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Other Questions: JobPath Implementation (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has said that they do not want people to be using different services to get a job. We have noticed on the north side of Dublin that the local job service of our partnership seems to be used less and less by the Minister's Department, which seems to prefer the route through Seetec, a much more inflexible route. The local job service would know about local job opportunities in...

National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have this brief opportunity to speak in support of Deputy Brophy's National Famine Commemoration Day Bill 2017. The Bill is almost an exact replica of an earlier Sinn Féin Bill, the Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016, which also called for the setting up of a national day of commemoration on the second Sunday of May each year. It is quite shocking, when one thinks about it,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Payments (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of reversing the changes to PRSI pension bands from 2012; the cost of backdating this change to the 36,000 plus recipients of the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 100. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank in the serious crime review team; if additional personnel and equipment will be allocated to the team in the short term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8434/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Respite; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8435/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels within the community audiology service in CHO Area 9; the current vacancies within these services; the total spend in respect of audiology services in CHO Area 9 in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments to have hearing aids fitted in CHO Area 9; the number of persons that have been waiting for zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months and over 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Garda Powers (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give gardaí the power to seize vehicles of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been stopped at that moment in which they are found to be driving unaccompanied and-or without L plates, and-or should they have contravened any other road traffic offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 14 February 2017, if he will also legislate for the prompt return of the old licence to ensure that no driver has licences from multiple addresses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 634. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland business parks in north Dublin; the number of companies and workplaces involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland landbanks in north Dublin, with a breakdown by area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Recruitment (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 658. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when additional air traffic controllers and Air Corps pilots will be recruited for Baldonnel Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Staff (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 659. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies currently in the Naval Service; his plans to expand the service up to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8431/17]

Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to speak in support of the Industrial Relations (Right to Access) (Amendment) Bill and congratulate our Sinn Féin colleagues, specifically Deputy David Cullinane, on bringing this timely Bill before us. Deputy Cullinane also held an informative briefing recently at which representatives from some of our major unions were present and showed quite clearly the difference...

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: When we last discussed the Bill I was posing a series of questions on the preparation and implementation of the UN convention to the Minister of State, Deputy Finian McGrath. I will add a couple of other issues to that. Will he outline in his response if there has been any formal structured consultation process with civil society, and specifically with people with disabilities, since the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (22 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current processing times for passports through the normal application process and through passport express; the number of passports that have been processed to date in 2017 and that are being processed currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8985/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (22 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the passport express ten-day turnaround was increased to a 15-day turnaround; the action he is taking to address the current backlog; if he will embark on an information campaign to ensure that applications are submitted allowing for extra time for processing due to the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8986/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (23 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 8 February 2017, if he will not be setting up any sort of hostel type accommodation for families experiencing homelessness in order to meet his target of ending the use of commercial hotels to accommodate homeless families by July 2017; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (23 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 157 of 8 February 2017, if local authorities are responsible for rehousing housing assistance payment HAP tenancies should a HAP landlord exit the scheme in view of the fact that a housing need is considered to have been met when accommodated in a HAP tenancy; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Expenditure (23 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of public spending on education institutions per pupil here; the position of Ireland in this regard among the OECD and EU nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9352/17]