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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2012
80. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the number of trade missions he plans to attend in 2013. [41619/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 October 2012
72. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide the increase in the number of people employed in exporting companies; and his plans to increase the number of existing business that have an export potential. [41620/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2012
23. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will report the progress made, if any, on the proposed development of a primary care centre at Togher, Cork City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40990/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 September 2012
17. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health if he will reverse the decision to cease the provision of gluten-free products on prescription for medical card patients with coeliac disease or if he will provide equivalent alternative supports or measures for coeliac patients, in view of the excessive cost of gluten-free products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2012
208. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to reinstate the dial to stop drug dealing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29753/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2012
39. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will publish the independent external assessment of the two out-of-hours pilot projects providing emergency social care services in counties Donegal and Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40715/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 September 2012
13. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline her views on expanding the role of the Ombudsman for Children as per the recommendations of the Ombudsman contained in her report of March, 2012. [40714/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2012
183. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his plans to empower the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Labour Relations Commission, in cases when companies declare themselves unable to pay wages and redundancy owed to employees, to compel the directors to attend hearings and the reason they have not met their employees terms and conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40401/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 September 2012
182. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation his plans to review company law in order to oblige insolvent companies which declare themselves unable to meet their financial obligations to their employees to enter liquidation before employees are forced to apply to the redundancy fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40400/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 September 2012
26. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Defence the number of legal proceedings that have been initiated against his Department concerning the prescription of Lariam to members or former members of the Defence Forces. [39496/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 September 2012
42. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will publish a new Bill regarding immigration. [39330/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012
1329. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Defence in view of recent closures of military barracks across the State his plans, in the context of the policy of reconfiguring the Defence Forces, for the barracks in the Curragh, County Kildare; if he will provide an indication that current employment levels and pay rates for those attached to the Curragh Barracks will be maintained. [37681/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 September 2012
84. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide an update on the report on the realignment of local government; and when same will be published. [39074/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2012
751 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the capacity of hospitals to allow them to deliver colonoscopy procedures where there is an increased demand for colonoscopies [36379/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2012
750 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a colonoscopy on 16 July 2012; the number of these persons waiting more than three months for the procedure; the number of these persons waiting more than five months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36378/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2012
752 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that the bowel cancer screening programme is extended to persons aged 55 to 74 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36380/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2012
749 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that multi-annual funding is in place to deliver bowel cancer screening by the end of this year. [36377/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2012
748 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the resources that have been allocated to the roll-out of the colorectal screening programme. [36376/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 July 2012
48 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to introduce a cultural rights framework that would have the capacity to foster self expression, self esteem, creativity and civic participation, a rights system that would have the capacity to take account of the human person, especially of those voices unheard or marginalised in our society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35434/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 July 2012
14 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the Australian Government’s initiative regarding arts and culture, which had been designed to radically change the country’s creative landscape over a ten year period with the specific aim of creating a more enlightened, cohesive and creative citizenry; his plans to introduce a similar initiative in Ireland by way of a national cultural policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35429/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
578 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures in place to ensure that families are informed of the transfer of their family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34869/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
577 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children who have a parent in prison; the policies within the prison service that are in place to facilitate the child parent relationship; if parenting courses are available in every prison; and the number of prisoners who avail of these courses in each prison. [34868/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
576 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of access to religious services provided in each prison; and the level of access to minority religious services that is provided. [34867/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
575 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that foreign national prisoners held in prisons here are not allowed to write or telephone family members in languages other than English; the way this policy can be reconciled with the right to respect for family life of those prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34866/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
574 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the training provided to staff on the way to support prisoners making a complaint. [34865/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
573 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made by prisoners in each prison during 2011; the number of these which were upheld; the number of these that were appealed; and the subject matter of these complaints. [34864/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
572 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if prison officers receive any specialist training with regard to family visits. [34863/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
571 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visitors who were excluded from visits or offered a screened visit in 2011; and the current procedures in place for families to make a complaint regarding visits and or to challenge the refusal of a visit. [34862/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
570 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who had family visits withdrawn as punishment in 2011. [34861/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
569 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the proposed reduction in the standard prisoner gratuity, the steps he will put in place to ensure that no prisoner is exposed to undue hardship, particularly when the prisoner does not have family or other external financial support. [34860/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
568 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons imprisoned for fine default during 2011; the number of persons imprisoned for fine default during the first six months of 2012. [34859/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
567 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if seat belts are routinely provided to prisoners during transfers; and the safety measures in place to ensure prisoner safety during transport. [34858/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
566 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the highest number of transfers for an individual prisoner during sentence or in a year for each of the past four years; the number of prisoners transferred more than five times; and the number of prisoners transferred more than ten times. [34857/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
565 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of transfers that were effected within the prison system in 2011; the number of these that were involuntary; and the circumstances in which an involuntary transfer may take place. [34856/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
564 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women currently in prison custody; the number of those women on remand; and the number of those women serving a sentence of less than one year. [34855/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
563 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths in prison custody that occurred in 2011; the number of deaths in prison custody in the first six months of 2012; and if he will provide a breakdown of the types of deaths in custody in each prison. [34854/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
562 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place to ensure that the needs of prisoners with special dietary requirements, such as diabetics, are met. [34853/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
561 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality with regard to dental care, where a prisoner requires treatment beyond the cost limit set by the Health Service Executive, the options that are available to that patient. [34852/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
560 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if qualified medical staff are available in prisons at all times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34851/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
559 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners with long-term illnesses in each of the prisons. [34850/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
558 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on waiting lists for drug treatment services, counselling services, in each prison; the method by which the prison service ensure continuity of care for drug using prisoners. [34849/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
557 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the policies in place with regard to prescription drugs in each prison; the number of prisoners being prescribed benzodiazepines in each prison; the names of medicines not available to prisoner patients under the current model for delivery of medical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34848/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
556 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children and adults who were held in special observation cells in 2011; the duration of time they were held in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
555 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners still slopping out; the number of these prisoners in shared cells; the locations of these prisoners; and the number of prisoners who still have to use the toilet in the presence of other prisoners. [34846/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
554 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time prisoners are being held on 23 hour lock up regime; the longest period in which they may be held like this; if there are any limits on the period for which a prisoner can be held on 23 hour lock up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34845/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
553 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on protection in each prison; the number of these prisoners locked up for 23 hours or more and the prisons they are in for 22 to 23 hours, for 20 to 22 hours, for 18 to 20 hours in a normal day, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34844/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
552 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a recent court case where prisoner correspondence was found to have been leaked to a national newspaper; the steps that have been taken to investigate breaches of prisoner privacy; the steps taken to ensure against future breaches such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34843/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
551 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the development of a national crime strategy. [34842/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
550 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the proposed Penal Policy Review Group. [34841/12]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 July 2012
549 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the Irish Prison Service and the Probation Service bring forward a strategy for diverting women offenders away from prison as a matter of urgency; if he will give increased consideration to open facilities and residential therapeutic centres for women offenders. [34840/12]