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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 1169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any direction to the Road Safety Authority and to national car test agencies to ensure that so-called clocking on cars and other vehicles will be prevented; his Department's estimate of the extent of this problem in the past five years; the legal measures in place to apprehend and punish the criminal elements behind...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 1170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has liaised with his European Union colleagues to ensure that access to the national mileage register for cars and other vehicles of each country, and especially of the United Kingdom, will be uniform and immediate for the police forces and car industries of each European Union State; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (3 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 1183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the Bus Éireann fleet that was wheelchair accessible in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38007/15]

Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current status of the Cadbury and Mondelez jobs that were announced to have been in jeopardy earlier in 2015; if these job losses have been reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37154/15]

Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: We had the bad news in late February of the possible loss of 160 jobs in Coolock, Rathmore and Tallaght. We have not had any update since mid-summer. I understand the Minister established an interagency group led by Enterprise Ireland. What progress has been made on this? Have the agency and the Department had any talks with 3G Capital, the ultimate owner of Mondelez Kraft Heinz?

Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for that response. I note detailed counterproposals were put forward six or seven months ago by the SIPTU, Unite and TEEU trade unions and by members of the workforce themselves who are obviously expert in this element of food production and it was feared some of the key brands, for example, the Twirl and the Snack, would be outsourced to Poland. The Minister stated we...

Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: On the Government's Twitter account, #allaboutjobs, it is notable that the Minister trumpets when new jobs arrive but he tells us nothing when there are serious job losses. On overall job figures, the Government mentions 126,000 jobs created, which is way below the total level of employment in late 2007 or early 2008. The Government is still a long way off that mark. Is the Minister...

Leaders' Questions (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: That is what we are saying.

Order of Business (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: When can we expect the road traffic Bill 2015, which refers mainly to drug driving? Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to ensure it will include regular reporting to this House on the implementation of that and other traffic Bills, given that getting information from the Courts Service is like trying to get blood from a stone, and given the totally disingenuous figures...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the partial restorations of pension payments under sections 3 and 4 and Schedule 1, the partial restoration of child benefit payments under section 7, the restoration of the respite care grant under section 6, the partial back-tracking of the family income supplement earnings threshold under section 8, the changes to the carer's allowance under section 9 and the amendments to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created in the Dublin Bay North constituency since 2011; if there are any proposals to develop jobs in this constituency in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37155/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda Síochána checkpoints that took place in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the location of each checkpoint; the number in each locality; the instances of drink-driving, dangerous driving and speeding identified at each checkpoint; the number of each of these instances which resulted in charges being brought against the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 14 July 2015, which was replied to on 26 August 2015, and which reply stated that between January 2013 and May 2015 20,830 drink-driving cases were listed, if she will provide per year and per District Court the number of cases adjourned, struck-out, withdrawn and continuing; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 14 July 2015, which was replied to on 26 August 2015, and which reply stated that between January 2013 and May 2015 20,830 were drink-driving cases listed and there were 8,391 convictions, if recent figures published by the Courts Service will be revised and backdated once all outstanding cases are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Data (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if an official from her Department is tasked with comparing statistics and figures kept by the Road Safety Authority, the Courts Service and An Garda Síochána, specifically statistics on drink-driving, dangerous driving and disqualified drivers; the protocol when discrepancies in record-keeping occur; if there is a procedure in place...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí allocated to the Garda traffic corps in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [38436/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles allocated to the Garda traffic corps in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [38437/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda traffic corps in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date. [38438/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 115. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases the Garda brought to Swords District Court for having no insurance in 2014, and in 2015 to date. [38439/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), the number of persons convicted in court of road traffic offences in 2013; in 2014; and in 2015 to date, by the District Court, in tabular form; of those convicted, the number who produced their licence in court; the number of driving licence numbers which were then forwarded by the Courts...