Parliamentary questions

Asylum Support Services

Clare Daly

790. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 26 September 2013, where he indicated that the information requested in Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 25 June 2013 would be forwarded within a week, the reason this has not happened. [46447/13]

Garda Deployment

Dara Calleary

791. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the amalgamation of the two Garda drug units in County Donegal; the moneys allocated to drug units in the county; the number of search warrants per year issued by the drug units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46461/13]

Misuse of Drugs

Dara Calleary

792. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths including road traffic deaths in County Donegal from illegal drug use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46462/13]

Drugs Crime

Dara Calleary

793. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of search warrants per year issued to the drug units in County Donegal since the year 2000. [46463/13]

Immigration Status

Billy Timmins

794. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa stamp 3 application in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46465/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Michael Colreavy

795. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the legislation governing the qualification requirements and recruitment processes for persons engaged on-site by organisations such as holiday camps, film studios, sports events and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46472/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Jack Wall

796. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda vetting; if the situation has improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46482/13]

Prisoner Transfers

Éamon Ó Cuív

797. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time it takes for the repatriation of Irish prisoners serving sentences abroad to be transferred to Ireland once the initial application is received by his Department; the reason for the delays in such repatriation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46563/13]

EU Issues

Éamon Ó Cuív

798. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he intends taking in this jurisdiction to comply with EU framework decision 2009/947 in relation to the transfer of probation sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46564/13]

Prisoner Transfers

Éamon Ó Cuív

799. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Irish prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection in Britain cannot transfer to serve their prison sentences in this jurisdiction; if he intends changing the law to facilitate their transfer by allowing for the conversion of the sentences on transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46565/13]

Garda Vetting Applications

Thomas P. Broughan

800. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in the national vetting bureau at present; the overall number employed by the bureau last year; and when additional staff announced as part of the measures in budget 2014 will be allocated to the unit. [46585/13]

Witness Protection Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

801. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda witness programme in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [46586/13]

Asylum Applications

Thomas P. Broughan

802. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have applied for asylum in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of asylum applications approved and refused during that period; and if he will provide the number of persons currently residing in the direct provision system. [46591/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

803. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the rate of enforcement of the speed limit on roads here by An Garda Síochána in the years 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of motorists detected having exceeded the speed limit in each of the Garda districts. [46592/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Arthur Spring

804. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is appropriate that a person (details supplied) in County Kerry should go to court in view of the fact that the fine was paid just past the deadline. [46603/13]

Garda Investigations

Clare Daly

805. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will carry out a separate investigation into the termination of fixed charge notices where the comment box was left blank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45963/13]

Council of Europe Conventions

Joanna Tuffy

806. Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on plans to sign the European Convention on Domestic Violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46624/13]

Garda Operations

Thomas P. Broughan

807. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of fireworks seized by gardaí in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the monetary value of the fireworks seized in each of those years; the number of persons arrested and charged in respect of possession or misuse of fireworks; and the number of convictions obtained in respect of such offences. [46650/13]

Legislative Process

Luke 'Ming' Flanagan

808. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the option of imposing the in camera rule will be taken away from our court judges in family law cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46665/13]

Garda Investigations

Clare Daly

809. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking in relation to the racist material posted on the greyhound nuts website and which posted significant anti-Roma and anti-Traveller commentary; and if this is a breach of the Prohibition of Incitement to Racial, Religious or National Hatred Act 1989. [46667/13]

Citizenship Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

810. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person of English nationality, who has been married to an Irish citizen for over 40 years and has lived in County Kerry since 2000, must pay €175 to apply for Irish citizenship and, if accepted, pay €950 for the citizenship; the reason the fee is so high for someone married to an Irish national and living in Ireland for over ten years; if there is a way to waive this fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46718/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Dara Calleary

811. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the laundry at St. Joseph's in Clifden, County Galway, was not included in the Magdalen laundry list for the purposes of the redress scheme; if he will acknowledge that St. Joseph's laundry, Clifden, was a Magdalen laundry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46722/13]

Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports

Brendan Ryan

812. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the recommendation in the Report on the Review of the Legislation on Prostitution in Ireland, calling on penalising the purchase of sexual services of another person by means of prostitution, or any request, agreement or attempt to do so, if provision for this recommendation and other recommendations made in the report will be published by his Department; if so, the date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46723/13]

Crime Levels

Seán Kenny

813. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a significant increase in the level of burglaries in an area (details supplied) in Dublin 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46751/13]

Equality Issues

Finian McGrath

814. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that our laws are being implemented in a fair manner in respect of all ethnic minorities. [46762/13]

Prisoner Health

Finian McGrath

815. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners in Irish prisons who have an intellectual disability. [46764/13]

Crime Data

Finian McGrath

816. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of racially motivated crimes over the past 12 months. [46765/13]

Magdalen Laundries Issues

Finian McGrath

817. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the State downplayed the abuse suffered by the Magdalen women at the United Nations. [46766/13]

Garda Transport Provision

Tony McLoughlin

818. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Garda station at Ballinamore, County Leitrim does not have the use of a patrol car based at the station following a recent ramming incident; and when a replacement vehicle will be found to assist the gardaí based at Ballinamore. [46800/13]

Naturalisation Applications

Sandra McLellan

819. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will expedite a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in Cork; if any further documentation is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46806/13]

Crime Levels

Finian McGrath

820. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the incidents of burglary in the Kilbarrack area especially among homes owned by the elderly; if there is a proposal for community policing and Garda foot patrols in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46867/13]

Naturalisation Applications

Bernard Durkan

821. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46871/13]

Family Reunification Policy

Derek Nolan

822. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a stamp 4 citizen who seeks to bring their spouse here for family reunification purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46929/13]

Start-Up Entrepreneur Programme

Derek Nolan

823. Deputy Derek Nolan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person who is currently resident here on a student visa to start their own business and progress their citizenship status accordingly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46957/13]

Prisoner Transfers

Arthur Spring

824. Deputy Arthur Spring asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry in regard to a transfer request within the Prison Service. [46958/13]

Citizenship Applications

Thomas P. Broughan

825. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a breakdown of the number of non-nationals who have acquired citizenship in the State since the year 2008 on the basis of their entry to the State that is an application for asylum; application for subsidiary protection; application for a stamp 2 visa; application for stamp 4 visa; and any other method of entry into the State. [46988/13]

Legislative Process

Thomas Pringle

826. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a date for the implementation of the mandatory vetting of organisations working with children provided for under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46991/13]

Garda Recruitment

Billy Timmins

827. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the format that the resumed Garda recruitment will entail; when it will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46994/13]

Garda Recruitment

Mattie McGrath

828. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the application process for members of the public to join An Garda Síochána to prioritise those members of the Garda Reserve whose members are fully attested and have completed their two year probation period. [47039/13]

Departmental Expenditure

Mary Lou McDonald

829. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form the partial year and the full year monetary effect of his Department's budget 2014 reductions to expenditure. [47081/13]

Magdalen Laundries Report

Mary Lou McDonald

830. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will bring the report of the interdepartmental group on the implementation of the recommendations of Mr. Justice Quirke before Government. [47089/13]

Defence Forces Reorganisation

Billy Kelleher

831. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Defence the changes proposed for the relocation of soldiers based at Collins Barracks, Cork; the timeline for these changes; the way they will affect the soldiers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45771/13]

Departmental Properties

Brendan Ryan

832. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding a building (details supplied) in north County Dublin; if it is close to being sold to a community group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46297/13]

Departmental Staff Voluntary Redundancies

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

833. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if it is possible for a person who is a civilian employee of the Department of Defence and on career break to avail of a voluntary redundancy scheme while continuing to work within the voluntary secondary school system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46445/13]

Departmental Properties

Brendan Ryan

834. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the divestment of a property (details supplied) in County Dublin; if any community groups are being given consideration to purchase and use the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46703/13]

Pension Provisions

Billy Timmins

835. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Defence if four years full-time service in the Army will count towards pension entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/13]

Air Ambulance Service Provision

Denis Naughten

836. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the current cost to his Department and the Air Corps of the operation of the air ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46015/13]

Air Ambulance Service Provision

Denis Naughten

837. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Defence the total number of deployments of the Air Corps air ambulance service since its establishment; if he will provide a numerical breakdown of the range of missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46016/13]

Ministerial Appointments

Róisín Shortall

838. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Defence the name, qualifications and current salary of each political staff member appointed by him. [46084/13]

Defence Forces Training

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

839. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in respect of the 5th engineer non-commissioned officers course run at the School of Military Engineering at the Curragh camp from 5 September to 22 November, if it was necessary for all those participating on the course to complete an application form; if specific candidates were encouraged by superior officers to undertake this course; if there have been unexplained withdrawals from the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46135/13]