David Cullinane — Watch Them Work

2026-01-19

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Transgender Equality Network Ireland Justice and Equality

Invitation to AV Room briefing on legal gender recognition

2026-01-05

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Ruhama Justice and Equality

Invitation to Ruhama's upcoming international conference on combatting pornography, sexual exploitation and sexual violence

2025-09-20

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Irish Council for Civil Liberties Justice and Equality

LGBTI+ Rights

2025-09-19

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Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-09-19

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LGBT Support and Advocacy Network Ireland CLG Justice and Equality

A meeting to discuss trans healthcare, incitement to hatred legislation, and LGBTQ+ community engagement as part of a delegation of representatives from LGBTQ+ organisations.

2025-09-18

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Age & Opportunity Justice and Equality

Pre-budget Submission (for 2026 Budget)

2025-09-18

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Ruhama Justice and Equality

Invitation to Ruhama's upcoming international conference on combatting pornography, sexual exploitation and sexual violence

2025-09-11

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The Psychological Society of Ireland Justice and Equality

Circulation of PSI Press Release to Oireachtas Members (opposition TDs) Calling for an End to the Use of Therapy Notes in Rape and Sexual Assault Cases

2025-05-21

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Dublin LGBTQ Pride CLG Justice and Equality

Meeting to affirm support for trans rights

2025-05-20

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Transgender Equality Network Ireland 2 returns Justice and Equality

TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.
TENI advocates for equal rights and access to healthcare for trans people.

2025-05-15

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Uplift Justice and Equality

Uplift members sent emails to their Sinn Fèin TDs asking them to ensure that Sinn Féin is a party that is welcoming, inclusive and who listens to the experiences and expertise of transgender people.

2025-01-21

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Dignity4Patients Justice and Equality

Commission of Investigation and Inquiry into Abuse by former Surgeon Michael Shine in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda 1964 - 1995

2025-01-20

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The Irish Hospice Foundation Justice and Equality

Highlighting issues that Irish Hospice Foundation would like to have included in the next Programme for Government. These included reform of the coroners service.

2025-01-20

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National Disability Services Association Justice and Equality

Attendance at the Sinn Féin Ard Fhéis with the Oireachtas Disability Group

2025-01-20

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Sensational Kids CLG Justice and Equality

Funding for National Child Development Centre

2025-01-20

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Inclusion Ireland Justice and Equality

Manifesto

2025-01-15

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The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Justice and Equality

Crime in Rural Areas

2020-07-21

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of inspectors allocated to Waterford Garda division in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [16511/20]

2020-06-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if maternity benefit will be extended in view of comments in Dáil Éireann on 11 June 2020. [12413/20]

2019-09-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time digital forensic specialist. [38678/19]

2019-09-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time Garda Síochána detective sergeant. [38688/19]

2019-09-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time Garda Síochána detective. [38689/19]

2019-09-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the yearly wage cost of a whole-time forensic accountant. [38690/19]

2019-07-09

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on tribunals, commissions of investigation and statutory inquiries in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by inquiry, tribunal or commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29837/19]

2019-05-08

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been arrested for fraud in connection with medical certificates to cover for days a person was absent from work in each of the years from 2000 to 2018, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18662/19]

2019-04-02

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Irish nationality for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15027/19]

2019-04-02

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures taken to enforce laws regarding animal welfare; the number of prosecutions relating to abuses of animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15063/19]

2019-02-05

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána in the supervision of a service (details supplied) in view of recent online posts in which instruction was given to users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5070/19]

2018-10-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent staff attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44162/18]

2018-10-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Criminal Assets Bureau by position in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/18]

2018-10-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Criminal Assets Bureau by job title in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44164/18]

2018-10-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by pay and non-pay, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/18]

2018-10-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by categories (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44166/18]

2018-09-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent staff attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 1996 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35940/18]

2018-09-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by categories (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35941/18]

2018-09-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by pay and non-pay in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35942/18]

2018-09-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau by position in each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/18]

2018-09-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau by job title in each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35952/18]

2018-09-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of forensic accountants, accountants, lawyers and gardaí in the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35953/18]

2018-07-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations open in the Waterford Garda division in each year since 2009 by name; the number of Garda stations open in the Waterford Garda division that had access to broadband, in each year since 2009; and the number of Garda stations open in the Waterford Garda division that had access to high speed broadband, in each year since 2009. [34640/18]

2018-07-03

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual expenditure on commercial archaeology services in his Department by provider in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28750/18]

2018-05-08

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the religious volunteer visa programme; the changes that may have been made to the programme; the changes that may be made to the programme in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19887/18]

2018-03-27

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda stations in the Waterford division that received major refurbishments in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the works that were done in each station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13693/18]

2018-03-20

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the directions for the payment of staff in the public sector and Civil Service that fall under the direction of his Department for the days during Storm Emma when staff were directed to stay at home; if deductions in pay and annual leave were made to staff in the public sector or Civil Service as a result of days lost during the storm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11879/18]

2018-01-16

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) that receives public contracts from his Department does not recognise trade unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54384/17]

2017-11-14

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated length of time it would take for a four year driving licence ban that has been reduced to 18 months by the courts to be taken into consideration by An Garda Síochána for vetting purposes for job applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47743/17]

2017-11-14

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for placing wards of court under a general solicitor; if families were consulted before this took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47880/17]

2017-11-07

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the contracts his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have with a company (details supplied) or its subsidiaries; the value of the contracts; the year in which the contracts were concluded; when the contracts will be up for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46377/17]

2017-10-10

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation to remove the ban on the right to work of asylum seekers in view of the recent Supreme Court ruling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42382/17]

2017-07-11

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints lodged with An Garda Síochána regarding tweets in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of cautions issued in this regard in each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of prosecutions arising from the complaints, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32173/17]

2017-06-20

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to an investigation by an organisation involving a dispute between a person (details supplied) and a company, that the organisation cleared the person in their findings and that the person received moneys due from the company but is unable to claim for legal fees; if his Department has received representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26812/17]

2017-06-20

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who arrived here in May 2008 and is unable to obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26816/17]

2017-05-23

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if commission of investigation reports and evidence gathered by commissions of investigation cannot be used as evidence in court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23998/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the annual financial returns submitted to her Department by the Garda Training College in the years prior to the transfer of accounting responsibility to the Garda Commissioner in 2006 were signed by an Accounting Officer for the years from its establishment up to 2006; if the accounts or accompanying financial statements made any reference to money held in unauthorised private banking accounts, brokerage accounts, and retail banking and credit unions accounts; if she is satisfied that the accounts were signed off appropriately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that issues pertaining to multiple land purchases, leasehold arrangements and tenant delinquency at the Garda Training College from its establishment up to 2006 when her Department held the chief Accounting Officer role were sufficiently reviewed by her Department; if sufficient oversight, management, governance arrangements and financial controls were in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24134/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has sought or received a copy of an incomplete 2006 internal audit report into alleged financial irregularities and maladministration at the Garda Training College; if the incomplete report examined years in which her Department head held the position of chief Accounting Officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24135/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has sought or received a copy of a 2008 report from a person (details supplied) into alleged financial irregularities and maladministration at the Garda Training College; if the report examined years in which her Department head held the position of chief Accounting Officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24136/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the reporting to the finance directorate or the Accounting Officer in her Department regarding the Garda Training College from its establishment up to 2006 covered private legal entities, investment and bank accounts, risk assessments or commercial enterprises operating at the college; if so, the nature and detail of such reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24137/17]

2017-05-23

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that any annual accounts signed off on by Accounting Officers from the establishment of the Garda Training College up to 2006 are not compromised in any way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24139/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that funds were misappropriated into private accounts in the Garda Training College from its establishment up to 2006; if she is satisfied that no offence under sections 5(2) and 6(1) of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001 occurred during this time period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24141/17]

2017-05-23

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has sought or received a copy of a 2008 report from a person (details supplied) into alleged financial irregularities and maladministration at the Garda Training College; if the report examined years in which the Secretary General in her Department held the position of chief Accounting Officer and when the Garda Commissioner was the chief Accounting Officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24262/17]

2017-05-23

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Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the nature of a meeting that took place in 2008 between senior departmental officials and the then Garda Commissioner regarding the Garda Training College; if minutes, correspondence, an agenda or notes exist regarding the meeting; the persons who attended and the role of each in his or her respective organisation at the time; the detail of the discussions that took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24268/17]

2017-05-18

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when her attention was drawn to an interim internal audit into financial irregularities at the Garda training college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23760/17]

2017-05-18

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the Garda Commissioner notified her promptly and appropriately in respect of the Commissioner first coming aware of financial irregularities at the Garda training college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23761/17]

2017-05-18

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she has taken since her attention was drawn to a bank account opened in the Garda training college without her permission as cited in an interim audit report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23762/17]

2017-03-02

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí assigned to the Waterford Garda division for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10911/17]

2017-02-23

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Waterford assigned to the drug squad for the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, by rank, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/17]

2017-01-26

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the present legislation regarding employment discrimination by age; if it is legal for a company to dismiss an employee on the grounds of age if that person has not reached retirement age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3553/17]

2017-01-19

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a Court of Justice of the European Union judgment (details supplied) and the fact that the judgment states the competent national authorities to whom access to retained data has been granted must notify the persons concerned of that fact; the procedures that have been put in place by her Department to notify persons concerned that access to their retained data has been granted in view of this judgment; if any journalists have been notified or will be notified that access to their retained data had or has been granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2239/17]

2017-01-17

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent Civil Service workers in gross income ranges (details supplied) in her Department for each of the years 2007 to 2015. [1229/17]

2016-12-13

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the numbers assigned to each Garda divisional drugs unit here for each of the years 2008 to 2015 and to date, in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40105/16]

2016-12-08

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full year cost and, separately, the cost in 2016 of changes to Garda pay and allowances as per a Labour Court recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39207/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff employed by her and each Minister of State, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, press secretaries and other positions, in tabular form; the pay rate for each assistant and the total cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39557/16]

2016-12-08

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any staff employed in the public service and Civil Service are seconded to work with her or any Minister of State in their constituencies; and the number of same and cost to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39572/16]

2016-12-06

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number that make up the drugs squad within An Garda Síochána in County Waterford in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38485/16]

2016-11-24

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered lowering the cost of registering rights of way under the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36605/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the starting salary and allowances in place for gardaí as and from 1 January 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33754/16]

2016-11-08

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the starting salary and allowances in place for gardaí as and from 1 November 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33755/16]

2016-10-11

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the implementation of the Committee of Public Accounts recommendations relating to wards of courts' funds that were lost in the crash. [29377/16]

2016-09-16

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24877/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23500/16]

2016-07-19

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of implementing a pay increase to all those employed under the remit of her Department post 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23510/16]

2016-07-12

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of whole-time equivalent members of An Garda Síochána assigned to the Waterford city and county divisions for each of the years 2007 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20760/16]

2016-07-12

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of Garda stations in Waterford city and county; the number which have opened and closed since 2007 and their locations, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20761/16]

2016-07-12

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of agency and or locum staff hired by her Department for each of the years 2011 to 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21671/16]

2016-07-05

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new public sector workers in her Department hired to replace retiring staff and those who left the Department in each of the years from 2013 to 2015; the overall percentage of staff turnover this represents; the cost or savings in payroll and pensions accrued, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20153/16]

2016-06-22

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of reintroducing allowances for public sector workers in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17103/16]

2016-06-22

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of ensuring that workers recruited in her Department post-2011 are paid the pre-2011 rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17104/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year savings for 2017 from reducing spending on professional fees by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14114/16]

2016-05-31

PQ

Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year saving for 2017 from reducing spending on travel by 10% in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14130/16]

2016-04-26

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Asked Justice

Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce corporate manslaughter legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8377/16]