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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality for a detailed report on Garda Operation Vantage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43066/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the crime statistics for the Garda Síochána R and J districts in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43067/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the Garda Síochána Operation Trivium; the number of vehicles seized, the amount of drugs seized, the amount of stolen property recovered and the number of persons arrested and charged, to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43068/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 8 July 2015 regarding the Garda Síochána CT68 form, if changes to the police using leading systems effectively, PULSE, system have now been made; if not, the date for these changes to be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43088/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staffing (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health posts that were approved in 2012, 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date but which are not yet filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43069/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 124. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will received a decision regarding a discretionary medical card. [43087/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (2 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will contact Iarnród Éireann and inquire if extra security personnel will be deployed at Howth Junction and Donaghmede DART station in Dublin over the Christmas 2015 period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43065/15]

Other Questions: Hospital Staff Recruitment (3 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: May I ask just one supplementary question on emergency departments? The Minister has listed all of the improvements to emergency departments. Is he expecting a feasibility study this month to provide a new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital to be included in his Department’s capital budget?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received requests for increased capital spending to alleviate the ongoing serious overcrowding and delays in accident and emergency departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40408/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (3 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the treatment programme for haemochromatosis; the financial supports available to persons who have this condition and therefore must have regular venesections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43222/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Policy (8 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the national strategy for neuro-rehabilitation services and if he will provide an implementation plan for the services and increase the number of community teams in neurological services. [43828/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (8 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 25 November 2015, the assistance available to patients who wish to receive care under the Cross Border Healthcare Directive 2011/24/EU, including advice on their rights and on the varying policies in European Union countries participating in the directive, if he will establish such an advice service, if any, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 425. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the waiting times for occupational therapy in Dublin 5, 13 and 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44060/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (8 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who did not attend outpatient appointments at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 and the steps being taken to reduce this number, in the years 2013 to date, in tabular form. [44061/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (8 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the decision not to grant approval for funding for temporary classroom accommodation to a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this decision will be reversed, given that enrolment at this school has doubled in recent years, that the school was approved funding for permanent classroom accommodation and that temporary...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (9 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide improved funding for third level education. [43782/15]

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (9 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: One of the characteristics of the outgoing Government is that in real terms and per capitait has seriously cut funding for third level education. That is one of its legacies. The Government has also increased third level fees significantly. Does the Minister expect the expert group on future funding to report shortly? Will its report include recommendations on student loans and is that...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (9 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: If the report recommends income-contingent student loans on the Australian model or another model, is that something the Minister would support in the context of the next few weeks, the general election and so on? The Minister's budget for the sector for 2016 is €1.45 billion for current expenditure, with a miserable €20 million on the capital side. Is it not the case that...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (9 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: With her party, is the Minister planning to provide additional resources through a progressive taxation system or will she go down the two roads of income-contingent student loans, which would be a further burden on young people who are facing high rents, mortgages, finding jobs in a tough economy and so on, and increased fees? Alternatively, will she begin to resource properly a sector that...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (9 Dec 2015)

Tommy Broughan: The Government had choices.