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Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute briefly to this discussion and to reiterate my stance from January that the sale of the 25.1% Government stake in Aer Lingus is clearly not in Ireland's national interest. The sale poses an immediate threat to air connectivity from Dublin, Cork, Shannon and Knock airports, despite reassurances that vital slots at Heathrow Airport will remain in...

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: They passed a motion.

Aer Lingus Share Disposal: Motion (Resumed) (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: We are hearing from the IAG 8 but tomorrow night they will have a chance to walk the walk by voting beside Deputy Róisín Shortall and me. There is no question that any guarantees by IAG chief executive, Mr. Willie Walsh, to the Irish Government may be worthless as the years roll on after an IAG takeover. For example, we will not always have a Marino man - Mr. Walsh - in charge of...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 17. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the current status of the Aftercare Bill 2014; if his Department has examined the Scottish model of after-care delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19541/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care who are still awaiting allocation of a social worker; the number without a written care plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19540/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for disability allowance her Department received in 2013 and 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number of these that were approved, are pending or were refused in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20883/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the rules for approved retirement funds; the terms and conditions in relation to tax due on accumulative funds, and on the changes made to these funds from 1 January 2015; if he will reconsider these changes in budget 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20877/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is satisfied with the current regulation of gift cards and with the charges of one particular brand of gift card (details supplied); the value of unclaimed funds on these gift cards in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; if these unclaimed funds could be utilised for positive social purposes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 88. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of females within the Defence Forces who were promoted in 2014 and to date in 2015, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20878/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 104. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 273 and 275 of 30 September 2014, 350 of 10 February 2015 and 108 of 20 February 2015, outlining the statistics on non-surrender of driver licences by disqualified drivers, which showed that 1,286 drivers were prosecuted in 2013 for driving while disqualified, 1,373 prosecutions were initiated in 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 105. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 4 March 2015, which was in reference to original Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 11 November 2014, the reply of which was received on 30 January 2015, regarding the number of fatal collisions in 2014 and the number of drivers involved and who were tested for alcohol, if she has received the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to correspondence from the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport with the Promoting Awareness, Responsibility and Care on our Roads, PARC, group, dated 23 February 2015, where that Minister informed PARC that An Garda Síochána is currently liaising with the Courts Service on bringing persons before the courts following...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 493 of 24 March 2015, where she stated that she was making inquiries with the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána with regard to recording licence numbers, if the information is now to hand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20874/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on An Garda Síochána's Operation Learner Driver; the number stopped under this operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20876/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 4 March 2015, if she will report, in respect of the 63,131 fixed charge notices issued since 2013 for the offence of holding a mobile phone, the number of these notices where a fine was subsequently paid, that were summonsed to court and that resulted in a conviction; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children's Rights Referendum (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report, following the decision of the Supreme Court on 24 April 2015 to uphold the result of the children’s rights referendum, if Article 42A is now effective; if not, when he plans to commence the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20868/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the posts required to set up an eating disorder inpatient service as part of the child and adolescent mental health services; the cost involved in such a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20879/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 137. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to work with the management of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, to plan, construct and staff a new fit-for-purpose emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20880/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Data (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 138. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children receiving treatment for diabetes in 2014 and to date in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20881/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (27 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Medtronic’s i-port advance injection device; the cost of this device; his plans to make it available under the long-term illness scheme in view of its reported effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/15]