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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health of the proposed additional 30 early intervention teams to be reconfigured this year for children with special educational needs requiring assessments by speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and other professionals; where and when these new reconfigured teams will be put in place. [15784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 249. To ask the Minister for Health when an early intervention team will be put in place for the Dublin region, particularly in north Dublin; the number of staff that will be working under this team or teams. [15785/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be taken to assess children with special educational needs, including speech difficulties, who have been subject to lengthy delays in receiving assessments by early intervention teams due to the absence of such teams in some areas, including Dublin; and if there will be additional personnel employed in the medium term to deal with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed legislative changes he will be bringing forward in the area of taxi regulation; and if he will provide a cost-benefit analysis of the effects of continuing to allow new entrants into the market without a market supply reference mechanism. [14994/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he will be taking to facilitate the enactment of further provisions of the Road Traffic Acts which have yet to be commenced. [9465/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 358 to 362, inclusive, of March 2014, in view of the fact that his Department’s document Model A required that there would be advice and supervision from an ABA specialist for teachers and that the class teacher would receive ABA training prior to taking responsibility for the class, if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 358 to 362, inclusive, of March 2014, in view of the encouragement of the Ombudsman for Children's Office in October 2012 that greater clarity on his Department's policy on the education of children with autism would be useful for schools and parents, if he will provide a complete list of all the current...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 358 to 362, inclusive, of March 2014, the reason he has been unable to obtain a specific date or even an indicative date of the year when Model A became outdated; and the reason he made no reference in his reply to his Department's documentation that was issued to the schools replacing the Model A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 358 to 362, inclusive, of 25 March 2014, in view of the fact the research by Howard et al in 2005 stated the ABA group had significantly higher mean standard scores in almost all skill domains measured and assessed by independent examiners than the other two groups assessed, if he will now answer the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 358 to 362, inclusive, of 25 March 2014, noting the specific comments in the reply that it was he who requested the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, to prepare policy advice on educational provision for children with autism, if he will explain the reason nothing appears to have been done by...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure on rent by the Office of Public Works in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on a property in north Dublin (details supplied); and when the next rent review will take place. [15582/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the amount of expenditure incurred by her Department in respect of rent supplement in Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014. [15580/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 167. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of staff by grade within his Department who received performance-related bonuses in the years 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the reasons for the payment of these bonuses. [15581/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there is now a mechanism in place to inform all offenders of the cancellation petition policy of the fixed charge processing system as contained in recommendation 3.10 of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy. [15583/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if cancellation authority in respect of fixed charge notices has now been centralised in the Fixed Charge Processing Office only as has been recommended in recommendation 3.8 of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy. [15584/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 179. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to bring forward legislation to clarify when and the way fixed charge notices can be cancelled on a discretionary basis as has been recommended in recommendation 3.2 of the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy. [15585/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 180. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the fixed charge processing system manual has been updated as has been recommended in recommendation 2.1 contained in the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy. [15589/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda Síochána Fixed Charge Processing Office has introduced an electronic document scanning and management system as suggested in recommendation 2.8 contained in the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy. [15590/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a review of the summons serving process is being undertaken by An Garda Síochána to examine the reasons for the significant level of unserved summonses as referred to in recommendation 2.7 contained in the Garda Síochána Inspectorate report entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy. [15591/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fixed Charge Processing System (2 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 183. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a system is now in place to ensure that retired members of An Garda Síochána or persons who cease to be members of An Garda Síochána for other reasons are deactivated on the PULSE system from the date the employee ceases to be a member of An Garda Síochána in accordance with recommendation 3.1 contained in the...