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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (6 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 257. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 399 of 21 April 2015, the number of drivers who were convicted of penalty point offences in court in 2013, 2014 and in 2015 to date, by District Court area. [17449/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (6 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 277. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will consider raising the age of leaving care to 21 years in line with the Scottish model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17451/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (6 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the services currently available for women relating to addiction, recovery, community support and drop-in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17448/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (6 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 321. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on general practitioner charges for blood testing, for management of conditions, when blood testing is available free of charge in hospitals with a general practitioner letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17450/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Register of Electors Administration (6 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 535. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on current methods for checking and confirming the electoral register; the measures open to citizens who feel that they were unjustly removed from the register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17444/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (6 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 593. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to include in the forthcoming road traffic Bill a provision to amend earlier legislation, by including an appeal process for taxi workers, who inadvertently missed the deadline for renewing their public service vehicle licences, in view of the fact that existing legislation does not permit such an appeal to a decision of the...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister mentioned a statement of contractor employment standards, SCES, for proposed private operators on 10% of the PSO routes. However, across a wide range of policy areas, including finance, banking, energy and communications, regulation has not worked. We have cartels in energy with companies charging what they like. I also asked about the registered employment agreement, which...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: This is what has been planned. This is what the Irish Independentwants to happen with Fine Gael having perhaps eight seats in Cabinet. They invented this.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: The late Séamus Brennan wanted to privatise a quarter of the bus network.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I urge the Minister and I urge Labour Party Ministers to abandon this policy and give Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann the resources they need to produce the kind of good bus service we want. He should not bring us down this road, which has ended up with cartels and price-gouging in the UK, overseen by the current Conservative-led Government.

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: Tomorrow is International Workers' Day and it is astonishing that a Government with Labour Ministers would have countenanced the privatisation of significant portions of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann networks. The stonewalling of the NBRU and SIPTU by Minister, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and his colleagues has brought us to the awful situation where between 400,000 and 450,000 bus commuters...

Spring Economic Statement (Resumed) (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute briefly to this important discussion on our spring economic statement for 2015. Of course, it is extremely clear that the Government is gearing up for a general election and apparently hoping that the Irish public have very short memories. Let me start by saying that I welcome a process of regular economic and fiscal debate in the Oireachtas....

Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: In regard to the planning and development legislation, one of my constituents was made homeless this morning along with her children. She presented to the homelessness unit in Parkgate Street but there was no accommodation for her. She is one of 60 homeless families who have not even been able to secure emergency accommodation. Deputy Ó Fearghaíl outlined the overall numbers....

Order of Business (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: Sixty families.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry Development (30 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures in place for applying for funds to support local and national film-making projects; if she will liaise with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine opportunities where locally made films could be used as a promotional tool for Ireland. [16589/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (29 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she received the petition of the deferred Irish aviation superannuation scheme pensioners highlighting the effects that this is having on relevant persons' lives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16901/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (29 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on whether additional mobile X-ray scanners are needed for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will report the cost of providing each additional scanner. [16902/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 73. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the collaborative action she is taking with her colleagues in Government to address the growing number of recent physical attacks on vulnerable children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Juvenile Offenders (29 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current measures in place to deal with juvenile perpetrators of violent acts against vulnerable children and young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (29 Apr 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 75. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality is she will report on the current status of the Charities Regulatory Authority; the activities that will prevent charities from accessing CHY and tax exemption status; the measures being taken to invigilate charities reported to be breaching regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16894/15]