Parliamentary questions

Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

474. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when headage payments for 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38256/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Áine Collins

475. Deputy Áine Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [38261/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Pat Breen

476. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 13 October 2015 if he will provide an update on the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38271/15]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Timmy Dooley

477. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the single farm payment scheme and the areas of natural constraint scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38272/15]

Waste Management Regulations

Dominic Hannigan

478. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his views on the spreading of human waste as slurry or fertiliser on Irish farmlands; the measures in place to protect the environment and human health in respect of this matter and to ensure no negative impact or nuisance is caused to the persons living close to where the human waste is being spread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38287/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

Timmy Dooley

479. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare only received a payment for 12.2 entitlements under the single farm payment scheme, given that the person has 31 entitlements; when the person will be issued with a top-up payment in respect of a green certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/15]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Noel Coonan

480. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the single payment scheme will issue to a person in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38311/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Denis Naughten

481. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 16 July 2015 if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38340/15]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Noel Coonan

482. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38346/15]

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications

Noel Coonan

483. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the disadvantaged areas scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38347/15]

Suckler Welfare Scheme Payments

Noel Coonan

484. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the 2012 suckler cow scheme will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38348/15]

Agriculture Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

485. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/15]

Single Payment Scheme Payments

John McGuinness

486. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason persons (details supplied) in County Kilkenny have not received payment under the single payment scheme; if payment will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38355/15]

Single Payment Scheme Applications

Pat Breen

487. Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to explain the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare has not been facilitated with a farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38377/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Payments

Dara Calleary

488. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38380/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Charlie McConalogue

489. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment for headage 2015 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38387/15]

Basic Payment Scheme Applications

Willie Penrose

490. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the steps he will take to ensure that all payments due to a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath under the area-based scheme are immediately paid, as the farm in question has been selected for the satellite inspection, which appears to be holding up the payment of the entitlements; if payment will be expedited and issued without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38416/15]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

Finian McGrath

491. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the number of civil servants under his remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38719/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

492. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence to set out the estimated expenditure of his Department in 2015 in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and his Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37259/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

493. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Defence to outline the allocation for his Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37275/15]

Appointments to State Boards

Catherine Murphy

494. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37359/15]

White Paper on Defence

Finian McGrath

495. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if he will support the Reserve Defence Force recommendation for the White Paper on defence (details supplied). [37513/15]

Overseas Missions

Pádraig MacLochlainn

496. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Defence when he will publish the findings of the independent review by retired High Court judge, Mr. Justice Roderick Murphy, of the death of Private Hugh Doherty and the disappearance of Private Kevin Joyce while serving with the Irish battalion of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon on 27 April 1981, in Dayr Ntar, a village in south Lebanon. [37760/15]

Military Neutrality

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

497. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence further to the reply to Questions Nos. 357 and 358 of 20 October 2015, if he will specifically and unambiguously confirm whether the triple lock mechanism and the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006 prevent the Defence Forces from participating in phases two and three of the European Union naval force operation, Mediterranean (Operation Sophia), in the south central Mediterranean, which was approved by the European Council on 18 May 2015. [37855/15]

Freedom of Information Requests

Noel Coonan

498. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Defence for an update on a representation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38146/15]

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

499. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if his Department received any communications from the Department of the Taoiseach relating to the Defence Forces providing security around ATMs in 2012 or 2013. [38375/15]

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

500. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces received any requests to provide aid to the civil power in respect of providing security around ATMs in 2012 or 2013. [38376/15]

Departmental Staff Career Breaks

Finian McGrath

501. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Defence to outline the number of civil servants under his remit who have been reinstated in recent years after taking a career break; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38723/15]

Residential Property Prices Register

Ciaran Lynch

502. Deputy Ciarán Lynch asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out her plans to improve the residential property price register by the inclusion of readily available information, such as whether the property is a house or an apartment, the number of bedrooms, the square footage, the site area and the local authority area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37399/15]

Disability Support Services

Tom Fleming

503. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the programme schedule for the roll-out and implementation of the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37533/15]

Wards of Court

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

504. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to implement the recommendations made by the Committee of Public Accounts relating to wards of court; if this will be done as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37683/15]

Syrian Conflict

Michael McCarthy

505. Deputy Michael McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Syrian refugee crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37719/15]

Equality Issues

Terence Flanagan

506. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation will be amended to ensure that persons with dyslexia are provided with the necessary assistance to sit aptitude tests and examinations as part of job interviews (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37953/15]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Michael Healy-Rae

507. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Kilmainham Garda station, Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38268/15]

Garda Remuneration

Noel Coonan

508. Deputy Noel Coonan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will reinstate the Garda Síochána annual rent allowance for new recruits; if she will acknowledge the important assistance it provided to recruits when they took up their station; the calls for same to be reinstated as recruitment numbers increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38291/15]

Crime Prevention

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy

509. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the actions the Government has taken to combat crime, especially in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37159/15]

Spent Convictions Legislation

Clare Daly

510. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to bring the Spent Convictions Bill before the Houses of the Oireachtas, given her previous commitment that the matter would be concluded before the summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37181/15]

Prison Visiting Committees

Clare Daly

511. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Prison Service has failed to accommodate an urgent request by a cross-party group of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to visit E Block in Portlaoise Prison, due to a protest action and concern among prisoners and their families regarding the conditions in that area. [37172/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

512. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 1,846 women and girls confined in the Magdalene laundries during the 1920s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37292/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

513. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 2,695 women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1930s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37293/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

514. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 2,498 women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1940s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37294/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

515. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 1,725 women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1950s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37295/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

516. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 1,593 women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1960s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37296/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

517. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 660 women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1970s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37297/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

518. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 147 women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1980s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37298/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

519. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 167 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the eight women and girls confined in the Magdalen laundries during the 1990s, given that the McAleese report merely offers a breakdown of entries by decade, but not by institution (details supplied). [37299/15]

Proposed Legislation

Robert Troy

520. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of items of legislation regarding legal birth parents' progression to become inclusive of surrogate families. [37252/15]

Assisted Human Reproduction

Robert Troy

521. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason persons (details supplied) have not received a genuine reply addressing their surrogacy concerns. [37253/15]

Garda Strength

Mary Lou McDonald

522. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí currently stationed at the Garda Síochána stations at Clondalkin Village and Ronanstown and at Lucan Village in County Dublin; her plans to increase the number of gardaí numbers at these stations in 2015; in 2016; if she will consider providing further additional resources to address the high levels of house break-ins, and other serious crime, in these areas. [37305/15]

Departmental Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

523. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated expenditure of her Department in 2015, in tabular form; the budget for expenditure agreed at the start of the year for 2015; the extra expenditure or savings in this budget during the year to date; when and under what process this expenditure and these savings were approved; and her Department's budget for expenditure in 2016. [37266/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

524. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 13 October 2015, if she will provide a breakdown, by institution, of the 879 women and girls who died in the Magdalen laundries between 1922 and 1996, given that the McAleese report merely offers a total figure, rather than a breakdown by laundry (details supplied). [37315/15]

Magdalen Laundries Data

Mary Lou McDonald

525. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 168 of 13 October 2015, the way the interdepartmental committee arrived at the conclusion, at chapter 16, Summary of Findings, that 879 deaths represents 8.8% of the estimated number of admissions to the Magdalene laundries, given that 879 is not 8.8% of any of the three total figures cited by the McAleese report (details supplied). [37316/15]

Magdalen Laundries Report

Mary Lou McDonald

526. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who died in the Magdalen laundries who were taken home to be buried by their families, as stated in chapter 16, section 34 of the McAleese report. [37317/15]

Lansdowne Road Agreement

Pearse Doherty

527. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the allocation for her Department in 2016 which covers the Lansdowne Road agreement; and the demographic or other inflationary pressures. [37282/15]

Immigration Policy

Robert Dowds

528. Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that persons visiting the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau offices receive information in the location of the processes involved, in terms of both getting work and getting a personal public service number. [37332/15]

Firearms Licences

Gabrielle McFadden

529. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average time it takes for the firearms section of her Department to process applications for import and export licences for non-military firearms; if she is satisfied that there is sufficient staff to process such applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37333/15]

Firearms Licences

Gabrielle McFadden

530. Deputy Gabrielle McFadden asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the concerns of a company (details supplied) regarding delays in the processing of applications for licences to import and export non-military firearms for its hunting and fishing business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37334/15]

Proposed Legislation

Pearse Doherty

531. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the bankruptcy term from three years to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37322/15]

State Bodies

Catherine Murphy

532. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will indicate, in respect of State boards under her Department's remit, the name of each appointee made from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which currently exist on State boards under her remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37366/15]

Naturalisation Certificates

Bernard Durkan

533. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status in determining residency on the basis of the Zambrano judgment in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37342/15]

Legal Aid Service Data

Patrick O'Donovan

534. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality for details of the legal practitioners who were paid for free legal aid in 2014 and the number of cases, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37384/15]

Programme for Government Initiatives

Michael McGrath

535. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the programme for Government's commitment to legislate to establish a judicial council, with lay representation; if she will provide an effective mechanism for dealing with complaints against judges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37385/15]

Legal Aid Service Data

Patrick O'Donovan

536. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amounts paid to legal practitioners for criminal and civil legal aid in 2014, including the number of cases in respect of each practitioner, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37381/15]

Independent Review Mechanism

Clare Daly

537. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the 320 cases before the internal review mechanism; the number where no further action was recommended; further action was recommended; and of these, the nature of the action recommended. [37400/15]

Garda Inspectorate Reports

Clare Daly

538. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will request the Garda Síochána Inspectorate to examine allegations made by a person which have repeatedly been brought to her attention and to the attention of her predecessor over a period of years, in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied). [37401/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

539. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if resources will be allocated directly to the Garda Síochána traffic corps, given recent worrying reports of the low conviction rates for drink driving offences; if she envisages any changes to the Courts Service Act 1998, given the low level of convictions of drink driving prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37481/15]

Crime Data

Michael Healy-Rae

540. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of burglaries and thefts that were reported and detected in County Kerry in 2013 and 2014; and from 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015; and the number of convictions that went through the courts afterwards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37482/15]

Garda Operations

Seán Kenny

541. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána public service vehicle inspectors allocated to each division in 2013 and in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37492/15]

Asylum Applications

Bernard Durkan

542. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed in having an application for asylum by a person (details supplied) in County Longford reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37422/15]

Bernard Durkan

543. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Number 129 of 8 October 2015, why a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been in direct provision for so long; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/15]

Road Traffic Accidents Data

Brendan Griffin

544. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic accidents reported to An Garda Síochána at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37436/15]

Crime Data

Thomas P. Broughan

545. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices that were issued to persons for speeding; the number of these persons, who paid within the 56-day period; who were issued summonses; who were convicted, by District Court area; and of those convicted, the number who had their licence number recorded, in 2013; in 2014; and from 1 January to 31 March 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37442/15]

Bail Law

Noel Grealish

546. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who re-offended while released on bail for other alleged crimes over the past five years; the types of crime allegedly committed while on bail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37508/15]

Garda Retirements

Noel Grealish

547. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, who retired in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37509/15]

Road Traffic Offences

Thomas P. Broughan

548. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to 2013, 2014 and from 1 January 2015 to 31 October 2015, by District Court, the number of speeding offences committed; the number of defendants who did not produce their licence in court and who had their cases adjourned until such time as their licence was produced; the outcome of these cases; the number of defendants who did not produce their licence in court and who now have prosecutions against them for failing to produce their licence in court; when these prosecutions are due to come before the court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37443/15]

Court Sittings

Brendan Griffin

549. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported regional trial courts at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37517/15]

Garda Stations

Ciara Conway

550. Deputy Ciara Conway asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the investment in Garda Síochána stations and facilities for An Garda Síochána, by county and in each of the past five years in tabular form; the planned future investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37529/15]

Property Registration Authority

James Bannon

551. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will address a matter in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath pertaining to the Property Registration Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37543/15]

Charities Regulation

Willie Penrose

552. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to fully implement the provisions of the Charities Act 2009, and in particular to bring forward appropriate regulations in respect of charitable fundraising activities; if she will liaise with the Charities Regulatory Authority in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37546/15]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

James Bannon

553. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for a closed circuit television network on the N4 route between Mullingar and Longford, including at junctions off this roadway, in light of the increased crime taking place in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37550/15]

Garda Deployment

Tony McLoughlin

554. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the increase in the number of gardaí and Garda Síochána vehicles in the Sligo-Leitrim division in 2014 and 2015; the percentage rate of the decrease or increase in the rates of crime in counties Sligo and Leitrim in 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37563/15]

Garda Transport Data

Billy Kelleher

555. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new patrol cars that were made available to members of An Garda Síochána undertaking policing in the Cork north and west divisions of An Garda Síochána in each of the years from 2011 to 2014; and in 2015 to date; the current number of patrol cars attached to each of the relevant Garda Síochána stations; and the number attached to each on 1 January 2011. [37576/15]

Garda Stations

Mattie McGrath

556. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding that has been allocated for the construction of a new Garda Síochána station on the Kickham Barracks site in Clonmel in County Tipperary; the current stage of the tendering process; the completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37589/15]

Programme for Government Initiatives

John Paul Phelan

557. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current position and activities of the judicial council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37599/15]

Spent Convictions Legislation

Thomas Pringle

558. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill will proceed in Dáil Éireann; if Report Stage will have been taken by the end of the current Dáil term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37628/15]

Garda Station Refurbishment

Michael Lowry

559. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide funding to facilitate renovation works required to a residential house which is attached to the Garda Síochána station on Carrick Street in Mullinahone in County Tipperary; if this funding will be included as part of the new stations and refurbishments investment programme of more than €60 million between 2016 and 2021, which was jointly announced by her Department and the Office of Public Works; if she will give serious consideration to having these works completed in order that the residence can be allocated to serving members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37629/15]

Spent Convictions Legislation

Pádraig MacLochlainn

560. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill will come before Dáil Éireann for completion and enactment. [37630/15]

Spent Convictions Legislation

Thomas Pringle

561. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Spent Convictions Bill will proceed in Dáil Éireann; if Report Stage will have been taken by the end of the current Dáil term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37632/15]

Garda Deployment

Michael Healy-Rae

562. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional gardaí provided in County Kerry in 2013, 2014 and from 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37652/15]

Magdalen Laundries Report

Mary Lou McDonald

563. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the consultation she had with Mr. Justice Quirke concerning statements in his report (details supplied) regarding reserves for Magdalen women. [37674/15]

Courts Service

Mattie McGrath

564. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37711/15]

Legislative Measures

Billy Kelleher

565. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when section 9 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008, which provides for the structural segregation of alcohol from other grocery products by means of a wall or similar barrier, will be commenced. [37735/15]

Firearms Licences

Bobby Aylward

566. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider appointing appropriate representatives from national shooting sports organisations such as the National Sports Coalition to the new firearms and appeals authority, which is due to be established, to ensure a reasonable and rational approach to shooting sports activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37742/15]

Cabinet Committees

Thomas Pringle

567. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress on the working groups' recommendations; when she expects her Department to finalise a report on the recommendations for consideration by the cabinet committee on social policy and public service reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37774/15]

Garda Data

Brendan Griffin

568. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have been injured in incidents when their vehicles have been rammed in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37796/15]

Garda Data

Brendan Griffin

569. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of working days that have been lost as a result of gardaí who have been injured in the past five years in incidents where Garda Síochána vehicles have been rammed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37797/15]

Criminal Law

Fergus O'Dowd

570. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37799/15]

Spent Convictions Legislation

Niall Collins

571. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in concluding the Spent Convictions Bill; when it is likely to resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37806/15]

Garda Station Closures

Mick Wallace

572. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Siochána stations that were closed in County Wexford between 1990 and 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37833/15]

Garda Station Closures

Mick Wallace

573. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to re-open any of the 139 Garda stations closed in 2012 and in 2013; re-open any of the three Garda stations in County Wexford that were closed during these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37834/15]