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Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the Road Traffic Act 2010 is being implemented in terms of the requirement of drivers who have been charged with penalty points offences to present their licence to the court; if so, the number of drivers so far this year who have failed to present their licence to the court as mandated under the Road Traffic Act 2010; and if he...

Written Answers — Penalty Points System: Penalty Points System (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of drivers who have been disqualified from driving by the court who have not handed in their driving licence so far in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41862/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Defence his plans for accepting new recruits to join the Air Corps as no new recruits have joined since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/10]

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I also welcome the Bill on which the House has waited for the best part of 13 years. We needed a property services regulatory authority in recent decades. That this legislation has arrived in the dying days of the Government provides a poor commentary on how government operates. We also had to wait for more than a decade for the Multi-unit Developments Bill, the second element of the...

Property Services (Regulation) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: However, with one or two exceptions, the same journalists have hardly ever mentioned that their colleagues and the owners of their newspapers played a huge role in what has come to pass with the effective collapse of our fiscal position. This point must be noted and should be examined because either there is journalism or there is not. Journalism should be about giving the real facts about,...

Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State, Deputy Connick, recently visited my constituency but he never informed me that he intended to do so.

Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach confirm whether the Independent Members - Deputies Lowry, Healy Rae and Finian McGrath - are still in receipt of €43,000 per annum in the form of the so-called party leaders' allowance? If they do remain in receipt of it, then possibly €1 million or more has been allocated-----

Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: A great deal of money has been spent on these so-called party leaders. Is it the case that the allowances to which I refer are not subject to audit by the Standards in Public Office Commission? In other words, they are not audited in any way, shape or form. The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy Cuffe, is sitting beside the Taoiseach.

Agreements with Members (10 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Why are these so-called party leaders' allowances not publicly audited? Political party funding cannot be spent for electoral purposes. However, we do not know how the allowances of €43,000 which are paid to the Independent Members to whom I refer are spent. We do not know what happens to a single euro of this money. Is there any intention to audit these allowances?

Written Answers — Daylight Savings Time: Daylight Savings Time (9 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has contacted his counterpart in the British Government on current UK proposals to move to central European time; if so, if he will indicate the status of this proposal and whether the British Home Secretary has indicated to him the likely timeframe for the implementation of this proposal; his views on the likely impact of...

Written Answers — Agri-Environment Options Scheme: Agri-Environment Options Scheme (4 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 19: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of farmers who have applied for the agri-environmental options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40625/10]

Written Answers — Greyhound Racing Industry: Greyhound Racing Industry (4 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 49: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will bring forward legislation relating to the regulation of the greyhound sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40644/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (4 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will report on Operation Tombola; the cost and achievements of this operation so far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40744/10]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 60: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to promote bilingualism Irish and English in the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39305/10]

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to carry out a cost benefit analysis on the expenditure of his Department on the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39306/10]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 108: To ask the Minister for Finance if the Irish Government intends to negotiate a settlement with the Swiss Government in relation to Irish tax fugitive funds based in Swiss banks along the lines recently agreed between the UK Chancellor and his Swiss opposite number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40420/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 109: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on current tax arrangements between Ireland and offshore banking locations in Europe including the Isle of Man, the Channel Isles, Gibraltar, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Andorra in relation to offshore bank deposits of Irish tax fugitives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40421/10]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 110: To ask the Minister for Finance if has investigated any offshore banking arrangements based in Gibraltar organised to evade or avoid Irish employee or contractor tax and PRSI contributions; the steps he is taking to bring such tax avoidance and or evasion to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40422/10]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 164: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform his plans to enhance the security of public transport commuters and staff through a separate transport policing unit or any other mechanism in view of the recent spate of anti-social and violent attacks on the Luas tram and other public transport systems; his views regarding this alleged recent rise in anti-social and criminal...

Written Answers — Cash for Gold Schemes: Cash for Gold Schemes (3 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the concerns that have been raised at recent community meetings at the proliferation of gold shops and gold trader operations across the Dublin region; if there is any licensing procedure in place for the establishment and operation of gold shops, on-street or door-to-door gold trading operations;...