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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Staffing (3 Dec 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 386. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 26 November 2013, the number of staff currently working in the Health Service Executive's information and tracing unit, in the specific project of organising and storing files which have been transferred to the HSE from mother and baby homes and adoption societies in recent years; if extra...

Order of Business (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I read this morning that the Minister for Social Protection is talking about a living wage. Is that just a tonic for the troops at the weekend in Killarney or is it something the Government is seriously considering legislating for? In respect of the industrial relations (amendment) (No. 2) Bill, talks are starting today between management and trade unions at the ESB. Will the Tánaiste...

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is still significantly high.

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I read an article this morning in which the Minister spoke eloquently about a living wage and how difficult it is for people to exist on the minimum wage or welfare benefits. However, the Minister has significantly reduced a basic social welfare benefit for young people. The National Youth Council of Ireland has stated that there are now only two doors open to young people, namely, a social...

Other Questions: Jobseeker's Allowance Eligibility (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 27. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons aged 26 years and under who are currently in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance and who will receive reduced rates of jobseeker’s allowance from January 2014; the specific actions that are being taken and will be taken to assist this category of jobseekers to find employment and training opportunities. [50607/13]

Other Questions: Exceptional Needs Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister is aware, funerals cost between €3,000 and €10,000. People in Dublin West and Dublin North-East, the Minister's constituency and my constituency, respectively, have few means of addressing these costs. One way of doing so is to use rural funeral directors to try to introduce competition in the market. The Minister may recall that Deputy Maloney and I...

Other Questions: Exceptional Needs Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The bottom line is that the Minister is further cutting the exceptional needs payments this year. This will affect a large number of families, including those who need support with finding a deposit to rent a home. As I noted, the rent supplement system is breaking down and the rental accommodation scheme has collapsed in Fingal county, where our respective constituencies are located, and...

Other Questions: Exceptional Needs Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the exceptional needs payments scheme; the amount of expenditure for the scheme for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if it is anticipated that there will be an increase in applications under the scheme when the bereavement grant ceases to exist in January 2014. [50606/13]

Other Questions: Exceptional Needs Payments (28 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister well knows, exceptional needs payments are very important discretionary payments designed to help individuals and families experiencing grave financial difficulties. The Minister recently stated that of the order of €35 million was spent on the exceptional needs payments programme last year. However, the budget for 2014 is going to be cut by €2 million. In...

Order of Business (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: When can we expect the National Treasury Management Agency (amendment) Bill to be published? How much funding does the Taoiseach expect to have on hand, after 15 December, to finance the running of the State next year? Different figures were given at budget time in terms of the NTMA kitty. I support the points made by the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and Deputy Mary Lou McDonald in regard to...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Some 110,000.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Government should buy them.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The buck stops with the Taoiseach.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the recently announced €125 million Growing Capital Ireland Fund; and the specific industries or sectors which have been earmarked as beneficiaries under the fund. [50488/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Disposal (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 149. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 19 November 2013, if he is concerned about reported increases in the prices of waste collection services offered by private waste collectors in the Dublin area; if he will provide details on the number and nature of enforcement proceedings that have been taken against waste...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 20 November 2013, the total number of children detained under special care orders outside of the State since January 2013; if she will provide a breakdown on the basis of the number, age and gender of the children placed in each of the institutions referred to in her previous reply (details...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Staff Recruitment (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 20 November 2013, when it is anticipated that the positions of principal social worker, two speech and language therapists and an addiction counsellor will be recruited for the assessment, consultation and therapy service. [51064/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Ombudsman for Children Remit (27 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the Ombudsman for Children will be given additional powers to conduct statutory reviews once the death of a child known to the Health Service Executive’s children and family services, soon to become the Child and Family Agency, has occurred. [51065/13]

Bond Repayments: Motion [Private Members] (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Last February, we were told that the promissory note deal would save Ireland €10 billion over the next decade or so but this so-called €10 billion saving in Irish borrowings was a comparison saving against a theoretical and totally impossible promissory notes payment schedule. The Irish Government was faced with finding €9.3 billion to pay the Cowen-Lenihan deferred...