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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all private residential child care centres used by the Health Service Executive Children and Family Services in 2013, including the names of the providers and the owners of the centres; the number of staff in each of the centres; and the level of training and qualifications attained by each member of staff...

Order of Business (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to inquire about the foreshore Bill. The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources recently published the offshore renewable energy development plan, which is a framework for sustainable development of offshore wind. Will we get a chance to discuss the plan, or will the Taoiseach arrange a debate in the coming months before the legislation is introduced because it is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent engagements with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers MP; and the discussion that took place regarding the ongoing political talks in Northern Ireland. [7991/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of expenditure by his Department on external legal fees in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 and to date in 2014; if he will provide the name of each law firm in receipt of fees from his Department with a breakdown of the amount paid to each firm in each of those years. [8509/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 53. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on all ministerial visits that will take place around the world for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations. [8510/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 652 of 11 June 2013 and Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 6 February 2014, if the report referred to in the earlier reply is now to hand; and if he will request an updated report from An Garda Síochána about the technical and administrative arrangements required to bring section 44 of the Road...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs during the Christmas and new year period in the Garda R and J districts. [8507/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Poor Box (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of money collected by Swords District Court from persons appearing in court making donations to the court poor box in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [8508/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the amount Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, has spent on the services of debt collection agencies in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [8506/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (19 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 288 of 13 February 2014, if he will provide a breakdown on an annual basis since the introduction of the penalty points system of the number of drivers who have obtained the maximum 12 penalty points in each of those years; the number of drivers who have obtained the maximum number of penalty...

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 8. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he will take to ensure that loans held by customers of the former Irish Nationwide will be subject to the same contractual terms and conditions of customer mortgages and other borrowings upon the sale of the Irish Nationwide loan book to a third party or the loans reverting to the National Asset Management Agency as would have been in place...

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: There was a lengthy discussion on this matter, but when I asked the Minister on 28 February 2013 about whether individual mortgage holders would be allowed to bid for their own mortgages, he told me that the contractual terms and conditions of customer mortgages and other borrowings would not change as a result of the appointment of the special liquidator. As the Minister knows, there is...

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: We have witnessed a number of serious scandals in this country over recent decades. I recall having a conversation with the Minister when we were in opposition about the endowment mortgage scandal and the fact that nothing was at that time being done about it. Why will the Minister not move quickly on this issue? He was prepared to move in the middle of the night a year ago on an important...

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: That is how they feel.

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: No; they are contacting us.

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: We are acting for them.

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I am talking about young homeowners.

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I want to convey to the Minister, as other Members tried to do earlier, the distress people are feeling due to the uncertainty surrounding their family homes. The Minister has a core responsibility in this area. It is all right for him to say that if NAMA purchases the loan books it will voluntarily comply with the CCMA, but what people want at this stage is some decisive action. I again...

Roads Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important Bill as I have a number of serious concerns about it and the proposed merger of the RPA and the NRA. For a start, the Bill's Title is a concern. It is the Roads Bill, not the transport infrastructure service Bill or the transport infrastructure authority Bill. Any further attempts to promote public transport and to move away from car...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his views on the impact the reduction in staff numbers from 22 employees to four in recent years in an office (details supplied) has had on the work of the office; if he will conduct an assessment of the way this might be impacting on the sales of precious metals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8659/14]