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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Data (28 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the Road Safety Authority Strategy 2013 to 2020, page 24 (details supplied); the way in which data collection has been improved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10313/18]

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Our constituents, rightly, have been enraged by the proposed sale by Permanent TSB of 18,000 distressed mortgages to unregulated vulture funds. The loans, of course, include 14,000 family homes and are said to be valued at €3.7 billion. The so-called Project Glas reminds us that nearly 49,000 mortgages are now held by non-bank lenders and that more than half of receiverships are now...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I refer to the criminal procedure Bill. When the Taoiseach was recently in the constituency of my colleague, Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, I think he told community leaders he was tough on crime and on the causes of crime, which has always been my own policy, even before the Blairites coined the phrase. However, given a recent series of horrendous events during the storm and ongoing serious...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I have raised a Topical Issue on the matter.

Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am sharing my time with Deputies Connolly and Pringle. I am delighted to be able to speak briefly on this motion on the preservation of seaweed harvesting rights, brought forward in the name of my Independents 4 Change colleagues Deputies Pringle and Connolly. I congratulate them on this very timely and important motion. My colleagues are calling for a national strategy at last for the...

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Motion (7 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome the ratification, at long last, of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Minister of State referred to a number of important developments, including the national disability inclusion strategy and the 100 measurable and time-specific actions to deliver it. I wonder if he could report to the Dáil on what has been achieved. The...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (8 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the weekly salary of young privates in the Defence Forces recently passed out; his plans to restore pre-crash pay levels to Defence Forces personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11197/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (8 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that young privates in the Defence Forces who recently passed out are earning less than the minimum wage; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11198/18]

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (9 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to speak on the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 before us. I thank Ms Justice Mary Laffoy and everyone involved in the Citizens' Assembly, the members of the Oireachtas joint committee and all those who gave their testimonies to both processes. It has not been an easy task, and I have the utmost admiration for all our...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Funding (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of personnel in the Reserve Defence Forces from 2,050 to 4,100; his plans to increase the Reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12119/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Equipment (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the replacement of Air Corps Cessna aircraft; the position regarding the replacement of CASA maritime patrol aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent discussions on appointing a United States special envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12117/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to his Dutch counterpart regarding Brexit impacts; if he has met and fully discussed Brexit with all his EU Foreign Minister counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12154/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's contribution to attempting to halt the atrocities continuing to be committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar; the aid Ireland is providing to these refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12498/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 91. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to make to the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12512/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to utilise the credit union movement and its resources to develop new affordable housing financial products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Meetings (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he last met formally with the CEO and Chairperson of Caranua; the issues discussed; when he will next meet the CEO and Chairperson; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12150/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Placement Programmes (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies that govern the placements of secondary school students during transition year or other work experience placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the proposed changes in funding structure of the Garda youth diversion projects network by the Irish Youth Justice Service; the way in which smaller communities and projects will be protected and maintained in the changed structure; the rationale behind the proposed restructuring; the consultation that is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (20 Mar 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and marked Garda motorcycles attached to the Garda Traffic Corps as of 31 December 2015, 2016 and 28 February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12115/18]