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Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (2 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated spend on interest on the national debt for the years 2014 to 2018; if the estimations contained in the stability programme update published in April 2014 will be revised in view of the recent agreement to pay down the IMF portion of the EU-IMF programme of assistance. [36862/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 50. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 17 September 2014, if her Department is working on the development of guidelines for general practitioners and other medical professionals in relation to the preparation of medical reports which are provided in addition to and in support of applications for social protection payments, including...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Prices Data (2 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 93. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a promotional leaflet which was distributed as part of the "No" campaign prior to the referendum on the question of Scottish independence which quoted a significant price deferential between a UK store (details supplied) and its equivalent here for the same basket of goods; his views on the prices...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (2 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 124. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 17 September 2014, in relation to the review of the school completion programme to be completed by the Economic and Social Research Institute, if the steering committee overseeing the review will seek submissions from the staff and groups involved in locally managed projects providing support...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse Reports (2 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 125. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will report on the work of the Ryan report monitoring group since its establishment to date; and if a fourth progress report for the Ryan report implementation plan is being or has been prepared. [37456/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (2 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the expected level of funding that will be provided in his Department's budget for overseas aid in budget 2015; and if the commitment to provide overseas aid at a level of 0.7% of GNI by 2015 will be fulfilled. [37452/14]

Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: First, on the discussion on the budget we had earlier, when will we have the Book of Estimates? I was reminded during that discussion that it was a pity we did not have a fiscal council when former Deputy Charlie McCreevy was Minister for Finance. He used to tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and the Fianna Fáil leader what he was going to do in the budget at about 2.40 p.m. on budget day....

Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Taoiseach aware of this and has he asked for it to be investigated? The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade was a member of the board of the company involved in the purchase of the field.

Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Order of Business (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Book of Estimates.

Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister mentioned cost, but he will have seen in his briefing documents since becoming Minister that each fatality costs the nation over €2 million, besides the incredible and devastating impact on families. There is no question that the cost-benefit analysis would encourage him to implement the section urgently. While efforts were made at the justice working group under the...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the actions he is taking to progress the enactment of section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010; if he is seeking sanction, in conjunction with the Department for Justice and Equality, to have the necessary resources allocated in order that the outstanding technical and administrative issues to give effect...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I congratulate the Minister and the Ministers of State, in particular Deputy Ann Phelan. Section 44 of the 2010 Act, as the Minister well knows, refers to the third payment option, whereby people who have been summoned to court to face a fine for penalty point offences can avail of a third chance to pay the fine before the matter goes to court. Recently people have found that that option...

Other Questions: Road Traffic Legislation (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The reality is that the Minister's predecessor, the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, dropped the ball and did not implement the section. The issue has been ongoing since the previous Administration. There is a need for a sense of urgency. As I mentioned, a number of weeks ago the Minister told me that of the almost 48,000 people summoned to court in 2013 for offences attracting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (1 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take in conjunction with the Department for Justice and Equality to ensure that all persons disqualified from driving after having received the maximum number of penalty points or through orders of the courts will have their driving licences surrendered or seized by the appropriate authorities so as to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 97. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the level of resources allocated to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, in particular to its emergency department to meet demand for services; and if he will indicate how very severe incidents of overcrowding in recent weeks can be adequately addressed so as to guarantee patient safety at the hospital. [36463/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the budget allocation for the Statute Law Revision Programme for the years 2011 to 2016; the amount of expenditure that will be incurred on the specific task of repealing legal instruments on the statute books since before 1820 and which are now the subject of a public consultation. [36743/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 273. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if figures are available on any prosecutions brought by An Garda Síochána against persons for failing to surrender driving licences to the appropriate authorities upon disqualification where the disqualification is due to orders having been made by the courts or due to the driver having received the maximum number of penalty points....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 274. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 17 September 2014, if she will provide a further breakdown of the drivers disqualified from driving by orders of the courts with statistics on the number of these drivers who surrendered their licence to the court upon disqualification in each of those districts and in each of those years. [36478/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (30 Sep 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 275. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána retains statistics on the number of demands made by members of An Garda Síochána for the production of a driving licence under section 40 of the Road Traffic Act 1961; and if statistics are collected regarding the number of occasions members of An Garda Síochána have seized driving licences...