129 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of employees in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and the total number of ODCE employees who are part of the investigation team into Anglo Irish Bank.
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60 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health if he has assessed the likely impact of the health budget cuts on essential orthodontic treatments for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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57 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the programme for Government commitment to address the need for further compensation for victims of Thalidomide; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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744 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 9 November 2011, if he will ensure that Fáilte Ireland provides the information requested regarding the efforts he has made to ensure a viable and sustainable bed and breakfast sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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659 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the date on which his Department will present policy proposals on assisted human reproduction to him; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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553 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the reason he is seeking to rent a premises in Cavan town to accommodate Reserve Defence Forces training; the reasons they will not use the army barracks in Cavan town that is earmarked for closure and sale; the length of time for which his Department wishes to rent such a premises; the details of the tender and contract process; the details of a cost benefit analysis of renting a premises in Cavan town while simultaneously closing the barracks that is currently in Department of Defence ownership; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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508 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 14 December 2011, the costs of running overseas visa offices as requested.
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507 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed within his Department who receive salaries of more than €100,000 per annum; their job titles; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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506 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 14 December 2011, if he will supply the further information regarding expenses received by certain employees within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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505 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 44 of 1 December 2011, if he has received the requested information from the Garda Commissioner that is the recommendations of the An Garda Síochána training and development review group report that have been implemented and those which are outstanding; the date on which he expects all the recommendations to have been implemented; and the date when this information will be received.
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504 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the probation and welfare service will publish its research on the recidivism rates of offenders under their management.
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503 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the five-year capital strategy for the Irish Prison Service will be completed and published; and if he will lay a copy before the Houses of the Oireachtas.
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502 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to improve the bail system; the date he will bring proposals on this to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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501 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the review of the gratuity payments and allowances system recently completed by the Irish Prison Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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500 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who requested pharmacy, dental, chiropody, physiotherapy and optical services during each of the past five years; and the number of prisoners who received pharmacy, dental, chiropody, physiotherapy and optical services during each of the past five years.
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499 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who requested methadone treatment during each of the past five years; and the number of prisoners who received methadone treatment during each of the past five years.
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498 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners on waiting lists for drug treatment programmes and the average waiting list time.
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496 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of nurses and medical orderlies employed in each of the prisons here.
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495 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 22 November 2011, if he will provide an update on his officials examination of the possibility of introducing formal risk assessment procedures for all new prisoners upon admission; the date on which he will publish their findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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494 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 22 November 2011, the date on which he will publish a general scheme of a Bill to enable ratification of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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493 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality, further to Parliamentary Question No. 432 of 22 November 2011, when he will put the question of giving ethnicity status to the Traveller community to the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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492 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will introduce consolidated and reformed domestic violence legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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491 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions No. 398 and 434 of 22 November 2011, if he will publish the legislative proposals suggested by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission referred therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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490 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his group conducting a strategic review of penal policy will work with the sub-committee on penal reform.
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489 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which he will establish the group to conduct a strategic review of penal policy incorporating an examination and analysis of all aspects of penal policy including prevention, sentencing policies, alternatives to custody, accommodation and regimes, support for reintegration and rehabilitation, the issue of female prisoners and 16 and 17 year olds within the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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488 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on his intention to give new guidelines to the Parole Board for the application of a temporary release scheme for long-term prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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487 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward legislative proposals to introduce attachment orders in addition to that contained in the Fines Act 2010; and the date on which this legislation will be introduced.
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486 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the Garda Commissioner’s draft policing plan for 2012 will be published; the date it will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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485 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on Cosc’s examination of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence; and the date on which they will make a submission to the Government on Ireland signing the convention.
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102 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs since the publication of the last Health Information Quality Authority report, the number of children who have been locked in their bedrooms form 7.30 p.m. in the Gleann Alainn, Cork, residential unit; the number of times that restraints have been used; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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81 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions that the Health Service Executive has taken to implement the Health Information Quality Authority recommendations on the Gleann Alainn residential unit in Cork.
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224 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of promoting the Crimestoppers phone line after the abolition of the Dial to Stop Drug Dealing campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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207 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date from which children of 16 and 17 years will no longer be held in St. Patrick’s Institution, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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206 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has met with the Department of Finance to seek capital funding for the construction of the new national children’s detention facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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19 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether milk prices will drop in 2012; when quotas finish will dairy farmers be producing milk under cost once again; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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7 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he has finalised arrangements to the agri environmental options scheme 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7072/12]
178 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reasons she will not introduce legislation to allow gay and lesbian couples to adopt children.
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17 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the details of the Departmental funding allocated to office equipment and external IT services; the money paid to external companies; the names of these companies and the services they provided for both 2010 and 2011. [6829/12]
16 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the details of any consultancy services, and value for money policy reviews, paid for by him for each of the past five years; the names of any reports they delivered; the names of those who drafted or conducted the reviews; the moneys paid to those persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/12]
5 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the army barracks he intends to close over the next three years; and the number of buildings currently in the ownership of the Defence Forces that he intends to sell over the next three years. [7202/12]
2 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence the total number of retirements this year in the Defence Forces; and the total number of Defence Force retirements he aims to achieve. [7201/12]
417 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence when the decision to close Clancy Barracks, Dublin, was approved by him; when the offer for sale by public tender was issued; the number of bids received; when the preferred tender was accepted; when the sale was completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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414 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Defence if he will clarify the future of Custume Barracks in Athlone, County Westmeath, as the headquarters for the 4th Western Brigade; and if he will publish the recommendations made by the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces and the Secretary General of his Department with regards the reorganisation of the Defence Forces.
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387 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to address recent Garda behaviour in the issuing of gun licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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386 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legally held firearms that have been reported stolen during each of the past five years; the number of these stolen forearms that were recovered; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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385 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of firearms licences held throughout the State; if he will provide a geographic breakdown of the locations at which these licences are held; the quantity of firearms held by each individual holding a licence; the type and purpose of each firearm; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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365 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the statutory basis which allows Garda escorts for transporting commercial explosives on a non-public duty basis; the body that bears the cost of Garda involvement in such activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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88 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the increases in supports, both in staffing and resources, he will give to the Probation Service to enable it to work with more offenders in the context of his initiatives which attempt to reduce prison numbers coupled with the public sector recruitment embargo.
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74 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the recent Law Reform Commission report on mandatory sentencing; his plans to amend the policy of mandatory sentencing for certain offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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