Parliamentary questions

Citizenship Applications

Jack Chambers

91. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6697/17]

Garda Procedures

Eoin Ó Broin

92. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current policy for gardaí when called to domestic incidents by a family member whereby the incident involves a child or young adult with mental health and behavioural issues such as adult ADHD and high anxiety; and the specific training gardaí receive for dealing with such incidents. [6726/17]

Traveller Community

Ruth Coppinger

93. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work on recognition of the Traveller community's ethnicity; the expected timeframe for recognition of ethnicity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6733/17]

Domestic Violence Incidence

Ruth Coppinger

94. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the statistics on domestic violence; her views on whether there is under-reporting of the figures here in view of the figures in Northern Ireland; her further views on whether there is a need to change a culture in An Garda Síochána on the accurate recording of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6734/17]

Prison Drug Treatment Services

Clare Daly

95. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for immediate treatment for prisoners who have drug or alcohol problems as a key means of reducing recidivism in view of the fact that two thirds of prisoners have such problems. [6772/17]

Garda Investigations

Micheál Martin

96. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her Department has requested a report from the An Garda Síochána on allegations of rape, sexual and physical assault made by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6775/17]

Periodic Payment Orders

Clare Daly

97. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the decision was taken to index link periodic payments in catastrophic injury cases to the consumer price index, CPI, in the Civil Liability (Amendment) Bill 2017, in view of the fact that the report of the working group on medical negligence in 2010 recommended the use of a specialised index, linked to care costs, which are inadequately captured by the CPI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6842/17]

Student Visas Administration

Clare Daly

98. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the third level graduate scheme has been extended to 24 months as stated on the Education Ireland website; if so, the date that this will come into effect; if it applies to persons currently or previously granted 12 months permission under the scheme; and when the details of the scheme will be made available on the INIS website. [6845/17]

Leave to Remain

Bernard Durkan

99. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will facilitate extra time to allow persons (details supplied) to apply for leave to remain; the correct procedure to be followed when making such an application in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6846/17]

Asylum Applications

Jan O'Sullivan

100. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the audit undertaken to assess the skill or educational levels obtained by asylum seekers and refugees in their home country prior to registering for asylum and residency status; if she will provide such skills data if available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6869/17]

Legislative Programme

Éamon Ó Cuív

101. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in publishing the Gambling Control Bill; when it will be published; the anticipated date it will be signed into law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6871/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Noel Rock

102. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6885/17]

EU Issues

Declan Breathnach

103. Deputy Declan Breathnach asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the EU ESTA proposal; if she has discussed it with her UK counterpart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6917/17]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

104. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the mutual recognition of penalty points between the State and Northern Ireland; the procedures she has in place to deal with road traffic offences committed here by drivers from Northern Ireland in view of Article 50 being triggered to enable a Brexit to occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6942/17]

Immigrant Investor Programme Administration

Jim O'Callaghan

105. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the rules of the start-up entrepreneur programme run by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service will be changed to allow funding into high technology start-up schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6964/17]

Legislative Measures

Billy Kelleher

106. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the heads of the general scheme of the Bail Bill published in July 2015 that have not been incorporated in the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2016, in tabular form; and the reason for their exclusion. [7076/17]

Road Traffic Offences

Catherine Murphy

107. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which there will be an establishment of mutual recognition of penalty points between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7083/17]

Garda Training

Catherine Murphy

108. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have been trained to drug test suspected drivers who are impaired by narcotics and-or prescribed medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7085/17]

Commissions of Investigation

Jonathan O'Brien

109. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the final costs to the Exchequer of each commission of investigation that has been completed to date in her Department, in addition to the estimated costs to date of ongoing commissions of investigations. [7145/17]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

110. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 107 and 108 of 7 February 2017, if the refugees currently in Mosney as part of the relocation strand of the IRPP have been informed that they will be moving to Ballaghaderreen within the coming weeks. [7178/17]