Parliamentary questions

Sentencing Policy

Billy Kelleher

43. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has held with the Law Reform Commission with regard to mandatory sentencing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6039/13]

UN Conventions

Gerry Adams

44. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention against Torture, and establish effective National Preventative Mechanisms under the Protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5995/13]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revoke the deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5662/13]

Penalty Points System

Clare Daly

46. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the number of fixed charge penalty notices that were issued as a result of images captured by GoSafe operators and the numbers that were terminated. [6013/13]

Court Orders

Michael Colreavy

47. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to allow claimants with a human rights or public interest element to their case to apply for and receive protective cost orders. [6002/13]

Inspector of Prisons Remit

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

48. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that have been thus far completed that are contained in the Irish Prison Service action plan on the recommendations contained in the Inspector of Prisons' report into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied) at Cloverhill Courthouse on 20 December 2011. [5990/13]

Crime Data

Bernard Durkan

49. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which crimes continue to be committed by persons while remanded on bail; the extent to which such crimes have been monitored and enumerated in each of the past five years to date; the number of such persons who have committed more than one crime while on bail in respect of a previous serious offence; if any comparisons have been made with trends of a similar nature in other jurisdictions; if it is expected to bring bail laws in this country into line with similar democracies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5983/13]

Garda Transport Provision

Regina Doherty

50. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to replace and upgrade the Garda transport fleet; the condition of the fleet when he took office; the provision that was made to upgrade the fleet by the previous administration; if he is satisfied that Garda patrol cars and other vehicles are safe to be used on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5654/13]

Road Safety

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

51. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied with the operation of the GoSafe system; his plans to expand same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6015/13]

Garda Civilian Staff Numbers

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase civilianisation of the Garda in order to ensure that they are freed from desk duties. [6005/13]

Asylum Applications

John Halligan

53. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revoke the deportation order in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/13]

Prison Inspections

Dessie Ellis

54. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to make the Inspector of Prisons accountable to the Oireachtas; and his plans to put the inspector's standards on a statutory footing and introduce a binding mechanism for the implementation of recommendations [5993/13]

Refugee Status Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will grant refugee status in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5665/13]

Proposed Legislation

Sandra McLellan

56. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation on corporate manslaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6008/13]

Personal Insolvency Act

Alan Farrell

57. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons expected to seek assistance from the Personal Insolvency Agency in 2013; the expected timeframe in which the agency will deal with individual cases and, therefore, an appropriate waiting time for persons to be dealt with once the process is under way; the order persons will be seen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5656/13]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Clare Daly

59. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views that the Office of the Garda Confidential Recipient is operating in a manner that facilitates and protects gardaí who wish to come forward with complaints of malpractice. [6012/13]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Brian Stanley

61. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase training of staff and management in the way to deal with prison complaints professionally; and his plans to inform prisoners of the new complaints system and ensure it is accessible. [5991/13]

Road Safety

Mick Wallace

62. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to any problems in relation to the manner in which data is collected by the GoSafe system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6016/13]

Dissident Republican Activity

Charlie McConalogue

63. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions he has held with his Northern Ireland counterpart with regard to tackling the threat of dissident republicanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6047/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Eoghan Murphy

65. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on a committee or preparing a report, but not exclusively these two areas; the number on the payroll; the cost to his Department; the services being delivered for the money; and the way that the positions were originally advertised. [6266/13]

Humanitarian Aid

Eoghan Murphy

66. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied); and his views on whether its work merits support from Irish Aid. [6286/13]

Government-Church Dialogue

Thomas P. Broughan

67. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent bilateral meetings with the Prime Ministers of France, Finland and Belgium at the recent EU-Latin America Meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6316/13]

Departmental Banking

Simon Harris

68. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money held on deposit or in short-term bank investments by each Government or State agency or body under his Department's remit; the rate of interest at which the deposits are held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6336/13]

Tax Settlements

James Bannon

69. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Finance if he will state, regarding each quarterly list of tax settlements published pursuant to the provisions of section 1086 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, in each of the four years ended 31 December 2012, the total amount comprised in each list in respect of tax; the total amount in each list in respect of interest; the total amount in each list in respect of penalties; if he will state in respect of the annual total of the published quarterly figures for tax, interest and penalties for each of the four years ending 31 December 2012; the amount the annual total sum of tax, interest and penalties in question was actually paid at the end of each year and the amount still outstanding at the end of each of the four years in question; if he will further state the amount of each annual total paid by post-dated cheque or other instalment arrangement and the amount, if any, of default arising in respect of the published figures for each year, as at 31 December 2012; if post-dated payment arrangements entered into between Revenue and the published defaulters are included in the published figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6109/13]

Bank Debt Restructuring

Michael McGrath

70. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary question No. 77 of 30 January 2013, if a borrower who held a loan with an institution that was a party to the mortgage arrears resolution process may potentially have a lower level of protection in the event of finding themselves in mortgage difficulties should their loan be sold to an institution that is not subject to the MARP process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6165/13]

Tax Yield

Patrick Nulty

71. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Finance the amount that will be raised for the Exchequer in a calendar year if the maximum pension fund was reduced from € 2.3 million to €1 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6250/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Eoghan Murphy

72. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on a committee or preparing a report, but not exclusively these two areas; the number on the payroll; the cost to his Department; the services being delivered for this money; and the way that the positions were originally advertised. [6265/13]

Property Taxation Exemptions

Eoghan Murphy

73. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 16 January 2013, if he intends to make property tax paid in respect of a rented property deductible for income or corporate tax purposes; if this provision will be introduced on a phased basis; and the way that such phasing will work. [6277/13]

Bank Guarantee Scheme Termination

Billy Kelleher

74. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a definitive date for the termination of the ELG bank guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6291/13]

Illicit Trade in Tobacco

Thomas P. Broughan

75. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he has plans for a new national print media, national radio station and TV campaign reminding members of the public of a hotline to report cigarette smuggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6314/13]

Excise Duties Reliefs

Gerry Adams

76. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the excise rebate on diesel for haulage companies announced in budget 2013 for haulage companies to include passenger transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6317/13]

Departmental Banking

Simon Harris

77. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Finance the amount of money held on deposit or in short-term bank investments by each Government or State agency or body under his Department's remit; the rate of interest at which these deposits are held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6335/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Patrick O'Donovan

78. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school build (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6255/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Emmet Stagg

79. Deputy Emmet Stagg asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the tender has now been awarded to the successful contractor in respect of the completion of a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the contractor will be on site; and the timeframe stipulated in the contract for the completion of the work. [6130/13]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Pat Breen

80. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills if special provision for an additional resource can be made in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6175/13]

Home-School Liaison Scheme

Maureen O'Sullivan

81. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify whether section 21(9) of the Education Welfare Act (2000) (details supplied) allows individual schools the discretion to come to flexi-school arrangements with parents, similar to those operated in some schools in the UK, whereby a child is homeschooled for a portion of the school week, if such an arrangement is authorised by the school principal and the school principal is satisfied with both the curriculum being delivered at home and the records of said curriculum delivery; and if such an arrangement is authorised at the discretion of the school, if he will further clarify if the school is obliged by the Act to report the homeschool days to the NEWB or does it suffice that the school has a record of the homeschool days. [6249/13]

Higher Education Courses Deferrals

Tony McLoughlin

82. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered pushing back the deferral dates for students following the delays around the Student Universal Support Ireland grant application process (details supplied). [6252/13]

Departmental Staff Rehiring

Eoghan Murphy

83. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any retired public sector workers from his Department, or any other part of the public sector, currently on his Department's payroll, for example, for sitting on a committee or preparing a report, but not exclusively these two areas; the number on the payroll; the cost to his Department; the services being delivered for this money; and the way that the positions were originally advertised. [6263/13]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Barry Cowen

84. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on an application for a student grant. [6287/13]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Thomas P. Broughan

85. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide statistics in tabular form on the number of apprenticeship registrations with FÁS in each of the past three years per training category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6311/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Jack Wall

86. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Education and Skills when tender documents for a school building project (details supplied) in County Galway will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6322/13]

Departmental Banking

Simon Harris

87. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money held on deposit or in short-term bank investments by each Government or State agency or body under his Department's remit; the rate of interest at which the deposits are held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6333/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Pat Breen

88. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of the 10 October 2012, if he will report on the status of a project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6344/13]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Patrick O'Donovan

89. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6356/13]

School Accommodation

Patrick O'Donovan

90. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding for a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6357/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Patrick O'Donovan

91. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6358/13]

Schools Building Projects Status

Patrick O'Donovan

92. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building-extension (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6359/13]

Garda Stations Closures

Willie Penrose

93. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate, the policy of the Office of Public Work regarding Garda stations that have been closed in recent weeks; if, in this context, he will take steps to have a barracks, at a location (details supplied) in County Westmeath, handed over to the local development association who wish to acquire same in order to utilise it for community purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6110/13]

Public Procurement Regulations

Gerry Adams

94. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is the case that the managed print services framework requires companies, that wish to tender for work, to have a €10 million turnover for each of the past three years; his views on whether the criteria would exclude more than 95% of the companies in the sector; whether he accepts that the provision is anti-competitive and will lead to job losses in the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6166/13]

Pension Provisions

Patrick O'Donovan

95. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the constitutional and legal changes required to make changes to the pension arrangements for retired politicians and civil-public servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6238/13]