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Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the payments not currently on a statutory basis that he will put on a statutory basis. [32176/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (4 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to amend legislation to allow welfare payments to be backdated on a standard basis by more than the current six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32175/07]

Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of grants that his Department has made to the island communities since he took office; the cost of such grants; the number of grants not drawn down; the number refused; the reason for such refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32591/07]

Written Answers — Dublin Transport Authority: Dublin Transport Authority (5 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual salary of the chairman designate of the Dublin Transport Authority; the responsibilities the Dublin Transport Authority is currently undertaking; the regularity with which the chairman designate reports to him; the arrangements in place for the DTA in terms of staff and office space; the cost of same to date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 28 November 2007, the breakdown of these figures indicating the number of the outstanding warrants that are less than three months old, less than six months old, a year old, two years old and five years old or more; the proportion the number of outstanding warrants in each...

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of people who have the new learner permits driving licences; the number who will have the new learner permits by 30 June 2008; the estimate of the number of people who will still have provisional driving licences after 30 June 2008; the number of citizens currently on the driving test waiting list; the way he will ensure the Road...

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: The RSA stated a few days ago that it would publish a guarantee that all second provisional licence holders would be given a test by 30 June but since then there has been no word or publication to that effect. I note that the Minister is shifting responsibility carefully, once again, on to the Road Safety Authority. Yesterday, the Minister provided an additional €11 million in the budget,...

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister just made a promise.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: This is Dáil Éireann.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of information, the Labour Party had approximately seven questions ruled out and it is not acceptable to hear this kind of guff.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister started it.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I did not get a chance this morning to raise this with the Ceann Comhairle, but the Leas-Cheann Comhairle also has an intense interest in Dáil reform. Approximately seven questions on a variety of matters such as PPPs in transport were ruled out. These are matters one would think are this Minister's responsibility.

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Given that 40,000 people are on their fifth provisional licence, is the Minister sure that all those at the top end of the provisional licence scale will be in a position to undergo a test by 30 June and how emphatic is he about that deadline?

Driving Tests. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: How many tests will be held each week at that stage?

Public Transport. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: What about the money being spent on the West Link Bridge?

Road Safety. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: It sounds like Meath County Council.

Aviation Regulation. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: This question was prompted by the fact that the chief executive of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, has said that the budget of CAR should be slashed and its staff numbers cut by half. Does the Minister agree with this view? Alternatively, is it the case that additional resources should be given to CAR? I understand that something like one half of its staff are busy with various lawsuits...

Aviation Regulation. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: In respect of the budget, did the Minister put in any additional resources? My final point may touch on another question.

Aviation Regulation. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Did the Minister give any additional resources to CAR, taking into account inflation, in the budget?

Light Rail Project. (6 Dec 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome the Minister's reply. Has he seen the proposals for Limerick published in the Irish Examiner? This proposed a line from Raheen through Castletroy and Cahirdavin, linking to UL. Is that the approach we could pursue in Limerick and Cork, where the Green Party made a commitment to a Cork Luas before the election? I was shocked to receive a circular from the track and...