Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Agriculture Scheme Eligibility

Brendan Smith

285. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the difficulties arising for some young farmers due to the date for enrolment for the green certificate being brought forward from 30 September 2016 to 31 December 2015; of the particular concerns for some young persons who had emigrated and who were planning to return home to take up farming in 2016; if the original date of 30 September 2016 will be restored as the qualifying date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41837/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Maureen O'Sullivan

286. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence the degree of utilisation, and his future plans, for St. Bricin’s military hospital and the associated lands within this important eight acre site in Dublin’s north inner city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41603/15]

Naval Service Operations

Clare Daly

287. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 8 October 2015, if the Chief of Staff has as yet reported to him with his findings and recommendations in regard to the review of the fire on board the LÉ Cliona on 29 May 1962; if he has considered those findings and recommendations; and the steps he will take to address the matter on foot of those considerations. [41256/15]

Defence Forces Properties

Shane Ross

288. Deputy Shane Ross asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 356 of 20 October 2015 and 135 of 5 November 2015 and given his statement that St. Bricin's military hospital will continue to offer medical services to members of the Defence Forces for the foreseeable future, if he will encourage the military authorities to investigate and identify medical services in the hospital which could be integrated or shared with local hospitals and hospital groups; if he is prepared to operate St. Bricin's as a joint Department of Defence, Department of Health and Health Service Executive facility, now or in the future, if funding became available to assist with infrastructure works, similar to the United Kingdom armed forces, who operate military wards integrated into National Health Service trusts; his plans to allow the Health Service Executive to invest in and utilise the defunct wards in St. Bricin's to assist in alleviating the national accident and emergency crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41259/15]

Defence Forces Personnel Data

Seán Kenny

289. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Defence Forces medical corps; the length of time each post has been vacant; the steps being taken to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41433/15]

Civil Defence

James Bannon

290. Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence the status of the provision of capital funding to secure permanent Civil Defence accommodation and training facilities in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41544/15]

Local Authority Services

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

291. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he will facilitate the taking in charge of St. Barbara's Park on the Melitta Road in Kildare town by Kildare County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41675/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

292. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if he will be in a position to augment any deficiencies in the Defence Forces in the context of a terrorist attack; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41771/15]

Defence Forces Equipment

Bernard Durkan

293. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which adequate technology remains available throughout the Defence Forces to meet any requirements arising from international security issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41772/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

294. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he is confident facilities such as advanced training, state-of-the-art technology and any specific military equipment are available throughout the Defence Forces, with a view to ensuring a competence to deal with national or international security incidents; if he is satisfied the Defence Forces have adequate liaison with other militaries throughout Europe in the context of any potential threat to national security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41773/15]

Air Corps Equipment

Bernard Durkan

295. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which the Air Corps is adequately equipped to detect and intercept any activity posing a threat to national security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41774/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

296. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which specialist skills in dealing with security threats remain available to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41775/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

297. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which military intelligence can be enhanced to deal with potential terrorist attacks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41776/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

298. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he will increase the strength of specific areas within the Defence Forces, with particular reference to specialist skills such as the decommissioning of explosives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41777/15]

Defence Forces Equipment

Bernard Durkan

299. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he is satisfied that the availability of equipment, such as military hardware, throughout the Defence Forces meets the needs arising from modern challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41778/15]

International Terrorism

Bernard Durkan

300. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which adequate detection facilities are available to the Defence Forces to combat the possible use of ground-to-air weapons by terrorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41779/15]

Defence Forces Equipment

Bernard Durkan

301. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which is satisfied that all equipment available to the Air Corps, including aircraft and communications technology, is adequately upgraded and updated in accordance with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41780/15]

Defence Forces Equipment

Bernard Durkan

302. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he is satisfied that all equipment available to the Navy, including seagoing vessels and communications technology, is adequately upgraded and updated in accordance with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41781/15]

Defence Forces Equipment

Bernard Durkan

303. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which he is satisfied that all equipment available to the Army, including communications technology, is adequately upgraded and updated in accordance with international best practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41782/15]

UN Missions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

304. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence if he is aware that the operational imperative regarding freedom of movement for members of the Defence Forces serving in south Lebanon in pursuit of the Security Council resolution for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon is being constantly challenged by non-government elements; that this has seriously impeded the Defence Forces from carrying out essential elements of the resolution; and if he will outline the credible steps, other than routine rote protests, he is taking to ensure this essential freedom of movement is guaranteed in all the areas of operations. [41835/15]

UN Missions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

305. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence given that special representatives of the United Nations Secretary General are vested with overall authority in deployed multifaceted missions, including those with military forces components, if he is aware that UN military force commanders cannot exercise the optimum span of operational control essential for complex military operations in austere environments; and the steps he is taking with the UN to ensure this structural challenge in its missions is not impeding the outputs of military forces, especially where protection of civilians and robust peacekeeping requirements are essential. [41836/15]

Traveller Community

Ruth Coppinger

306. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the petition organised by Pavee Point (details supplied). [41170/15]

International Terrorism

Michael Healy-Rae

307. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the security of the country following the attacks in Paris in France (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41378/15]

Property Registration Authority Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

308. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding registration with the Property Registration Authority in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41510/15]

Garda Transport Data

Mattie McGrath

309. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána vehicles in operation in County Tipperary in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41182/15]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Sean Fleming

310. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered a firearms amnesty in relation to various persons who have unlicensed guns, to give them the opportunity to hand the guns over and thereby reduce the number of weapons in circulation, given crime levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41190/15]

Garda Data

Lucinda Creighton

311. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 23 September 2014, the number of outstanding bench warrants, by Garda division, for each year since March 2011 to date; the actions she has taken to reduce the outstanding number, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41293/15]

Road Traffic Legislation

Finian McGrath

312. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the safety of pedestrians, and the provision of proper procedures for cyclists to be accountable for bad road behaviour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/15]

Prison Accommodation Provision

Maureen O'Sullivan

313. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase custody capacity in line with the introduction of the Criminal Justice (Burglary of Dwellings) Bill 2015, and the possible increase in demand for custody space in prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41335/15]

Sentencing Policy

Maureen O'Sullivan

314. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the practice of concurrent sentencing for very serious crimes is proving difficult for families of victims; if she has consulted with the Victims' Rights Alliance when drawing up legislation dealing with sentencing and bail conditions; and if including the opinions of victim advocate groups in legislation would facilitate a more transparent system. [41337/15]

Court Procedures

Maureen O'Sullivan

315. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if court day procedures are conducted in a sensitive manner from the point of view of victims and relatives of victims; if the practice of victims and their families often standing a few metres away from the alleged perpetrators of crimes in the foyer of the court building will be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41338/15]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Maureen O'Sullivan

316. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary question No. 165 of 13 October 2015, if she has responded to requests from the family of a person (details supplied) regarding a further widening of the investigation, given the emergence of new information in correspondence to her on 24 September 2015; when she will respond to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41339/15]

Proposed Legislation

Terence Flanagan

317. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the enactment of the mediation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41348/15]

Personal Insolvency Act

Pearse Doherty

318. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the new legal measures to allow a debtor to challenge a bank's veto in insolvency arrangements have been used; the results in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41399/15]

Crime Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

319. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions for cyber crime, under the Criminal Damage Act 1991, the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001, and the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003, for the years 2000 to 2015 to date. [41403/15]

Garda Transport Data

Seán Kenny

320. Deputy Seán Kenny asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda Síochána districts in Dublin that received additional public order vans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41432/15]

Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure

Bernard Durkan

321. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision is being made, or has been made, for the costs associated with the Smithwick and Morris tribunals, in respect of which legal or other costs are still outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41436/15]

Immigration Controls

Eoghan Murphy

322. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the protocols in place for persons living and working here for a number of years without permission and-or documentation and where national identity documents from their native country may have expired for them to come forward and declare themselves without fear of immediate deportation or the significant disruption of their daily family and working lives; her plans for an amnesty, or form of normalisation, for such hidden persons who in general make a positive contribution to their communities and who have not found themselves in trouble with the authorities, or in breach of the law, except on this one point; and the current position of undocumented persons here, compared to the position of the undocumented Irish living and working in the United States of America. [41490/15]

Garda Deployment

Willie O'Dea

323. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda personnel in the Limerick Garda Síochána division in each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41521/15]

Crime Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

324. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the crime statistics in the Dundrum Garda Síochána station area, including separate figures for the former Stepaside Garda Síochána station area, in Dublin, for each of the years 2011 to 2015 to date. [41540/15]

Immigration Status

Seán Ó Fearghaíl

325. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if leave to remain in the State will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41567/15]

Garda Deployment

Eric J. Byrne

326. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when additional Garda Síochána resources will be deployed in Dublin 12; if she will clarify a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41583/15]

Courts Service Data

Thomas P. Broughan

327. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 315 of 17 November 2015, where she stated that in this context the question of seeking data from the Garda Síochána authorities in relation to such court outcomes does not arise, her views that the question related to the number of cases listed before the courts, therefore cases listed, not the outcomes of the cases; the number listed by the courts and the number listed on the Garda Police Using Leading Systems Effectively, for the same districts in the same periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41619/15]

Visa Applications

Eric J. Byrne

328. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale behind the decision not to grant a visa to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41626/15]

Residency Permits

Bernard Durkan

329. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected residency status of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41632/15]

Residency Permits

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

330. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will renew and extend the previous Syrian humanitarian admission programme established on 14 March 2014. [41635/15]

Coroners Service

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

331. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality why three death certificates were issued, containing incorrect information each time, by the coroner, in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41637/15]

Coroners Service

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

332. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality on whom a post mortem was performed on 29 December 2014 by the coroner, as the person named (details supplied) had already died and been buried on 12 December 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41638/15]

Coroners Service

Mary Mitchell O'Connor

333. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice and Equality on what body parts and organs was a post mortem carried out on by the coroner on 29 December 2014 in relation to a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41639/15]

Deportation Orders Re-examination

Bernard Durkan

334. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and expected status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41640/15]