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Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Tragically, it was Deputy Stagg who abandoned the Labour Party many years ago.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: There is another way. A section of the Labour Party, supported by many party members, put forward a proposal and argued that there is a different way, a Labour Party way. We could have achieved whatever the troika has imposed on us without imposing mean spirited, reprehensible cuts that will have a negative impact on the people the Labour Party primarily tries to represent and those who...

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: This is a joke.

Financial Resolution No. 14: Capital Acquisitions Tax (5 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: As we head into 2013, I ask my colleagues, who are the voice of the Labour Party, to stand up and be counted and stop kowtowing to Fine Gael. When the Minister was leader of the Labour Party - I proposed him for the role incidentally - his ambition was to be the leader of a Government of the left led by the Labour Party, as is the case with President Hollande who has introduced a wealth tax....

Order of Business (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Other Questions: Pyrite Issues (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the recommendations of the recent report of the Pyrite Panel will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54207/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on the Priory Hall, Dublin, resolution process; when he believes the resolution process will be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54206/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reforms he has introduced to the legal profession to ensure greater competitiveness and price transparency for consumers; if he plans any further reforms of the legal and other professions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51777/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if drivers who have been convicted of road traffic offences and are required to hand over their licence to the Courts Services are now doing so; the number of licences that have been handed over to the Courts Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54410/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Training (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that have undertaken intoxilyser training courses in November 2012; the number that will undertake the training in December 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54411/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the numbers of staff, levels of income and expenditure at the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland; if he will indicate the levels and amount of fees levied by the Society on the pharmacy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the current position on the rollout of the system of invigilation of the pharmacy sector by the Pharmaceutical Society and whether that system includes any early warning or mediation-type process for possible breaches of regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53734/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health the date on which he plans to present the paper outlining the package of supports being put in place for those affected by Narcolepsy associated with the vaccine Pandemrix; the reason for the delay in the presentation of the paper prior to Dáil Éireann summer recess, again in September 2012 and once again this October; when will he re-establish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed independent inspectors of voluntary and private sector intellectual disability services in this country will commence; when he will publish new regulations on standards regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53894/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Taxi Bill will be published and when it will be introduced into Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53735/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Dec 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of costs for the proposed LUAS BXD line project; if he will explain the very high cost per kilometre compared to other European light rail construction projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54427/12]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (29 Nov 2012)

Tommy Broughan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the taxi industry testing process being carried out for the National Transport Authority by Prometric; his views that applicants who fail the test should be provided with the breakdown of the sections of the test they failed; the reason questions in the knowledge entry tests can relate to county areas outside the 30...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 46:In page 62, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:"185.-As soon as is practicable, the Bank shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with credit unions the form of which shall be agreed in consultation with credit unions and representatives bodies.".".

Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I share Deputy Pearse Doherty's views. Obviously, the protocol is welcome, but we are talking about two-way communication and having a formal memorandum of understanding would seem to be the best way to advance this. In the context of major new Central Bank legislation that will be brought before the House, is this approach something the Minister would consider vis-à-vis financial...

Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)

Tommy Broughan: I support the comments made by Deputy Doherty. It would be a valuable asset to the credit union movement if such a clear memorandum of understanding were provided for in this legislation. Such memorandums of understanding would be agreed in consultation with the credit unions, representative bodies and the banks. We are moving into a markedly different regulatory environment with new...