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Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State's last paragraph is something that parents and families of the service users of St. Michael's House will be very concerned about. The Minister of State said that cuts to front-line services will only be a measure of last resort. However, everyone knows that many of the services provided by the organisation have been under huge pressure since the budget of 2009 and that...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is used to pay interest on bank debt that the Minister of State voted for.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: That decision was rammed through this House by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: No, it is not. All of it is attributable to the interest.

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: As the Acting Chairman, Deputy Terence Flanagan, knows, the St. Michael’s House group is an excellent organisation providing care, residential services and respite to persons with intellectual disabilities and their families living in Dublin and north Leinster. The organisation has been operational for more than 57 years, and in my time as a public representative, I have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 16. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made to date in developing a national mental health information system as provided for in the Health Service Executive's national service plans for 2012 and 2013 [39930/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Strategy (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Health if persons with a long-term mental health condition will be considered for inclusion in the first phase of the roll-out of free primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loans Sale (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make available specific details of asset sales made by the National Assets Management Agency; if he will further make available a list of the National Assets Management Agency's individual debtors and the amount they owe; if he will release details of the number of former employees who have left the National Assets Management Agency to work in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to any difficulties regarding the enforcement of decisions made by the Employment Appeals Tribunal, particularly relating to the payment of money owed; the penalties for employers who refuse to abide by the decision of the Employment Appeals Tribunal and if these penalties are enforced; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 136. To ask the Minister for Social Protection in view of recent figures that almost 1 in 10 persons aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty and that almost half of older persons living alone are in the bottom 40% of the income bracket CSO 2013, if she will reverse changes to the household benefit package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40256/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grants Funding (26 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in view of recent figures that almost 1 in 10 persons aged 65 and over are at risk of poverty and that almost half of older people living alone are in the bottom 40% of the income bracket CSO 2013 if he will reverse the cuts imposed on the housing adaptation grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Subsidiary Protection Administration (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the revised procedures for the determination of applications to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service for subsidiary protection have been approved; and if these procedures have not yet been approved, when it is expected that the new system will be in place to allow INIS to process such applications. [39614/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charitable Lotteries Scheme (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the planned timeframe for the intended phasing out of the charitable lotteries scheme; his plans to increase the prize limit applicable to private lotteries by regulation under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 in order to assist charitable organisations operating private lottery schemes who are directly affected by the winding up of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Prevention Measures (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the amount of funding the Office of Public Works has provided to Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council under the minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme. [39955/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for the years 2007 to date in 2013, the amount of funding provided to the Insolvency Payments Scheme through the Social Insurance Fund to pay for pay-related entitlements due to employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer; if she will report on the amount of funding, if any, that has been...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there has been an audit of the water network across local authority areas to determine the amount of lead piping contained in the water network; if such an audit is planned in the context of the future movement of water services from local authorities to Irish Water; if he will indicate if householders who have lead...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Licences (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the number of applications for firearms licences made; and the number of these applications which were granted and refused. [39956/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if final decisions have been made in respect of all applications to his Department for National Lottery funded grants. [39952/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 189. To ask the Minister for Health if essential national funding will be provided for a new seniors' citizens day care at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39953/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (25 Sep 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time self-harm liaison nurses in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and the typical number of these nurses who are on duty in the out-of-hours service. [39954/13]