Parliamentary questions

Judicial Appointments

Jim O'Callaghan

12. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the proposed new Judicial Appointments Commission will be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17509/16]

Garda Reports

Jim O'Callaghan

18. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she shares the serious concern expressed by the Policing Authority at systemic performance and management failures within An Garda Síochána and the dismay expressed by the authority at the familiarity of performance failures through various inquiries and reports and the concern that good work being done by gardaí every day can be set to nought while doubts remain about these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17125/16]

Garda Resources

Jim O'Callaghan

20. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Dublin armed support unit in An Garda Síochána is in place and operational; the number of gardaí in the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17122/16]

Garda Inspectorate Reports

Jim O'Callaghan

35. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that has been taken, given the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report on policing in December 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17124/16]

Garda Recruitment

Jim O'Callaghan

53. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will bring forward an expanded recruitment programme in order to ensure that numbers in An Garda Síochána will rise to 15,000 over five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17123/16]

Garda Operations

Jim O'Callaghan

55. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the recently reported contention by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission that the timing of Garda Síochána searches of suspects' residences at 3.15 a.m. is unreasonable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17126/16]

Prison Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

75. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the dismissal of a person (details supplied) from the Irish Prison Service was appropriate in light of the traumatic events to which they were exposed during their employment as a prison officer. [17409/16]

Prison Service

Jim O'Callaghan

79. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has evaluated or plans to privatise part of the operations of the Prison Service. [17006/16]

Immigration Status

Jim O'Callaghan

101. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her proposals to introduce an administrative scheme for migrants who wish to regularise their undocumented status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17330/16]

Refugee Data

Jim O'Callaghan

102. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the backlog in processing applications by migrants seeking humanitarian leave to remain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17331/16]

Immigration Status

Jim O'Callaghan

103. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the time the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service requires to administer applications from migrants seeking to regularise their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17332/16]

Migrant Integration

Jim O'Callaghan

104. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the office for the promotion of migrant integration within her Department still operates; the work it has carried out in the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17333/16]

Migrant Integration

Jim O'Callaghan

105. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she proposes to introduce an integration strategy for migrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17334/16]

Third Level Fees

Jim O'Callaghan

193. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if third level institutions in receipt of considerable State funding, should be allowed to discriminate against Irish citizens, in the matter of postgraduate fees (details supplied). [17004/16]

Passport Services

Jim O'Callaghan

317. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will assign additional staff to the Passport Office during the peak holiday season or between May and September in order that telephone calls made to it can be answered by an official, passports can be issued without delay, and queries regarding passports can be followed up accordingly. [17003/16]

Services for People with Disabilities

Jim O'Callaghan

403. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse huge cuts to services made by the Health Service Executive, which will affect a school (details supplied) in County Dublin as there is clearly no reduction in demand for these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/16]

Criminal Records Data

Jim O'Callaghan

125. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions, custodial sentences and suspended sentences, by court, in each of the years 2011 to 2015. [15749/16]

Waste Management

Jim O'Callaghan

255. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to grant waivers or other forms of relief to family, single and older person household users under the pay-by-weight scheme. [15698/16]

Commemorative Events

Jim O'Callaghan

348. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested the British Government to permit a commemoration of the centenary of the execution of Roger Casement at Pentoville Prison, London on 3 August 2016. [15577/16]

Departmental Funding

Jim O'Callaghan

81. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he provides social community funds to assist the resource centre (details supplied) that is in urgent need of funding to maintain its building. [15093/16]

Legislative Reviews

Jim O'Callaghan

87. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review initiated in 2011 by an expert group within her Department to conduct an examination of the proceeds of crime legislation, including if it is complete; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14303/16]

Public Sector Pensions

Jim O'Callaghan

362. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify the rules in the Civil Service and public service pension schemes for same-sex married couples; his plans to ensure that same-sex married couples enjoy full pension rights within the public service and Civil Service pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14326/16]

Public Sector Pay

Jim O'Callaghan

39. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of negotiations with public service unions and representative bodies in regard to the implementation of the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013-2018, the Lansdowne Road agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13018/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Jim O'Callaghan

124. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason she has not yet signed the Commencement Order to give effect to sections 10 to 13, inclusive, and 17, 39, 40, 41 and 42 of the Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015 which would enable senior promotions in An Garda Síochána to be decided upon by the Policing Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12636/16]

Garda Stations

Jim O'Callaghan

213. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the process of reviewing Garda station closures will commence; and the way in which that process will proceed. [13160/16]

Crime Levels

Jim O'Callaghan

226. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and detained in 2016 to date under section 23 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 which extended the scope of section 50 of the Criminal Justice Act 2007 to organised crime offences. [13486/16]

Legislative Reviews

Jim O'Callaghan

546. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to re-introduce the Statute Law Revision Bill 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12634/16]

Legislative Reviews

Jim O'Callaghan

547. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the statute law revision project; if it is proposed to continue with the project, in particular in respect of secondary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12635/16]

Commencement of Legislation

Jim O'Callaghan

549. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will issue a commencement order in respect of section 11 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2015, given that all other sections of the Act were commenced by Statutory Instrument No. 546 of 30 November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12722/16]

Medical Card Applications

Jim O'Callaghan

727. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to review the decision made by the Health Service Executive not to grant a discretionary medical card to a person (details supplied). [13444/16]

Felling Licences Applications Data

Jim O'Callaghan

826. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Riversdale Avenue, Dublin 6, is an urban area for the purposes of section 19 of the Forestry Act 2014; and, if under this Act, a person would need a felling licence in this area. [13633/16]

Young People’s Facilities and Services Fund

Jim O'Callaghan

921. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding his Department provided under the young people’s facilities and services fund in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form. [12690/16]

Departmental Appointments

Jim O'Callaghan

73. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the deputy director or acting director will be appointed as director of film classification at the Irish Film Classification Office; and the role she envisages the Irish Film Classification Office having in the future. [11958/16]

Departmental Administrative Arrangements

Jim O'Callaghan

63. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach why he abolished the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and if he will bring all environmental functions together under one Department. [11720/16]

Garda Remuneration

Jim O'Callaghan

93. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of restoring all previous allowances to members of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11812/16]

Garda Remuneration

Jim O'Callaghan

94. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timescale for the Garda Síochána pay review, given that the chair of the review body has resigned; and if she anticipates increments being withheld from gardaí from July 2016 if no progress is made, owing to the expiry of the protections under the Public Service Stability Agreement 2013 to 2016. [11813/16]

Commissions of Investigation

Jim O'Callaghan

17. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her assessment of the report of the O’Higgins commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9969/16]

Legislative Measures

Jim O'Callaghan

53. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce new legislative measures to target gangland crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9970/16]

Garda Investigations

Jim O'Callaghan

74. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to direct an inquest into the death of a person (details supplied) in accordance with section 23 of the Coroners Act 1962. [9355/16]

Proposed Legislation

Jim O'Callaghan

1178. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the companies accounting Bill 2016 which it is intended will transpose the European Union Accounting Directive 2013/34/EU, including when she will transpose the 2013 directive into national law. [9806/16]

Primary Care Centres Provision

Jim O'Callaghan

294. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health when works will commence at a care centre (details supplied) in Dublin 4; and the estimated time for their completion. [7401/16]

Teacher Recruitment

Jim O'Callaghan

416. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the recruitment of new secondary school teachers in the coming school year for qualified teachers who are subbing at various schools and have no job security. [7400/16]