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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the proposal from the Union of Students in Ireland for a Government injection of an additional €140 million into the higher education sector during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28354/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives he will implement to increase the uptake of apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Staff (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 121. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the full year cost of recruiting 200 extra prison officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28581/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire Coroner's Report (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 122. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she will take to ensure the coroner's inquest into the deaths of 48 young persons at the Stardust nightclub in February 1981 will be reopened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28587/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Support Services (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes he will introduce in the provision of training and skills to assist unemployed workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22543/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Expenditure (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost of increasing the number of resource teachers from 7,450 to 8,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28585/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme Payments (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 300. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the full year cost of increasing the back to school clothing and footwear allowance for children aged between four and 11 years from €100 to €130 and for children aged between 12 and 18 from €200 to €230; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28586/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding provided to a service (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of young persons that accessed this service in each of these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28340/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the collaborative work his officials undertake with officials in the Departments of Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs regarding funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28341/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Data (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 421. To ask the Minister for Health the number of services nationwide, in addition to the details of these services, providing a residential detox treatment service for adolescents aged 15 to 21 years; the services which are private, public and in receipt of public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28342/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Charges (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in a full year if the prescription charges were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28584/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 569. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of staff in the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, in the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; if his Department has received any requests from the BAI during this period for extra staffing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28582/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority plans to provide funding in 2017 to Iarnród Éireann to purchase additional DART carriages, commuter carriages or intercity carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28583/16]

Other Questions: State Aid Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the EU state aid judgment concerning a company (details supplied), in particular on the collection by the Revenue Commissioners of outstanding tax from the company, on the proposed escrow account and on the preparation of Ireland's appeal; his views on whether similar EU judgments may be faced by other multinationals based here;...

Other Questions: State Aid Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I am asking for an update on the situation since the debate in the House three weeks ago, in particular what preparations have been made so far in regard to the appeal. The Minister mentioned a two-month period in his response during that debate. What is happening in regard to Revenue collecting the €13 billion-plus from Apple and with regard to the escrow account? What is the...

Other Questions: State Aid Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Has the Minister or his Department had any contact with senior Apple executives since the decision and since the 93-36 vote in this House? With regard to the preparation of the case by the Attorney General, is the Minister keeping an eye on the grounds for that case? Is it just on state aid grounds, as the Minister has said, or is there a broader case? With regard to the cost, the...

Other Questions: State Aid Investigations (29 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I understand that on Monday last, the Minister met Pascal Saint-Amans, the director of the OECD Centre for Tax Policy and Administration. He apparently said that the IRS in the United States could be entitled to much of this money. In the context of the forthcoming finance Bill, will there be any more impacts from this ruling in regard to our progress on base erosion and profit shifting,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (29 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated annual levels of tax expenditure overseen by his Department since 2008 and his priorities in closing off tax avoidance loopholes in the forthcoming Finance Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27554/16]

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to make a couple of points to the Minister on the Bill as there are some important issues that it does not address. I refer specifically to section 19, which relates to the amendment of section 78A of the principal Act, namely, to ensure the motor insurance industry gives both clarity and full information details to An Garda Síochána on driver insurance policies. The...