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

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the proposed legislation on adoption information and tracing services will be brought before Dáil Eireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17935/13]

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

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has considered the contents of a study (details supplied); if she will be recommending the inclusion of an early years programme for parents and teachers similar to that outlined in the study, particularly in the context of children who are at risk of being taken into the care of the State; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (17 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health the number of graduate nurses currently employed in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of graduate nurses that were taken on in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17762/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline the progress made during the first three months of 2013 in making increased provision for children in special care and high support units under the Health Service Executive's National High Support and Special Care Implementation Plan 2011 - 2014, particularly if the number of children placed at Coovagh House will increase...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will refer to the current situation in relation to the drafting of a bilateral agreement on inter country adoption between Ireland and the Russian Federation; if she will report on whether negotiations are taking place to draft bilateral agreements on adoption between Ireland and other non-Hague Convention countries; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade in Tobacco (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to address the ongoing problem of the illegal smuggling of cigarettes in view of the impact of this illicit trade on retailers in Fingal and across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17640/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is reviewing the operation of project maths in view of the ongoing concerns that have been raised by students, parents and maths teachers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16094/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: UN Conventions Ratification (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities; if he can give an indication as to when ratification of the Convention will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17938/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Point System (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will immediately publish the full report on the alleged quashing of certain penalty points including a divisional breakdown of the Garda districts and the road traffic offences involved in each one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17636/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 22 additional intoxilysers that Gardaí requested in 2009 will be installed into the necessary stations by the MBRS; the number of the 220 Gardaí due to be trained in its use that have received the training to date; when the reminder going to receive the two day training course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17637/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Provision (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when the 171 Garda vehicles purchased in 2012 are going to be rolled out to Garda districts by the Garda Commissioner and breakdown of districts to receive these vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17638/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health if all the 150 additional posts for the Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams in 2012 have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17761/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health his position in relation to the retention of newborn screening cards for children born from 1984 to 2011 in view of the recent decision to stop the immediate destruction of this information; and if he will outline his proposals to retain this valuable source of medical information [16394/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Newborn Screening Cards (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health the way adopted parents who have no knowledge of their birth families' identities can access screening cards in the absence of specific provision for adopted persons in applications to be provided with individual screening cards; and if provision will be made in future for adopted persons who lack all other information on their birth families [16395/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his plans for persons who hold a mobility allowance after 26 June 2013; if he will assure persons who are in receipt of the mobility allowance that they will continue to receive this critical support after 26 June 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16584/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Decision (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date in developing schemes to replace the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant which were recently abolished; if he will confirm that persons currently in receipt of payments from both schemes will not lose out financially while the new schemes are developed [16830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Inspections (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health the number of pharmacies that were inspected by PSI inspectors in 2012 and 2013; of these inspections the number that were performed by two authorised officers and the number by one authorised officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17474/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if under the Road Traffic Act 2011 it is a mandatory or a discretionary power for a Garda to test a driver at a Garda station after arresting them at the scene of an injury related collision; if he is considering amending section 7 of the 2011 Act in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17146/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Point System (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the upcoming Road Traffic Bill 2013 will include provisions for two penalty points in respect of learners driving unaccompanied, two penalty points for learner drivers driving without L plates, the testing of the unconscious driver involved in an injury related crash, and a new offence of using or handling the keypad of a hands free...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (16 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he was last briefed on the operation of the National Car Test system; if he will indicate the current waiting time for a motorist for an NCT at each of the testing centres; if he is satisfied with the length of time it takes to get a NCT appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/13]