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Television Licence Fee (2 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 30: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the proposal to replace the TV licence with a content licence and if he will indicate to which appliances the content licence would apply and the way in which the revenue from the content licence would be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21711/12]

Energy Costs (2 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Communications; Energy and Natural Resources if he is concerned at rising energy costs to families and businesses including home heating fuel and transport costs; if any initiatives are being taken by him and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to address these energy costs; his views on whether there is any link between the promotion of...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the current status of the proposal to merge the National Archives and the Irish Manuscripts Commission into the National Library of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21347/12]

Written Answers — Commemorative Events: Commemorative Events (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 121: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on the preparations for the proposed commemoration of the centenary of a number of significant historical events between 1912 and 1922; if there will be any public consultation on the proposed commemorations; the extent of the involvement of the general public in the commemorations; if he is liaising...

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 175: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has reviewed any proposals from the international transport and haulage sector in relation to a fuel rebate for Irish licensed and tax compliant hauliers who are purchasing fuel here in view of the reported decrease in haulage licenses by 1,300 over the past three years which represents approximately 10,000 job losses in this sector; and if...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of competitions that have been held by the Office of Public Works to select the building management company for a civic centre (details supplied) and whether there have been competitions and public tendering to select service providers for that management company including in the area of security; if he will also...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 303: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will intervene and enforce under Section 10 of the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977-2007 a determination from the Employment Appeals Tribunal under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977-2007 in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21512/12]

Written Answers — Local Authority Staff: Local Authority Staff (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total number of vacancies for all the local authorities across the country since the staffing moratorium began in March 2009; if he will also indicate the total number of vacancies by Department and by local authority since the same date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21853/12]

Written Answers — Sentencing Policy: Sentencing Policy (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 508: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has reviewed the proposals from Advocates for Victims of Homicide to end concurrent sentences for persons convicted of murder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/12]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will legislate to give effect to the recommendation in October 2010 by the working group on periodic payment orders that was set up by the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns and chaired by Mr Justice John Quirke that legislation was required to allow cases be settled on the basis of PPOs; and if he will...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 526: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the Coroners Bill; when it is expected that it will reach Dáil Éireann; if he will report on the current main provisions contained in the bill and if a wide range of stakeholders were consulted in preparation for the bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21847/12]

Written Answers — Funeral Services: Funeral Services (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 527: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received and reviewed a copy of the National Council of the Forum on End of Life's April 2011 report - the Funeral Industry in Ireland, the Case for Reform and Regulation; if he will consider introducing new regulations for the funeral service provision sector in view of the fact that there are currently no barriers to...

Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: What progress has been made with the criminal justice (legal aid) Bill? Where is it at? When does the Taoiseach expect the pyrite panel, under Mr. Tuohy, to report? Will the report come before the House and will we get a chance to debate it? Several financial institutions, most of which are owned either by this state or the British state, have refused to engage in Mr. Justice Finnegan's...

Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: The only time I see the Taoiseach is on the Order of Business.

Order of Business (1 May 2012)

Tommy Broughan: All of them?

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (26 Apr 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has contributed any proposals to the Department of Social Protection to enhance the hiring of workers living locally off the live register when job vacancies arise in a particular area and in particular if there is high unemployment rate in that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20815/12]

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (26 Apr 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the recent new €1.2 million funding programme for the cloud computing sector; the projected jobs and economic benefit to the Irish economy of the cloud computing sector of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20814/12]

Written Answers — Services for People with Disabilities: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Apr 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Health the way the guidelines of the National Disability Unit of the Health Services Executive apply to the health and educational needs of children with autism and if it is the case that a report prepared by a HSE psychologist could be ignored by the Department of Education and Skills in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13; and if he...

Harbour Charges (26 Apr 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Deputies Michael Healy-Rae, Martin Ferris and Brendan Griffin have two minutes each to speak on the issue of harbour fees.

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2012)

Tommy Broughan: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the decision to cut funding to a addiction prevention service (details supplied) in Dublin 17 in view of the fact that the organisation has already had to cut some of its successful programmes including its horticulture programme and that it also lost a third of its grant from the Department of Education and Skills...