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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 658. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 15 January 2014, the number of social workers being deployed this year from existing adoption teams to information and tracing work; and the total number of staff dedicated to information and tracing work within the adoption service in the Child and Family Agency. [7654/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if any children were placed in private child care centres in this jurisdiction on foot of special care orders made by the High Court in the years 2012 and 2013. [7655/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 660. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is the case that some private residential child care centres require the payment of a retainer fee to secure a placement for a child. [7656/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 661. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the total amount of expenditure incurred in the years 2012 and 2013 towards the cost of placing children in care of the State in private residential child care centres. [7657/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 662. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown on a monthly basis of the number of children in the care of the State placed in private residential child care centres, including a breakdown of the number of children by Health Service Executive region. [7658/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (18 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 663. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a list of all private residential child care centres used by the Health Service Executive Children and Family Services in 2013, including the names of the providers and the owners of the centres; the number of staff in each of the centres; and the level of training and qualifications attained by each member of staff...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Publication (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 34. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 698 and 699 of 19 November 2013, the status of the drafting of a rare diseases plan as required under European Council Recommendation 2009/C/151/02 of 8 June 2009 on an action in the field of rare diseases. [6696/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Publication (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 47. To ask the Minister for Health if research will be carried out into the prevalence of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome here to guide the provision and allocation of necessary supports and services to children and adults affected by this condition. [6697/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Application Numbers (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received by her Department in 2012 and 2013; if she will provide a breakdown of the applications approved and refused; and the number of these applications which are pending. [7288/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Spoke; the number of persons arrested and charged to date as part of this operation; the number of successful convictions obtained to date; and if he will indicate if the operation is still live. [7289/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 189. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints investigated by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission in 2011 on foot of complaints from family members of persons who were killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions where the drivers of the cars involved in the collisions were not members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to a petition and submission from a group (details supplied) regarding inter-country adoption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7293/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the current status of negotiations between Ireland and India to conclude a bilateral agreement on inter-country adoption. [7294/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 250. To ask the Minister for Health to set out his plans to introduce a Huntington's disease neurology clinic at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9. [7290/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (13 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers who have obtained the maximum 12 penalty points in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 who are now disqualified from driving; and the number of drivers who have obtained the maximum number of penalty points but their disqualification from driving is pending. [7292/14]

Recent Flooding: Statements (12 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I join with the Minister in expressing solidarity with the nearly 300,000 people who are without electricity tonight and also with the emergency services who are desperately trying to reach them and to restore power. The thoughts of all Irish citizens go out to the embattled households who have struggled against flooding over the past month in particular and especially in Cork city and in...

Topical Issue Debate: Stardust Fire (12 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has said on a number of occasions, in replies to parliamentary questions and in response to debates on this issue over the past year or two, that he has examined all of the new evidence presented to him and that he has concluded that nothing he has examined has changed his mind regarding Mr. Paul Coffey's final report. In that light, would it be possible for the Minister to meet...

Topical Issue Debate: Stardust Fire (12 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for attending and the Minister, Deputy Shatter, for contacting us and giving his apologies. The Minister of State may recall it is almost a year ago today that I raised the same issue with her on the approach to the 32nd anniversary of the Stardust tragedy. We now approach the 33rd anniversary. The same unease and the same grief remains...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (12 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 13. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions that will be taken in 2014 to reduce waiting times for children to obtain places in special care units in circumstances where they have fulfilled the criteria for admission to special care. [6492/14]

Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Where exactly is the criminal justice (miscellaneous provisions) Bill at? Last Thursday, the Tánaiste told me in this Chamber that he is prepared to meet representatives of the Stardust relatives and victims committee. As the Taoiseach knows, the 33rd anniversary of that terrible event will be marked on Thursday and Friday of this week. The Taoiseach will be aware that the leader of...