695 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure that there are post-release measures in place to ensure that prisoners can complete education or training courses that they began while in prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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694 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the lack of Internet or intranet in Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, makes it difficult for prisoners to complete ECDL courses; his plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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693 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties entailed in trying to contact Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, to arrange visits by telephone; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are being left on hold for lengthy periods before being cut off; if he will intervene to ensure that staff in Mountjoy answer telephone queries efficiently and in a manner that allows family members and friends of prisoners to arrange visits without undue delay.
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692 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a prisoner (details supplied) in Mountjoy Prison, Dublin, has refused visits recently; the number of visits the prisoner has refused; if the prisoner is still in the medical unit of the prison; and the length of time the prisoner will remain there.
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639 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) will serve the remainder of their sentence in their country of origin; the procedures or guidelines in place for informing families of victims, or victims themselves, when there are changes to the sentencing arrangements of those convicted of perpetrating a crime against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason very little famine memorabilia is currently on exhibition; and his plans to address this matter.
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D’fhiafraigh Jonathan O’Brien den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas faoin tacaíocht a bhfuil a Roinn in ainm a bheith á tabhairt d’fhorbairt na Cé in Inis Oírr, an dtabharfaidh sé soiléiriú maidir leis na híocaíochtaí a tháinig ón Roinn chun an Ché a fhorbairt, agus an bhfuil sé i gceist ag an Roinn forbairt na Cé a chríochnú.
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59 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the demographic need for a modern building for a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow, has been clearly demonstrated and that failure to deliver such a building discriminates against parents who have opted to have their children educated through Irish; his further views on whether in attempting to establish a pluralist system of education at second level the inclusion of gaelscoileanna must be a core element of his strategy.
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45 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reverse the decision to cut two special needs assistants posts from a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which, if implemented, will result in the loss of four of the school’s six SNAs from 2010 leaving two remaining SNA posts to meet the needs of 240 pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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42 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the situation that sees Permanent TSB, a State-owned bank, still charging a standard variable rate for mortgages which is higher than other banks’ rates.
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18 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Finance when it is expected that banks will make the suite of options on mortgages recommended in the Keane report available to the public.
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139 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be encouraging representation from the Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food to attend the meeting of the UN Committee on World Food Security in October 2012 in Rome, where the Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition will be approved.
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137 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the new focus on convergence between the areas of trade and development, his plans to invest more resources into the combined area of work.
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11 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the number of smaller properties identified as surplus to military requirements; if he will give details of those already disposed of and those being prepared for disposal; and the moneys received for each sale. [24523/12]
2 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence if he has received correspondence from legal counsel of current or former members of the Defence Forces regarding the use of Lariam. [24524/12]
43 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges for hospitals in the Southern Hospitals Group and the equivalent figure for 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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38 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the progress, if any, made on proposals for establishing a national centre for rare diseases and a national plan for rare diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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376 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his statement published on 4 May on MerrionStreet.ie was referring to the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign; the names of the declassified documents which he believes demonstrates Osama Bin Laden’s supporters see Ireland as promising ground; the evidence to substantiate this claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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367 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Article 29 Working Party have stated that the European Commission is making changes to data protection rules without proper oversight and that they have serious reservations with regard to the extent the commission is empowered to adopt delegated and implementing acts and the number of times these are used; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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104 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the inspection regime and standards to which non-statutory private or voluntarily-run residential centres for children are subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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130 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which she will hold the referendum on children’s rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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30 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to prevent the spreading of contagious equine metritis in Irish horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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5 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown, by co-op, of the percentage that the milk quota was exceeded by up to the end of March 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23551/12]
136 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of offenders who have been released under the community return programme and the offences for which they had been originally convicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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29 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work he is undertaking to relieve the State of its obligation to subsidise toll operators due to falling traffic numbers.
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361 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for prosthetic and orthotic services; the average waiting period for same; the number of amputees waiting for sanction for their prostheses, socks, ortheses and so on; the average waiting period for same; the number of persons on the waiting list for prosthetic and orthotic services in the southern region; the number waiting for sanction for their prostheses, socks, ortheses and so on in the southern region; the average waiting period for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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98 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs to discuss the matter of expanding the remit of the Ombudsman for Children to investigate direct provision hostels.
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95 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of strip searches that have taken place in Bellmullet Garda Station, County Mayo during each of the past 24 months; the average number of strip searches per Garda station during each of the past 24 months broken down by gender in tabular form.
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74 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure there are dedicated specialised officers for complainants in sexual violence and abuse cases in view of the recent rise in sexual offences. [22994/12]
71 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to expand the functions of and adequately resource the Probation Service in view of proposed early release schemes in the Irish Prison Service strategic plan. [22993/12]
236 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the exact figures for the number of gardaí based in Limerick City District on 1 April of each year from 2006 to 2012 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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54 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.
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27 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to develop a strategy for dealing with almost 100,000 persons currently on the waiting lists for social housing.
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517 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a foreign national prisoner granted parole while serving a life sentence will face the possibility of deportation or will be allowed to remain within the jurisdiction, and if the latter, under what immigration status.
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510 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the application for naturalisation will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied).
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497 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the salaries of each County Registrar, their names, grades, and counties in which they are based; if he will provide details of any expenses they have claimed and are entitled to claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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153 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Taoiseach in view of payments to a counsel retained by the State, the steps he has taken to widen the panels of counsel used by State Departments and agencies; the extent to which these steps were communicated to members of the Bar and solicitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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47 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which his plans are at for the county enterprise boards
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722 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the level of resources that will be transferred from hospitals to primary care and the timeframe in which this will happen.
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721 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health his plans to transfer resources from hospitals to allow general practitioners a greater role in treating patients with serious illnesses; the locations of the 20 primary care centres to be chosen to act as demonstrator models for a new approach to the treatment of chronically ill patients in the community.
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667 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount of State funding given each year since 1999 to Right of Place; the number of complaints received regarding this organisation; and the nature of these complaints.
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593 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made on subsidiary protection in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011; the number of decisions made in which subsidiary protection was granted; the number of decisions made on humanitarian leave to remain; the number of decisions in which humanitarian leave to remain was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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592 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of decisions made by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal during 2011; and the number of these rulings which overturned decisions of the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner.
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585 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 12 February, 2008, which was replied to on 22 February 2008 if he will to provide the details of where the contract was advertised for the destruction of firearms and ammunition stored at Clancy Barracks; the date on which the company who undertook this task submitted their tender for the contract; the date on which destruction of firearms and ammunition exhibits started at Clancy Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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584 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by the Garda Ombudsman during each of the last four years alleging non-fatal offences or assaults committed by members of An Garda Síochána; the number of criminal investigations which resulted from these complaints; the number of convictions resulting from these complaints; the number of these complaints brought by children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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583 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received by the Garda Ombudsman during each of the last four years regarding use of less lethal weapons by gardaí broken down by type of weapon in tabular form; and the number of these complaints brought by children.
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582 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that gardaí will uphold principles of use of minimum force during policing; if he will consider the adoption of a higher threshold test for the use of force against children in consultation with experts on the rights of the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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581 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times force of any kind was used by members of An Garda Síochána during each of the last 18 months broken down in tabular form by Garda division and district.
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580 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if it is current practice for incidents that involve use of force of any kind by members of An Garda Síochána to be electronically recorded; if he intends to introduce this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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550 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money that would be saved in the Property Registration Authority if public sector wages were capped at €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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