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Other Questions: Budget Targets (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his Department's interaction with the main spending Departments; the Departments that are close to profile in 2018; the Departments that are below or above their budget 2018 expenditure profiles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21623/18]

Other Questions: Budget Targets (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Given the issues with the weather this year, the cervical cancer screening scandal, the forthcoming visit of the Pope and ongoing problems in the Departments of Health and Justice and Equality, among others, are Departments constantly in contact with the Minister to seek more money? I notice that in their Votes Departments have less of a buffer this year than in previous years. Are they...

Other Questions: Budget Targets (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister. I asked him yesterday about the summer economic statement, but we did not have time to discuss it. Will we have the statement at the end of June in order that the committees of the House will be able to have a proper chance to have an input into the budget? The Minister mentioned expenditure on housing as being below profile and that the delay in the draw-down for...

Other Questions: Budget Targets (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister's comments on the UN convention, but will there be additional funding this year to begin the implementation of ideas that civic society and disability groups have put to committees of the House? The problem in the health service is that acute waiting lists are growing. Yesterday the leader of the Labour Party spoke about the waiting lists for cataract operations....

Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: President Trump tweeted on Monday last that it was a "great day for Israel". The Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, declared several times that "we will remember this day". Indeed we will, but not for the crass and inappropriate moving of the American embassy to Jerusalem. As Israeli and American dignitaries openly celebrated the transfer of the US embassy as a "step towards peace",...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated levels of pre-committed Government expenditure in 2018 and 2019 for demographic-related costs and pay equalisation in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21621/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if his officials are examining the practice of developers advertising residential units as price on application; the effect it has on house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21801/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in Dublin 13 will continue to have an administrative principal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21836/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 250. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are waiting approximately 19 weeks for a decision to be made on their carer's allowance application; her target time for decisions on applications for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Advertising Regulation (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to curb the practice of developers advertising residential units as price on application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability Strategy (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units under the national housing strategy for persons with a disability delivered during the period 2015 to 2017 in the four Dublin counties and nationally. [21854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability Strategy (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing units under the national disability inclusion strategy which will be delivered by Rebuilding Ireland in 2018 to 2021. [21855/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the reported 60 Palestinians who have been killed and the 2,200 injured during the US embassy opening in Jerusalem on 14 May 2018; if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22321/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken to condemn Israeli forces which are reported to have killed 60 Palestinians and injured 2,200 during the US embassy opening in Jerusalem on 14 May 2018; his plans to call in the Israeli Ambassador and impose diplomatic sanctions in response to this outrage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Order Offences (22 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of persons arrested and charged under section 7 of the Public Order Act 1994 in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in the Dublin metropolitan region of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22301/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (22 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 573. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost in 2019 if the budget for the school meals programme was increased by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22303/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (22 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all sections of the Registration of Deeds and Title Act 2006 are in effect; if not, the sections that have yet to be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22302/18]

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am also voting "Yes" and calling for a "Yes" vote on Friday but I want to raise another health matter of public importance. The Taoiseach set up the National Rare Diseases Office when he was Minister for Health in 2015. By definition, rare diseases are rare but the office estimates that something like 300,000 Irish people will develop a rare disease at some stage in their lives....

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Kuvan is actually a synthetic copy of the BH4 deficiency, which causes PKU. There are many heart-rending accounts of the daily struggles of families with children with PKU to stay within their low-protein allowance, particularly given that there are few low-protein foods available in Ireland. As I said, it is ten years since the European Medicines Agency approved it for market...

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Is it possible to schedule the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill on its own next week in order that the legislation, which has been debated for eight or nine hours, is dealt with expeditiously? I know of the Taoiseach's record of interest in road safety matters during his time as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.