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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 750. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department has approached the European Investment Bank regarding the EIB's potential involvement in the national rail network development projects, specifically outside the greater Dublin area; if such an engagement with the EIB has taken place, if he will report on these discussions; and if this engagement has not taken...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Deputy to address the Bill before us.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: You are okay.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I am chairing.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: There is actually no facility for a point of information.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State will get a chance to come back at the end.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: They are all important issues, but we are talking about the medium-term expenditure programme.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Can we have a slight bit of attention for the Deputy?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I remind the Deputy that we are discussing Second Stage of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: As nobody on the Government side is offering, I call Deputy Healy-Rae.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Ten minutes remain in the slot and Deputy Boyd Barrett is also offering. Does Deputy Healy-Rae wished to cede any time in the slot to him?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Seven and a half minutes remain in this slot.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Maintenance (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the recent allocation of funding for repair works on local and regional roads; his views on whether a particular percentage of funding should be ringfenced by each local authority for annual road maintenance and upkeep in view of the state of many roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (15 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the operation of the National Car Test system; the current waiting time for a motorist for an NCT at each of the testing centres; if he is satisfied with the length of time it takes to receive an NCT appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22666/13]

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important legislation, which has been a long time in gestation. Since 2002, we have been dealing with the negative consequences of the disastrous manner in which the taxi sector was deregulated. When I was the Labour Party transport spokesman in a previous Dáil, the ongoing problems in the sector arose time and again, and taxi workers are...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome that. The other question that has been put to me is about the appeals procedure. As former marine spokesperson for the Labour Party, I recall arguing about the administrative sanctions there. It is obviously important to provide a clear appeals mechanism in this case. I note the Minister of State has made some moves recently in this regard but I am not sure whether he has come...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (16 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the passport application process for dual citizenship holders in order that his Department will keep statistics on the number of applications for passports by citizens who also hold a non-Irish passport and the number of non-Irish passports held by Irish citizens; if this issue has been raised at EU...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (16 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 48. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his previous proposal for the introduction of an automatic reminder service that would notify people when their passport is due to expire in view of the large numbers of people who have difficulty travelling after discovering that their passport is out of date; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Expenditure (16 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the level of expenditure spent on consultants and contractors at a national state agency (details supplied), in particular that more than €200,000 has reportedly been spent on efficiency consultants and where retired senior managers have repeatedly been brought back as highly paid consultants. [23520/13]