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Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 641: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grants and other financial assistance awarded by her Department in each of the past three years to men's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for men including the name of the organisation or group; the amount paid; and the purpose for which it was paid. [10643/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 642: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the grants and other financial assistance awarded by her Department in each of the past three years to women's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for women including the name of the organisation or group; the amount paid; and the purpose for which it was paid. [10644/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 729: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grants and other financial assistance awarded by his Department in each of the past three years to men's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for men including the name of the organisation or group; the amount paid; and the purpose for which it was paid. [10692/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 730: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the grants and other financial assistance awarded by his Department in each of the past three years to women's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for women including the name of the organisation or group; the amount paid; and the purpose for which it was paid. [10693/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 929: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants and other financial assistance awarded by her Department in each of the past three years to men's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for men, including the name of the organisation or group; the amount awarded; and the purpose for which it was awarded. [10660/05]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 930: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the grants and other financial assistance awarded by her Department in each of the past three years to women's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for women, including the name of the organisation or group; the amount awarded; and the purpose for which it was awarded. [10661/05]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (12 Apr 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 1096: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the grants and other financial assistance awarded by his Department in each of the past three years to men's organisations and groups or organisations providing services primarily for men, including the names of the organisations or groups; the amounts awarded; and the purposes for which they were awarded....

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (24 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 46: To ask the Minister for Transport when he plans to provide the funding for the 150 promised extra buses for Dublin Bus under the national development plan; the reason he has failed to provide the promised extra buses to date; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet has remained static since 2001; his views on whether the...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (24 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the details of the new legislation that is being prepared to counter the use of mobile phones by drivers; the efforts he is making to ensure that this new legislation will not be challenged in the courts; when this new legislation will be published; the exact provisions of the new legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9675/05]

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (23 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 90: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the role and responsibilities of her special advisers, in particular their role in relation to briefing her on issues arising at meetings they attend on her behalf; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9387/05]

Written Answers — Clinical Indemnity Scheme: Clinical Indemnity Scheme (23 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 115: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children the position of negotiations with hospital consultants on the indemnity scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9388/05]

Computerisation Programme. (22 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 2: To ask the Taoiseach his views on the recently expressed aspiration of a key leader of the Irish computer industry (details supplied) that every home in Ireland should have a PC and be on-line; if he is considering strategies to achieve this laudable and essential ambition for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8202/05]

Fisheries Protection. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on recent strong criticism from anglers and the media that his Department is again failing to align the catches of commercial drift netting with the alarming reality of scientific advice on the decline of salmon fishery and that the total allowable catch for 2005 may be almost 40% higher than the...

Fisheries Protection. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: We have spent more than two hours going back over a great scandal in our political and administrative history in the form of charges for patients in nursing homes. Is it possible that the Minister is presiding over another desperate scandal given that we have become an international pariah throughout Europe? Ireland is the only country that still allows drift netting. Only 14% of our major...

Fisheries Protection. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I refer to the debate which was held this afternoon for two and a half hours. The key point of that debate was reference to legal advice. As the Minister who could preside over the effective extinction of wild Irish salmon, an historic symbol of our nation for thousands of years, is it not incumbent on him to follow the scientific advice and to make that difficult decision? I commend the...

Port Development. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister obviously received the briefing documents and so on in regard to the proposal for Bremore. I understand Fingal County Council, in its development plan, is looking positively at the possibility of this development as well. Does the Minister see Bremore and the new Drogheda Port fulfilling a key part in this essential infrastructure, namely, our ports, given that 99% of our trade...

Broadcasting Legislation. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Is it possible that as the BCI makes statements about granting more licences and the more competition there allegedly is, the blander the programme content will become? As we flick through the dials on the way home to Meath or Kildare, will we hear virtually the same types of programmes? Is the Minister concerned that the chairman of the BCI has stated that he may reduce the requirement that...

Broadcasting Legislation. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: What about the figures for "The Dunphy Show"?

Broadcasting Legislation. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: I hope it is in better shape than the footpaths.

Mobile Telephony. (10 Mar 2005)

Tommy Broughan: Do the report by ComReg, Market Analysis — Wholesale Access and Call Origination on Public Mobile Telephony Networks, and the initial 3G prices we have seen not again show that the mobile phone market, particularly for Vodafone and O2 is a licence to print money? Members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources found the report shocking. The two main...