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Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: When are the housing (miscellaneous provisions) (No. 1) Bill and the housing (miscellaneous provisions) (No. 2) Bill expected? The residents of Priory Hall have again asked me to appeal to the Taoiseach as to whether he can bring their agony and anguish to an end. On the last court decision, they are now heading into a third Christmas in which families are out of their homes. It is an...

Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: When can some action be taken in this regard? Moreover, I have just heard that a complex in Balbriggan is being evacuated because it was built so badly during the Celtic tiger era. When can the Taoiseach do something for Priory Hall?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Suicide Prevention (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has considered the recent findings of the published report Suicide in Ireland 2003-2008, in particular the recommendation contained in the report that a national review of psychoeducation and mental health literacy needs to be considered and that an intensive and evaluated approach to suicide intervention needs to be brought forward in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students currently waiting for a decision on grant applications made to the Student Universal Support Ireland; if the measures his Department will be taking to ensure that long delays experienced by students in receiving a decision on their applications will be avoided in the coming academic year 2013/14; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering retaining the current reduced rate of valued added tax for certain goods and services, such as restaurant and catering services and hotel and holiday accommodation, which is at 9% up until 31 December 2013, past this period in order that VAT will remain at a reduced rate into 2014 in view of the success of the measure in reviving the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Anti-Poverty Strategy (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 387. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the results achieved by the State in 2012 in achieving its targets under the Europe 2020 Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23667/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Applications (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 418. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form for the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013, the number of applications made to her Department for invalidity pension and disability allowance; the number of these applications that have been approved and the number of such applications that are pending a decision; her views on the reported delays in decisions...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: One-Parent Family Payment Reforms (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 419. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will report on the new scheme launched by her Department to assist lone parents on the pathway back to work; the way her Department will support lone parents attempting to return to the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25846/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 461. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to resume the social housing programme in 2013; if he will refer specifically to the role that will be played by the voluntary housing and cooperative housing sector in reducing the lengthy housing list in the coming months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25129/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 606. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the level of consultation undertaken to establish the budget of the after-school or CETs 2 scheme; her views on concerns expressed by certain organisations providing child care services that the proposed after-school grant and parental contribution will not be enough to maintain and run a quality after-school programme and that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 627. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date of the project group established to seek an alternative method for the priority transport needs of persons following the abolition of the mobility allowance and the motorised transport grant; if he will indicate when the group's recommendations will be presented to him; if he will confirm that those currently in receipt of State...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (28 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 704. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the level of connectivity in the inter-regional rail network; the reasons for the poor connectivity in the rail network, particularly in connections between the west and north west, for example the four hour journey involved in travelling from Galway to Cork by rail; his views on the absence of a rail network in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Statistics (23 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will indicate his targets on public expenditure for Budget 2014; the extent to which these targets are influenced by the EU Two-Pack regulations; his current views on the mix of strategies he intends to pursue to meet those targets. [24520/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Croke Park Agreement Issues (23 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the impact of the proposed agreement on Croke Park 2 on medium term expenditure targets on public spending up until Budget 2017. [24521/13]

Other Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (22 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the level of take-up of the credit guarantee scheme since its establishment; the way the scheme is actively being promoted by his Department to prospective applicants; and the targets he has set for overall take-up of the scheme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/13]

Other Questions: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (22 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: When he launched this very welcome initiative, the Minister referred to the creation of 1,300 jobs for each €150 million of additional funding under the scheme. He knows my own interest in this matter from my involvement in projects in Coolock and elsewhere on the northside over many years. Does he agree that the outturn thus far has been somewhat disappointing? The first Capita...

Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Recent commentary from the ESRI and the ISME bank watch survey have been damning of the Minister's record on the provision of credit for small companies. A majority of SMEs are still desperately struggling with this problem and the Minister does not seem to have been able to target them. At the end of the day, the disastrous fiscal austerity programme of this Government is a key factor....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Resolution Pilot Scheme (22 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the third party service provider that will be selected to operate under the recent launched Framework for a Pilot Approach to the Coordinated Resolution of Multiple Debts owed by a Distressed Borrower; if the Money Advice and Budgeting Service will be selected as the third party service provider in view of the wealth of experience that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (22 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created by the action plan for jobs since the introduction of that policy; and the effect, if any, the policy has had on creating employment in the domestic economy. [24565/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 194. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 462, 463 and 464 of 14 May 2013, the reason more than 85,000 drivers avoided conviction and penalty points after having been summoned to court for failure to pay a fixed charge penalty notice within 56 days of receipt of the notice in the years 2011 and 2012; the reasons recorded in the files retained by...