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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Funding (25 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 1248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are any identified light or heavy rail projects for which funding may be sought from the European Investment Bank by his Department this year or in 2015. [13330/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ferry Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 1249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on proposals to cut the pay and conditions of maritime workers on the services of a company (details supplied) in the Irish Sea; and if any proposal to introduce a payscale for mariners below the Irish and UK minimum wage rates is in accordance with Irish workplace and maritime safety laws. [13362/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ferry Operations (25 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 1251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of ferry companies on the Irish Sea on passenger and freight routes (details supplied) are currently providing rates of pay to seafarers well below the Irish minimum wage rate of €8.65 per hour and the UK minimum wage rate of €6.31 per hour; and the action he...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (25 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 1277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the meeting of 13 March last of the criminal justice working group established to oversee and facilitate the implementation of the report of the An Garda Síochána Inspectorate entitled The Fixed Charge Processing System: A 21st Century Strategy; the future schedule of meetings of the group; and the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (13 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the recent joint trade mission carried out in Singapore by his Department and Enterprise Ireland and counterparts from the United Kingdom; and if similar missions will take place elsewhere this year or in the coming years. [12014/14]

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: When is the maritime (international conventions and safety) Bill, which is on the second clár, due to be brought forward? Is it intended to include pay rates and conditions for mariners and workers at sea in that legislation, given that many of the ships that traverse between here and the United Kingdom do not implement either the minimum wage of the UK or of this country? They seem to...

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Is it intended to bring the Bill forward?

Order of Business (12 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: And also the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (12 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 30. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount allocated to the local government fund from his Department’s budget in the years 2010 to 2013, inclusive; and the projected allocation for 2014. [11707/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (12 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 46. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of persons in shared ownership mortgage arrangements with local authorities who have availed of the room rental for shared ownership option; the number availing of the mortgage to rent scheme since it was rolled out on a pilot basis in February 2012; and the further supports that will be allocated to persons in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Construction Sector Strategy (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Taoiseach when it is expected that the plan on the future of construction, particularly in the area of building new housing units, will be published. [12094/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Sector Strategy (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that only approximately 8,000 housing units were built here in 2012 and only a further 8,000 housing units were built in 2013 and that he has cited that an estimated minimum of 25,000 housing units per annum are required this year and in the coming years, the target for housing construction in 2014, 2015 and 2016. [12095/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Construction Sector Strategy (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated number of homes in the private sector which are required over the next three years to address the ongoing housing crisis. [12096/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 27 February 2014, if he will reconcile his reply that it is a matter for schools to determine the approach or mix of approaches which they will use with the Department’s policy document entitled Model A which includes the requirement that the class teacher would receive ABA training prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 27 February 2014, if he will clarify the reason information is not available on whether ABA is used in early intervention classes for children with autism and the extent to which it is used in view of the fact that schools providing these classes are in receipt of departmental funding and would be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 27 February 2014, if he will clarify his reply that it is a matter for schools to determine the approach or mix of approaches which they will use and explain whether it is the board of management, the principal or the class teacher in a given school that ultimately has legal responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement detailed in his Department’s policy document entitled Model A, that there would be advice and supervision from an ABA specialist made available to the class teacher, is actually in place and operational in schools educating children with autism. [12045/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that he has read the report dated 5 September 2005 prepared by an international expert and selected by his Department and if he has specifically read the specific extracts from experts (details supplied) included in that report that relate to two pieces of research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12046/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 27 February 2014, if he will clarify if professionals, other than teachers, registering with the Teaching Council to comply with Circular 0006/2013 on the home tuition scheme for 2013 to 2014 are only permitted to be registered for a limited period of time, for example, a period of three years....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure (11 Mar 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the €70 million fund to assist persons affected by the severe weather from 13 December 2013 to 6 January 2014 is exclusively for local authorities; if he has examined the problem of incidences of spot flooding whereby there are some incidences of flooding affecting a small number of homes in a particular area and if it has...