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Order of Business (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: They say the Taoiseach made a commitment during the campaign.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the referenda he plans to put to the people in 2014. [45727/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Referendum Campaigns (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I suppose there will be a referendum on the Government on 23 May, on the Fine Gael Party and on the Labour Party's participation in the Government. People will make a judgment on the past three years. The Taoiseach referred to a number of important promised referendums, including one on same-sex marriage and a second on the family law court. Some weeks ago, the House extended the remit of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 115. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been reached on the proposal to introduce paid parking at Howth Harbour, Howth, Dublin 13. [6195/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 394. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps that are being taken and will be taken to assist persons living in a home that is subject to a shared ownership mortgage between them and a local authority who now find themselves affected by negative equity but where the rental portion to be paid continues to increase year on year. [6566/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 395. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he has received a supplementary briefing from the Housing Agency regarding the issues requiring further detailed analysis in order to fully assess the impact on local authorities’ finances of introducing possible mitigating measures for persons living in shared ownership situations. [6567/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Mortgages (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 396. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline all of the options that can be explored to alleviate the difficulties of those in shared ownership distress that are contained in the recent circular letter issued to local authorities by his Department. [6568/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Funding (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current allocation for the local authority mortgage-to-rent scheme; and when the scheme will be rolled out on a national basis. [6569/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 452. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1086 of 18 September 2013, if there have been any prosecutions of persons appearing in court charged with road traffic offences for failure to produce driving licences to the court due to this being a specific offence under section 22 of the Road Traffic Act, as amended by the Road Traffic Act 2004, and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 580. To ask the Minister for Health if cohabiting couples are assessed in the same manner as married couples when a person in a cohabiting relationship makes a medical card application; if both persons in a cohabiting relationship are assessed on the same basis as a married couple; and if he will provide details of the legislative basis for this type of assessment. [6296/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (11 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 669. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the full section 53 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 will be commenced; and the steps that need to be taken to facilitate the commencement of the provision so that any driver who commits an offence attracting penalty points and who produces a non-Irish driving licence will have those penalty points applied to their licence. [6565/14]

Down's Syndrome (Equality of Access) Bill 2013: Second Stage (7 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly commend Deputy Finian McGrath for bringing forward the Bill. It is fair to state he has a good consistent record of supporting people with disabilities and their families. He has been particularly tenacious in supporting people with Down's syndrome. I also wish to put on record the support of the Acting Chairman, Deputy Peter Mathews, for the Bill and for the urgent need for...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: As the Tánaiste may know, Ms Antoinette Keegan of the Stardust Victims Group spent the past 24 hours in the security hut at the entrance to the Taoiseach’s Department. This was on foot of a commitment an Taoiseach gave Ms Keegan and her committee during the 2011 general election when he visited the Artane area with Deputy Terence Flanagan. He stated he would immediately hold a...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Tánaiste meet Ms Keegan and her committee to set in train steps whereby we could finally have a commission of investigation into this tragedy and deal with this matter for once and for all?

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Tánaiste is sitting beside them.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Service Issues (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the current emergency passport duty officer service that is in place; and his plans to improve or increase the service provision in 2014. [6004/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Public Procurement Contracts (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department retains data on contracts for tender entered into by local authorities; if this data is available publicly on his Department’s website; and the regulations that are in place in relation to the publication of a register of successful tenderers and prices each year for each local authority in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commencement of Legislation (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the technical and administrative arrangements required to bring section 44 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 into effect are now at an advanced stage; and if the working group established under the aegis of the Courts Service to examine various operational aspects of the penalty points system has reported recently on the way section 44 can be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Abuse Prevention Education (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive expenditure for the purposes of preventing and treating alcohol addiction; if he will provide details of the various programmes and initiatives in place across the country for preventing and treating alcohol addiction in the years 2012 and 2013; and the projected allocation for 2014. [6003/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Programme Expenditure (6 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount of funding received by his Department from the European Investment Bank to fund capital projects in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013; the projected amount of funding to be received in 2014; and if he will provide specific details of any of the funded projects. [6001/14]