Parliamentary questions

Official Engagements

Micheál Martin

1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of non-party political events which he has attended in each month during 2012 which have been handled by the protocol section of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47363/12]

Official Engagements

Gerry Adams

2. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the role of the protocol section of his Department in organising non-party political events. [55213/12]

Social Partnership

Gerry Adams

3. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his process of social dialogue. [47414/12]

Social Partnership

Gerry Adams

4. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach the groups he has met as part of his process of social dialogue. [49776/12]

Social Partnership

Micheál Martin

5. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the progress there has been on his plan to abolish the National Economic and Social Development Office and place the National Economic and Social Council on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50873/12]

Social Partnership

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has met the social partners recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52234/12]

Social Partnership

Gerry Adams

7. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach his plans regarding the future of the National Economic and Social Council. [52243/12]

Garda Policing Plans

Niall Collins

51. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the closure of Garda stations in 2013; his plans for Garda recruitment; his plans for the total number of Gardaí in 2013, 2014 and 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55542/12]

Penalty Point System

Pádraig MacLochlainn

52. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on any internal inquiry currently being conducted following reports from a garda whistle blower (detail supplied) that a number of persons had penalty points written off; if he has met with the Garda Commissioner regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54672/12]

Prison Visiting Committees Expenditure

Maureen O'Sullivan

53. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the disparities between the Inspector of Prisons' report on St. Patrick's Institution, Dublin and the Visiting Committee Report of 2010; the location at which it is planned to accommodate 18 to 21 year olds, who would currently be residing in St. Patrick's Institution (detail supplied), after 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54640/12]

Gangland Killings

Niall Collins

54. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken to address the increase in gangland crime and murders over the past number of months; if his attention has been drawn to a recent United States Congressional Research Service report entitled Terrorism and Transnational Crime: Foreign Policy Issues for Congress, in which it cited US Department of Homeland Security authorities which found that the production, smuggling and sale of tobacco products, including genuine and counterfeit cigarettes, is a lucrative form of financing for organised crime as well as terrorist groups (details supplied): if he is satisfied that Garda resources are being adequately deployed to tackle this source of income for dissident republicans as part of their efforts to tackle gangland crime; if he has discussed the issue with the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55543/12]

Defence Forces Deployment

Tom Fleming

55. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will second Irish army soldiers at corporal and sergeant level to act as assistance to the Garda Síochána unarmed for a period of two years following three months training and that they would be placed on foot pattrol in areas of high crime in larger towns and cities. [54641/12]

Equality Issues

Pearse Doherty

56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reassure those with potential equality claims that their cases will continue to be processed in an effective way by the new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and by the Workplace Relations Commission, into which the Equality Tribunal is to be merged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54483/12]

Traveller Community Issues

Dessie Ellis

57. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to recognise Traveller ethnicity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54485/12]

Penalty Point System

Michael McGrath

58. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in his Department's investigation into the writing off of penalty points on certain persons' records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55464/12]

Courts Service Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

59. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address delays in the Courts Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54479/12]

Joint Policing Committees Remit

Willie O'Dea

60. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of joint policing committees; his view on broadening their remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55484/12]

Proposed Legislation

Sandra McLellan

61. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which a new Mental Capacity Bill will be published. [54481/12]

Garda Investigations

Denis Naughten

62. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 20 June 2012, the position regarding the Garda review of the murder of Fr. Niall Molloy at Clara, County Offaly, in July 1985; if he will accede to the request by the family for an independent inquiry into the priest's death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54353/12]

European Court of Human Rights Rulings

Michael Colreavy

63. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the decision in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in MM v United Kingdom, ruled that the indefinite retention and disclosure of minor criminal records infringed Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) which protects private and family life; and his plans to address same in the context of the recently passed National Vetting Bureau Bill. [54478/12]