Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Road Improvement Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

680. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the situation regarding the L2455 Lehenaghbeg-Lehenaghmore road; if the NTA has submitted its latest observations to the local authority regarding the design; the way in which he plans to expedite an urgently needed road; if funding will be forthcoming; and when he expects the road to be delivered. [26837/19]

Prisoner Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

239. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of remand prisoners held alongside persons serving a prison sentence by prison; and the number of remand prisoners cell sharing with sentenced prisoners. [24998/19]

Prisoner Releases

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

240. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to remove the prohibition on temporary release for those offenders who receive the presumptive mandatory sentence for a drugs or firearms offence as recommended by the strategic review group on penal policy in 2014. [24999/19]

Prison Discipline

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

241. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents in which control and restraint was used by prison officers from 1 May 2018 to 30 April 2019; the number of prison officers who received training in conflict resolution during the same period; the number of incidents de-escalated through conflict resolution techniques; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25000/19]

School Catchment Areas

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

112. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a new primary school catchment area is defined by the school planning area; and if it is the responsibility and remit of the board of management to define the catchment area from which children living in those areas will be given priority particularly in the case of a school located on the edge of a school planning area. [24463/19]

School Catchment Areas

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

113. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to revise the boundaries of school planning areas, specifically the Glasheen and Carrigaline school planning areas and the area where they meet. [24464/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

114. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to open a secondary school in the Togher and Lehenaghmore area of County Cork. [24465/19]

Schools Refurbishment

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

116. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has had ongoing issues regarding maintenance; if he has engaged with the school; and if this issue will be resolved as soon as possible. [24485/19]

Garda Administrative Costs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

305. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new front-line gardaí. [23257/19]

Garda Administrative Costs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

306. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full year cost of employing ten new administration staff in An Garda Síochána. [23258/19]

Courts Service Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

307. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of increasing the Courts Service annual funding by 5%. [23259/19]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

308. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of establishing ten new Garda youth diversion projects; and the estimated full-year cost of running these projects. [23260/19]

Dental Services Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

682. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork. [24177/19]

Dental Services Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

683. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork who have retired in the past three years; if they have been replaced; and if not, when they will be replaced. [24178/19]

Dental Services Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

684. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists attached to the school dentistry programme in County Cork in each of the past ten years. [24179/19]

Dental Services Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

685. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of children seen by dentists; the number of appointments carried out; and the number of procedures carried out under the school dentistry programme in each of the past ten years. [24180/19]

Direct Provision Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

159. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of temporary accommodation centres for asylum seekers nationally; the criteria and regulations in relation to the granting of contracts for temporary accommodation centres; the location and number of residents in these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22551/19]

Legislative Measures

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

2. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to amend the Chemical Act 2008 to deal with the regulation of sale of corrosive substances; if legislation is required to deal with the use of acid as a weapon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21174/19]

Private Security Authority

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

6. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of his proposed legislation regarding regulation of private security personnel that fall outside the remit of the Private Security Authority. [20943/19]

UN Conventions Ratification

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

22. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he plans to ratify the optional protocol to the UN convention against torture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20942/19]

Crime Prevention

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

23. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle cross-Border crimes, rural crime and serious crime in view of concerns raised in these areas by organisations representing gardaí. [20945/19]

International Conventions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

25. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the international agreement to prevent the sexual abuse of children known as the Lanzarote convention is to be ratified in view of the fact that Ireland is an outlier amongst European states in its failure to ratify this convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20946/19]

Gangland Crime

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

32. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will address recent events in Drogheda, County Louth, and the need for additional Garda resources; and if he will consider a model similar to that of the task force in the north inner city in response to ongoing drug-related incidents in the town. [20944/19]

Policing Issues

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

204. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the reason for the drop in the number of personnel exchanges from An Garda Síochána to the PSNI from 2015 onwards; the reason for the drop in the length of exchanges from an initial duration of two months to the current duration of three weeks; the quality of feedback reports on these exchanges; and the value of these exchanges. [20462/19]

Policing Issues

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

205. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the action he has taken to promote exchanges and secondments between An Garda Síochána and the PSNI and vice versa beyond the initial legislation. [20463/19]

Policing Issues

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

206. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if members of An Garda Síochána and-or the PSNI transfer on a temporary basis to aid with individual investigations; and if so, the legislation under which same is carried out. [20464/19]

Garda Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

207. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda juvenile liaison officers attached to each Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [20474/19]

Garda Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

208. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí attached to each Garda division in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [20485/19]

Garda Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

209. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí attached to each station in the Cork city division. [20486/19]

Garda Transport Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

210. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles attached to the Cork city division that are ten years old or older. [20487/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

491. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 16 April 2019, if the areas (details supplied) will not be included in a rent pressure zone. [20451/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

492. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 572 of 16 April 2019, the processes that will exist for ensuring that electoral areas that have recently been redrawn potentially affecting the calculation of average rents and average rent increases can be included in rent pressure zones. [20452/19]

Customs and Excise Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

186. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the number of customs officers in County Cork in the context of Brexit. [20023/19]

Firearms Licences

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

442. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here which has been reported as being the case since 2013. [18540/19]

Firearms Licences

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

443. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here which has been reported as being the case since 2013; if not, the level at which the decision was taken; and if the decision was communicated to other Departments after the decision was taken. [18541/19]

Firearms Licences

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

444. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here which has been reported as being the case since 2013. [18542/19]

Firearms Certificates

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

445. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times firearms certificates have been granted to personnel from other jurisdictions; the personnel granted certificates and the circumstances in which they were granted. [18543/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1586. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if rent pressure zones in Cork are to include the Ballincollig-Carrigaline municipal district as revised; and if the southern end of Carrigaline, including Fountainstown, Myrtleville and Crosshaven, will now fall under the new Carrigaline municipal district and be considered a designated rent pressure zone as a result. [19784/19]

Policing Issues

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

213. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a formal decision was taken to allow PSNI officers to carry weapons here, which has been reported as being the case since 2013. [17358/19]

Firearms Certificates

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

214. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times firearms certificates have been granted to personnel from other jurisdictions; the personnel granted certificates; and the circumstances in which they were granted. [17359/19]

Policing Issues

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

215. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the memorandum of understanding between the PSNI and An Garda Síochána regarding security arrangements for a person (details supplied) will be completed. [17360/19]

Policing Issues

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

216. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if primary legislation will be required for the establishment of a national security co-ordinator; and if not, if proposals will be brought to Dáil Éireann for discussion and scrutiny. [17361/19]

Rent Pressure Zones

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

572. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the new parts of a district will be included in the rent pressure zone in circumstances in which an electoral area or municipal district has been designated a rent pressure zone but has been subsequently redrawn; and if it will continue to apply for the district as a whole or parts of same, for example, in the case of a district (details supplied). [17717/19]

Garda Deployment

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

279. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí of each rank including community gardaí attached to stations (details supplied). [16725/19]

Garda Deployment

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

280. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of core unit gardaí of each rank attached to the Anglesea Street Garda station who are only attached to the sub-district for the area and are not responsible for other duties in the district as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16726/19]

Garda Deployment

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

281. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí attached to the Anglesea Street sub-district. [16727/19]

Garda Youth Diversion Projects

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

282. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the funding and staff attached to each Garda youth diversion project in County Cork; the location of each; and his plans to expand upon these services. [16729/19]

Garda Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

283. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the ratio of gardaí to the population in each Garda district. [16731/19]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

284. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received an application from Carrigaline, County Cork for support under community CCTV schemes; if so, the consideration given to same; and the status of the application. [16733/19]

Garda Station Opening Hours

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

285. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the hours Carrigaline Garda station is meant to be open; if the station has regularly opened for these hours; the number of gardaí attached to the station; the number of gardaí from the station on leave; the number of those who have been replaced; and the number of days the station opened in 2018 and to date in 2019. [16734/19]