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Tue, 18 May 2021
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Court Accommodation
Pa Daly
656. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if the facilities in Tralee courthouse were upgraded during the budget year 2020. [26011/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Forensic Science Ireland
Pa Daly
657. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will address the overperformance of Forensic Science Ireland with regard to its target metrics for missing persons case investigations or body identifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26014/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Citizenship Applications
Pa Daly
658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she will address missing targeted citizenship applications by 57% for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26015/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Citizenship Ceremonies
Marian Harkin
659. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Justice when the next citizenship ceremony statutory declaration process will take place; if a person (details supplied) will be granted citizenship during that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26090/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Data Protection
Peadar Tóibín
660. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26103/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Freedom of Speech
Bernard Durkan
661. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidences brought to her attention deemed to have been in breach of legislation affecting the balance between freedom of speech and the control of expressions of hate or incitement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26120/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Patricia Ryan
662. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda community officers for each district in counties Kildare, Laois and Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26295/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
663. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the engagements that she and her officials have had with an association (details supplied) and the Garda Commissioner in respect of ICT systems that can track expense claims within the association more accurately and efficiently. [26312/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
664. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her plans to meet with members of an association (details supplied) regarding the contents of correspondence dated 15 December 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26313/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
665. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding and or grant aid given to an association (details supplied) including the heading of the fund origin on an annual basis for the past ten years to date in tabular form. [26314/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
666. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of complaints made to her by members of an association (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021, in respect of alleged breaches of the association’s legal framework. [26315/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
667. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will publish and or provide details of, or copies of, all emails and hard correspondence received from an association (details supplied) seeking a statutory instrument to enable its annual conference to proceed. [26316/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
668. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to issues with internal financial controls and corporate governance within an association (details supplied) in 2020 and to date in 2021. [26317/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
669. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice her work to date in respect of reform of Garda staff associations that is being implemented in A Policing Service for the Future; and the name of each association, the goals that are to be achieved and the progress made to date on same in tabular form. [26318/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
670. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she had engagements with Garda management regarding the impact of the new Garda operational policing model and the impact that would have on the way in which the executive of an association (details supplied) would be structured. [26319/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Catherine Murphy
671. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the amount of funding that her Department historically granted an association (details supplied) to engage a company. [26320/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Paul Murphy
672. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide the breakdown by Garda district of fines and arrests in relation to the Covid-19 legislation. [26330/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Visa Agreements
Seán Sherlock
673. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will permit a person (details supplied) to re-enter the State to attend work. [26380/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Visa Agreements
Seán Sherlock
674. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice when her Department will resume processing entry visa applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26381/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Visa Agreements
Seán Sherlock
675. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice when her Department plans to resume the processing of certain priority and emergency visa applications for chefs or food workers in addition to the limited exemptions currently in place for transit workers, journalists and medical workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26382/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Antisocial Behaviour
Seán Sherlock
676. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a rise in occurrences of antisocial behaviour in Portobello Harbour, Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26383/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Court Procedures
Paul Donnelly
677. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the legislation, rules or guidance in relation to the poor box; and the discretion given to judges in relation to the distribution of such funds. [26417/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Court Procedures
Paul Donnelly
678. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if there is a requirement by the courts to publish the list of recipients of donations to the poor box in the courts system. [26418/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Visa Agreements
Brendan Howlin
679. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice when the recently amended visa requirements for visitors previously visa exempt and the restrictions imposed on the making of visa applications other than priority, emergency applications will be reversed; if visa applications from family members of Irish residents including spouses, partners and dependent children are currently being accepted and processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26423/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Prison Service Staff
Johnny Guirke
680. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the current wait time for security clearances for Irish Prison Service recruits is between 12 and 18 months; if her Department will take steps to reduce this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26428/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Departmental Properties
Eoin Ó Broin
681. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the amount Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council paid her Department for the purchase of the Shanganagh Castle site and its surrounding lands. [26468/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Court Accommodation
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
682. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the status of plans to carry out remedial works at Carlow courthouse in particular works to the railings at Carlow courthouse being managed by the OPW on behalf of the Courts Service in view of the fact that the building is of historic importance; if there is an update to tender documentation for the repair of ten sections of the railings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26469/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Pauline Tully
683. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda jeeps that came into the fleet in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; the number of jeeps withdrawn from the fleet during same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26527/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Crime Prevention
Holly Cairns
684. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the action she is taking in relation to the reported 5,232 bikes stolen in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26567/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Social Media
Holly Cairns
685. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; the percentage of posts made on each of her Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26585/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Departmental Funding
Peadar Tóibín
686. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26634/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Departmental Funding
Peadar Tóibín
687. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if a record will be provided of the annual funding received by the NGO and charity sector from her Department in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [26647/21]
Tue, 18 May 2021
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Departmental Funding
Peadar Tóibín
688. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the funding allocated to each NGO and charity in each of the years 2010 to 2020 by her Department. [26660/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Citizenship Applications
Bernard Durkan
369. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed to obtain citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25189/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Citizenship Applications
Emer Higgins
370. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice if the citizenship applications of front-line health care workers living in direct provision will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25209/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Residency Permits
Mick Barry
371. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Justice the plans in place to reopen office facilities at Burgh Quay; the measures that will be put in place to allow persons in Dublin register their residency given its impact on the right of persons to work and to travel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Fines Administration
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
372. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice the number of speeding fines issued across County Donegal in each of the years, 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the locations of the alleged speeding offences; and the time of day that the alleged offences took place in each instance in tabular form. [25227/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Peace Commissioners
Martin Browne
373. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Justice if a list of the peace commissioners in each local electoral area in County Tipperary will be provided; and the number of peace commissioners appointed in each area in the past five years. [25244/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Student Visas
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
374. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice if the processing of applications for student visa permissions for students who wish to commence third-level courses in Ireland in September-October 2021 has recommenced; if not, when the processing of such applications will recommence; if applications are currently being accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25284/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Denis Naughten
375. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí trained in first aid and other first responder emergency care, respectively; if a copy of the Garda operational guidelines for members that are first on the scene can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25369/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Visa Applications
Rose Conway-Walsh
376. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice when her Department will begin accepting new visa preclearance applications again after they were suspended on 29 January 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25376/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Naturalisation Applications
Paul Kehoe
377. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Justice the options available to a person (details supplied) who has difficulty providing the documentation for a naturalisation application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25387/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Legislative Programme
Thomas Pringle
378. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice if the Transfer of Sentenced Persons (Amendments) Bill 2019 will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas in the current Oireachtas session in the context of a recent report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25410/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Departmental Correspondence
Mairéad Farrell
379. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the details of the information her Department collates as per circular 20/2019 (details supplied); the date this report was issued; the location on her Departmental website on which it can be found; and the progress in relation to green procurement that has been made to date. [25436/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Pauline Tully
380. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1453 of 21 April 2021, if she has been in contact with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive and brought to her attention the new information that has been brought to light by a person (details supplied) into the failure by the RUC to provide intelligence to An Garda Síochána of a car stolen from Enniskillen, County Fermanagh on 28 December 1972 and the identity of the loyalist paramilitary who was in possession of the car which was subsequently used in the bombing of Clones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25486/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Housing Issues
Jim O'Callaghan
193. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps that can be taken to prevent management companies from imposing significant increases in management fees on residents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24822/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Housing Issues
Bernard Durkan
194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice if it will be ensured that buyers and prospective buyers who have paid their deposit and signed contracts for houses at Mullen Park, Maynooth, County Kildare are not affected or impeded by investment companies who might seek to increase the price of the houses by various means; if it will be ensured that those seeking to provide a home for themselves can expect to have their rights vindicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25029/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Visa Applications
Chris Andrews
195. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice the alterative arrangements that have been put in place to allow persons (details supplied) applying for a GNIB card for the first time to submit an application while the Burgh Quay Registration Office is closed. [24722/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Visa Applications
Chris Andrews
196. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Justice when the Burgh Quay Registration Office will reopen for appointments. [24734/21]
Wed, 12 May 2021
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Asylum Applications
Bernard Durkan
197. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed to regularise status in the case of a person (details supplied); if recent updates regarding work references have been taken into account in determination of a conclusion on the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24753/21]