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Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (13 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 262: To ask the Minister for Transport when planning applications for the Dublin rail interconnector will be submitted; if this project will be progressed under the Strategic Infrastructure Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18236/08]

Written Answers — Light Rail Project: Light Rail Project (13 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Transport the capacity for Metro North; the way this figure compares to the total capacity on the DART and Luas lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18237/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (13 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 264: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount being spent on transport by the State per head of population in comparison with EU and OECD partner states; the figure for transport spending by the State per head of population every year since 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18238/08]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (13 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of drivers who have been prosecuted for drug driving offences each year since 2005 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18510/08]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (13 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 505: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if, in the context of the high road death figures in January and February 2008 which were higher than for the same months in 2007, and the fall in casualties in March that was clearly associated with two successive weekends of high levels of Garda enforcement, he will bring forward measures with the Department of...

Written Answers — Garda Equipment: Garda Equipment (13 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the completion date for the full roll-out of the nationwide speed camera network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18512/08]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the large increase in supports requested of St. Vincent de Paul by members of the public in Dublin in the past 12 months; and the way she will respond to ensure that low income groups and individuals receive adequate welfare and pension support. [18626/08]

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I congratulate the Minister on her appointment. I am filling in for Deputy Shortall. Does the Minister agree the alarm bells are ringing for the most deprived and those on low incomes in our society? The Society of St. Vincent de Paul, which I agree does outstanding work, has had a 70% increase in requests in the Dublin area alone since the beginning of the year. Looking at the consumer...

Anti-Poverty Strategy. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: This is the Minister's first day answering questions on social and family affairs, but like all of us, she is aware of the issues. She mentioned community welfare assistance, which is valuable, but usually, when the Society of St. Vincent de Paul is called upon, this means people have not got the necessary support from community welfare, whatever the reason or their personal circumstances....

Social Welfare Appeals. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs how she proposes to address the high number of claims involving a medical decision that are initially refused but then allowed on appeal. [18604/08]

Social Welfare Appeals. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Is it not astonishing that almost half of the social welfare appeals were allowed in the system the Minister outlined? Up to 56% of invalidity pension appeals were fully allowed, 53% of occupational injury appeals were fully or partially allowed and 33% of respite care grants were allowed. Are these not very significant figures? Do they not put the spotlight on the frontline deciding...

Social Welfare Appeals. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: However, 530 were approved so those people would have got no benefit.

Social Welfare Appeals. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Perhaps the Minister will review and look into it. Will she come back on the two points I raised, namely, whether she thinks we need better guidelines and more training for frontline officers, the people who make that decision, given that sometimes Deputies hear complaints that people were not listened to? For example, in the recent huge increase in the number of people seeking jobseeker's...

Social Welfare Appeals. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Is that it?

Social Welfare Appeals. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Perhaps the Minister will come back to us on that.

Social Welfare Payments. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: It is also my main concern that it would be more difficult for the relatives of older people and of people with a disability to access payments for them. In my usual portfolio of transport, we are pursuing the new smart card for the Dublin transport system. The comment has been made that there is much scope for integrating a transport smart card with other facilities. Have officials from...

Departmental Records. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister saying the disaster in the UK, when 25 million sets of information were transferred between the inland revenue and the work and pension sector, could not happen here? The Minister referred to the data protection section. Have the Minister and her predecessor thoroughly reviewed the procedures in that section in light of the number of cases of improper accessing of data? Two...

Social Welfare Benefits. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: I used to stand in this position when Deputy Dermot Ahern was the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. His target was £100 per week for the contributory State pension. In the era of the Celtic tiger we went past that. I tried to get him to commit to having the State pension as a high percentage, perhaps 35% to 40%, of the average industrial wage. Deputy Ahern refused to do so while he...

Social Welfare Benefits. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: What is the average industrial wage?

Social Welfare Benefits. (14 May 2008)

Tommy Broughan: They live in the same world.