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Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I will have to ask the Minister to wrap up.

Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I understand Deputies Seán Kyne and Patrick O'Donovan are sharing time.

Guerin Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Deputy stated that he would, but I ask him to exercise great care when raising issues relating to citizens outside the House who do not have a chance to enjoy privilege as we do.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking with his counterparts to address ongoing human rights violations in Burma, including the reported use of rape and sexual violence by armed forces there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23129/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being provided by his Department to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo to address the lack of appropriate accommodation for children wishing to attend the school. [23537/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Parks Projects (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 84. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to a report compiled by a group of volunteers (details supplied) regarding rhododendrons in Killarney National Park oakwood areas; the actions that will be taken by the National Parks and Wildlife Service to address the increased flowering and seeding of rhododendrons in oakwood areas of the park,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission of Inquiry (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will include in the external expert review of the performance, management and administration of her Department, to be completed before the summer recess, the manner in which all documentation received by her Department from members of a group campaigning for justice (details supplied) was dealt with; the manner in which it was decided...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commission of Inquiry (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will accept the invitation to meet with a group (details supplied) regarding its ongoing campaign for justice on behalf of relatives. [23535/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of contracts currently with Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus routes which will be subject to tender by private operators, with a breakdown based on the number and location of the routes; and the location and number of any contracts which have already been awarded to private operators by the National Transport Authority....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has completed a cost-benefit analysis of the tendering of 10% of PSO bus routes currently with Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services to private operators; if he will point to the way the contracting out of some routes will provide value for money to the State; and his views on the way the conditions and salaries of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Services (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projected allocations of the public service obligation for each year from 2015 to 2019; and if he will provide a breakdown of the split of the PSO between Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann for each year from 2015 to 2019. [23528/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (28 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions that will be taken by his Department in conjunction with an organisation in serious financial difficulties (details supplied) to stop the temporary closure of the local centres of the organisation providing vital counselling and support services to victims of rape and sexual abuse. [23527/14]

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: We will see what the historians say.

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I will deal with the Minister's final point first. The reductions to which he refers to some extent relate to debts that no one ever even attempted to pay down. The reality is that the €8.5 billion in income tax to which he refers equates roughly to the entire education budget. In the past three years the Government of which he is a member has imposed savage cuts in the health...

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: It was not paid.

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: It was not paid.

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I am not sure the European Central Bank would agree.

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: At this time last year, other Members and I on the left in this House presented both alternative budgets and alternative ways of raising money. However, the Minister informed us that we were crazy. That is the reality. We were prepared to balance budgets and know how to do so. We also indicated that we were prepared to facilitate effective budgets and address the problems relating to the...

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance if savings can be made on servicing the national debt next year; the expected interest payments required for the national debt for 2015; his views on the growing burden of interest payments on the national Exchequer; and the measures he will take at a European Union level to have these payments greatly reduced. [22321/14]

Other Questions: National Debt (27 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: My question is premised on concerns held by people in my constituency and elsewhere, which we heard so vociferously in the past six or eight weeks, regarding the desperate impact that the national debt and interest repayments are having on the national budget and how that will constrict whatever efforts the Minister might try to make in October to have a more expansionary budget.