Parliamentary questions

Programme for Government

Joan Burton

1. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach if there are understandings rather than agreements with any of the Independent Deputies. [4572/17]

Programme for Government

Brendan Howlin

2. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the agreements in place to support the Government and the role of his Department in overseeing them. [6037/17]

Programme for Government

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the agreements in place with parties and Independents to support the Government. [7355/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Joan Burton

4. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Taoiseach his plans to provide an update on the Dublin north inner city task force; and the terms of reference, chair and timescale. [4574/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Gerry Adams

5. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the north inner city ministerial task force, which he chairs. [5744/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the task force on Dublin inner city. [5819/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Brendan Howlin

7. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach the status of the interim report from the Dublin north inner city task force. [6038/17]

Urban Renewal Schemes

Seán Haughey

8. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach when the Dublin city task force report will be published. [7133/17]

National Economic and Social Development Office

Brendan Howlin

9. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach his plans to transfer responsibility for the National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 from his Department to another Department of State; if the National Economic and Social Development Office (Amendment) Bill under preparation and referenced in the Government legislation programme proposes to effect such a transfer of responsibilities to another Department; if not, if his statutory responsibilities in relation to social partnership, as set out in that Act, will remain with him; if questions regarding social partnership are accordingly properly addressed to him; and his plans to further develop relations with the social partners in the context of his statutory responsibilities. [5690/17]

Family Resource Centres

Anne Rabbitte

40. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are provided with adequate funding and supports to carry out their responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7351/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education Programmes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

41. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the sustainability of zero to three years services in the community setting in view of changes in regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7091/17]

Foster Care Supports

Anne Rabbitte

42. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to widespread reports that a large number of those children leaving foster care here on their 18th birthday do not receive aftercare support plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7352/17]

Child and Family Agency Data

Jan O'Sullivan

43. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that have been brought to the attention of the child welfare and protection services and have not yet been allocated a social worker; if targets for reduction in these cases in 2016 have been reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7016/17]

Child Care Services Staff

Anne Rabbitte

44. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on reports that Ireland's child care sector is becoming financially unviable, particularly with regard to working conditions and pay for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/17]

Child Protection

Bernard Durkan

45. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps her Department has taken or proposes to take to identify and provide the necessary back-up for children at risk, whether from physical or mental abuse, neglect or other failure; if she is satisfied that the existing structures are efficient to meet the challenges of the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7032/17]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Eamon Ryan

46. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department is working with the Departments of Justice and Equality, Foreign Affairs and Trade, Education and Skills and Health to ensure that concerted adequate provision is made for refugee minors in all aspects of State responsibility on entry into Ireland, in view of the complexity of the integration process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7044/17]

Child Care Services Staff

Hildegarde Naughton

47. Deputy Hildegarde Naughton asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by the operators of private creche facilities in recruiting and retaining staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6714/17]

Homelessness Strategy

Ruth Coppinger

48. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on children of homeless parents being put into care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7030/17]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Maureen O'Sullivan

49. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 2 of 14 December 2016, her views on the length of time children will spend in State care before they can be fostered by families and while all necessary protocols need to be addressed. [6760/17]

Housing Issues

Maureen O'Sullivan

50. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the effects that the housing crisis is having on children in view of the fact that parents in emergency and transitional accommodation are by their very nature in a precarious position regarding settling their children's education and after-school activities and the need for additional resources for those children. [6758/17]

Youth Services

Maureen O'Sullivan

51. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on linking in community and youth services with schools in the local area in terms of awareness programmes dealing with the dangers of misuse and abuse relating to drugs, alcohol and gambling and the possible positive effects this will have on children, particularly those from backgrounds of high risk. [6759/17]

Child Poverty

Thomas P. Broughan

52. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will establish a cross-departmental task force to address the recent finding of a survey on income and living conditions that children in one-parent families are much more likely to live in consistent poverty in comparison to those in two-parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6739/17]

Youth Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

53. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the cuts in funding that many organisations in the youth services sector have experienced since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6754/17]

Child and Family Agency Services

Clare Daly

54. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps that can be taken to increase resources to the Tusla specialist team for separated children. [7020/17]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Clare Daly

55. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the additional matters that are delaying the publication of the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [7021/17]

Child Care Services Funding

Anne Rabbitte

56. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the fact that the single affordable child care scheme will not take rent or mortgage payments into consideration when calculating parents' level of subsidisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6752/17]

Child Care Services Provision

Robert Troy

57. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the further supports she will introduce to support community child care providers' work towards sustainability following the changes whereby the community employment workers have been removed from the staffing ratio. [7049/17]

Homeless Persons Supports

Thomas P. Broughan

58. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to monitor and protect the well-being of children experiencing homelessness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6740/17]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Fiona O'Loughlin

59. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the services her Department will be making available to unaccompanied minors arriving here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2574/17]

Child Care Services Provision

Niamh Smyth

60. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the affordable child care scheme will be available to parents from September 2017 through an online information technology system; the supports being developed for parents with the application to ensure that the support is not requested from the already over-burdened early years practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7022/17]

Youth Services Provision

Maureen O'Sullivan

61. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to support the youth services sector and acknowledge the work being carried out by organisations within the community; her further plans to increase funding through the youth services grant scheme in line with predicted population increases of 13% in the age group between 18 to 25 year olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6757/17]

Youth Services Provision

Martin Heydon

62. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of discussions between her Department and the Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board on the appointment of a dedicated youth officer for County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7025/17]

Children and Family Services Provision

Mick Wallace

63. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of any study and research undertaken by her Department in association with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the damage to children affected by parental imprisonment and the way in which it could be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7041/17]

Family Resource Centres

Martin Heydon

64. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to review and increase the number of family resource centres in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7029/17]

Child Detention Centres

Catherine Connolly

65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children currently in adult prisons; the reason they remain in inappropriate facilities; the steps being taken to end this situation; the date it is expected that this will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6803/17]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Catherine Connolly

66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the second interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes will be published; when the final report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6804/17]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

67. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes. [7089/17]

Family Support Services

Jan O'Sullivan

68. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the evaluation of outcomes from the ABC programme; the arrangements being made for the future funding of the work being done with vulnerable children and their families through the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7017/17]

Aftercare Services Provision

Anne Rabbitte

69. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to widespread reports that a large number of those children leaving foster care here on their 18th birthday do not receive aftercare support plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6756/17]

Youth Services Funding

Eugene Murphy

70. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding has been withdrawn from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6713/17]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Eamon Ryan

71. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the integration and mental health services being made available for refugee children upon entering Ireland; the number of child refugees that her Department is anticipating in 2017; and the capacity that her Department has for the provision of such services. [7043/17]

Child Care Services

Robert Troy

72. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the supports that have been put in place towards the re-opening of a centre (details supplied) in County Longford. [7050/17]

Family Resource Centres

Anne Rabbitte

73. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether family resource centres are provided with adequate funding and supports to carry out their responsibilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6755/17]

Youth Services Funding

Eugene Murphy

74. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason funding has been withdrawn from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of a number of youth projects, namely Roscommon town, Castlerea, Arigna and Ballaghaderreen in County Roscommon and also Castleblakeney in County Galway; the reasons for the closure of each of the specific projects in each location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6715/17]

Child Care Services

Kathleen Funchion

75. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on whether the child care settings will be equipped to cope with the roll out of the single affordable child care scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7090/17]

Commencement of Legislation

Jan O'Sullivan

76. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress which has been made in the commencement of the outstanding sections of the Children First Act 2015, particularly in relation to mandatory reporting of child abuse and child safeguarding statements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7015/17]

Election Management System

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

77. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on lowering the voting age to 16 years of age in local, general and European elections. [7088/17]

Youth Services Expenditure

Niamh Smyth

78. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a commitment will be made to the value for money scheme post-2017; if more resources and funding will be allocated to this initiative which is running successfully in County Cavan; her plans to extend the value for money scheme to other counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6940/17]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Mick Wallace

79. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the resources, existing or additional, that have been allocated to Tusla to facilitate the arrival and integration of unaccompanied child refugees from the former Calais camp; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7040/17]

Child Poverty

Gino Kenny

80. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will urgently establish an interdepartmental task force to address the escalating national crisis of child poverty in view of the fact that according to the most recent SILC report 2015 a child is now more than four times more likely to live in poverty based on their family status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7026/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Seán Sherlock

81. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Taoiseach the level of expenditure by his Department or any organisations under the aegis of his Department for each of the years from 2005 to 2016, in tabular form, on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, interview training and preparation, including details of the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related, and the company or individual to whom such payments were made. [6649/17]

Job Creation Data

Bernard Durkan

82. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach the total number of jobs created here in the past five and a half years. [6640/17]

Ministerial Staff

Peter Burke

83. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Taoiseach if each of the Ministers of State in his Department has appointed a programme manager and policy adviser; the date for each such appointment; and the remuneration and expenses allowance respectively for each. [6860/17]

Census of Population Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

84. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Taoiseach the total current de facto official population, both residential adult and child inhabitants, in the city of Galway as of 31 December 2016; and the projected population of Galway city for each of the years 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050. [6870/17]

Cyber Security Policy

Noel Rock

85. Deputy Noel Rock asked the Taoiseach the actions his Department is taking to strengthen against cyber attacks after the NTMA website was temporarily down for several hours after a suspected hacking attack. [6888/17]

Data Protection

Clare Daly

86. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will make concerns regarding the potential effect of President Trump's executive order (details supplied) on the privacy of Irish and EU citizens' data known to the US Administration; the steps she will take to ensure that the data privacy of Irish persons is protected notwithstanding the order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6720/17]

Internet Safety

Bernard Durkan

87. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the ongoing efforts by her Department to counteract internet bullying in respect of children and young adults outside of an educational environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7443/17]

Garda Reports

Clare Daly

88. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 24 January 2017, if, as part of the report she has requested from the Garda Commissioner, she has a review of whether any person was convicted of any crime here on the basis of evidence provided by a member of the UK's special demonstrations squad. [6687/17]

Garda Reports

Clare Daly

89. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 24 January 2017, if, as part of the report she has requested from the Garda Commissioner, she has ordered a review of all operations of members of the UK's special demonstrations squad here since the squad was formed in 1968. [6688/17]

Garda Recruitment

Paul Kehoe

90. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are any exceptions to the upper age limit for a person wanting to apply to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6690/17]

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]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Clare Daly

111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 107 and 108 of 7 February 2017, her views on the fact that some relocated refugees in Mosney have been there since June 2016, which is a long time to acclimatise in view of the fact that these refugees are not provided with the 20 hours a week of English lessons or the orientation training available to resettled refugees in Monasterevin and Clonea Strand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7179/17]

Garda Procedures

Catherine Murphy

112. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on members of An Garda Síochána passing information held on Garda databases to private investigator companies; the procedures and guidelines in place to deal with the issuing of licences to operate as a private investigator here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7187/17]

Data Protection

Catherine Murphy

113. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if data protection breaches by a private investigations company (details supplied) were reported to her in 2014; her views on the fact that this company continued to operate as a private investigator firm, in view of the fact that it was convicted of breaching the Data Protection Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7188/17]

Garda Training

Pearse Doherty

114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of specially designated training stations for Garda recruits which have the required training and development structures and resources in place, which include trained Garda tutors and access to a permanently appointed supervisory sergeant. [7195/17]

Citizenship Applications

Ruth Coppinger

115. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of current citizenship applications by year the applications were made, in tabular form. [7198/17]

Garda Data

Brendan Griffin

116. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of ramming of Garda vehicles over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7243/17]

Garda Data

Brendan Griffin

117. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of gardaí being injured in incidents of ramming of Garda vehicles over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7244/17]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status and permission to remain in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7262/17]

Family Reunification Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

119. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the processing of family reunification visa applications can take approximately 12 months to determine from the date they are received in the Dublin visa office. [7268/17]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Mattie McGrath

120. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the re-opening of the courthouse in Tipperary town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7271/17]

Crime Data

Anne Rabbitte

121. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult disclosure cases which were reported from 2013 to 2016 for each Garda division, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7272/17]

Crime Data

Anne Rabbitte

122. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases in which children were allegedly sexually abused that were reported in each of the years 2013 to 2016 by Garda division, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7273/17]

Crime Data

Anne Rabbitte

123. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of files which were sent to the DPP in instances in which children were allegedly sexually abused for each of the years 2013 to 2016 by Garda division, in tabular form. [7274/17]

Judicial Appointments

Michael McGrath

124. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to make any further appointments to the Judiciary based on the current system of appointments; the number of current vacancies broken down by category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7277/17]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Pat Casey

125. Deputy Pat Casey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Wicklow town courthouse is one of the seven courthouse refurbishment works included under action No. 102 of the action plan for rural development over the next two years at a cost of €135 million; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7281/17]

Probation and Welfare Service Staff

Mick Wallace

126. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time probation officers employed in each individual prison from 2012 to 2016 and currently employed in each individual prison; if there has been a reduction in staffing levels in terms of probation officers between 2010 and 2016; and the number of prisons that currently only have one part-time probation officer. [7294/17]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

127. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of the application for residency status and permission to remain as the spouse of an Irish citizen in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7297/17]

Garda Stations

Niamh Smyth

128. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is any update or indication of an advancement or movement in legal negotiations regarding the acquisition of a new site for Bailieborough Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7329/17]

Ground Rents

Brendan Smith

129. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 45 of 2 February 2017, if consideration is being given to a constitutional amendment pertaining to ground rents; if there are proposals to amend the existing statutory framework regarding ground rents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7418/17]

Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration

Mary Butler

130. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Finance the measures being put in place for the allowance of the retrospective tax deductibility of the non-principal private residence, NPPR, in view of the recent High Court decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6669/17]