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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Vetting Bureau (19 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will explain the fee structure in relation to applications for vetting disclosures under the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012; if a defined fee structure is in place for applications for vetting disclosures made to the newly established National Vetting Bureau; the reason for the imposition of charges on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Inspections (19 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any tests are being carried out on prepared Irish meat products for the presence of the drug phenylbutazone; if so, if he will indicate the tests being carried out; the number of tests that have been carried out to date; the results of the testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8830/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (19 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he received a submission from an organisation (details supplied) dated 7 February 2013 in relation to the penalty points system and Section 63 of the 2010 Road Traffic Act; his views on the submission [8724/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Reception (14 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when TG4 HD will begin airing on Saorview and Sky; the reason there has not been a public review of TG4 HD which TG4 SD will continue to exist on satellite and cable platforms; if he will report on the amount of content TG4 intends to aid in HD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7997/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Value for Money Reviews (14 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will carry out the next value for money reviews of all semi-State bodies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7999/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire Issues (14 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm that there were earlier versions of the 2009 Coffey Report that was prepared by Mr Paul Coffey S.C. into the Stardust Disaster of 1981; the reason the earlier report was not published; if that earlier report made different inferences or findings to the published report which was placed before Dáil Éireann; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire Issues (14 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to whether any key evidence in the 1982 Keane Tribunal Report was subsequently withdrawn in the years leading to the 2009 Coffey Report or the Stardust Disaster of February 1981; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7868/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Medicine Programme Places (14 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the issue of a lack of an adequate number of places for medical school graduates to undertake internships in hospitals here in order that graduates will be in line with the legal requirement of Irish medical schools that graduates have practised here; and if he will be providing for an adequate number of intern places to be made available...

Other Questions: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: No one doubts the excellence of the appointment but is it appropriate that a director should be appointed who is earning more than the Minister? The Minister is responsible to this House for children's matters. She bears a very heavy responsibility and Deputy Tom Fleming's premise is almost unanswerable in current circumstances.

Other Questions: Child Detention Centres (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for her reply and the information she provided. What is the current capacity of Ballydowd, Gleann Alainn and Coovagh special care units? How many children can they cater for and how many staff do they have? While it is welcome that there is no waiting list and that the problems identified in 2007 by the High Court appear to have been ameliorated, how many...

Other Questions: Child Detention Centres (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Or unqualified staff.

Other Questions: Child Detention Centres (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Is there more the Minister of State has to do to ensure that there is a substantive legislative basis in this area in addition to the Child Care (Amendment) Act 2011? Are the national special care admission and discharge criteria used by social workers to assess children known to the Minister of State and in the public domain? The Minister of State mentioned children who have been referred...

Other Questions: Child Detention Centres (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in line with the requirements of the judgement in the case of Health Service Executive v WR (Neutral Citation (2007) IEHC 459) that the HSE would, among other things, undertake to conduct a process of identifying need for special care and high support by December 2007 and that it would produce a report on an annual basis in July of each year...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will fill the four vacancies on the Board of Shannon Development; the number of applications to fill the vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7687/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Offices (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection his plans to redevelop the Social Protection Office, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7688/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to bring forward a Gambling Control Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7690/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road checkpoints undertaken by an garda Síochána for the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of marked and unmarked Garda Traffic Corps cars and motorbikes that were taken out of service in the Dublin Region for the years 2010, 2011 and 2012; the number that were replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horsemeat Statistics (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the number of horses slaughtered in Ireland in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and the total tonnage of horse meat produced each year in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7693/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horsemeat Statistics (13 Feb 2013)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of horse meat exported in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012; and if he will indicate the countries the horse meat was exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7696/13]