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Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Other Deputies must adhere to time limits. Perhaps it could be turned on for the leaders also.

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I am enquiring about two pieces of legislation, one of which is the International Agreements on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Taxation Bill. In light of the appalling revelations this morning in The Irish Times and The Guardian about the massive tax evasion facilitated by the state of Luxembourg over the past 18 years, with the Irish company Glanbia mentioned in those dispatches, will...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: At the same time, could we recall Commissioner Phil Hogan who got the country into this water mess?

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: What about the substantive question?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Issues (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 226. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 30 September 2014, the number of times the Dublin Housing Supply Task Force has met since its establishment; and if he will report on the work completed by the task force to date in progressing the Construction 2020 Strategy. [42594/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 227. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he or his Department has been provided with any reports or databases from Irish Water or formerly from the local authorities, including Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council on the extent and location of lead pipes in the water network. [42595/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 95. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department carried out detailed analysis or studies in its preparations for budget 2015 or otherwise of the amount of funding or the funding model that would be required to have an adequate number of medical personnel and facilities to eliminate all waiting lists for surgical and other medical procedures. [42751/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 149. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the actions being taken by his Department in conjunction with the Health Service Executive to ensure community mental health teams and inpatient psychiatric services are fully staffed, particularly in the Dublin north-east region, where there have been crises in recent months with the lack of inpatient capacity. [42728/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Promissory Notes (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 211. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a concise yearly breakdown of the promissory note-bond repayment schedule up to 2053 including interest; and if he will make this information available on an annual basis through the Government Publications Office. [43119/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland investigated the actions of a bank in its promotion and sale of investments to customers (details supplied) in 2007 and 2008 which were allegedly mis-sold to some investors and resulted in significant losses for a number of investors. [43309/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that persons lodging complaints with the Financial Services Ombudsman who cannot afford third party or legal representation or do not want such representation are sufficiently supported in lodging complaints and being made aware of the necessary documentation and other particulars required to have complaints processed. [43311/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Data (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of complaints handled by the Financial Services Ombudsman in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of these complaints which oral hearings took place; and the number of such complaints which the complainant was represented by a third party, including a member of the legal profession. [43312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal collisions to date in 2014; the number of these fatal collisions which involved only one vehicle; the number of such collisions involving more than one vehicle; and the number of drivers involved in collisions in which there was a fatality who were tested for alcohol; and of these drivers the number of drivers who had a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposal in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 to have drugs intervention programmes, incorporating a treatment referral option, in place by 2012 for persons who come to the attention of An Garda Síochána and the probation service due to behaviour caused by substance misuse. [43138/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if the stated aim of developing a national integrated treatment and rehabilitation service that provides drug-free and harm-reduction approaches for problem substance users as identified in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 has been achieved; the way an integrated service model within the Health Service Executive for treatment and rehabilitation may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if the target of increasing residential rehabilitation places by 25% in 2012 compared with 2008 levels as contained in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 was reached; and the total number of residential rehabilitation places available on an annual basis since 2008 for citizens with significant drug addiction problems. [43140/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive’s consideration in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 of adoption of a standard definition and national protocol concerning waiting times for opiate treatment with a view to ensuring a comprehensive data system is in place to monitor the progress of opiate treatment service provision. [43176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plans by the Health Service Executive, as outlined in the National Drugs Strategy 2009 - 2016, to review the issue of data collection and analysis with a view to developing a more comprehensive data system for management and research purposes to address the particular difficulty with a lack of available data on the length of time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 21 October 2014, if he will provide details of the proposed programme of work to be carried out by his Department in developing the national drugs strategy to meet future challenges relating to the problem of substance misuse. [43178/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the event of the abolition of water charges, he has provided consideration to the creation of a special purpose vehicle in the ownership of the 31 local water authorities to provide investment and support for the modernisation of the water network. [43143/14]