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Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: This morning, parents remain concerned. They have not yet-----

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: -----heard from the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Charles Flanagan, who was forthright in his response. They have not heard from him yet and they are very anxious that another few weeks will pass and the centre is €200,000 in debt-----

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: We are here to discuss the nation's business and this is an important territory of Dublin Bay North-----

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I asked the Tánaiste to ask the new Minister. I asked about the children (amendment) Bill.

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Tánaiste to take on board my comments

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: We have not heard from the new Minister, Deputy Charlie Flanagan.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when preparatory work for metro north will resume; and if he supports the establishment of the Bus Rapid Transit Network route between Dublin Airport and Dublin city centre. [21485/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the work of the criminal justice fixed charge processing system working group which has been established to oversee and facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Garda Síochána inspectorate into the fixed charge processing system. [21486/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: After-School Support Services (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 109. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way officials in her Department identify persons suitable for the after school childcare initiative; the way the initiative is promoted to those potentially suitable for the scheme; and the reason there has been a very low take up of the initiative with only 42 children currently availing of the initiative despite 6,000 places potentially...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 168. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 08 May 2014, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the €1.18 million funding approved by him for the maintenance and development of the Howth Fishery Harbour Centre. [21923/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 169. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 08 May 2014, if he or his officials will consider meeting fishery harbour users to discuss suggestions for the development and improvement of the facilities at the Howth Fishery Harbour Centre. [21924/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Expenditure (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 185. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the fee rate for senior counsel, junior counsel and solicitors for the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 for all fee types, including a breakdown based on work completed in the District Court, Circuit Court, High Court, Central Criminal Court, Special Criminal Court and Supreme Court under the criminal legal aid system. [21917/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the crime statistics for the Garda R and J districts in 2013 and to date in 2014. [21918/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 230. To ask the Minister for Health if mental health promotion will be included in the health and well-being services under UHI, in view of the fact that mental health promotion focuses on protective factors and prevention reducing hospital costs in the long run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21919/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 30 April 2014, if he will clarify the figures regarding the number of places provided under the after school child care initiative wherein the figures provided to the office of this Deputy contained duplicate entries for County Donegal and Limerick City. [21920/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 280. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 679 of 30 April 2014, the total expenditure incurred to support the 42 child care places provided under the after school child care initiative. [21921/14]

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance if savings can be made on servicing the national debt next year; the expected interest payments required for the national debt for 2015; his views on the growing burden of interest payments on the national Exchequer; and the measures he will take at a European Union level to have these payments greatly reduced. [22321/14]

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: My question is premised on concerns held by people in my constituency and elsewhere, which we heard so vociferously in the past six or eight weeks, regarding the desperate impact that the national debt and interest repayments are having on the national budget and how that will constrict whatever efforts the Minister might try to make in October to have a more expansionary budget.

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I will deal with the Minister's final point first. The reductions to which he refers to some extent relate to debts that no one ever even attempted to pay down. The reality is that the €8.5 billion in income tax to which he refers equates roughly to the entire education budget. In the past three years the Government of which he is a member has imposed savage cuts in the health...

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: It was not paid.