163. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding she has allocated to the Probation Service. [12680/16]
162. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the post-release reintegration service and supports available to prisoners and the level of resources she has allocated to them. [12679/16]
161. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to impose a statutory obligation on relevant State agencies to co-operate around prisoner release. [12678/16]
160. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to remove exclusions from temporary release for all categories of prisoner. [12677/16]
159. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide an open prison for female prisoners and to increase open prison provision for male prisoners. [12676/16]
158. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will implement the Irish Prison Service's families and imprisonment strategy; the level of resourcing she has allocated to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12675/16]
157. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to an interdepartmental and inter-agency strategy for supporting children with a parent in prison. [12674/16]
156. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish the Irish Prison Service as a fully independent prisons authority on a statutory basis with the director general as Accounting Officer; and if so, the cost of this project. [12673/16]
155. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a prisoner ombudsman or extend the remit of the general Ombudsman to include complaints from prisoners. [12672/16]
154. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will end the use of prolonged isolation of prisoners as a response to prisoner safety concerns. [12671/16]
153. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commit to a daily minimum of 12 hours out of cell activity for all prisoners, with an emphasis on education, training and work. [12670/16]
152. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ensure all prisoners have 24 hour access to private toilet facilities. [12669/16]
151. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to work towards single cell accommodation as the best-practice norm across in prisons. [12668/16]
150. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she continuously monitors infectious diseases in regular prison health monitoring and inspection mechanisms, including human immunodeficiency virus, the hepatitis C virus and tuberculosis. [12667/16]
149. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if prisoners who wish to address their addictions have access to drug treatment services; and if so, the treatments available to them. [12666/16]
148. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she allocated to prison addiction services during each of the last years 2011 to 2016 to date. [12664/16]
147. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she allocated to prison psychology services in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date. [12663/16]
146. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mental health services available in prisons; and if on admission prisoners have a thorough mental health assessment as part of initial health care screening. [12662/16]
145. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who were identified as having serious mental health issues and the number of these who were diverted to a more appropriate facility in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12661/16]
144. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to conduct a whole system review of prison health services. [12660/16]
143. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase standard remission from 25% to 33% and to introduce enhanced remission of up to 50%. [12659/16]
142. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she allocated to the community return programme; and her plans to expand it and the categories and number of prisoners ineligible under it. [12658/16]
141. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to reduce the prison population to a safe custody maximum of 2,850. [12657/16]
140. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current level of investment in prevention and early intervention strategies to reduce number of children coming in to contact with the law; and the cost of increasing this by 10%, 20% and 25%. [12654/16]
139. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children in adult prisons in each of the years 2015 and 2016 to date. [12651/16]
138. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children detained in Wheatfield place of detention during each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and her plans to end this practice. [12650/16]
137. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of community sanction schemes in place; her plans to ensure consistency in their availability, use and operation. [12649/16]
136. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of funding given to restorative justice initiatives during each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the cost of increasing these by 10% and 20%. [12648/16]
134. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to make a commitment to resource robust non-custodial responses to offending. [12646/16]
133. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources she has allocated to the sentencing information project. [12645/16]
132. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce the publication of crime data and analysis on a regular basis. [12644/16]
131. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to develop a research capacity within her Department and relevant agencies to support innovative best practice and evidence based initiatives; the resources she has allocated to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12643/16]
130. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to ratify the optional protocol to the convention against torture. [12642/16]
129. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce an independent prisoner complaints mechanism. [12641/16]
128. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to establish a fully independent Parole Board on a statutory basis. [12640/16]
127. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will develop a discrete strategy for young adults of 18 to 24 years of age who are in conflict with the law, with particular emphasis on diversion, restorative justice, case management and other strategies proven to be most effective for this age group. [12639/16]
126. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if and when she will implement the recommendations of the cross-agency strategic review on penal policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12638/16]
125. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to give a clear commitment to a coherent and evidence informed penal policy grounded in crime data analysis which is made public. [12637/16]
123. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of recruiting sufficient members of An Garda Síochána in 2017 to meet targets of a 15,000, 15,500 and 16,000 strong force; and the additional budgetary allocation required where the numbers reach each of these levels. [12578/16]
122. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring the Probation and Welfare Service provides expert child welfare and safety assessments to the courts in family law matters to assist the courts in making custody and access determinations in circumstances of domestic violence. [12576/16]
121. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of a proposal to reorganise District Court business in Dublin and the cost of implementing these proposals. [12575/16]
120. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of the assessment by the Courts Service of the availability of suitable accommodation in the commercial market to address accommodation issues in Dolphin House, Dublin 2. [12574/16]
119. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of establishing a pilot specialist court to deal solely with applications for orders under the Domestic Violence Act and to reduce the waiting period to a maximum of two weeks; if she has sufficient spare capacity to establish this within the District Court Family Law Courthouse, Dolphin House, East Essex Street, Dublin 2. [12573/16]
118. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of reducing the application fee for civil legal aid to €100 and to €50. [12572/16]
117. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current annual budget and annual rental costs of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate. [12565/16]
116. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the prisons in which slopping out still takes place; and the cost of ending this practice in each prison. [12564/16]
115. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for sentences of less than six months in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the number of these that are sentences related to violent or sexual crime. [12563/16]
114. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average annual cost of an available staffed prison place. [12562/16]
113. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of reopening each Garda station that was closed as a result of the rationalisation programme; the saving from closing these stations, in total and by station, in tabular form. [12560/16]