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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 94. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason parents in full-time education or in receipt of one-parent family payments or jobseeker's transition payments are not entitled to rent supplement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33119/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of temporary clerical officers; the payscales for this role; the options for permanency in this role; if the payscales are in line with permanent clerical officers; if not, the difference in scales and when this will be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33164/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a person (details supplied) who has been on a waiting list in Beaumont hospital since 31 December 2015 and has been informed that waiting time to see a consultant is 24 months [33163/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a statutory instrument has been brought forward to implement his decision to put the Irish Aviation Authority in charge of aircraft noise pollution monitoring; if not, the timeframe for this and the legislative measures to be put in place; the extra resources he expects to provide to the IAA for this function; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 24. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the child focus of the national action plan on housing and homelessness; the number of children currently being supported; the ways in which, for example, transport, more nutritious meals, if living in hotel accommodation, and so on are being supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33331/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister is aware, a few weeks ago there were almost 2,500 homeless children throughout the country, with over 2,000 of those in Dublin alone. In July, the Minister held a summit of agencies working on the front line with homeless families, including Focus Ireland, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, ISPCC, and Barnardos. She promised a whole series of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister's comments about transport and the weekly child care subvention. The Minister promised action on developing a voluntary safety guidance code for hotel staff. She was to work with the ISPCC to develop this code. Children are using locations where there is no Garda vetting of staff or visitors who are coming and going. Not that long ago there was an assassination...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Homeless Persons Supports (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for responding to one or two of the issues I raised. The reality, however, is that at least 2,500 children will be homeless on Christmas Day. Since the Minister's appointment, the number of homeless families has increased by 80 per month. While the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Simon Coveney, has primary responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 57. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to ensure that the newly announced single affordable child care scheme will not impact negatively in any way on lone parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33330/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 71. To ask the Taoiseach the amount that his Department spent on external legal advice in each of the years 2013 to 2015, inclusive; and the names of each of the legal firms that provided advice to his Department in each of those years. [32914/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Overtime (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 106. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the cost of Garda overtime in the Dublin-north division for the years 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33778/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on Ireland's EU financial contribution from 2010 to 2016 and the reverse annual amount of EU funding for Irish projects over those years; when and the amount by which Ireland became a net contributor to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has estimated the likely impact of Brexit on Ireland's annual financial contribution to the EU budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33772/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 213. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that newly qualified teachers on casual temporary hours are required to take part in JobPath and Seetac training in areas not related to their chosen profession, in view of the fact that this would hinder their opportunity to accept short notice substitution or supervision hours; the number of JobPath...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided in budget 2017 for the further planning and construction of the long-promised new accident and emergency centre at Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33773/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a new treatment available for persons, most of whom are women, who were victims of the hepatitis C infection in the early 1980s; if so, the cost of such treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33774/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the supports being offered to persons, most of whom are women, who were victims of the hepatitis C infection in the early 1980s; if there are advocacy groups campaigning on their behalf and liaising closely with his department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33775/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 402. To ask the Minister for Health if the new primary care centre in Coolock, Dublin 5 will offer scans; if so, the precise type of scanning that will be made available, for example MRI and so on; if maternity care will be offered; the services which will be provided for at the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (8 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 452. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a case (details supplied) regarding permission to berth a second vessel in Howth Harbour; the reason this permission has not yet been granted; when permission will be granted for this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the House for the opportunity to speak briefly on my colleague Deputy Collins’ important Private Member's Bill, the Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016. I warmly congratulate Deputy Collins on her great perseverance and determination in bringing forward the Bill to ensure that the national water supply and infrastructure...