Parliamentary questions

Mobile Telephony Use

Alan Kelly

529. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if this Deputy's phones or communications records or data in any format have been requested from licensed providers or service providers to this Deputy by An Garda Síochána over the last five years. [54704/17]

Homeless Persons Supports

Alan Kelly

1514. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding is available for transport for homeless families who have children attending school (details supplied); and if not, the reason therefor. [1936/18]

Departmental Investigations

Alan Kelly

134. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the trawl of documentation in his Department that was ordered by An Taoiseach in response to the O'Higgins commission, the reason only seven email accounts of departmental officials were trawled through; his views on whether this was appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53382/17]

Housing Provision

Alan Kelly

41. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the progress of his Department’s engagement with the EUROSTAT investigation in respect of the credit union investments in social housing and lending to approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50875/17]

Pension Provisions

Alan Kelly

102. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when personal superannuation fund statements for 2015 and 2016, as provided for under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, are required to be issued to gardaí recruited since 2012; when they will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52431/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the reason, during Leaders' Questions on both 14 and 15 November 2017, he stated the Department of Justice and Equality was informed of the legal strategy of the then Garda Commissioner at the O'Higgins commission after the cross-examination of a person (details supplied) had taken place, in view of the fact that this cross-examination took place on 18 May 2015 and the former Minister for Justice and Equality informed the House on 21 November 2017 that she became aware of the legal strategy in general terms through an email on 15 May 2015, the same day the attention of the person was drawn to the legal strategy. [50205/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

239. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department did not provide full disclosure of all relevant documentation and emails to the disclosures tribunal; if he is satisfied that all such documentation and knowledge of other communications such as phone calls and private emails has now been provided; if an inquiry into the reason the tribunal disclosure order was not complied with will be set up in view of the fact that it was a legal requirement. [51601/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

256. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the operation of the Charleton liaison committee; his further views on whether it should continue to operate and that it is functioning in a fair manner for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51906/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

257. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on a matter relating to answers to parliamentary questions (details supplied); and if he plans to make changes to those replies. [51907/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

258. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date and the ways in which his attention was drawn to the concerns expressed regarding the operation of the Charleton liaison committee at the Committee of Public Accounts on 23 November 2017; the actions he took regarding these concerns as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51908/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

259. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Commissioner communicated concerns regarding the operation of the Charleton liaison committee recently; if so, when he will act on such concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/17]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Alan Kelly

6. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to concerns that the funds being made available by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, are not reaching a sufficient number of small and medium enterprises, SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50874/17]

Housing Issues

Alan Kelly

113. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated number of new housing units that will be built under Home Building Finance Ireland, HBFI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47335/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

88. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach the person who sent him or presented him with the email from the Department of Justice and Equality he referred to on Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017; the time it was presented; and the format in which it was presented. [50411/17]

Election Monitoring Missions

Alan Kelly

246. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade travelled to Azerbaijan in October 2013 to observe the elections there; the name of the person; the capacity in which they travelled; if the person travelled as part of another organisation; if so, the name of the organisation and the reason therefor; if the person subsequently submitted a report on this election; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50453/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

249. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date and time in May 2015 the then Minister received the email referred to in Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017. [50414/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

250. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the email from his Department referred to by the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017 was found on 16 July 2017 by his Department or was sent to the Government from outside a government Department. [50419/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

251. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the email from his Department referred to by the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017, to which the Government's attention was drawn on 16 July 2017, was not sent to the Disclosures Tribunal until 21 July 2017. [50420/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

252. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when and the way in which the attention of the then Minister's personal staff or advisers was drawn to the email from his Department referred to by the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017; and the actions they took in regard to same. [50421/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

253. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the time of the email from his Department referred to by the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017; the person it was addressed to; the persons it was copied to; the location from which it originated; and if the attention of persons in his Department was drawn to the contents of the email previously. [50422/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

254. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date of the conversation referred to in the email from his Department referred to by the Taoiseach during Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017. [50423/17]

Departmental Correspondence

Alan Kelly

280. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the meaning of the Taoiseach’s comment during Leaders' Questions on 21 November 2017 regarding the search for an email (details supplied); and the reason his Department was looking for the email referred to by the Taoiseach. [50413/17]

Ministerial Communications

Alan Kelly

281. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the times and formats of all communications between the Secretary General of his Department and the then Minister on 15 May 2015. [50417/17]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Alan Kelly

119. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the previous Minister for Justice and Equality gave information or documentation to an inquiry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48591/17]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Alan Kelly

131. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons in his Department gave information or documentation to an inquiry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48592/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

108. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has engaged with the disclosures tribunal; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48425/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

135. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Secretary General of his Department and-or any of the officials in his Department have provided information to the tribunal or engaged with it in any way following on from the request for information from Mr. Justice Charleton as part of the disclosures tribunal; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48424/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Data

Alan Kelly

195. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department signed off on the expenditure of hiring persons (details supplied) to work as part of the Charleton liaison committee; the amount both persons have cost to date; if the positions were advertised; if the positions went through a public procurement process; if not, the reason therefore; if the human resources division of An Garda Síochána was consulted on the hiring of both persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47652/17]

Tribunals of Inquiry Data

Alan Kelly

196. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Policing Authority was consulted or its attention drawn to at the time of the hiring of persons (details supplied) to work as part of the Charleton liaison committee; if not, the reason therefore; if the attention of the Policing Authority was drawn to or if it was consulted on these appointments; his views on whether they should have been under the legislation in which they were established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47653/17]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

206. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Secretary General of his Department met with a person (details supplied); the dates and purpose of those meetings; the other persons that attended; if his attention and that of his predecessor were drawn to these meetings; if so, the date on which their attention was drawn to the meetings; the times and dates of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47844/17]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Secretary General of his Department met with persons (details supplied); the dates and purpose of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47845/17]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Secretary General of his Department met with a person (details supplied); the dates and purpose of those meetings; the other persons that attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47846/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

211. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if counsel for the Garda Commissioner and colleagues met in the Garda press office with the director of communications of an Garda Síochána to discuss the findings of the O’Higgins Commission final report prior to the publication of the final report; if so, the nature of the meeting; his views on whether this meeting was appropriate; if the attention of his Department was drawn to this meeting; if members of his Department were present at the meeting; if there was verbal, written or electronic communication with his Department regarding this meeting afterwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47890/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

213. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 536 to 539, inclusive, of 7 November 2017, if representatives of the State Solicitors Office attended some or all of these meetings; the number of meetings that took place; the persons that attended; when the meetings were held; if minutes or notes were taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47941/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

225. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an official or officials from his Department dined at a restaurant (details supplied) with a member or members of An Garda Síochána senior management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48138/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

226. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of the telephone call from the then Garda Commissioner to the Secretary General of his Department on 15 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48139/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

227. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the logs, notes and diary entries in his Department regarding the phone call between the then Garda Commissioner and the Secretary General of his Department on 15 May 2016 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48140/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

228. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the former Minister for Justice and Equality was informed of the phone call and-or details of the phone call between the then Garda Commissioner and the Secretary General of his department on 15 May 2016 [48141/17]

Departmental Communications

Alan Kelly

229. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the attention was drawn to persons in his department of the decisions taken at the meeting of senior Garda management in Garda headquarters on 15 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48142/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Alan Kelly

134. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department officials ever dined in a restaurant (details supplied) with a member of An Garda Síochána senior management; if so, the amount it cost; the purpose of the dinner; the person or body that paid for it; the departmental or Garda budget line from which the expenditure came; his views on whether it was acceptable expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47222/17]

Health Professions Admission Test

Alan Kelly

356. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the five lowest in numerical order leaving certificate points and associated health profession admission test, HPAT scores of the persons accepted to study undergraduate medicine via mature student entry for each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/17]

Health Professions Admission Test

Alan Kelly

357. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants for mature student entry to UCD medicine for each of the years 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46232/17]

Health Professions Admission Test

Alan Kelly

358. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which an application for entry to a course (details supplied) on mature grounds is assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46233/17]

Valuation Office

Alan Kelly

470. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Valuations Office has decided on a rateable value for ground mounted solar farms. [47023/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

536. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of consultation that a person (details supplied) had with his Department prior to giving instructions to their legal team representing them at the O’Higgins commission. [46678/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

537. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent of meetings and communications that a person (details supplied) had with his Department prior to them giving instructions to their legal team representing them at the O’Higgins commission; the dates and times of meetings; the communication type; and the attendance and agendas. [46679/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

538. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons in An Garda Síochána made a complaint to his Department regarding the manner in which a person (details supplied) gave instructions to their legal team representing them at the O’Higgins commission; and if so, the way in which this is being dealt with by his department. [46680/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Alan Kelly

539. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the contact, meetings, correspondence a person (details supplied) or their senior officials had with another person (details supplied) or their senior staff or advisers prior to them giving instructions to the legal team representing them at the O’Higgins commission; and the dates and times of meetings, communications type, attendance and agendas. [46681/17]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Alan Kelly

628. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details by project and location of the person or body his Department's 2017 capital budget of €454 million has been spent on or allocated towards; the details of the person or body the €78.8 million in unitary PPP payments were paid to; the projects on which it was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45664/17]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Alan Kelly

629. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the details by project and location of the person or body his Department's capital budget of €493 million will be allocated towards; the details of the person or body the €8.8 million in unitary PPP payments are planned for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45665/17]