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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 631. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the commencement and completion of construction on metro north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9635/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Programme (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 632. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to seek financial investment to fund major transport infrastructure projects, including metro north, from development banks based in the EU, US, Japan and China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution Legislation (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 633. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the implementation of EU regulation 598/14 with regard to airport and aircraft noise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 659. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when the three vacant posts on the board of Tusla will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Data (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 681. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications her Department received in respect of invalidity pensions in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of those received that were approved or refused in each year; the number of applications her Department received in respect of disability allowance in each of the years 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 739. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if section 3(5) of the Building Control Act 1990 requires that each building to which the building regulations apply must be designed and constructed in accordance with the provisions of those regulations; the way in which local authorities ensure compliance and enforcement of section 3(5); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 740. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has now fully investigated all alleged building insulation and fire safety defects, in particular, in respect of timber frame buildings in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9617/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations Compliance (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 741. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on safety risks with regard to timber frame buildings; the way in which local authorities and his Department ensure enforcement of all building regulations in timber framed properties in particular those built during the boom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9618/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's policy on and the progress being made to establish a national construction and development corporation to deliver social and affordable housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9634/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Data (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 787. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff in the National Parks and Wildlife Service; the numbers involved in monitoring coursing meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9585/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the delegation to this meeting. Is it the case that they had no input into the selection of these indicators?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: To take the decision to focus on apprenticeships in the education sector, for example, would the witnesses have preferred a broader look across the sector or other targets?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: In terms of sport, for example, would the delegation have preferred a broader approach? I take on board the point made about Scotland and apprenticeships in the context of the Department of Education and Skills but would a broader approach have been preferable in the context of sport and the target of increasing female representation at the highest levels of the various sporting bodies?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: In the past we had many poverty budget statements. When the Green Party was in government, a climate statement was delivered alongside the budget but that did not change anything very much. One hopes that there will be delivery on gender proofing in coming budgets when we look back in 2019 rather than just aspirations.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Equality Budgeting Initiative: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It should be on a statutory basis.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (28 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the research being conducted to digitally restore the contents of the Irish Public Record Office which was destroyed at the outset of the Civil War; the extent to which such records can be gathered again and restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9847/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Data (28 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares that died while in captivity by coursing clubs in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9844/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Authority Data (28 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the road safety authority strategy 2013 to 2020, page 24 (details supplied); if this data collection has changed due to the updating of the CT68 form on 1 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (28 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 152. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of funding for premises and transport for the provision of places at training centres in 2018 for second level students graduating from a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10257/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (28 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 36 of 8 February 2018, 25 and 204 of 7 February 2018, if there are places for all persons who need them at a school (details supplied); if not, if he is liaising with the school and the HSE regarding additional resources required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10316/18]