Parliamentary questions

Prisoner Transfers

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prisoner Transfers

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prisoner Safety

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prison Committals

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prisoner Gratuity Payments

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prison Visiting Regulations

Jonathan O'Brien

570 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who had family visits withdrawn as punishment in 2011.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]

Prison Visiting Regulations

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prison Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prisoner Complaints Procedures

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prison Staff

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prison Regulations

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prison Religious Services

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prisoner Rehabilitation Programmes

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Prisoner Transfers

Jonathan O'Brien

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]

Job Creation

Jonathan O'Brien

21 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total cost per job created by each of the enterprise agencies under the direction of his Department.
[33876/12]

Departmental Agencies

Jonathan O'Brien

28 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of each of the international offices of the Enterprise Ireland; and the value of trade and investment generated by each.
[33875/12]

Child Protection

Jonathan O'Brien

33 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children who have stayed overnight in Garda stations to date in 2012, broken down by division and month, due to a lack of an out-of-hours child protection unit.
[29756/12]

Proposed Legislation

Jonathan O'Brien

62 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had any discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the necessity for progressing the Children First Bill at the same time as progressing the Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences Against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Bill 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
[33326/12]

Garda Investigations

Jonathan O'Brien

348 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has been briefed by the Garda on any investigations into exchanges of punts for euros at the Central Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[33088/12]

Firearms and Ammunition Security

Jonathan O'Brien

359 Deputy Jonathan O’Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if firearms and ammunition stored at Clancy Barracks, Dublin 8, between 1 July and 31 December 2001 were destroyed by the Garda Technical Bureau.
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