Parliamentary questions

Parole Boards

Finian McGrath

51. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in giving effect to the 2011 decision to establish the Parole Board on a legally independent basis; the details of appointments made to the board in the past three years; if the vacancies were advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4511/16]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Data

Clare Daly

52. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 26 November 2015 and her statement that the statistics were being compiled and would be provided to the Deputy in due course, if she will forward same to this Deputy. [4532/16]

Crime Levels

Niall Collins

53. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of the continued concern of the local community at the increased crime levels in Tallaght in Dublin 24; her views on the need to provide additional resources to An Garda Síochána to deal with this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4543/16]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Finian McGrath

260. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will refurbish the Garda Síochána station in Coolock, Dublin 5, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4282/16]

Visa Applications

Finian McGrath

261. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a long stay visa in respect of a family (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3975/16]

Language Schools

Fergus O'Dowd

262. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to issues raised concerning English language schools (details supplied). [4025/16]

Travel Documents

Bernard Durkan

263. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if and when the appropriate travel document will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Laois who needs to travel to an embassy to obtain a replacement passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4059/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

264. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4061/16]

Coroners Service

Clare Daly

265. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her offices were contacted by the coroner in the case of a person (details supplied); the advice given regarding the decision to consider treating the death of a pregnant woman as being the death of two persons; the legislative basis of a foetus being afforded the legal rights of a person; what she proposes to do about it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4064/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Michael Creed

266. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will sign the commencement order for the new one-year bankruptcy legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4069/16]

Fines Data

Billy Kelleher

267. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Dublin 12, 8,10 and 6W who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014 and in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4242/16]

Fines Data

Billy Kelleher

268. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people resident in Cork City who were convicted and sentenced to imprisonment; the number who were processed at the prison where they were sent and released on the same day or on the following day, by prison, by category of crime, by length of sentence given, in 2014 and in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4243/16]

Garda Transport Data

Seán Kenny

269. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new and unmarked Garda Síochána cars that will come into the fleet in 2016; if the contract to supply the cars has gone to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4271/16]

Garda Expenditure

Finian McGrath

270. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to support the budget allocation for the Garda Síochána air support unit in the years 2013 to 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4278/16]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure

Finian McGrath

271. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of increasing the number of Garda Síochána closed circuit television cameras in Dublin city centre from 77 to 107; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4279/16]

Immigration Status

Pearse Doherty

272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will grant permission to remain here to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal; if she provided sufficient information in regard to the entry requirement needed to remain here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4365/16]

Garda Station Closures

Pearse Doherty

273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations that were closed in County Cavan and in County Monaghan over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4375/16]

Garda Stations

Pearse Doherty

274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána stations in County Cavan and in County Monaghan in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4376/16]

Garda Strength

Niall Collins

275. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána on 1 January in each of the past ten years, including details of the numbers in training on those dates. [4394/16]

Crime Data

Pearse Doherty

276. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences reported to An Garda Síochána at Garda Síochána stations in Ballybofey, Carrigans, Castlefinn, Convoy, Lifford and Ballybofey in County Donegal, in each of the years 2010 to 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4472/16]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

277. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of appointments to State boards, by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise, from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4621/16]

Schengen Agreement

Thomas P. Broughan

182. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the status of the Dublin Protocol and the Schengen Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3853/16]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Pádraig MacLochlainn

183. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality given the serious allegations concerning misconduct by An Garda Síochána and inadequacies surrounding a case (details supplied), and given the need for the probity and independence of the Independent Review Mechanism, if she will authorise publication of the report prepared in 2007; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3478/16]

Immigration Policy

Fergus O'Dowd

184. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to respond to issues raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3531/16]

Departmental Funding

Fergus O'Dowd

185. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she allocated and the funding spent on capital projects and other initiatives in the constituencies of Louth and Meath-East, by project and initiative, by completion date and by cost, for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3565/16]

Direct Provision System

Robert Troy

186. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that asylum seekers living in Direct Provision in Richmond Court in County Longford, are unable to open bank accounts, because they are asked to provide utility bills, that they live in a building that is poorly heated with no recreational rooms, that they are often unable to receive letters or items from post offices, because they have no identification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3570/16]

Prisoner Data

Éamon Ó Cuív

187. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life-sentence prisoners released and the number recalled to prison in 2015; the average length of time, life-sentence prisoners served prior to release in 2015; the reason for revoking temporary release, by case; the number of life-sentence prisoners in custody and the number on release in the community at the end of 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3573/16]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

188. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for Citizenship by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3639/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

189. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected Residency Status of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 22 and the person's family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3641/16]

Garda Station Closures

Róisín Shortall

190. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for the Garda Síochána station in Santry in County Dublin including any plans to further change its status; if a further change in status will affect the ability of An Garda Síochána to effectively police Santry and Whitehall given the previous cut to the station in 2013 and the closure of the Whitehall station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3695/16]

Crime Data

Niall Collins

191. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality given her recent public comments on the matter, the number of recorded burglary offences, by Garda Síochána division, during the last quarter of 2015 in tabular form. [3728/16]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

192. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; if she will urgently examine the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3734/16]

Asylum Applications

Richard Boyd Barrett

193. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of applicants for asylum by country of origin, by successful and unsuccessful applications by country of origin for all applicants for 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3744/16]

Deportation Orders Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

194. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of deportation orders issued, by country of origin, by country of deportation to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3745/16]

Immigration Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure by which English language schools which have no external accreditation are permitted on the interim list of education programmes even though external accreditation is one of the main requirements of being listed on the register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3752/16]

Tribunals of Inquiry Reports

Lucinda Creighton

196. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 396 and 397 of 14 January 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 491 of 24 March 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 385 of 13 May 2015, Parliamentary Question No. 17 of 7 July 2015, if she will provide a further update; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/16]

Commissions of Investigation

Lucinda Creighton

197. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 9 June 2015, if the commission of investigation into matters relative to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda Síochána division will report in February 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3759/16]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Lucinda Creighton

198. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011. [3771/16]

Public Inquiries

Lucinda Creighton

199. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which she or her Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3786/16]

Personal Insolvency Act

Michael McGrath

200. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications pursuant to section 115A of the Personal Insolvency Act for a court review of a proposed personal insolvency arrangement that have been made to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3790/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Michael McGrath

201. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality why section 21 of the Personal Insolvency (Amendment) Act 2015 was not commenced until 20 November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3791/16]

Personal Insolvency Act

Michael McGrath

202. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the process through which a judgment can be removed from or marked as satisfied in the High Court register of judgments in circumstances where the debt has been discharged through an insolvency service debt settlement arrangement or a personal insolvency arrangement; the equivalent process if the judgment creditor does not co-operate; if she will simplify the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3795/16]

Ministerial Allowances

Michael McGrath

203. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the expenses claimed, including the amount of mileage and the amount claimed, by her and Ministers of State of her Department, by calendar year, during the current Dáil Éireann, in tabular form. [3814/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

204. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount she spent on media clipping and media monitoring services in each calendar year from 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3829/16]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

205. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 19 November 2015, regarding the implementation of section 22 of the Road Traffic Act 2002, if this information is now to hand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3855/16]

Garda Data

Thomas P. Broughan

206. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 18 November 2015, regarding the number of knives recovered by An Garda Síochána in 2014 and 2015, if she will provide an update on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3856/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

207. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when an update of Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 residency status might be offered as a prelude to naturalisation for a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3857/16]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

208. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the circumstances and proposals to deport might be undertaken in the respective cases of persons (details supplied) all of whom have lived in this jurisdiction for several years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3860/16]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

209. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for stamp 4 and naturalisation the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 24; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3861/16]

Leave to Remain

Bernard Durkan

210. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3866/16]