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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of providing an additional 130,000 personal assistant hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Data (13 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 896. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the Warmer Homes Scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland which provides for the installation of lagging jackets, energy bulbs and wall insulation for homes; if the only option available for wall insulation is the cavity block pumping option; if this will be extended to include...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (13 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 922. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary Question No. 626 of 24 February 2015, if Dublin City Council has submitted a regulatory impact assessment on the need to legislate for the operation of rickshaws; the status of the assessment; if this legislation will be prepared in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46697/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (13 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 932. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 29 September 2015, if he will change the nine-year rule for cars and increase the period of time between the National Transport Authority licence renewal assessments; if he will increase the permissible vehicle age in line with that of accessible taxis and limousines; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Economic Growth Initiatives (14 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of Ireland's yield in growth, taxation and general Government revenue from the European Union quantitative easing programme; the impact on Ireland when the quantitative easing programme concludes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1275/16]

Other Questions: Economic Growth Initiatives (14 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Over the past year I have asked many questions of the Minister in regard to the expanded asset purchase programme. Has the Department of Finance undertaken any real work to track the impact of quantitative easing on specific areas of the economy? Obviously, the growth rate in 2015 was very welcome, as was the additional revenue in taxes. Did quantitative easing not play a significant role...

Other Questions: Economic Growth Initiatives (14 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said it was very difficult to estimate. Last April or May, the Minister gave me a similar reply, and said he might be able to produce some kind of figures. He is indicating that the withdrawal of QE would have a very significant impact. The figures he and the CSO recently gave us on growth rates until 2021 show a significant decline in growth down to 2017 and 2018 for whoever...

Other Questions: Economic Growth Initiatives (14 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Looking back, it is a pity in some respects that Mario Draghi and his colleagues did not embark on a QE programme earlier. The major down side to QE in the British and Japanese experience has been an increase in inequality. Owners of assets tend to do very well, going back to the point Deputy Healy made about the Credit Suisse report. Is this a concern for the Minister?

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register Data (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 75. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are signing on the live register in the Intreo centres at Swords, Coolock, Finglas, Kilbarrack, Ballyfermot and Ballymun in County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45598/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 376. To ask the Minister for Health the respite bed capacity at a facility (details supplied) in County Wicklow in each of the years 2013 to 2015; if discussions are taking place regarding funding of respite beds; the status of these discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2250/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccinations Data (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of adverse side effects of the human papilloma virus vaccine, GARDASIL, including the severity of these side effects in each of the years 2010 to 2015 and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2251/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccinations Data (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 378. To ask the Minister for Health if he is examining cases of adverse side effects of the human papilloma virus vaccine, GARDASIL and the literature provided with the vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2252/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 397. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for in excess of 50 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tree Remediation (19 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 462. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has considered legislation in relation to neighbouring overhanging trees which block light and cause structural damage and create danger in case of storms or high winds and where the neighbour is not agreeable to the overhang being cut back or removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2249/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Numbers (20 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has contacted the four Dublin and other local authorities regarding the number of families with children who were residing in emergency accommodation, in particular those in hotel rooms, guest houses and bed and breakfasts, on Christmas Day 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2385/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to each local Garda Síochána drugs unit in Dublin in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2534/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (21 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources within her Department, including staff and the budget, she will allocate to following up on the issues raised in the report of the Flood-Mahon tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2535/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (21 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 93. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the resources within her Department, including staff and budget, she will allocate to following up on the issues raised in the report of the Moriarty tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2536/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (21 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 116. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff, and the number of vacancies, by job title, in the National Office for Rare Diseases in the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2537/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Data (21 Jan 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 13 January 2016, regarding the warmer homes scheme administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, which exceptional circumstances qualify a person's home for internal dry-lining or external cladding of the walls and how a person can apply for this; his concerns...