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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post primary school population nationally for the school years 2015-2016 and 2016-2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16962/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding will be provided for the updating of the equipment and resources available to Garda public order units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16959/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention Officers (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the post of crime prevention officer for the Dublin North Garda Division will be filled in view of the fact that this post has been vacant since 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16960/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent per day by the HSE on taxis; the amount spent on accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16947/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 166. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken a cost benefit analysis and plans to increase personal assistant hours for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16948/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 167. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of increasing personal assistance hours by 500,000 hours; his plans to improve the personal assistance service for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16949/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of accessible taxis available here; his plans to increase the number of wheelchair accessible taxis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that at least 10% of all new builds will be wheelchair liveable; the steps he is taking to ensure that accessible and liveable accommodation is being constructed and made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16944/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 240. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with disability advocates regarding increasing numbers of accommodation units that are wheelchair liveable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16945/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ministerial Meetings (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met and will next neet a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16963/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister and his official. I know the Minister has an agreement with Fianna Fáil concerning the October budget. On the issue of Brexit, when does he expect to know what we will be facing from 2019 onwards? There are 11 months until 29 March 2019. How does that influence the Minister? Second, looking through the Minister's risk and sustainability analysis of the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is providing €50 million to the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, to address waiting lists and other contentious issues that we address daily to the Taoiseach in the Chamber. From where does this money come and why can more not be provided?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Was the €50 million pencilled in already or is this completely new funding?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Stability Programme Update: Discussion (18 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It is a sum allocated to the Department of Health to deal with waiting lists.

Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Pages 75 to 77 of the programme for Government refer to services for children. I have a question specifically about children on the autistic spectrum. In north Dublin and Fingal, we have waiting lists of 20 months for a HSE assessment. When a child is two or two and half years old, 20 months for an early intervention is not an early intervention. We had a discussion yesterday at the...

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to contribute briefly on this important topic of plastic and packaging pollution. Just yesterday I received a reply to a parliamentary question I raised on the Minister's plans to introduce a recycling deposit scheme for plastic containers following the example of the UK and EU member states. It was disappointing, of course, that he told me that the 2014...

Plastic and Packaging Pollution: Statements (19 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: That is great news. We need to move on this as quickly as possible. Given the concerns about climate change, time is of the essence. Earlier this year, scientists from the National University of Ireland, Galway, published disturbing research which showed that more than 70% of deep-sea fish in the Atlantic Ocean had ingested microplastics. It is reported that more than 8 million metric...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Administration (19 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a national co-ordinated helpline and clearly publicised nationwide professional supports for persons with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 101. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the discussions regarding Kuvan; the timeframe for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16243/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (19 Apr 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Serbia and Montenegro joining the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17141/18]