Prison Service 
 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells in the prison estate that do not have in cell sanitation; the prisons in which these cells are situated; the...
- Departmental Projects 
 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that is being made on the green town project; the number of vulnerable families that the programme is assisting;...
- Domestic Violence 
 100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she is taking to combat domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16191/22]
- An Garda Síochána 
 101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will respond to recent allegations from organisations representing sex workers of Garda intimidation and abusive...
- Ukraine War 
 102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the work her Department is undertaking to formalise the status of persons arriving in Ireland...
- An Garda Síochána 
 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Cork City; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16199/22]
- Family Law Cases 
 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing recommendations of the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on...
- Court Judgments 
 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action her Department will take to address the issue of non-engagement by undersheriff's offices in regard to Circuit Court...
- Immigration Policy 
 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants scheme to include everyone in need of regularisation in...
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell 
 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the scoping inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
- An Garda Síochána 
 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and details of the progress of the GSOC investigation into the death of a person (details supplied); when the...
- Departmental Schemes 
 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; the way that communities can access funding under the scheme; and if she...
- Prison Service 
 110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the provision of an open step down prison for women in Ireland recognising the positive rehabilitative and...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships 
 111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she plans to roll-out a community safety partnership in every county; and the role the community safety innovation fund...
- An Garda Síochána 
 112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current strength of the Garda Reserve; the number of female and male members respectively; and if she will make a statement...
- Victim Support Services 
 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress being made in implementing supporting a victim’s journey; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Sentencing Policy 
 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to introduce legislation to increase the penalty of conspiracy to murder to life in prison; the reason that...
- Joint Policing Committees 
 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to review the current plans for joint policing committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16202/22]
- Crime Data 
 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the recent incidents of car thefts in areas of Cork city in recent weeks; if she has numbers...
- Local Community Safety Partnerships 
 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the way the pilot community safety partnerships are progressing; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Residency Permits 
 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are open to gain permanent residence for a Columbian national currently resident on a study and work visa; and...
- Crime Prevention 
 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address assaults on frontline workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16245/22]
- Departmental Strategies 
 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the Ballymun a Brighter Future Report, in the context of her youth justice strategy; and if she will make a...
- Diplomatic Representation 
 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if staff at the Russian embassy are monitored for possible subversive activities. [16016/22]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems 
 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the regulations and funding for Garda and community CCTV; and if she will make a statement on...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 
 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that An Garda Síochána is strengthening the resources it deploys to tackle violence against women; and if she...
- Courts Staff 
 124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to appoint additional judges with a view to clearing the current backlog of cases before the Courts Service. [16217/22]
- Deportation Orders 
 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the deportation notice against a person (details supplied); if she will revoke this notice;...
- An Garda Síochána 
 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost to date since 25 February 2022 of providing an additional Garda presence in the environs of the Russian...
- National Security 
 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be reviewing security policy in view of the current international situation. [16093/22]
- An Garda Síochána 
 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in Carrigaline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16200/22]
- Departmental Strategies 
 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the third national strategy to tackle domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; when the strategy will be...
- Prison Service 
 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will order the full rolling out of the Traveller in Prison Initiative by a charitable trust (details supplied) across...
- Departmental Schemes 
 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the discussions that have taken place within her Department and with other key Departments...
- Crime Prevention 
 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which drug-related crime and increase in the use of drugs is being noted with a view to a serious crackdown on...
- Prison Service 
 140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the disciplinary action that Irish Prison Services staff may potentially face at work as a result of being subject to a barring...
- Jury Service 
 141. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will review the practice of not paying travel expenses for those called for jury duty considering the current cost of...
- Domestic Violence 
 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of plans to provide domestic violence refuge space in County Roscommon given that it is one of the nine counties...
- Ukraine War 
 143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an update will be provided on the efforts of her Department to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing war; and if she will make...
- Crime Prevention 
 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to tackle drug crime, especially in view of recent seizures in Tallaght, Dublin 24; and if she...
- Road Traffic Offences 
 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the development of a citizen reporting portal for road traffic offences to enable persons to upload photographic...
- Ukraine War 
 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that Ukrainian refugees are able to enter Ireland and regularise their position; and if she...
- An Garda Síochána 
 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to the drugs unit in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence 
 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the immigration system to protect the victims and survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence...
- Prison Service 
 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when full family visits will recommence in the prisons across the country in view of the general lifting of restrictions in...
- Domestic Violence 
 150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 17 February 2022, the status of the promised implementation plan in which the...
- Ukraine War 
 151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work of her Department in assisting persons from Ukraine who have arrived in Ireland through Shannon...
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems 
 152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in preparing legislation relevant to community based CCTV; the likely timeline for the enactment of this...
- Court Procedures 
 153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to improve the operation of the criminal trial process for victims; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Investigations 
 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1453 of 21 April 2021, if she has since discussed the new information that was brought to...
- An Garda Síochána 
 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a full public inquiry, or in the alternative, an investigation conducted by an outside policing agency will be carried out...
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