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Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: She feels that she has so many additional costs. Why is the Tánaiste standing over these savage cutbacks in health? Why is it necessary for Dr. McEvoy to write to me, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kenny, Deputy Flanagan, and Deputy Finian McGrath, as he will confirm?

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: We did not get a chance to raise this earlier. Deputy Mathews wanted to speak. I wanted to speak. We were effectively gagged.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Tánaiste knows about it now.

Topical Issue Debate: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome or EDS is classified in European Union terms as a rare disease because it affects less than one in every 5,000 of the population. EDS is mainly thought if as being a genetic disorder but some literature suggests that it can occur spontaneously. It has been termed as the "invisible illness" because while there are no visible symptoms, sufferers may be in great pain and...

Topical Issue Debate: Rare Diseases Strategy Implementation (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister of State saying that a dedicated clinician will be appointed in Dublin or Cork or, in both cities, to treat sufferers of EDS, which is the nub of the problem for sufferers? I would like to quote from a letter which I received from a wonderful young constituent who is due to sit the leaving certificate examination next year. She says:I need your help. I am living with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Parking Charges (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has arrived at a decision in respect of the proposal to introduce paid parking charges at Howth Harbour, County Dublin. [48143/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential cost to the State of increasing the number of special needs assistants employed by his Department from the current figure of 10,575 to 12,775. [48630/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of search warrants issued to each Garda district drugs unit in the Dublin metropolitan region for the years 2010, 2011, 2012, and to date in 2013. [48624/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the top twenty locations in the State where the highest number of motorists exceeding the speed limit have been detected, either through the use of intercept or non-intercept detections or with a combination of both types of detections, in 2012 and to date in 2013. [48629/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Campaigns (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of expenditure used to fund road safety advertisements in broadcast and print media and elsewhere for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [48623/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Industrial Disputes (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he supports a swift resolution of the difficulties currently being experienced between Aer Lingus staff and management so as to avoid industrial action, in view of the State's position as a large shareholder in Aer Lingus. [48626/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 96. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formed a view on the implications of the referendum, which has been proposed by Prime Minister, David Cameron, on the question of whether the United Kingdom should exit the European Union. [47730/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Constitutional Convention Expenditure (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the costs involved in financing the Constitutional Convention to date; if he will further provide a breakdown of the costs incurred at each location where the convention has met since it was first convened. [48502/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NewERA Remit (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance if the review undertaken by NewERA of State companies to assess their financial performance has been completed. [42294/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Black Economy Issues (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken by his Department or the Revenue Commissioners to tackle the illegal black market in the solid fuel trade, particularly in the area of the sale of sod turf and chopped wood. [49512/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the pension arrangements in place for retired senior executives of the former Anglo Irish Bank; the cost to the Exchequer to maintain payments to these persons; and the number of former senior executives who are currently in receipt of pensions as a result of them having been employed by Anglo Irish Bank. [49515/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the implications here of the recently concluded Canada-European Union Free Trade Agreement. [49239/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership between the European Union and the United States of America; and his views on the way this agreement may or may not benefit Ireland. [49240/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 406. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he expects to meet any of the applicants who put forward an expression of interest in providing new TV channels through Saorview in 2011. [49388/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Meetings (19 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 407. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources from whom or from where he received a request to meet with UTV on the day of the UTV launch of its new services here; and if he agreed to attend this meeting. [49389/13]