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Order of Business (22 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Is it news to the Tánaiste?

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Amendment No. 45, the first Labour Party amendment in the group, relates to the same issue illuminated by Deputy Durkan, namely, whether this important legislation should include reference to the latest technology, specifically in the area of radio broadcasting. The amendment proposes to insert, in page 8, between lines 11 and 12, the following: "(2) It shall be a duty for the Commission for...

School Closures. (21 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for coming in for this Adjournment debate. There was a report on the RTE news at 9 o'clock a few weeks ago about the pending closure of Greendale community school in Foxfield St. John parish, Kilbarrack, Dublin 5. The coverage was of a farewell reunion of the 3,000 or so students who had passed through the school in the past 30 years. It was an astonishing...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 102: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the present position in relation to Darfur; and the actions he anticipates being considered in relation to Sudan by the security council. [10522/07]

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (21 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 176: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the implications of the reported talks between the US and member states of the European Union aimed at establishing missile bases. [10521/07]

Written Answers — Foreshore Licences: Foreshore Licences (21 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when his Department will complete an environmental impact assessment in relation to an application made to him on 17 February 2007 in the name of a company (details supplied) for a foreshore licence to construct an offshore electricity generating station off the coast of County Louth; when he will make a...

Written Answers — Tax Yield: Tax Yield (20 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 154: To ask the Minister for Finance the corporation tax paid by the largest 100 corporate tax payers in corporation tax for each of the years 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, broken down into quintiles (details supplied); the industries involved in respect of each quintile; the total paid by IFSC companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10223/07]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (20 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the practice of three semi-State bodies (details supplied) of using mailbox companies in the Netherlands to reduce their tax bills over the past ten years; if the Revenue Commissioners have investigated this practice; if it is legal under Irish tax law; if the Revenue Commissioners will be conducting an audit of...

Written Answers — Family Support Services: Family Support Services (20 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 604: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the reason County Louth is the only county which does not have a family resource centre; if his Department will consider an application for funding for such a facility from a Drogheda based community group proposing the establishment of such a facility in the Moneymore area of Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (20 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to raise a matter of local national importance, namely, that the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform urgently responds to the Stardust relatives and victims committee regarding a memorandum submitted to him and the Taoiseach in November 2006 requesting the establishment of a commission of investigation into the appalling...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31 (20 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: ——the Taoiseach may wish to address it.

Written Answers — Overseas Missions: Overseas Missions (7 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the fact that neither of the two survivors is satisfied with the outcome of the Behan Report into the Niemba ambush in the Congo 1960; if he has progressed his plans to give recognition to the two persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8877/07]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (6 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons who undertook FÁS training courses in 2006; the percentage of those who were unemployed, who were in part time employment and who were employed full time; his plans for FÁS for 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8356/07]

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (6 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions taken by his Department and its agencies to date to ensure maximum energy efficiency and minimum carbon footprint in their daily operations; the cost of these actions; the steps he will take in the remainder of the first half of 2007 toward the goal of reducing energy consumption in his Department and its...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 340: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will introduce measures to strengthen the representation of consumers in the regulation of the telecoms sector; if he has met ComReg or key telecom operators on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8897/07]

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the main findings of the Government's working group on the rent supplement scheme; the changes he will make to the rent supplement scheme as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7896/07]

Written Answers — Personal Public Service Numbers: Personal Public Service Numbers (1 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the investigations that have been held into allegations in regard to his statement of 29 January 2007, regarding the exploitation of Romanian immigrants to this country by the charging of a fee for the arrangement of PPS numbers; the extent of the abuse; if prosecutions will follow; and the steps being taken to alert immigrants...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (1 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 98: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give residency rights to a person (details supplied) in Dublin 5. [8175/07]

Written Answers — Garda Stations: Garda Stations (1 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 99: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will make provision for a new Garda station as a key element of social infrastructure in an area (details supplied) now being planned and built in Dublin 13 and Dublin 17 under Dublin City and Fingal County Councils. [8176/07]

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Mar 2007)

Tommy Broughan: Question 153: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that the political and national rights of the Kurdish people are vindicated and defended in the various states which encompass Kurdistan at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8170/07]