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Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (28 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 569: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the way the critical work of the Railway Procurement Agency including overseeing the LUAS system, planning of new LUAS infrastructure and Metro will be prioritised and carried out in the context of the proposal to merge the RPA with the NRA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17570/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (28 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 570: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport if staff at the Railway Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority and their representatives including the Transport and Salaried Staffs Association have been consulted in any way on the proposed merger of the two agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17571/11]

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (23 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 119: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the basis in legislation for a local authority imposing assessed rent arrears on a tenant who maintained up to date payments on the original rental contract with the local authority; if the differential rent system should produce documented revisions of rent assessments in the current recession and time of...

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 120: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the way he proposes to address the rehousing of the 19,880 persons and families on the Dublin City Council housing list; the way he proposes to address the rehousing of the thousands of persons and families on the Fingal housing list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16954/11]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (23 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 121: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his timeframe for the occupation of the empty and unfinished homes in Dublin north east which number up to 1,500 units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16955/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 122: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if the recent statement of housing means there will be no more rental-buy or shared ownership arrangements for low income families to purchase a home; the number of such homes that were delivered nationally in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16956/11]

Written Answers — Social and Affordable Housing: Social and Affordable Housing (23 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 123: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the numbers of new build social housing units directly built and tenanted by Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council from 2007 up to June 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16957/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 64: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons employed by the Office of Public Works by grade; the pay scale by grade within the OPW; the locations of OPW staff by number and grade; if he will provide a full report on the decentralisation to Trim, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16653/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 91: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement by grade; the number of vacancies by grade in the ODCE; the number of promotions or additional staff approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16652/11]

Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Are the criminal justice (forensic investigations) Bill and the noise pollution Bill being brought forward? The Taoiseach will recall that in the previous Dáil and the Dáil before that there was great determination to bring forward a noise pollution Bill, but that has not happened yet. Will the Taoiseach consider holding another referendum on the date of the presidential election on the...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Collisions: Road Traffic Collisions (21 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 423: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the statistics for the years 2006 to 2010 in relation to alcohol and drug-related collisions will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16385/11]

Written Answers — Road Traffic Collisions: Road Traffic Collisions (21 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 424: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if nine out of ten surviving drivers in fatal road collisions are still not being tested for alcohol or drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16387/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 70: To ask the Taoiseach if he will conduct a peer review examination of the work of the Economic and Social Research Institute; his views on whether a new higher academic institute might be created from the economics department of the Irish universities and based in those institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15746/11]

Written Answers — Consumer Prices: Consumer Prices (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 259: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to invigilate competition in the food, energy, retail, legal and medical sectors in view of recent unacceptable price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15739/11]

Written Answers — Consumer Prices: Consumer Prices (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 260: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views that foreign food, clothing and furniture multiples are justified in describing the Irish Republic as treasure island in view of the lack of invigilation of their pricing policies which often place such companies Irish operations as their most profitable by far in the EU and OECD; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 366: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or a Government colleague will bring forward proposals to end the practice of grossly excessive termination charges for mobile phone users which produces supernormal profits for dominant companies and unacceptable costs for our economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15742/11]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 367: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will indicate current proposals for oil and gas exploration off the Irish coast in 2011 and 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15743/11]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 368: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is examining the current exploration licensing regime for oil and gas; his views whether changes should be made to the most recent rules implemented by former the Minister, Eamon Ryan, to increase potential revenue for the State; if there is merit in reverting to the Justin Keating exploration regime to...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 369: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he sees a key role for An Bord Gáis and ESB Electric Ireland in the exploration of Ireland's onshore and offshore mineral resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15745/11]

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2011)

Tommy Broughan: Question 386: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will indicate his position on the inclusion of air transport in the EU emissions trading system; if he or any Government colleague has discussed this matter with the Irish airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15736/11]