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Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for her response. We do have to respond to those who telephone us to say they are walking the streets or they are in hostel-type accommodation where they are very unhappy or frightened. It is a terrible situation in which to place citizens. Deputy Seán Kenny and I had a great predecessor as Deputy in our constituency - Conor Cruise O'Brien. In his political...

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I hope the Minister of State might have mentioned to our colleague, the Dublin City Council assistant manager, Mr. Dick Brady, this morning that we want to move to the transparent time on the list system as soon as possible. We were supposed to do it three or four years ago so that we know exactly what is happening on housing lists, yet the delays are interminable.

Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (29 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Fair play to the backbenchers.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (29 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on her Department's spending in 2012 and to date in 2013 on rent supplement; the number of persons currently in receipt of the payment; her views on the effect of rent supplement levels on rent rates, particularly in the greater Dublin area. [25705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pensions Reform (29 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 55. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on the apparent disproportionate impact on women following changes to eligibility criteria for pensions, particularly the increase in the age limits and the increase in the number of reckonable contributions required to qualify for a State contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25704/13]

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Yes. The Acting Chairman might tell me when nine minutes have elapsed. The Minister, Deputy Burton, may be in attendance in a few weeks' time when Neil Young and Crazy House will entertain us at the RDS. Given the deplorable impact of cutbacks and the great tightening of qualification criteria for social assistance, benefits and pensions since March 2011, I hope the Minister will be able...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Provision (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the expected level of funding that will be provided in his Department's budget for overseas aid in Budget 2014; if he will confirm that Ireland will be in a position to fulfil a commitment to keep its provision of overseas aid at 70 cent in every €100 by the year 2015; and if he will indicate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Gas and Electricity Disconnections (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned at recent figures that report that 1,800 households are having their gas or electricity supplies cut off every month; the steps he is taking to address this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26336/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on his recent attendance at the information session on fracking at the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; his policy on fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26337/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the current level of funding provided to local authorities in respect of disability adaption grants; his views on the restrictions now placed on the provision of such grants in view of reductions in Exchequer funding for such grants; and if he has plans to reverse the current cuts in expenditure for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 190. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered the findings the findings of recent research by a team from the Central Mental Hospital on the mental health needs of inmates in St. Patrick's Institution; if he has plans to ensure that his Department will assist St. Patrick's Institution to make a drug-free unit available for inmates under 18 years of age in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 191. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda vehicles that are fitted with automatic number plate recognition; and his plans, if any, to increase the number of vehicles fitted with ANPR in 2013. [26293/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 192. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the reasons given to the 2,240 persons who were refused entry into the State in 2012; and if he will provide, in tabular form, the nationalities of the various persons who were refused entry into the State. [26294/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 193. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that have been issued to motorists in each of the past four years for the offence of breaking a red light. [26295/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 255. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is intending to amend the forthcoming Children First legislation to extend the scope of the guidelines to include childminders on the list of persons to whom the Children First legislation is applicable because of the large number of children who are cared for by childminders either in the childminder's home or elsewhere. [26363/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foreign Adoptions (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 256. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline her Department's engagements, if any, with families who have adopted children born in Mexico and who have subsequently been unable to have these adoptions recognised or registered here; and if she will report on the extent to which her Department is working with families affected to come to a resolution of their...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 257. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide in tabular form, by the name of institution and its location, the various institutions in which children detained under a special care order granted by the High Court have been placed in facilities outside the State since January 2013 up until the present date. [26366/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the status of catering services at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin; his views on whether there are plans to outsource the provision of catering services at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26288/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 265. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the number of prosecutions initiated by the Office of Tobacco Control or the Health Service Executive under the Public Health Tobacco Acts, in tabular form, for each year since 2004 [26289/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (30 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 266. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Insurance Management System is currently live at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin [26290/13]