Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Invalidity Pension Applications Data

Thomas P. Broughan

595. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications approved and refused, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39573/19]

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports

Thomas P. Broughan

7. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an appraisal of an analysis by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (details supplied) of possible overheating in the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/19]

Tax Code

Thomas P. Broughan

19. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the introduction of a green tax and dividend approach to decarbonising society and the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38767/19]

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council

Thomas P. Broughan

29. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance the way in which and when he will respond to the recent criticism from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Government needs to develop a more credible medium-term plan for budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/19]

European Central Bank

Thomas P. Broughan

42. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he has made submissions through the Council of Ministers to the European Central Bank on the failure of the bank to achieve appropriate goals in areas such as inflation, employment and growth in the context of a necessary stimulus for the EU economy in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/19]

Brexit Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

52. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if, depending on the Brexit outcome by 31 October 2019, a second budget for 2020 and the medium term may be needed after 31 October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/19]

Social Welfare Schemes

Thomas P. Broughan

5. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her preparations for budget 2020, including meetings with stakeholders, reviews of the most recent research on family poverty, and estimates of Brexit impacts on persons and families in receipt of social protection assistance, benefits and pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38942/19]

Child Maintenance Payments

Thomas P. Broughan

27. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work her Department is undertaking regarding a statutory maintenance agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38311/19]

Gender Equality

Thomas P. Broughan

30. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she will reduce the gender pension gap; her target for eliminating the gap completely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38312/19]

School Management

Thomas P. Broughan

82. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will respond to a person (details supplied) regarding the responsibility for student safety of the board of management of a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38974/19]

School Management

Thomas P. Broughan

83. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the board of management of a school (details supplied) is responsible for the safety of students at the vocational skills section of the campus of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38975/19]

Garda Equipment

Thomas P. Broughan

98. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when handheld devices will be rolled out to the roads policing unit nationally; if the 2,000 devices will be operable by the end of 2019 as reported to the Committee of Public Accounts on 9 May 2019 by the Garda Commissioner; if not, if it will be the end of 2020 as reported to the Committee on Justice and Equality on 18 September 2019 by the Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38972/19]

Garda Resources

Thomas P. Broughan

99. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has received requests from the Garda Commissioner for additional personnel and resources for the traffic policing units of An Garda Síochána in the context of budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38973/19]

Naval Service Equipment

Thomas P. Broughan

46. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding has been provided in 2019 for the upgrade of the fire detection and firefighting system at the Oil Wharf naval base in Haulbowline; if so, when work will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38778/19]

Human Rights

Thomas P. Broughan

61. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the input and involvement of Ireland in the draft international treaty on business and human rights to be discussed at the fifth session of the open-ended intergovernmental working group in Geneva in October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38282/19]

Garda Data

Thomas P. Broughan

227. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Garda stolen vehicle investigation unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38774/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Thomas P. Broughan

316. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the processing time for colposcopy results by hospital; the number of laboratories examining these biopsies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38465/19]

HSE Staff Data

Thomas P. Broughan

356. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time dieticians employed by the HSE in CHO area 9 in 2018 and to date in 2019; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38768/19]

HSE Staff Data

Thomas P. Broughan

357. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of staff by job title working in the paediatric eye care team in CHO area 9; the number of vacancies by job title in the team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38769/19]

Hospital Services

Thomas P. Broughan

358. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the new cochlear implant unit at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 to be fully opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38770/19]

Antimicrobial Resistance

Thomas P. Broughan

359. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the policy of his Department and the HSE regarding the spread of antibiotic resistant superbugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38771/19]

Cancer Services Provision

Thomas P. Broughan

360. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve services for survivors of cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38772/19]

Dental Services Waiting Lists

Thomas P. Broughan

361. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a dental appointment at 31 December 2018 and 13 September 2019 in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38776/19]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Thomas P. Broughan

362. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the reason many consultant doctors in the health system here are not on permanent contracts; the further reason for the large number of consultant vacancies in healthcare here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38777/19]

Proposed Legislation

Thomas P. Broughan

481. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the railway safety (amendment) Bill will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38775/19]

Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

501. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the budget allocation for the social inclusion and community activation programme in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/19]

EU Directives

Thomas P. Broughan

40. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the findings of the recent Irish Habitats and Species Report prepared by her Department and submitted to the EU which revealed a worrying deterioration in habitats here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35806/19]

Central Bank of Ireland

Thomas P. Broughan

59. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing legislation to rescind the autonomy of the Central Bank in view of the failure of the bank to create financial regulations to improve the ability of younger persons to purchase their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38001/19]

Hare Coursing Regulation

Thomas P. Broughan

262. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if full protection will be granted to the Irish hare; if all forms of hare hunting and coursing will be banned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38000/19]

Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists

Thomas P. Broughan

43. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons on Dublin social housing waiting lists who have been relocated outside of Dublin in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number located to each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36518/19]

Tenancy Protection Scheme

Thomas P. Broughan

57. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which tenants will be protected in co-living units if they are not to be given tenancy agreements; if he plans to update the regulations for co-living units to ensure that tenants have rights and protections under housing and tenancy legislation; his views on whether all tenants in the private rental sector should have rights and protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36519/19]

Wastewater Treatment

Thomas P. Broughan

75. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he is taking to protect the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, designated ecosystem of Dublin Bay, Baldoyle Bay and the wider Dublin coastline following continuous overspills from the Ringsend wastewater treatment plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35807/19]

Foreign Policy

Thomas P. Broughan

84. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he and his EU foreign minister colleagues are taking with regard to repression of the independence movement in West Papua; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37904/19]

Foreign Policy

Thomas P. Broughan

85. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of autonomy or independence for West Papua with the European Commission, Parliament and Council of Ministers and at the General Assembly of the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37905/19]

Human Rights Cases

Thomas P. Broughan

86. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his EU colleagues are taking to request the extradition to the International Criminal Court in the Hague of the alleged killers of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/19]

EU Sanctions

Thomas P. Broughan

87. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request his EU counterparts to consider introducing sanctions against the current Saudi Arabian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37907/19]

Electronic Cigarettes

Thomas P. Broughan

142. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the status of examinations by his Department into the potential health impacts of e-cigarettes; if regulation will be forthcoming in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37782/19]

Brexit Staff

Thomas P. Broughan

46. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase the number of embassy and consular staff throughout the UK in the lead up to and months after Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/19]

Departmental Staff Safety

Thomas P. Broughan

52. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the workplace supports available to staff in his Department involved in consular cases, particularly in very difficult cases such as Malaysia in summer 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36514/19]

Citizens' Assembly

Thomas P. Broughan

80. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Taoiseach when he plans to convene a citizens' assembly to discuss the provision of a directly elected mayor for Dublin. [35633/19]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Thomas P. Broughan

292. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 6 September 2019, the number of drivers convicted following court proceedings taken in relation to the offence of driving without a driver licence in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to 12 July 2019; the penalty imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37517/19]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Thomas P. Broughan

293. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers arrested for driving while disqualified under section 6(b) and (c) of the Road Traffic Act 2014, by year since 22 June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37532/19]

Disabilities Assessments

Thomas P. Broughan

401. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 in which a referral was made by the assessment officer under section 8(3) of the Act to the National Council of Special Education by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37309/19]

Legislative Programme

Thomas P. Broughan

655. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will publish the marine planning and development management Bill. [36422/19]

Housing Assistance Payment Data

Thomas P. Broughan

682. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 1930 to 1933, inclusive, of 6 September 2019, the number of exits from HAP per category indicated in the reply; the number of these exits which were into long-term local authority or voluntary housing agency vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37671/19]

Human Rights

Thomas P. Broughan

32. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the executions in Bahrain during the weekend of 27 July 2019; the action he and EU colleagues will take with the government of Bahrain in relation to the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35409/19]

Public Sector Pensions Legislation

Thomas P. Broughan

177. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to remove the public service pension reduction from public service pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35631/19]

Departmental Contracts

Thomas P. Broughan

196. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which contracts are awarded to a company (details supplied) when previous school projects were found to have structural defects; the procedures which allow for previous work to be taken into account in awarding contracts for capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35673/19]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

357. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in secondary schools, by county, in tabular form; the number of new classes that will be established in the 2019-2020, 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35452/19]

Autism Support Services

Thomas P. Broughan

358. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his legislative powers have been used to date to ensure ASD classes are established throughout second-level education; if not, if a directive has been issued to the sector to establish such classes and ensure that no child is denied appropriate education at second-level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/19]