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Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Immigration Status
Róisín Shortall
780. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will examine a case (details supplied) in which a recent request was made for a replacement Garda National Immigration Bureau card following a robbery; if his Department will examine the possibility of a refund in this case in view of the fact that the stolen GNIB card was recovered days after a replacement card was purchased at much expense. [1254/13]
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Jobs Initiative
Dara Calleary
781. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the 2012 targets set for his Department for implementation of the Jobs Action Plan; if he will report on the attainment or otherwise of these targets; the reason targets were not met; the steps he is taking within his Department to create new jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1286/13]
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Citizenship Applications
Michael McGrath
782. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which a non-Irish citizen who has been residing in Ireland for less than five years may have an application for Irish citizenship through naturalisation considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1299/13]
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Seanad Referendum
Anne Ferris
783. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the commitment to hold a referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann in the autumn, his views on holding a referendum on the same day to allow for the establishment by the Oireachtas of specialist superior courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Penalty Point System
Catherine Murphy
784. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that have been issued to motorists in each of the past three years, broken down by Garda division, for the offence of breaking a red light; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1375/13]
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Legal Aid Application Numbers
Ciara Conway
785. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that was spent on free legal aid schemes here in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1376/13]
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Garda Transport Expenditure
Seán Kenny
786. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda marked and unmarked cars and vans that each Garda district in the Dublin region received in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1377/13]
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Garda Transport Expenditure
Seán Kenny
787. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda marked and unmarked cars, vans, jeeps and motorbikes that the Garda traffic corps received in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1378/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Subsidiary Protection Approval
Bernard Durkan
788. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the the position regarding an application for subsidiary protection in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1398/13]
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Proposed Legislation
Anne Ferris
789. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he expects to publish the Heads of Bill for the Family Relationships and Childrens Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1399/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Drugs Courts
John Lyons
790. Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update in relation to the review of the drugs treatment courts; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1405/13]
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Legal Aid Application Numbers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
791. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form of the waiting lists for persons seeking civil legal aid in each county on 1 January 2013; the number of these persons seeking civil legal aid for family law matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1406/13]
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Legal Aid Application Numbers
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
792. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the waiting times for civil legal aid services from 2007 to 2012 in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1407/13]
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Penalty Point System
Catherine Murphy
793. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures for 2010, 2011 and 2012 regarding the total amounts raised through the issuance of fixed penalty fines for traffic offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1408/13]
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Departmental Expenditure
Catherine Murphy
794. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the reduction of €62 million in his Department's planned expenditure for 2013 over the previous year, if he will provide assurances that the objectives contained in the 2013 policing plan remain realistic, deliverable and affordable; if he will explain how so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1412/13]
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Garda Strength
Catherine Murphy
795. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide assurances that the total number of gardaí leaving the force in 2013 will not be greater than 500; if his attention has been drawn to any plans to respond to the decrease in funding for An Garda Síochána for 2013 with staff reductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1413/13]
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Crime Data
Anne Ferris
796. Deputy Anne Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 15 May 2012, if he will provide updated figures for 2011 in view of decreasing detection and convictions, his views on reform of the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1427/13]
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Penalty Point System
Thomas P. Broughan
797. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of penalty points in total that were issued to motorists by An Garda Síochána that were quashed in 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will provide a divisional breakdown by Garda district where penalty points were quashed each year in 2010, 2011 and 2012; if he will provide a breakdown by Garda division of the category of road traffic offences where penalty points were quashed in 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1459/13]
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Penalty Point System
Thomas P. Broughan
798. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a report on all the exceptional cases in which penalty points may be quashed by a Garda Inspector or Superintendent; if he is reviewing the current power to quash penalty points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1460/13]
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Garda Resources
James Bannon
799. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for community policing in the Drumlish area, County Longford, following the removal of the Garda patrol car from the Garda Barracks in Drumlish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1466/13]