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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...

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]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I asked about the committee.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Was the Minister taken aback by the comments made by First Minister Arlene Foster when she seemed to complain that agencies under the aegis of her Department, such as IDA Ireland and so on, are poaching jobs from the North? Why would Ms Foster say that? Given the special status of Northern Ireland and its critical importance to this country, we have to ensure that the position of its...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of her Department in Brexit preparations to ensure that Irish jobs are protected, promoted and preserved; the additional funding which is being allocated to agencies under the remit of her Department for this purpose in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33151/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The news from the High Court in London this morning, if it is upheld by the Supreme Court, may give the Minister and this House a bit more time to prepare for the enormous challenge of Brexit. I followed the Minister’s earlier response to Deputy Collins and I wonder if the extra €52 million on the capital side, and €3 million on the current side, and the additional 50...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: It is good to hear that the Brexit co-ordination group is in place. How often does that meet and does the Minister intend to publish the minutes or to give us general reports? The Minister told Deputy Collins that she could be making further announcements. Would we hear them before the end of the year or before the British Government triggers Article 50? Will the Minister be making...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (3 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether an employer labour conference type body should be re-established to facilitate good industrial relations throughout the economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32890/16]