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Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Sorry?

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Hold on. This is not acceptable from the Minister.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Actually, it is. When the Deputy has been in the Dáil for a bit longer, he will understand that.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I have a script for the Minister, if he wants it.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Yes, it is.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Now. Fine.

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: There is no question here of a bigger battle, an ideology or whatever. All we want is that passengers will not be inconvenienced and that drivers, who are already on very modest pay and conditions, who have to work weekends, rest days and public holidays, will not be more seriously damaged by this. The Minister is the person in charge. What is he going to do about it? Is he going to go...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Rights Issues (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the workers of a large Irish based company whose Irish operation was terminated several years ago will be covered by the recent decision of the European Court in relation to the defined benefit pension scheme of the former Waterford Crystal workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20916/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 120. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will have the INTREO services rolled out to the Kilbarrack Social Welfare Office, Dublin, before year end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20919/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Regulations (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 175. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of heavy goods vehicles or any other vehicles that were brought to weigh bridges by the Garda Traffic Corps in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the number of vehicles that were found to be overweight; his plans to increase the penalties for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20921/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 176. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Nascar; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date; if this operation is still active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20922/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the reasons given by Gardaí for issuing ASBOS, behaviour warnings and good behaviour contracts from 2010 to date in 2013 in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20923/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Funding (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the budget allocated to the Fishery Harbour and Coastal Infrastructure Development Programme for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013; the amount actually spent in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20918/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Industry Issues (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of the Irish economy in money terms of golf tourism in 2010, 2011 and 2012 on an annual basis; the proposals, if any, to expand this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20920/13]

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 81. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is preparing to send members of the Defence Forces to serve in an UN peacekeeping in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/13]

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I note that the Minister is at least an avid reader of Phoenix.

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister stating he has received no formal request under MINUSMA and United Nations Resolution S/RES 2100? I missed the earlier reply.

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I missed the reply to Deputy Mick Wallace. Can the Minister provide any indication of the number of troops he envisages becoming involved? He mentioned a figure of 22 and the training element. My understanding is that Mali may receive the third largest United Nations deployment in recent decades after the deployments to the Democratic Republic of Congo and Darfur. It will, therefore, be a...

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: In reply to the Minister's remarks, nobody in the House is neutral about atrocities-----

Other Questions: Defence Forces UN Missions (7 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: -----or misbehaviour by regimes or groups that want to impose their ideological view on people. None of us is neutral in that regard. Have there been references, to the Minister's knowledge, to the International Criminal Court in respect of events in Mali? We noted at the start of the conflict the damage that was done. Mali has an incredible cultural heritage, as the Minister knows. It...