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Order of Business (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: He is at photo opportunities in Clonmel or wherever.

Order of Business (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: They are our constituents.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: We must also ask about the knowledge of the other three members of the so-called Economic Management Council, the Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, and the former Minister, Deputy Eamon Gilmore, of the nagging and profound public concerns about the scale of write-downs in IBRC, NAMA and other State financial institutions. Did...

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I am probably the only Deputy present who voted against the blanket guarantee in September 2008 and its subsequent renewal during the term of this Government. I voted against the guarantee because it was a totally unjustified and economically crazy policy and I feared it would leave Irish people with a large burden of debt for decades to come. I also feared that members of the golden circle...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the six organisations providing educational services to children with autism; her plans to roll out these services further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21863/15]

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: In reply to a recent parliamentary question the Minister confirmed that six private organisations, Jonix Educational Services, PALS Preschool, the Shine Centre for Autism, Hope Montessori Autism Care Centre, Aurore Child Development Centre and Early Intervention Support Services, EISS, had received between €2.2 million, in the case of Jonix, and €0.54 million for the 2013 to...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: How are decisions made regarding the allocation of these contracts and funding? I have previously asked the Minister about the terms and conditions placed on service providers and about how the tendering process operates. In her lengthy written reply to me, the Minister mentioned a contract given to Jonix in 2008. Other organisations provide similar services, but no contracts were made...

Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: It was on the policy report of the National Council for Special Education which was recommended by the Ombudsman for Children.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the negotiations relating to junior cycle reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21864/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Misconduct Allegations (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the workings of the review mechanism in respect of a complaint from a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that all relevant files in the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Finance, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and her Department will be considered in the course of this review,...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Expenditure (10 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 119. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to explain the reason for the withdrawal of funding in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 5, given the support this organisation provides to bereaved persons in the local community; if this decision can be urgently reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22644/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 119. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel currently deployed on United Nations, European Union and other humanitarian missions; his plans in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21292/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 128. To ask the Minister for Defence his plans to deploy Naval Service and Army resources on a Mediterranean humanitarian mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Work Allowance (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to provide, in tabular form, the number of relevant contract tax contractors on the back-to-work scheme in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the cost of this cohort for each of these years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22418/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Consumer Protection (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 345. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the current regulation of gift cards, and with the charges of one particular brand of gift card from a company (details supplied); the value of unclaimed funds on these gift cards in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; if these unclaimed funds could be utilised for positive social purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 346. To ask the Minister for Finance the current taxable status of the salaries of retained firefighters; the tax take received from the pension levy on this group in the years 2012 to 2014 and that expected in 2015; their ineligibility for pensions from their local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 347. To ask the Minister for Finance the current tax take from the RCT sector in 2012, 2013, 2014 and the expected tax take for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 400. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the Office of Public Works received any funding requests from either Dublin City Council or Fingal County Council in 2014 and to date in 2015 under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme; if so, the details of same and whether they were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22424/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Law (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 586. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the status of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2014; if she will expedite the matter before the summer recess, and in light of the recent enactment of Northern Ireland’s Human Trafficking and Exploitation Act 2015. [22425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (9 Jun 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 587. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to her reply of 27 May 2015 to Parliamentary Question No. 103 of 25 March 2015, with the breakdown on cases before each District Court for road traffic offences where the outcome included donations to the court poor box, if she will clarify how many of these instances were for penalty point offences; the number of cases per District...