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Other Questions: Passport Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports he is providing to the Passport Office to assist in the speedy processing of the increasing numbers of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18002/17]

Other Questions: Passport Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister recently told me that the Passport Office processed almost 750,000 applications for renewals and new passports in 2016 and that he expected a rise of approximately 9% this year. Of course there was the Brexit spike, to which the Minister has referred in some replies. His own Department has been very efficient and kind in response to queries I have raised, and I am sure, in...

Other Questions: Passport Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: When I review the files from my own office of people who I have represented, time after time one sees that while a passport should have been issued on a particular date according to the tracker on the website, somebody's departure date is coming up within a few days and there is still no sign of the passport. As I have said, I am grateful for the fact that the Department has been able to...

Other Questions: Passport Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Many of us have put a notice to the effect of what the Minister has said on our websites, Facebook pages and so on. I notice a huge increase in demand for passports from countries like South Africa, Australia, the UAE, Canada and so on. Many thousands of applications were made in 2015 and 2016. Does the Department have any idea how many people worldwide have an Irish passport? What are...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak briefly on the motion and I thank Sinn Féin for bringing it forward. For many of our constituents, confidence in An Garda Síochána, the revelations on the Garda MAT tests statistics prompted by the reports by David Labanyi in The Irish Timesand the subsequent revelations on illegal convictions of 14,700 drivers were the last...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether an Irish representative from his Department should be present at all meetings and stages of the UK-EU Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18001/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she will take arising from the recommendation of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommending that the State reinstate the provisions setting the age of criminal responsibility at 14 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18505/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Bodies Establishment (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Practitioners’ Disciplinary Tribunal, provided for in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18506/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to issue body worn cameras to front-line gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18556/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Meetings (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance when the national economic dialogue will be held in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Reports (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will be publishing a report and analysis of the 30 submissions received and published following the consultation process on the sugar sweetened drinks tax; the timetable for the introduction of the tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youthreach Programme Review (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the review of the Youthreach programme; the terms of reference and timescale for the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Electoral Commission Establishment (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 196. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the progress made to date with regard to implementing the commitment in the programme for Government to establish an electoral commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Expenditure (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding provided to each local community development committee, LCDC, to address youth unemployment; and the number of young persons in each LCDC area supported to date under the SICAP programme in tabular form. [18493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 206. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will take to address the findings in the report published by the European Court of Auditors on 4 April 2017 that the implementation of the Youth Guarantee here had fallen short of expectations and which also detailed a range of other deficiencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 207. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if recipients of jobseeker's allowance or benefit are required by his Department to take up offers of employment, even in circumstances in which such employment is based on a if and when contract. [18488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 208. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of a replacement for the JobBridge programme; when he expects the new programme to be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 209. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the list of persons and or organisations his Department has consulted concerning the development of a replacement for the JobBridge programme in tabular form. [18490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Expenditure Reviews (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the implementation of the comprehensive spending review as announced in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (12 Apr 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the State agencies and semi-State bodies that are subject to the Freedom of Information Acts; his plans to extend the remit of this legislation to other such agencies and bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18557/17]