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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 127. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 104 of 27 May 2015 regarding 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...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 128. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 21 April 2015 regarding the provision, in tabular form, of the number of persons convicted in court of road traffic offences in 2013 and 2014 and to date in 2015, with a breakdown based on each District Court, of those convicted, the number who produced their licence in court; and the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 129. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 385 and 386 of 31 March 2015 regarding the provision, in tabular form, of the number of prosecutions of drivers for driving with no licence in the years 2012 to 2014 and to date in 2015 and the provision, in tabular form, of the number of prosecutions of drivers for driving with expired licences in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to reply to Parliamentary Question No. 630 of 9 June 2015 if the information from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, is to hand; if it will be made available to this Deputy's office before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27874/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 173. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting times for vascular procedures at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9; the additional measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27869/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Irish aid provided in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; how this compares, as a percentage of gross national product, with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, and their 0.7% target; if he will report on the upcoming summit of world leaders in September 2015; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants from 11,330 to 11,830 and to 12,300; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27870/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing the number of resource teachers from 6,454 to 7,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27871/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (8 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the chief executive officer of Iarnród Éireann to ensure that security will be increased at Howth Junction/Donaghmede DART station during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27873/15]

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the fair deal scheme; how advanced planning is for dealing with the seasonal upsurge during the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27370/15]

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I am aware that total funding for the fair deal scheme is almost €1 billion and that there was an increase earlier this year. How many of the promised 1,600 places have been delivered? Also, how many of the 300 places promised earlier have been delivered? In general, how prepared are we for the forthcoming winter? Last November, 2,000 people were waiting for a nursing home place....

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: On the review, is the Minister aware that recommendations have been reported in the media? Are those accurate? When does he expect to be able to publish the recommendations and what might he expect to be in them? There are indications that additional finance will be required from clients of the scheme. More generally, the Minister spoke a few weeks ago about unmet needs in the health...

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: There is still a significant waiting list for home care packages. The waiting time for the Fair Deal scheme has decreased significantly, to four or five weeks, but what does the Minister intend to do about the waiting time for home care packages themselves? Does that form part of the amount the Minister was thinking of in terms of unmet needs?

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I support my colleague Deputy Flanagan. We are receiving incredible complaints about the situation. Other mental health hospital facilities have accident and emergency functions. Can there not be a separate function even within the existing accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 42. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the management of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to plan, urgently build and fully staff a new accident and emergency department; if he will provide a similar facility for citizens with mental health issues in the nearby Aislinn Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if given the continuing threat to the stability of the eurozone he will join with the other 19 eurozone finance Ministers to organise a debt conference to address the huge debt and interest payments hanging over eurozone states, such as Ireland, Portugal and Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will propose to his eurozone fellow finance Ministers a full two-year moratorium on Greek debt repayments to enable the Greek Government to re-stabilise the Greek economy; if he will follow up with proposals to park and waive a large portion of this debt for Greece and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28081/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given further consideration to the retention of Allied Irish Banks in the ownership of the people, given the commentary that at least one stable pillar bank should be owned directly or co-operatively by the people and given the appalling failure and collapse of the private banking sector from 2008-09; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will present Dáil Éireann with a detailed cost-benefit analysis on the future outcomes for Allied Irish Banks before any decision is made to sell this major asset of the people, and given the matters now being investigated by the commission of investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lease Agreements (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the lease reportedly held by the Government on the Department of Justice and Equality building at 74 to 76 St. Stephen's Green; if this reported 75 year upward only rent review lease on this Department's building was sanctioned by a former Minister (details supplied) and the Lemass Government in 1963; the annual rent for...