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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the lifetime participation on community employment for persons under 55 years of age from 156 weeks to 182 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21073/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the nursing home support scheme, to allow for provision of home care, funded under the fair deal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20842/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services Provision (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ring fence funding for the implementation of phase two of the national carers strategy 2017-2021, as committed to by the Taoiseach during the first national carers' strategy, which was cost-neutral; the amount of moneys that will be made available to this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20844/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of introducing the transport support scheme, which was announced in 2014, as a replacement for the mobility allowance and motorised support grant; the timeframe for implementing this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20849/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Funding (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will increase funding for home-care services to at least €414 million in budget 2017 and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received detailed costings from the board of Beaumont Hospital and its hospital group for the building of a new fit-for-purpose accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21067/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Training (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 567. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing the number of general practitioner training places from 161 to 180; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21069/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the integrated medical imaging system; the number of hospitals that are part of this system; the number that are not part of the system; the timeframe within which he expects all hospitals to be part of the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21070/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 569. To ask the Minister for Health when the post of consultant radiologist with a special interest in nuclear medicine will be filled at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons that applied for this post; when the post of consultant general surgeon with a special interest in vascular surgery will be filled at Beaumont Hospital; the number of persons who applied for this post; when...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reports (12 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 762. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the Indecon report on the regulation of air transport in Dublin; his views on the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20850/16]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 4 o’clock I am grateful for the opportunity to make a brief contribution today on this important legislation, the Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2016, which will amend the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 by adding new substances to the controlled list, make provision for a number of related matters such as the revocation of some statutory instruments, the transferring of functions on...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Airport Authority (6 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister referred to EU Regulation 598/14, some new legislation he would be bringing in, detailed technology arrangements etc. Does the Government intend to introduce a general noise Bill? The concern we mentioned at the DAA briefing is that residents talk about 69 dB levels and the airport referred to average levels. On night flights, many of the biggest airports, such as Heathrow,...

Topical Issue Debate: Dublin Airport Authority (6 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The strategic growth of Dublin Airport has been phenomenal and it is a hugely important contributor to Ireland's economy making approximately €6.9 billion according to a recent InterVISTAS study. It employs almost 16,000 people directly. The number of passengers using the airport reached 25 million in 2015 and in the first five months of 2016 these numbers increased by 14% in a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Issues (6 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his priorities during the Slovakian European Union Presidency and how these priorities may have changed due to the result of the referendum on the United Kingdom withdrawing from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19718/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (6 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on performance budgeting and performance management in the public service; his plans for key elements of development and reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19719/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent statement that the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign is a legitimate political viewpoint, his plans to consider adopting such an approach as official Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19416/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Car Theft (5 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to report on the current incidence of car theft and the response of An Garda Síochána and the courts to this continuing criminal activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19194/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (5 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when she will bring forward the judicial council Bill; if a system of judicial education in close liaison with university law faculties will be included in the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19195/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (5 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to give university faculties of law a direct role in providing full educational and work qualifications for student solicitors and barristers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (5 Jul 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 109. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order cases heard at Swords District Court in County Dublin in 2015 and to date in 2016; the number of cases on hand at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19721/16]