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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (10 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to reform the family courts. [10283/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (10 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 327. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the progress of the pilot project of mediation in family law matters for families in Dolphin House; her plans to roll this out on a more permanent basis and in other areas. [10284/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Data (10 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of drivers who surrendered their licences to the Road Safety Authority after being disqualified by the courts from driving for a long period after being found guilty of dangerous driving causing death in 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of drivers who applied to have their...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I am pleased to support Deputy Seán Crowe and Sinn Féin this morning on Second Stage of the Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013. Almost 12 years ago, my Labour Party colleagues and I supported Sinn Féin’s neutrality Bill and I reiterate that support today. The principle of the Bill is the insertion of the principle of neutrality into the...

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister's colleague, Deputy Brendan Ryan, said recently in a debate on this issue, the rules applying to the jobseeker's transition payment are a disincentive to work because if a person works for more than 20 hours, the disregard is only €60. Is that not a disincentive? As the Minister knows, I have been involved for decades in trying to assist people and the heads of...

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has put the cart before the horse. I presume that in the spring statement or the budget in October she will announce further developments in child care provision. Surely she is dealing with this issue the wrong way around and should not have brought forward the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill yesterday. The back to work dividend is time limited, as it will only...

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has completed an impact analysis of her intended changes on those in receipt of one-parent family payments, in particular, the 63% of recipients who are already living in poverty; and if she will report on these financial impacts. [9209/15]

Other Questions: One-Parent Family Payment Eligibility (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: Last weekend, the Tánaiste stated that Labour Party women would not be bullied. I strongly agree with the sentiment that they should not be bullied and they will not be bullied. Are the changes to the one-parent family payment an example of a Labour Party Minister bullying the 70,000 people, almost all of whom are women, who are in receipt of the payment? The implementation rules in...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report, in tabular form, the number of persons in receipt of the one-parent family payment who were in community employment schemes in 2012 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015. [9210/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the HSBC Swiss leaks scandal; and if he will make a complaint to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9665/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the processing time for applications to change immigration status; if she will report on any backlog in processing applications; and if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of applications for a change in immigration status that were approved and declined in 2012 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015. [9661/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints made to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation in 2012 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; and the number of prosecutions which took place relating to these complaints in 2012 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015. [9663/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Employment Rights (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the gender discrimination shown in the National University of Ireland Galway health assessment form for job applications; and her plans to investigate such practice in recruitment policies. [9664/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of child anaesthetists working in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in 2012 to 2014, inclusive, and to date in 2015; and if there are vacant child anaesthetists posts in Beaumont Hospital. [9666/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that apparently there are no child anaesthetists scheduled to work on Wednesdays in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, yet surgeries for children are being scheduled on Wednesdays and then subsequently cancelled. [9667/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (5 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 189. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 3 February 2015, his plans to address the discrepancy in information available regarding the response times of the national ambulance service, where it has been stated that response time information is recorded for at-scene times as opposed to at-hospital times; if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (4 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 34. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the outcome of the social inclusion and community activation programme tenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8872/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation Costs and Controls (4 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the progress of his meetings with the Irish Property Owners' Association; his plans to address rising rental market prices; and the impact of these rents on families in receipt of rent supplement and awaiting social housing. [9053/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: State Pensions Reform (4 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reverse the changes that increased the State pension age from 66 years to 67 years in 2021 and to 68 years in 2028; and her plans for reforming pension schemes. [9539/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Investigations (4 Mar 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to investigate the serious tax evasion by a number of citizens who held accounts in the Swiss HSBC thereby evading their tax responsibilities; the number of prosecutions that have been made for tax evasion yearly since 2009. [9537/15]