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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Services Provision (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 569. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if an extensive audit has been carried out on all of the adoption files retained by the Adoption Authority of Ireland, including files that belonged to accredited adoption bodies, to determine the extent to which any potential illegal adoptions which took place in the State in the past 61 years can be identified. [50334/13]

Order of Business (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach has told me several times that the Pyrite Levy Bill is being withdrawn but it is still on the clár. If it is being withdrawn, on the advice of the Attorney General as I understand it, how will the construction industry and the quarry industry be held to account by the Government? Is it the Government's intention to withdraw the Bill? I support what Deputy Walsh said...

Order of Business (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is a different Bill.

Order of Business (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is only a drop in the ocean.

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister of State's comments about the data collection structures. Does he know how this is panning out in the context of the performance of smaller Irish companies, community-owned structures and so on? Is it inevitable that they will have to enter bundled contracts, perhaps with foreign operators? What is the budget of the NPS? The Minister of State appointed four...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I again welcome the Minister of State's comments. It is critical to ensure ongoing close invigilation of this service to make sure our businesses do well. The Minister set a target of €500 million in savings over three years. How does he know that amount will be saved?

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of goods and services purchased by the State and its agencies in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the way the results of tendering competitions and details of the competing firms at national, local Government and State agency level are published to ensure that there is full transparency and accountability in the public...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: There has been a general welcome for the establishment of the office of Government procurement and the Minister has previously referred to the fact that we spend in the region of €9 billion per annum on public procurement. My question reflects the concerns of the Small Firms Association, SFA, and of small businesses generally, regarding the tendering processes under the new system....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 115 and 116 of 6 November 2013, if he will provide further details of his Department's water services investment programme in the context of improving water supply and treatment capacity in the greater Dublin area; and the programme of works that are due to be completed at the...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Looking at the euphoric faces of some Government Deputies last week when the announcement was made about the exit from the troika programme on 15 December, I was reminded of Martin Luther King's great speech at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1969, when he said "Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last!". However, we are not free at last. We are not free and will...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The pyrite levy Bill is still on the clár. Did the Taoiseach inform the House that it would not proceed? On the housing Bill, the Taoiseach may be aware from conversations with Government Deputies that public housing provision in the Dublin City Council area has collapsed and that the rental accommodation scheme is simply not working. We have an increasing number of homeless...

Order of Business (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach take a hands-on approach to it?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently published guidelines for debt managers may be revised because of reported difficulties now being experienced by professionals advising clients on managing their debts in circumstances where they are not authorised by the Central Bank to act as debt management services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the total levels of tax expenditure on all of the tax reliefs granted by the Irish State under the Finance Acts down to 2013. [49228/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Data (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any prosecutions of homeowners who have failed or refused to co-operate with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the local property tax; and, if so, the number and nature of such prosecutions. [49814/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment and youth under-employment so that young citizens, particularly graduates, are facilitated in finding employment in their own fields of expertise. [49815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda checkpoints which included other State agencies that were carried out in the Garda R and J districts in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [49819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 567 and 568 of 12 March 2013, in respect of private child care services, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 30 May 2013, in respect of children placed in special care units outside the jurisdiction, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49817/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions No. 200 of 12 June 2013, regarding the National Assessment Consultation and Therapy Service, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49818/13]