Parliamentary questions

Road Safety Statistics

Thomas P. Broughan

492. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 7 February 2012, the Garda districts that are still operating a system of forming an opinion at the scene of a RTC in view of the fact that in previous information supplied in that Parliamentary Question it was stated that in 2012 there was no testing in nine fatal collisions and 52 serious injury collisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9858/13]

Garda Transport Data

Patrick O'Donovan

493. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form, the number of new Garda vehicles that were provided by division and district during the years 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9890/13]

Legal Aid Service Reform

Michelle Mulherin

494. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the topical debate issue of 15 December 2011, the need to tackle growing waiting list for persons requiring free civil legal services from law centres and to consider charging recipients of criminal legal aid, and considering the report of the Task Force on Cost Reductions on Criminal Legal Aid, the status of the examination of the introduction of an application fee for criminal legal aid that was to be undertaken by his Department officials in consultation with the Legal Aid Board and the Office of the Attorney General, completion of which was expected in the second half of 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9903/13]

Courts Service

Joan Collins

495. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on outsourced security services in the Court Services for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [9910/13]

Courts Service

Joan Collins

496. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on outsourced cleaning services in the Court Services for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9911/13]

Garda Expenditure

Joan Collins

497. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on outsourced security services in the Garda civilian section for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [9912/13]

Garda Expenditure

Joan Collins

498. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total amount spent on outsourced cleaning services in the Garda civilian section for 2012; and if he will provide details of the companies providing these services. [9913/13]

Proposed Legislation

Willie Penrose

499. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Civil Court of Appeal, which has been promised for the past two years, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9927/13]

Garda Transport Data

Michael Healy-Rae

500. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to deal with the problems in An Garda Síochána due to the fleet of cars being at an all time low (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9946/13]

Upward Only Rent Reviews

Stephen Donnelly

501. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 568 of 19 February 2013, if he will share the economic analysis of possible policy options in relation to the proposal to abolish upward only rent review clauses in existing leases prepared by the Department of Finance referred to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9961/13]

Garda Stations Opening Hours

Seán Kenny

502. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in the Dublin region that will have an open day over the next six months; the dates and times of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9998/13]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues

Seán Kenny

503. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria senior Garda management take when choosing what to charge sporting organisations and so on for policing their events; if the charge is per match, per number of matches or the end of season when Garda management send their bill to cover policing their events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9999/13]

Garda Transport Provision

Seán Kenny

504. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if new garda vehicles were allocated to the R District in 2012; if they were marked or unmarked Garda cars or vans; if this district will be receiving additional vehicles in 2013; if so, when will the district be given the new vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10000/13]

Immigration Policy

Maureen O'Sullivan

505. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of President Obama's proposal to allow 11 million illegal immigrants to move toward a path of citizenship over eight years, if he will consider a similar incentive such as a regularisation scheme to include certain undocumented migrants to move towards citizenship if they comply with a list of requirements; if not, if he will consider other initiatives that seek to relieve the situation that illegality contributes to undocumented migrants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10032/13]

Immigration Policy

Maureen O'Sullivan

506. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in terms of a case by case regularisation scheme here what are the requirements set out for an undocumented migrant to gain legality here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10033/13]

Road Traffic Offences

Michelle Mulherin

507. Deputy Michelle Mulherin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of holders of category W driving licences that have been convicted for towing a trailer on a work vehicle or land tractor in each of the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10043/13]

Drugs Seizures

David Stanton

508. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 589 of 19 February 2013, the most likely source of the prescription drugs available on the illegal market; the basis on which the values of seizures are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10046/13]

Departmental Bodies

Niall Collins

509. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the governance arrangements that are currently in place regarding the operations of the Equality Authority and IHRC and the implications of these for the independent and effective operation of these bodies, in view of the fact that neither body has had a board in place since mid 2012; when the legislation to establish the Human Rights and Equality Commission will be before Dáil Éireann; and when the commission and chief commissioner will be in situ. [10094/13]

Deportation Orders

Bernard Durkan

510. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the basis on which a person (details supplied) in County Carlow is being deported when they were employed here for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10099/13]

Garda Recruitment

Robert Dowds

511. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be any age limit for the recruitment of gardaí when recruitment recommences in 2015, in view of the fact that there has been a moratorium in place for some time; and if so, if it is possible to say at this point what the age limit will be. [10100/13]

Magdalen Laundries

Sandra McLellan

512. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the families of persons who are now deceased but who spent time in the Magdalen laundries will be entitled to claim from the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10110/13]

Personal Insolvency Act

Pat Deering

513. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he is proposing a three year bankruptcy law as opposed to the UK Government which is operating on a one year system, resulting in persons choosing to travel there to be declared bankrupt. [10121/13]

Legal Aid Service Expenditure

Regina Doherty

514. Deputy Regina Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that was given to Free Legal Advice Centres for the periods 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10124/13]

Sentencing Policy

Niall Collins

515. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for establishing sentencing guidelines; if he intends to set up a sentencing council; the discussions he has held with the LRC on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10132/13]

Garda Transport Data

Mattie McGrath

516. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 7 February 2013, of the 31 patrol vehicles allocated to the Tipperary division if he will provide a breakdown by district of the number of these cars that are operated by the traffic corps within their division; the number that are used solely for patrol purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10139/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Thomas Pringle

517. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10169/13]

Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration

Thomas Pringle

518. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of payments made to the CEO or equivalent of all agencies under the aegis of his Department including details of any bonuses, pension entitlements or any other remuneration paid to him or her in 2012. [10186/13]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

519. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Light Up; the number of on the spot fines issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10211/13]

Garda Reserve

Thomas P. Broughan

520. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Reserves allocated to each station in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/13]

Garda Transport Data

Thomas P. Broughan

521. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda community relations vans currently allocated to the Dublin region in 2010, 2011 and 2012; the stations in which they are allocated; if this number will be further increased in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10213/13]

National Substance Misuse Strategy

Robert Troy

522. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give statutory effect to Section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act (2008) which provides for the structural separation of alcohol products from other products in supermarkets, convenience stores, petrol stations and any other licensed premises which are deemed to be mixed trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/13]

European Arrest Warrant

Peadar Tóibín

523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the extradition proceeding in respect of a person (details supplied) if he will instruct his officials to seek a negotiation between the Irish and Hungarian authorities that ultimately yields a solution, agreeable to all the parties involved; if he will confirm that his officials have exhausted all possible options to facilitate the serving of the sentence here without first having to travel to Hungary; and the extent to which he can take the lead in seeking a mutually satisfactory conclusion to this tragic affair, by virtue of Ireland’s current role as EU president. [10233/13]

Residential Institutions Issues

Ged Nash

524. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will give consideration to the inclusion of former residents of an institution (details supplied) in the redress scheme under the aegis of Mr. Justice Quirke; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10245/13]

Residential Institutions Issues

Dara Calleary

525. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason an institution (details supplied) has been excluded from the proposed Magdalen redress scheme; the options available to those who were in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10249/13]

Garda Transport Expenditure

Michael Healy-Rae

526. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of his statement that Gardaí now had vehicles which had been converted into mobile Garda offices, if he will explain the following, what exactly is a mobile Garda office; what type of vehicles are they; the number of them that are available; is it proposed to have some of these mobile Garda offices in County Kerry; if there is, how many of them; how much does it cost to change one of these Garda vehicles to a mobile Garda office; are they new or are they taken from the existing fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10261/13]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Maureen O'Sullivan

527. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality following the review by the UN Committee Against Torture where the committee recommends that the State partly take measures to ensure that all persons detained for immigration related reasons are held in facilities that are appropriate to their status, his views on the current situation relating to immigration related detainees; and the plans that have been made to make appropriate facilities available. [10288/13]

Asylum Seeker Accommodation

Terence Flanagan

528. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid by his Department to asyslum centre firms for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10295/13]

Garda Deployment

Ged Nash

529. Deputy Gerald Nash asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the Garda personnel resources allocated to provide policing and patrol car support in the Cooley Peninsula area, County Louth; the number of vehicles available to the gardaí in this area for the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10311/13]

Naturalisation Applications

Barry Cowen

530. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) in County Offaly may expect a decision on their application for naturalisation. [10350/13]

Personal Insolvency Act

Stephen Donnelly

531. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 12 February 2013, if he will provide a specific date for when the Personal Insolvency Service will accept applications from borrowers seeking debt relief and specific dates for when case studies of resolutions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10352/13]

Legal Services Regulation

Seán Kyne

532. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to introducing an amendment to the proposed Legal Service Bill that would provide and facilitate a suitably experienced and qualified legal executive practice as a conveyancer and provide such services in their own right. [10360/13]

Legal Services Regulation

Seán Kyne

533. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to introducing an amendment to the proposed Legal Service Bill that would enable a person who is a legal executive become a partner in a law firm. [10361/13]

Legal Services Regulation

Seán Kyne

534. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to introducing an amendment to the proposed Legal Service Bill that would grant a right of audience in the District and Circuit Courts to persons who are legal executives. [10365/13]

Legal Services Regulation

Seán Kyne

535. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to introducing an amendment to the proposed Legal Service Bill that would clarify the evidential status of the attestation of documents by a legal executive acting as a Commission for Oaths. [10366/13]

Defence Forces Operations

Finian McGrath

536. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the British Ministry of Defence has paid out €14 million in compensation to hundreds of Iraqis with a further 700 claims on the way and if it has implications for Irish troops serving abroad. [9821/13]

Defence Forces Personnel

Éamon Ó Cuív

537. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Defence the number of retired medical officers from the Defence Forces who have been offered medical duties as locum tenens with the Defence Forces in the past ten years; the reason that a retired medical officer (details supplied) was not offered any such duties although he offered to do them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10319/13]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Billy Timmins

538. Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding a place in the Defence Forces in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10414/13]

Irish Red Cross Funding

Finian McGrath

539. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence the reasons for the recent resignation of the Honorary Treasurer of the Irish Red Cross and if issues related to the corporate governance of the IRC were involved; his views on the progress of the IRC on the reform of its corporate governance arrangements; the progress to date on new legislation regarding the Red Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/13]

Defence Forces Operations

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

540. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide in tabular form the number of suspect devices that the army disposal unit has had to deal with in each of the past five years and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9958/13]

Departmental Agencies

Thomas Pringle

541. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the payment of bonuses or other performance related payments and or allowances made to the staff of agencies under the aegis of his Department with a yearly breakdown from 2008 outlining the overall amount paid in each year period and the number of staff that received such payments and or allowances. [10162/13]