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

Tommy Broughan: The proposed banking inquiry, which may be conducted by the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform under the chairmanship of Deputy Ciarán Lynch, will seek to establish the facts. On that basis, I will alter my remark and say that the then Minister misled current Ministers, Deputy Noonan and Deputy Rabbitte, and myself. There is no question about that.

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

Tommy Broughan: Yes, in my opinion.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach the engagements he has had with Chancellor Merkel since the recent general election in Germany. [45728/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his engagements with other members of the European Council on the issue of the reported monitoring of telephone and electronic communications of citizens and political leaders across a number of countries by intelligence services from other countries. [47729/13]

Other Questions: School Enrolments (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that will be made by his Department through legislation and guidelines to admissions policies in primary and post-primary schools here. [50102/13]

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I do not agree they are corrections or adjustments; they are anything but.

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: They have left the education system struggling.

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is not an either-or.

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I am sorry, but I do not like hearing these dead mantras from-----

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the works that will be completed to schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 under the school works scheme, the funding for which was recently announced for 2014. [50101/13]

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the restoration of the summer works scheme, the €40 million allocated to it and the €28 million allocated to the minor works scheme. If my figures are correct, I estimated at budget time that this Minister has cut the education budget by almost €1 billion over the three budgets since this Government has been in power. While this announcement is welcome, as my...

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister's last comments answered some of the key points about the payment. Even small works require technical expertise and, as I understand it, consultants' fees cannot be recouped, or could not be recouped previously under the scheme. Is that still the case? To follow up on comments made by Deputies in the Technical Group about the figures for schools published today in The Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the statement by the Taoiseach to Dáil Éireann in relation to the upcoming exit of Ireland from the EU-IMF assistance programme on 14 November 2013, if he will elaborate on the discussions that took place between Chancellor Angela Merkel to arrive at the scenario whereby the German government has asked KfW, the German development bank,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the Taoiseach's statement to Dáil Éireann in relation to the upcoming exit of Ireland from the EU-IMF assistance programme on Thursday, 14 November 2013, if he will provide details on any funding mechanisms that might be availed of in the Irish economy, for example, by small and medium sized business, in the form of development loans...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Abolition (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax reliefs that were abolished in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and the savings to the Exchequer on each of the tax reliefs that were abolished. [50857/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: General Register Office (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 356. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the General Register Office retains records of the number of persons attending its research facility; if the GRO compiles statistics on the number of persons attending the facility to trace their family records due to their having been adopted or knowing a person who has been adopted. [50335/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Waiting Times (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 398. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting times for decisions on carer's allowance applications in the first instance; and the current waiting times for decisions to be made on carer's allowance appeals before the social welfare appeals office. [50504/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 425. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the strategies her Department will be pursuing to reduce youth unemployment and to encourage young persons to start their own businesses. [50489/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 438. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of State aid granted to community radio and television stations for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the amounts granted in supports for each individual station. [50506/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Service Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 439. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department collects statistics on the listening and viewing figures for community radio and television stations; if his Department has figures of the total number of persons employed in the sector. [50507/13]