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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery Licence Sale (18 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on his plans to sell off the National Lottery licence; if he will outline his timetable for when the legislation will be passed and when he estimates that the sell off will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17738/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform Implementation (18 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the peoplepoint project; if he will outline what the project will entail and the way in which the human resources function will be changed in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17739/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Abolition (18 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to introduce legislation to abolish ground rents during the 31st Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Upward Only Rent Reviews (18 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he intends to address the issue of upward only rent reviews through a referendum and any statutory measures in the 31st Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18034/13]

Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Is there any update on Mr. Justice Finnegan's report regarding Priory Hall? The Taoiseach provided a brief reply to Deputy Michael McGrath's question on the national investment plan. When will details of the plan be forthcoming? Will it include a public housing programme and support for the voluntary housing sector? To date during the Government's term of office, the public housing sector...

Order of Business (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister never provides answers.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the subject of history as a mandatory part of the curriculum for the junior cycle; if he is considering merging history with a group of other subjects including perhaps geography in a new subject grouping; if he has consulted with the representatives of second and third level history teachers regarding same; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Issues (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the appointments to the Residential Institutions Statutory Board in 2012; when the applications to the RISB will be processed and allocated to survivors of residential institutional child abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17444/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations in 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013 that FÁS pays rent on a building it rents; the length of time remaining on each building it rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17763/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Funding (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any projects within his Department or agencies within his Department received EU Funding in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17764/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motoring fines issued by An Garda Síochána in 2012 and to date in 2013 for passengers aged over 17 years for not wearing a seat belt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17757/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to recommence recruitment to An Garda Siochána this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17758/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources he will allocate to deal with the rise in the number of theft of mobile phones in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17759/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Numbers (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles allocated to the Garda Traffic Corps as of 1 April 2013; if he will provide same as of 31 December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17760/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to provide additional resources to the Courts Service to provide for the expansion of family mediation services in courts throughout the country following the success of the pilot mediation project in Dolphin House, Dublin 2, in order to reduce the number of individuals involved in family law disputes coming before the courts; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on Children's Rights (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure; if she can give an indication as to when signature and ratification of the Convention will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17939/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide, in tabular form, on a regional basis, the number of aftercare workers employed by the Health Service Executive or otherwise, working with children who were leaving or who had left the care of the State in 2012; and the number of additional aftercare workers, if any, who will be recruited in 2013. [17931/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children and Asylum Issues (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the recommendations of the recently published report by Barnardos and the Health Service Executive into separated children in foster care; if she will take these recommendations on board, in particular, to make increased provision for aftercare for aged out separated children; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will confirm the level of cuts that her Department plans to put in place in its allocation to youth services in 2013, particularly services in the Dublin region such as Sphere 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17933/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will commit to ensuring that there will be no further cuts to youth services, keeping in mind the importance of youth services in deterring children from getting involved in criminality and providing stability in the lives of young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17934/13]