Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Postal Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

73. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of postmasters in rural post offices regarding letters being sent from her Department to pensioners promoting ways of collecting pension payments, including through banks, other than collection at their local post office; and if she will meet the Irish Postmasters' Union to discuss those concerns. [14336/15]

Human Rights

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

344. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received a report from the Committee for the Prevention of Torture following its visit here in September 2014; her plans regarding same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14102/15]

Family Mediation Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

360. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that a full-time and dedicated family mediator is immediately allocated to the Letterkenny family mediation office; if she is aware that there are 27 couples on the County Donegal waiting list for mediation, and that no new cases have been taken off the list since October 2014. [14422/15]

Family Mediation Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

361. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of family mediators working for the Family Mediation Service across the southern, midlands, west and north-western regions regarding the impact on client services of the proposed rolling six-month contracts for the new panel of contractor mediators; and if she will ensure that families who rely on this vital service have equal access and support, no matter where they live. [14432/15]

Family Mediation Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

362. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of couples or families on waiting lists for a mediator with the Family Mediation Service, on an office basis. [14433/15]

Immigration Controls

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

366. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the number of Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service inspections of language schools for each year from 2010 to 2015; the number of suspensions or closures that have resulted from these inspections; and the number of visas cancelled as a result of finding the students have not been attending class as claimed. [14562/15]

Fire Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

463. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health in respect of utilising the services of fire fighters, employed full-time or on a part-time retainer, in their capacity as trained emergency first responders as a back-up to the ambulance service, his plans to meet with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to discuss a memorandum of understanding between the Health Service Executive and local authorities, as well as the financial resources that would be required to implement these supports across the State. [13961/15]

Health Services Access

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

558. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will raise the need for cross-Border funding of the White Oaks addiction treatment centre in Derryvane, Muff, County Donegal, with his Northern counterpart, the Minister for health, Mr. Jim Wells, MLA, to ensure that persons seeking to recover from addictions and living in the north-west Border region can avail of the services of this widely respected centre. [14410/15]

Fire Service

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

559. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health if he will establish that the guidelines that were agreed by the chief fire officers in counties Donegal, Leitrim and Sligo fire service, ambulance service, Health Service Executive West, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim and CAMP West, to identify the circumstances when it is appropriate for the call taker receiving the emergency call to request the attendance of the fire service to render assistance at the scene of a road traffic collision, are being adhered to in every instance where an emergency call is received. [14414/15]

Motor Tax Collection

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

744. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that less well-off motorists who avail of the three-month or six-month motor tax payment option are no longer financially penalised for this essential family finance decision. [13886/15]

Penalty Points System

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

847. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a case (details supplied) where penalty points have not been removed by the date they should have been; the number of times this has occurred in the years 2011 to 2014; and the steps he will take to remedy this. [14057/15]

Garda Misconduct Allegations

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

2. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the progress of the work of the independent panel of counsel that is reviewing allegations of Garda malpractice; and when its recommendations are due. [13425/15]

Anti-Racism Measures

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

7. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will renew the national action plan against racism and take steps to actively and effectively tackle racism. [13287/15]

Prison Staff

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

9. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the commitments she has given to the Prison Officers Association to ensure the safety of its members. [13283/15]

Immigration Status

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

12. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to regularise undocumented migrants living here. [13284/15]

National Women's Strategy

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

16. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to resource the full implementation of the national women's strategy. [13286/15]

UN Conventions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

27. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. [13285/15]

Leader Programmes Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

614. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will review the cuts to funding for the next round of the Leader programme through to 2020; and if consideration will be given to the implementation of a parallel line of Government funding to compensate local communities across the State for this serious financial loss. [12734/15]

Employment Support Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

22. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is appropriate for Foras Áiseanna Saothair – the Irish National Training and Employment Authority, FÁS - to advertise positions for sales and collecting agents, considering the positions are self-employed and the financial services companies have no responsibility to provide for the suite of rights available to directly employed employees, such as annual leave, sick pay and other benefits. [12278/15]

Immigration Data

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

453. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons refused leave-to-land at all ports of entry; the reason they were refused in each case; the age, gender and nationalities of the persons refused, not just the top five nationalities; the countries to which they were returned, for the years 2010 to 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11362/15]