Parliamentary questions

Public Sector Staff Recruitment

Niall Collins

74. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all public bodies are required to reach the target of employing 6% of persons with a disability; the manner in which progress on this target is being monitored; the mechanisms put in place to ensure that this target is reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19383/16]

Commercial Rates Valuation Process

Barry Cowen

75. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the indicative timeframe for when county revaluations for commercial rate purposes will be carried out for each county; when they will be completed by the Valuations Office; and her plans or proposals to expedite all county valuations in a shorter timeframe. [19516/16]

Charities Regulation

Michael Healy-Rae

76. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the powers of the charities regulator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19738/16]

Charities Regulation

Anne Rabbitte

77. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality why Part 4 of the Charities Act 2009 has yet to be enacted; the statutory powers of investigation with respect to charitable organisations the Charities Regulatory Authority currently has; and if she will enact this part of the legislation in order to give the charities regulator powers to investigate complaints made against charities. [19056/16]

Corporate Governance

Anne Rabbitte

78. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has initiated an investigation or inquiry into corporate governance issues at a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19057/16]

Crime Investigation

Micheál Martin

79. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the full release of all relevant documentation and files held by her Department and An Garda Síochána with regard to an incident (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19062/16]

Garda Vetting Applications

Éamon Ó Cuív

80. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in issuing a Garda vetting clearance to a person (details supplied), given the fact that the person is currently waiting to be recruited as a member of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19069/16]

Garda Training

Thomas Byrne

81. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed proposals in conjunction with An Garda Síochána to reform the training of new entrants to the Garda, including proposals for recruits to undertake training courses in other higher education institutions, such as universities or institutes of technology, and to share some courses, such as courses in forensics, with undergraduates from the general student population, rather than undertaking the full extent of their training in Templemore; and her views on such proposals. [19072/16]

Crime Prevention

Bernard Durkan

82. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which a number of incidents in Celbridge, County Kildare, have been identified and pursued with a view to prevention of any further activity, identification of the perpetrators and any further action required to prevent repetition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19142/16]

Immigration Status

Jack Chambers

83. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19176/16]

Temporary Travel Documentation

Bernard Durkan

84. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will issue a temporary travel document on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19184/16]

Car Theft

Thomas P. Broughan

85. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the current incidence of car theft and the response of An Garda Síochána and the courts to this continuing criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19194/16]

Legislative Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

86. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward the judicial council Bill; if a system of judicial education in close liaison with university law faculties will be included in the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19195/16]

Third Level Education

Thomas P. Broughan

87. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to give university faculties of law a direct role in providing full educational and work qualifications for student solicitors and barristers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19196/16]

Drugs Crime

Brendan Howlin

88. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drug detection dogs available to An Garda Síochána; the location of such dogs; and her plans to deploy more drug detection dogs across the country. [19242/16]

Private Security Industry Regulation

Seán Fleming

89. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the private security appeal board will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19251/16]

Garda Complaints Procedures

Brendan Howlin

90. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the statutory inquiry into allegations of Garda misconduct made by the former chief executive of the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association; the timeframe she envisages for this inquiry; the terms of reference for the inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19258/16]

Insurance Industry

Michael McGrath

91. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions brought to court, the number of convictions secured for fraudulent insurance claims and a breakdown of the class of insurance, such as car insurance, fire insurance, flood insurance and public liability for each of the years from 2011 to 2015 and 2016 to date, in tabular form; the penalties that can be imposed in respect of convictions for this criminal offence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19265/16]

Garda Deployment

Peter Burke

92. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 14 June 2016, relating to Garda numbers at Edgeworthstown Garda station, to clarify the reply provided, the facts of which are contrary to the ones held by a peace commissioner in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19268/16]

Garda Deployment

Noel Grealish

93. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vacancies in the Galway division of An Garda Síochána for the position of superintendent; the timeframe for when this position will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19276/16]