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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 150. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views regarding the recent statements made by the chief executive of the Child and Family Agency regarding the major funding difficulties faced by the new agency; and if he will be seeking additional resources under his Department’s Vote to ensure that the agency has sufficient resources to fulfil its statutory remit. [36225/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Reports (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 192. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current status of the Government’s plans to establish an ex gratia scheme for women who underwent the procedure of symphysiotomy; if the scheme will be open to all women who underwent the procedure; the way all potential applicants will be made aware of the application process for the scheme [36217/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community mental health posts sanctioned in 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of these posts which have been filled to date and the number of outstanding vacancies which remain to be filled [36218/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the current target for waiting times for patients to be treated in the accident and emergency unit of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the waiting times for treatment in the emergency department for the months of July, August and the first three weeks of September 2014 [36219/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Act Review (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 195. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 8 July 2014, the current status of the review of the Mental Health Act 2001 and if the expert group has finished its deliberations and has provided its report to him. [36220/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 196. To ask the Minister for Health if plans to introduce the new statutory travel payment scheme to replace the motorised transport grant and other transport supports for persons with disabilities are now at an advanced stage; and when the new scheme will be in place. [36221/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Meters (25 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water is working on developing a means of householders being in a position to read their own water meters in order to assist them in monitoring their water usage such that Irish Water would have a similar system in place to the electricity and gas meters installed in households across the country. [36224/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 97. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of resources allocated to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in particular to its emergency department to meet demand for services; and if he will indicate how very severe incidents of overcrowding in recent weeks can be adequately addressed so as to guarantee patient safety at the hospital. [36463/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget allocation for the Statute Law Revision Programme for the years 2011 to 2016; the amount of expenditure that will be incurred on the specific task of repealing legal instruments on the statute books since before 1820 and which are now the subject of a public consultation. [36743/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if figures are available on any prosecutions brought by An Garda Síochána against persons for failing to surrender driving licences to the appropriate authorities upon disqualification where the disqualification is due to orders having been made by the courts or due to the driver having received the maximum number of penalty points....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 17 September 2014, if she will provide a further breakdown of the drivers disqualified from driving by orders of the courts with statistics on the number of these drivers who surrendered their licence to the court upon disqualification in each of those districts and in each of those years. [36478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána retains statistics on the number of demands made by members of An Garda Síochána for the production of a driving licence under section 40 of the Road Traffic Act 1961; and if statistics are collected regarding the number of occasions members of An Garda Síochána have seized driving licences...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 276. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 17 September 2014, if she will publish the first interim report of the criminal justice working group and subsequent reports of the working group; or, in the alternative, if she will provide in tabular form a list of the recommendations of the Garda Inspectorate considered by the working group to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 304. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol from May 2014 to date; the number of these drivers whose blood alcohol level did not exceed 100 mg and who were served with fixed-charge notices; and of those served with fixed-charge notices for having a blood alcohol level not exceeding 100 mg if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 307. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is examining a means of improving co-operation between An Garda Síochána and the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the area of the enforcement of road traffic laws, including the monitoring of a sentence imposed on a driver in the courts in one jurisdiction where the driver concerned is living in the other jurisdiction....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 308. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 24 June 2014, the actions that were taken against the 59 drivers detected with a blood alcohol level not exceeding 80 mg per 100 ml of blood who did not pay the fine included in the fixed-charge notices served on them during the period November 2011 to 9 May 2014. [37194/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 309. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 490 of 24 June 2014, the actions that were taken against the 81 drivers detected with a blood alcohol level that exceeded 80mg but did not exceed 100 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of blood who did not pay the fine included in the fixed-charge notices served on them during the period November 2011 to 9 May 2014....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 310. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol from May 2014 to date; the number of these drivers whose blood alcohol level did not exceed 80 mg and who were served with fixed-charge notices; and of those served with fixed-charge notices the number of drivers who paid the fixed-charge notice and accepted...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 316. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 751 of 17 September 2014, if he will provide a breakdown on a regional basis of the number of social worker vacancies in each region; the number of the 100 current vacancies which are vacant due to maternity leave. [36470/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Records Provision (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 317. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons waiting for an appointment with the adoption information and tracing service in the years 2013 and to date in 2014, with a breakdown based on each regional team. [36471/14]