Parliamentary questions

Garda Reports

Mick Wallace

75. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has requested a report from the Garda Commissioner into payments to a company (details supplied) which breached public procurement guidelines; if the report will examine the relationship with the company and An Garda Síochána since 2009; the person or body that is conducting the report; if a timeframe for completion has been indicated; his plans to request the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct such an exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5670/18]

Legislative Measures

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

76. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to produce legislation to make the distribution of revenge porn an offence; and his views on the Law Reform Commission paper on harmful communications and digital safety (details supplied). [5563/18]

Garda Operations

Martin Heydon

77. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the resources provided to the winter phase of Operation Thor; the way in which it can help to address rural crime in areas such as County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5675/18]

Departmental Correspondence

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

78. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an international letter of request received by his Department and acknowledged in August 2017 regarding providing items in an archive (details supplied) to the police ombudsman in Northern Ireland; the actions his Department has taken since then; and the steps he is taking to ensure that the archive and relevant Garda files are made available to the police ombudsman in a prompt manner. [5565/18]

Freedom of Information Requests

Mick Barry

79. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Information Commissioner's recent rulings (details supplied) in favour of an organisation against his Department on a number of freedom of information requests pertaining to migrant non-EU fishers. [5660/18]

Garda Strength

Frank O'Rourke

80. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to each Garda station in the Kildare north district in each of the years 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the Garda rank allocation within each Garda station in the Kildare north district, for example, the number of gardaí, sergeants, detectives, superintendents and chief superintendents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5416/18]

Organised Crime

Bernard Durkan

81. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to making membership of organised criminal gangs illegal with a view to putting such members off the streets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5695/18]

Immigration Policy

Alan Farrell

82. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he is taking to address the inadequacies and loopholes which exist in legislation governing the immigration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5297/18]

Freedom of Information Requests

Mick Barry

83. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department has not yet provided an organisation's (details supplied) representative with files sought in view of the ruling by the Information Commissioner against his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5661/18]

Garda Deployment

Brendan Smith

84. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the need to provide additional Garda personnel and resources to the Cavan and Monaghan Garda division in view of the particular policing needs of that Border division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5659/18]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Mick Wallace

85. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigation into the alleged involvement of Garda personnel in the drugs trade in the midlands region first reported in May 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5674/18]

Garda Strength

Charlie McConalogue

86. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase the number of gardaí along the Border areas in County Donegal to deal with the increase in criminal activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5466/18]

Immigration Policy

Alan Farrell

87. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to prepare and issue a White Paper to provide an overview of the entirety of the immigration laws and to identify the way in which the immigration system can be improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5298/18]

Independent Review Mechanism

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

88. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the section of each report relative to each case will be released to the families and complainants concerned regarding the decisions relative to each of the 315 cases under the independent review mechanism which were returned stating no further action was required; if the reasons and rationale by which this recommendation of no further action was reached will be provided to the families and complainants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5561/18]

Garda Deployment

John Lahart

89. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Garda Commissioner to consider allocating additional gardaí to Rathfarnham Garda station, particularly in view of recent assaults that have taken place within the jurisdiction of the station and in further view of the concerns of persons in the Ballycullen, Firhouse, and Knocklyon areas in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5449/18]

Garda Remuneration

Jim O'Callaghan

90. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address the failure to ensure that the Garda pay deal applies to all sections of the force, including superintendents and chief superintendents; the anomalies that have arisen as a result of this failure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5678/18]

Garda Data

Seán Sherlock

91. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the methodologies used by An Garda Síochána to accurately measure the number of homicides here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5557/18]

Organised Crime

John Curran

92. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has satisfied himself that An Garda Síochána has enough resources and overtime to de-escalate the ongoing gangland feud in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5414/18]

Organised Crime

Bernard Durkan

93. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will invoke special powers to curtail the activities of organised criminal gangs, thereby making membership of such gangs a criminal offence with a liability for a mandatory sentence in view of the continued apparent ease with which gangland wars continue with consequent loss of life and danger to the community at large; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5696/18]

Tribunals of Inquiry

Alan Kelly

94. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been more than several dozen boxes of documentation provided to the Charleton tribunal by his Department and An Garda Síochána since November 2017; and the actions he is he taking over the perceived non-co-operation with the tribunal. [5413/18]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Ruth Coppinger

95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the progress of family reunification for refugees from Syria here as part of resettlement and relocation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/18]

Garda Data

Clare Daly

96. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of senior Garda appointments made by the Policing Authority at each rank; if he has satisfied himself with the manner in which promotions are being conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5651/18]

Garda Deployment

James Browne

97. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Garda consideration of recent census data for County Wexford within the personnel allocation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5566/18]

Immigration Policy

Richard Boyd Barrett

98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons applying for naturalisation that are not decided upon within the six-month guideline will be provided with a detailed explanation as to the reasons for the delay including the provision to the person of additional information required to process the application in a timely manner. [5694/18]

Garda Strength

Charlie McConalogue

99. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Donegal in each of the past ten years; his plans to allocate additional resources to County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5450/18]

Garda Deployment

Niamh Smyth

100. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the ongoing allocation of additional gardaí in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5663/18]

Garda Data

Maureen O'Sullivan

102. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff nationally involved in accessing material on mobile phones and computers relating to child sexual offences; the number in the Mountjoy detective unit; the qualifications needed for such work; the number of cases being processed; the length of time taken; and the extent and scale of any backlogs. [5649/18]

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

103. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to deal with the complaint from the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, GSOC, that it does not have sufficient resources to deal with protected disclosures within An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5679/18]

Garda Reports

Paul Murphy

104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has examined the report into the Jobstown protest given to his Department on 26 July 2017 by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5682/18]

Refugee Resettlement Programme

Ruth Coppinger

105. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the assistance given to refugees from Syria here as part of resettlement and relocation programmes to access education and employment and to have professional qualifications recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/18]

Unemployment Data

Willie O'Dea

106. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the number of jobless households, by county, in tabular form. [5859/18]

Youth Unemployment Data

Willie O'Dea

107. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Taoiseach the rate of youth unemployment in each region in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5861/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Niall Collins

108. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in his Department and State agencies under his remit, by gender, in tabular form; and the detail of each such apprenticeship. [5326/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

109. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Auditor standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied). [5386/18]

Departmental Reviews

Róisín Shortall

110. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the senior counsel review of the way in which the Department of Justice and Equality dealt with document requests from the disclosures tribunal; and if his Department has sought an update as to when the report will be finalised. [5575/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

111. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach the number of secondees from companies (details supplied) who work in his Department. [5841/18]

Defence Forces Medicinal Products

Clare Daly

112. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 16 January 2018, the qualifications of the medical experts consulted as part of the work of the working group on Lariam; and the medical qualifications of members of the working group, in view of the fact that legal privilege does not attach to information regarding a person's qualifications. [5325/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

113. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the pay scales of all ranks in the Defence Forces. [5731/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

114. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Defence Forces last received a direct pay increase. [5732/18]

Defence Forces Remuneration

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

115. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the pension payments for a private who finishes out a full term. [5733/18]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

116. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of serving Defence Forces personnel from County Wexford. [5734/18]

Defence Forces Funding

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

117. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the defence budget for 2018; and the amount that is being spent on improving living conditions and pay. [5735/18]

Defence Forces Medical Services

Clare Daly

118. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if each of the Defence Forces medical officers involved in the use of malaria chemoprophylaxis hold additional qualifications in tropical disease and medicine; and if so, the additional qualifications in each case. [5770/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

119. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of secondees from companies (details supplied) who work in his Department. [5832/18]

Industrial Relations

Willie Penrose

120. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he will take to have the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill brought forward for discussion to ensure that the staff representation of the Defence Forces are facilitated in same by having access to the State's industrial relations institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5970/18]

Passport Services

Brendan Smith

121. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the request to establish a passport office in County Monaghan as discussed at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence is being given further consideration in view of the increased demand in Ulster for Irish passports and the need to provide such services in this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5309/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Stephen Donnelly

122. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he informed the European negotiating team that he was in favour of a transition period; the length of time proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5405/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Stephen Donnelly

123. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department was consulted on the length of the transition period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5406/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Stephen Donnelly

124. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the length of time needed for a transition period in Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5407/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

125. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of secondees from companies (details supplied) who work in his Department. [5835/18]