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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of Ireland's diplomatic service in 2016, in tabular form; the levels of salary of ambassadors, first secretaries, consuls and other key ranks in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30043/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Domestic Violence Policy (13 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 85. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the disparity where domestic violence occurs in a local authority tenancy and both adults are named on the tenancy meaning that one cannot access housing supports needed on exiting a refuge or leaving a violent relationship; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that such...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: It was comical listening earlier to the response of Deputy Michael McGrath and Fianna Fáil, still torn between pretending to be an Opposition party and being a party of government. Of course, this a Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil administration which has cobbled together the budget before us. This is the 11th austerity budget since autumn 2008 when Fianna Fáil began a decade of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Organised Crime (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 39. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to meet her Spanish and Dutch counterparts to discuss strengthening ties in tackling organised crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29762/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the additional yield in a full year if the stamp duty on shares was increased from 1% to 1.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29761/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Advocacy Groups (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 295. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent closure of bank accounts of an organisation by a bank (details supplied); the interventions he is taking with regard to this closure; the supports he is offering to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29757/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is in receipt of any funding application for minor flood relief works from Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29763/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding available to cancer trial research units in hospitals around the country; the amount of funding which is going to each cancer trial research unit in tabular form; if results from such trials are carefully reviewed; his plans to increase funds to such research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29756/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of primary care centres currently undergoing construction but due to open to the public by end of quarter 1 of 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29758/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of increasing the number of inpatient rooms at the cystic fibrosis unit from four to 15 at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29759/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of student nursing places and student doctor places available in each of the years 2013 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29760/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of schools both primary and secondary that are located in 30 km/h zones and 50 km/h zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure that road safety around schools is improved and that speed limits around primary and secondary schools are reviewed and assessed; his views on whether all schools should have special 30 km/h zones with new special markings around entrances and exits; his views on whether pedestrian and cyclist access...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Websites (6 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that jobseekers and local development groups find the Jobs Ireland website cumbersome and difficult to navigate; if his Department will review the site to simplify procedures for job applicants and job providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28742/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (6 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 41. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the rule whereby jobseekers need to have been signing on for three years to qualify for more than 12 months on a community employment scheme, in view of the important community functions performed by community employment participants and the need for further time for retraining of these workers; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (6 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 149. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to tackle unemployment among persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/16]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (5 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 17. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the current uptake of the housing assistance payment, HAP, scheme; if he will report on difficulties this scheme is facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28433/16]

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (5 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister is aware, the core problem with the operation of HAP, certainly in the Dublin region, is the great reluctance of families to take up the housing assistance payment because of the insecurity of the three-year tenure. They are often families who had been in private rented accommodation with rent supplement and had then effectively been evicted, became homeless and, like...

Other Questions: Housing Assistance Payments Implementation (5 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I cannot see how the Minister can be very satisfied. I regularly get letters for people I have been representing in which they are told Dublin City Council is pleased to confirm the household in question is eligible for HAP and should contact the place finder service. People then try but fail to get accommodation under it and the place finder service established by Dublin City Council does...