Parliamentary questions

Crime Prevention

Nicky McFadden

686. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures on the number of community alert and neighbourhood watch programmes that have been established so far in 2013 in counties Longford and Westmeath; the areas in which those programmes have been established; the total number of programmes now active in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26703/13]

Coroners Service

Tom Fleming

687. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he proposes to enact the 2007 Coroners Bill; when he will bring the matter of payment of coroners' fees and expenses under the remit of his Department; his views on whether local authorities should not be responsible for these payments in view of the fact that the role of coroners has nothing to do with the workload of local authorities in the first instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26757/13]

Services for People with Disabilities

David Stanton

688. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the appropriate services, if any, provided by his Department for those with autism and or autistic spectrum disorders, particularly in the context of the criminal justice system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26767/13]

Subsidiary Protection Administration

Nicky McFadden

689. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the details of new arrangements being made for the reform of processing subsidiary protection applications with a view to improving processing in the area of international protection; if there is a timeframe for the introduction of these new arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/13]

Migration Data

John Deasy

690. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the levels of immigration of non-nationals into the country in each of the past five years. [26603/13]

Deportation Orders

John Deasy

691. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have been deported from the State each year in the past four years. [26606/13]

Asylum Applications

John Deasy

692. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum requests that were refused and were granted each year in the past five years. [26607/13]

Property Ownership

Andrew Doyle

693. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a management agent is allowed to refuse engagement with a developer regarding the hand-over of common areas as per the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 despite engaging in commercial activity with the same developer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26794/13]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Farrell

694. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the possibility of regulating cash for gold establishments due to the current value of gold and the increased risk of gold theft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26683/13]

Direct Provision System

Kevin Humphreys

695. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a firm (details supplied) was first contracted by the Reception and Integration Agency to inspect direct provision centres; if he will explain the reason pre 2010 contracts were not published per procurement rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26816/13]

Direct Provision System

Kevin Humphreys

696. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular format the amount paid to a firm (details supplied) for inspecting Direct Provision hostels annually, since the contract was first awarded; from which budget this sum is paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26817/13]

Direct Provision System

Derek Nolan

697. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures that have been taken to open competition for contracts for direct provision per the recommendations of the Value for Money Report 2010; the reason the awarding of these contracts is not governed by European Communities (Award of Public Authorities’ Contracts) Regulations 2006 (SI 329/2006); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26866/13]

Direct Provision Expenditure

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

698. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the difference in daily rates for asylum seekers in direct provision; and if he will provide a breakdown of the daily rate for asylum seekers in State-owned and privately owned direct provision centres. [26884/13]

Crime Prevention

Seán Kenny

699. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána plans to have a knife amnesty; if so the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26857/13]

Irish Prison Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

700. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the revenues and profits generated by the tuck shop at Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, in 2011 and 2012; the ten most popular items apart from cigarettes sold at the shop in 2012; and the quantities in each case. [26914/13]

Direct Provision System

Eoghan Murphy

701. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will clarify the mandate of the Reception and Integration Agency and whether or not the RIA has the power to delegate the care of asylum seekers and inspection of direct provision centres to privately operated, for-profit companies. [26947/13]

Property Registration Authority

Willie O'Dea

702. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 8 May 2013, if he will check the contention that the Property Registration Authority of Ireland has made an error taking into account correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/13]

Property Registration Authority

Willie O'Dea

703. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards or measures that will be put in place to prevent a duplicate judgment mortgage being placed on a folio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

704. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the number of fixed penalty notices that were issued by members of An Garda Síochána to motorists in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 in County Donegal; if he will provide a breakdown of the various road traffic offences for which these notices were issued; the number of motorists convicted in court following the issue of a fixed penalty notice during this period in County Donegal; if he will provide a breakdown of these offences which did not result in a conviction in court; and the number of motorists who were not convicted in court but who instead made a donation to charity. [26979/13]

Garda Transport Expenditure

Thomas P. Broughan

705. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the level of expenditure incurred to pay for fuel both petrol and diesel for all Garda vehicles here. [26980/13]

Garda Transport Expenditure

Thomas P. Broughan

706. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has a policy on the use of fuel cards for members of an Garda Síochána who use fuel cards instead of making cash payments for fuel purchased and used in Garda vehicles; and if he is satisfied that there are sufficient checks in the system to ensure that the process is both transparent and easy to invigilate. [26981/13]

Traffic Fines

Michael Healy-Rae

707. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26965/13]

Proposed Legislation

Joanna Tuffy

708. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland is lagging behind many other EU countries in terms of recognising and supporting the role of fathers in parenting; if he will follow the lead of other countries by introducing paternity leave starting with a provision similar to that recently introduced in the UK that allows paternity leave as part of a shared leave arrangement between mothers and fathers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27361/13]

Garda Adult Cautioning Scheme Administration

Michael McNamara

709. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minor offenders who have been diverted from the courts over the Garda adult caution scheme since its inception in 2006. [27404/13]

Crime Levels

Michael McNamara

710. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the numner offenders that have been successfully prosecuted for possession of cannabis resin, as opposed to possession with intent to supply since 2006. [27405/13]

Garda Adult Cautioning Scheme Administration

Michael McNamara

711. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to include the possession of cannabis resin in its schedule of the Garda adult caution scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27406/13]

Drugs Crime

Michael McNamara

712. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders who benefited from the Probation Act in respect of convictions for possession of cannabis resin, as opposed to possession with intent to supply since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27407/13]

EU Conventions

Maureen O'Sullivan

713. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence as Ireland holds the EU Presidency and in view of the scale and prevalence of domestic violence here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27408/13]

Immigration Controls

Michael McNamara

714. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the practice of imposing passport controls on air bridges between the doors of airplanes and the airport was commenced by GNIB at Dublin Airport; if its purpose is to prevent asylum seekers entering the State; if he concerned that it might have such an effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27410/13]

Garda Vetting of Personnel

Michael McNamara

715. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that the Garda vetting process for persons seeking to take up places on community employment schemes in Clare (details supplied) is taking 16 weeks; if he considers this to be satisfactory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27414/13]

Official Secrets Act

Sandra McLellan

716. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Official Secrets Act is still in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/13]

Garda Investigations

Martin Ferris

717. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda have carried out an investigation into financial irregularities on the part of a person (details supplied). [27416/13]

EU Conventions

Michael Creed

718. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to sign the European Convention on Violence against Women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27422/13]

EU Conventions

Róisín Shortall

719. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delay in signing the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and the target month in 2013 he is working to to have this Convention signed. [27424/13]

Garda Strength

Patrick O'Donovan

720. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, the numbers of gardaí by rank in each Garda division for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; if he will provide details of the populations served by each of these divisions for the periods concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27426/13]

Garda Investigations

Clare Daly

721. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received a pulse number from An Garda Síochána with reference to their claim for fraud lodged against AIB as a result of their lack of licensing. [27439/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Nicky McFadden

722. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if extra staff will be recruited in the area of Garda vetting to ensure that applicants for youth work projects through community education schemes are processed as quickly as possible (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27443/13]

EU Conventions

Mary Lou McDonald

723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the scale and prevalence of domestic abuse here, if he will sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence on behalf of the State before Ireland’s EU Presidency concludes; his views on the fact that Ireland remains one of the minority number of countries who have thus far failed to sign up to the Convention since it opened for signature in May 2011. [27445/13]

Courts Service Issues

Pat Deering

724. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 10 October 2012 when a court messenger will be appointed in Carlow. [27460/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mary Lou McDonald

725. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the Magdalen Fund to surviving women of the former Sisters of Mercy Laundry in Clifden, County Galway. [27464/13]

Proposed Legislation

Andrew Doyle

726. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the work his Department is currently undertaking on various pieces of upcoming legislation, through a potential Bill to go through the Houses of the Oireachtas or through statutory instrument, to ensure Ireland is in compliance with the upcoming deadlines of directives from the European Union; the deadline in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27478/13]

Prisoner Discipline

Clare Daly

727. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on prisoner assaults in each prison in total in 2012; the number of prisoner on staff assaults in each prison in total in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27516/13]

Prisoner Data

Clare Daly

728. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are at present in custody; the number required to slop out in each institution; the number required to use normal toilet facilities in the presence of others in each institution; the number that are sole occupants of a cell that has a normal flush toilet installed or have access at all times to normal toilet facilities in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27517/13]

EU Conventions

Finian McGrath

729. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will sign the European Convention on Violence Against Women. [27531/13]

EU Conventions

Michael McGrath

730. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27576/13]

Naturalisation Applications

Tom Fleming

731. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will urgently examine and expedite a naturalisation application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27618/13]

EU Issues

Andrew Doyle

732. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the current European Commission proposal for a regulation on the European Agency for Law Enforcement Co-operation and Training Europol, thereby repealing the existing decisions on Europol and European Police College and allowing for their merger; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27627/13]

Magdalen Laundries Report

Andrew Doyle

733. Deputy Andrew Doyle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent letter (details supplied) regarding the Senator Martin McAleese report into the Magdalen laundries; if he intends to respond to the committee via our Ambassador at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva or directly to the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/13]

EU Conventions

John Halligan

734. Deputy John Halligan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will make good the commitments made by previous successive Governments and commit to signing the European Convention on Preventing and Combatting Violence Against Women and domestic violence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27669/13]

Road Traffic Accidents Data

Colm Keaveney

735. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicular traffic accidents that have been recorded at or in close proximity to the crossroads at Knockdoe, Claregalway, County Galway, being the junction between the N17 and the roads leading to the townlands of Carraghy and Monroe, in the periods from the beginning of November 2012 to end of April 2013, and from the beginning of November 2011 to end of April 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27673/13]

Garda Deployment

Clare Daly

736. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Kells district was not allocated a superintendent, despite the fact that many smaller districts with smaller populations and less crime were allocated superintendents in the recent period. [27686/13]

EU Conventions

Billy Timmins

737. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding signing the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27690/13]

Emergency Services Personnel

Terence Flanagan

738. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will indicate the measures in place to protect emergency service drivers in the course of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27699/13]

EU Conventions

Tom Fleming

739. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the situation whereby Ireland have not yet signed The European Convention on Violence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27731/13]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Dara Calleary

740. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is in receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/13]

Garda Deployment

Robert Dowds

741. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí in Clondalkin Garda station in June 2011; in June 2012; and in June 2013; the number of community gardaí in Ronanstown Garda station in June 2011; in June 2012; and in June 2013; the number of community gardaí in Rathcoole Garda station in June 2011; in June 2012; and in June 2013; the number of community gardaí in Lucan Garda station in June 2011; in June 2012; and in June 2013; the number of community gardaí in Ballyfermot Garda station in June 2011; in June 2012; and in June 2013. [27756/13]

Garda Deployment

Robert Dowds

742. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his policy in terms of the provision of community gardaí. [27757/13]

Garda Investigations

Finian McGrath

743. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay on the Fr. Niall Molloy Report. [27772/13]

Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal Funding

Mattie McGrath

744. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal does not have sufficient funding to give immediate payment following an award that has been made to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; when payment will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27776/13]

Naturalisation Applications

Brendan Griffin

745. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite an application for naturalisation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27785/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mick Wallace

746. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons the institution at Summerhill, County Wexford has been excluded from the Justice Quirke redress process; if he will consider extending the scheme to include the residents of the Summerhill laundry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27925/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Mick Wallace

747. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in County Wexford to discuss the inclusion of the laundry at Summerhill in County Wexford in the redress process currently being undertaken by Justice Quirke. [27926/13]

Garda Training College

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

748. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, if any, to transfer the Garda training unit from its current location in Templemore; if so, to what location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27940/13]

Stardust Fire Tragedy Inquiry

Thomas P. Broughan

749. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent new information on the Coffey Report and the research carried out on the Stardust disaster of 1981 during recent years, if he will now establish a Commission of Investigation into the matter under the McDowell legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27944/13]

Deportation Orders

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

750. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time that persons must remain outside of the Republic of Ireland once a deportation order has been served and enforced; whether or not deportation prevents the person from entering any other EEA country; if so, for what extent of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28004/13]

Immigration Policy

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

751. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality on what grounds was the year 2004 chosen as the cut-off point for arrival when devising the 2004 student probationary scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28005/13]

Upward Only Rent Reviews

Simon Harris

752. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position regarding upward only rent reviews; the measures that are planned to address the difficulty of many small businesses in relation to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28013/13]

Visa Applications

Simon Harris

753. Deputy Simon Harris asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address the delays in short term or visiting visa applications; if there are any measures under consideration in relation to a specific visitors visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28017/13]

Prison Education Service

Maureen O'Sullivan

754. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide information on the working and training facilities that have been built as part of the new cell block in the midlands prison; the work-training facilities that are available to prisoners on a daily basis within the new cell block at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28022/13]

Crime Prevention

Dominic Hannigan

755. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps the gardaí are taking in an area (details supplied) in County Meath to reduce crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28088/13]

Juvenile Offenders

Thomas P. Broughan

190. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the findings of recent research by a team from the Central Mental Hospital on the mental health needs of inmates in St. Patrick's Institution; if he has plans to ensure that his Department will assist St. Patrick's Institution to make a drug-free unit available for inmates under 18 years of age in the institution without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26364/13]

Garda Equipment

Thomas P. Broughan

191. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vehicles that are fitted with automatic number plate recognition; and his plans, if any, to increase the number of vehicles fitted with ANPR in 2013. [26293/13]

Immigration Policy

Thomas P. Broughan

192. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the reasons given to the 2,240 persons who were refused entry into the State in 2012; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the nationalities of the various persons who were thus refused. [26294/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

193. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that have been issued to motorists in each of the past four years for the offence of breaking a red light. [26295/13]

Anti-Social Behaviour

Finian McGrath

194. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on anti-social behaviour in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 3. [26302/13]

Anti-Racism Measures

Finian McGrath

195. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding an incident of racism. [26314/13]

Prisoner Numbers

Ciaran Lynch

196. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in prison; the number in each institution; the total number of prisoners not held in single cells or rooms; the number of these in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26320/13]

Prison Accommodation Standards

Ciaran Lynch

197. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are at present in custody; the number required to slop out; the number required to use normal toilet facilities in the presence of others; the number that are sole occupants of a cell that has normal flush toilet installed or have access at all times to normal toilet facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26321/13]

Prison Regulations

Ciaran Lynch

198. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in total and in each institution that are locked up for 23 hours or more in a normal day, for 22 to 23 hours in a normal day, for 20 to 22 hours in a normal day, for 18 to 20 hours in a normal day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26322/13]

Prisoner Numbers

Ciaran Lynch

199. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of male and female prisoners under 21 years of age; the number in each of the institutions in which they are held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26323/13]

Prison Education Service

Ciaran Lynch

200. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of workshop and work training posts that are vacant in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/13]

Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes

Ciaran Lynch

201. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours the library in each prison is scheduled to open each week; the percentage of scheduled opening times that these libraries were actually open during 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26325/13]

Prison Education Service

Ciaran Lynch

202. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the allocations within the education subhead of the prison Vote to each of the following areas of education in 2013: the education unit in each prison, each public library service involved in prisons, the Open University, the National College of Art and Design, Arts Council projects in prison, the Alternative to Violence Project and post-release educational support for prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26327/13]

Prison Education Service

Ciaran Lynch

203. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners actively following a course with the Open University at the present time, in each institution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26328/13]

Prisoner Numbers

Ciaran Lynch

204. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans, in the interest of transparency, to publish on the Irish Prison Service website the numbers in custody in each institution on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26330/13]

Prison Regulations

Ciaran Lynch

205. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in each institution who are diagnosed as on an enhanced regime, a standard regime or a basic regime, under the new incentivised regime arrangements; the weekly gratuity paid in each of these three categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26331/13]

Restorative Justice

Tom Fleming

206. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the restorative justice programme that was introduced on a statutory basis for the first time in the Children Act 2001; his views on the success of the rolling out of the two restorative justice initiatives that were provided in the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26340/13]

Spent Convictions Legislation

Dara Calleary

207. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 will be initiated; if a person who was convicted of cannabis possession in 2005 will have their conviction spent under the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26346/13]

Court Accommodation Refurbishment

Charlie McConalogue

208. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the plans there are to upgrade and-or improve a court house (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26351/13]

Asylum Applications

Bernard Durkan

209. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath who has two dependent children and who wishes to be reunited with their son's father, currently a British citizen, who has recently made an application for asylum which is on appeal in the High Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26352/13]

Prison Policies

Ciaran Lynch

210. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the incentives, excluding new gratuity rates, that have been made available to underpin the incentivised regimes policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26434/13]

Prison Staff

Ciaran Lynch

211. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of officers that have been made available to integrated sentence management in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26435/13]

Prison Policies

Ciaran Lynch

212. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if individual incentivised regime policies have been introduced in each prison; if he will detail these individual policies; the number of prisoners involved in these policies in each prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/13]

Drugs in Prisons

Ciaran Lynch

213. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the review carried out in 2012 by the Irish Prison Service of its drug treatment policy; the policies it produced; the extent to which those policies have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/13]

Garda Retirements

Michael Healy-Rae

214. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he waived the normal retirement age for Garda Commissioner Martin Callinan to ensure that the Commissioner received an extension of two years past the normal retirement age of 60, in view of details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26464/13]

Prisoner Numbers

John Deasy

215. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of persons incarcerated in Irish prisons; and the number for each of the last five years. [26484/13]

Prison Staff

John Deasy

216. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers employed by the State for each of the past five years. [26485/13]

Garda Retirements

John Deasy

217. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of retirees from the Garda Síochána from all ranks in each of the past five years. [26486/13]

Garda Deployment

John Deasy

218. Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí deployed to the traffic corps in each of the past five years. [26487/13]

Asylum Applications

Bernard Durkan

219. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which application for residency or eligibility for naturalisation has been established in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26514/13]