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Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (8 Jul 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 360: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of postings overseas of members of An Garda Síochána in the past five years; the remit of the posting; the length of secondment to such posts to date; the cost to date of the posting; if the State has been reimbursed for moneys expended on the posting by an international body or by the States to which they are posted;...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 417: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons here who took up working holiday visas in 2007, 2008 and 2009 under the agreement with Argentina, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand and the USA by country; the allocation of visas here for each of the countries in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/10]

Written Answers — European Globalisation Fund: European Globalisation Fund (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 174: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application for funding from the EU's Globalisation Fund for former SRT workers; if he has been informed that the EU Commission has agreed in principle to approve a globalisation fund award for ex-SRT workers and to provide the proposed magnitude of this award; the way in which globalisation funding...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 217: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the budget for the State Examinations Commission, the Education Finance Board and the National Education Welfare Board in 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33886/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 518: To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering proposals to extend the car scrappage scheme until 30 June 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33883/10]

Written Answers — Fiscal Policy: Fiscal Policy (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 491: To ask the Minister for Finance the outcome of the sale of the EBS and its recapitalisation so far; if he has considered retaining the EBS in State ownership until the he can establish a strengthened mutual building society and cooperative model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33374/10]

Written Answers — Money Supply: Money Supply (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 492: To ask the Minister for Finance the measurement of the money supply, M3 and M4, in the economy here since 1997; if the Central Bank, Financial Regulator and his Department lacked key information when and as the money supply balanced upwards; if he will outline the changes he is making to ensure a more accurate future measurement of the broad money supply; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Bank Systemic Risk Report: Bank Systemic Risk Report (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 493: To ask the Minister for Finance if the 2006 Fitch Ratings Agency Report, which predated the economic crash here, was discussed at the Management Committee of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33376/10]

Written Answers — Public Sector Reform: Public Sector Reform (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 494: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a commission on high pay in the public and private sectors; his views on grant aided bodies including those that are largely manned by volunteers but which have senior management who are allegedly paid more than the Taoiseach, senior Ministers and judges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33377/10]

Written Answers — Procurement Contracts: Procurement Contracts (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 495: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the Office of Public Works security contract at a centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17; if the procurement contract was rolled over; the reason there has been no tender for several years; if it is part of a bundle of contracts; the reason local community owned security resources are not permitted to tender; and if he will...

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 531: To ask the Minister for Finance when he last reviewed the operation of the €10 air travel tax with the Department of Transport and the Department for Tourism, Culture and Sport; his views on whether the travel tax is contributing to the haemorrhaging of passenger numbers through airports here with a knock-on effect on the travel and tourism industries; if he will put the cost...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 804: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide a new stroke unit at a Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33885/10]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 871: To ask the Minister for Transport when the provision for the mandatory testing of all drivers involved in a serious road collision as mandated under the Road Traffic Act, 2010 will be implemented; the reason this provision has not already been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33174/10]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 872: To ask the Minister for Transport if the provision for mandatory testing and the reduction of the drink drive limit are legally linked under the Road Traffic Act 2010 and if so the reason for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33170/10]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 873: To ask the Minister for Transport the sections of the Road Traffic Act 2010 that have now been fully implemented; the sections that have not yet been implemented; the timeframe for the full implementation of the Road Traffic Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33158/10]

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 874: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the national roll-out of recalibrated intoxilyser machines to facilitate the reduced drink driving limit from 80mg to 50mg as mandated under the Road Traffic Act 2010; the cost of recalibrating the national tranche of intoxilyser machines and the timeframe for the full recalibration programme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 875: To ask the Minister for Transport when the Taxi Regulator will be incorporated into the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/10]

Written Answers — Traffic Calming Measures: Traffic Calming Measures (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 882: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has reviewed a report from a Dublin City Council senior engineer (details supplied) entitled, Traffic Calming Models: Environmental Traffic Cells and Homezones; his views on a national policy on the development on the development of homezones to target excessive speeding in residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Integrated Ticketing System: Integrated Ticketing System (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 883: To ask the Minister for Transport when an integrated ticketing system will be introduced in the greater Dublin area; if he will indicate the total estimated cost of the ITS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33383/10]

Written Answers — Illegally Imported Fireworks: Illegally Imported Fireworks (29 Sep 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 1139: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the initiatives he is taking in the run-up to the Hallowe'en period to target and eliminate the illegal importation of dangerous fireworks into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33159/10]