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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken by An Garda Síochána in respect of unlicensed gaming activity for non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in each Garda district in Dublin in tabular form; and the number of those that led to successful convictions....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the necessary funding for the recruitment of additional resources, including two additional full-time digital forensic specialists, for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22795/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Act Review (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is preparing legislation following a judgment (details supplied) regarding section 15(3) of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to introduce the more accurate HPV test for cervical cancer screening; if these tests will be carried out in Irish laboratories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22798/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the Law Reform Commission to prepare consolidated legislation on road traffic law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22799/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Seniors Alert Scheme (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the estimated cost in 2019 if the budget for the senior alert scheme was increased by 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22796/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When will legislation be brought forward for the rainy day fund? I understand the Cabinet took a decision on that, even though, at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, the Minister could not give us any indication of the purpose of this fund and whether it is to be an emergency fund, a counter-cyclical fund or otherwise. Many of us believe in sovereign wealth funds and the NTMA doing what...

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have this brief opportunity to speak on the important issue before us, namely, pay inequality in the public service. Of course, I voted against the blanket bank guarantee in September 2008 which led to the series of shocking cuts and unfairness within the public sector and caused serious damage to the services offered to the Irish public. In November 2011, I voted against...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent changes she made to employment permits for workers from outside the European Economic Area; and her further views on the way in which this will impact on employment here. [22890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the uptake of the Brexit loan scheme for Irish businesses in the first two weeks since its launch on 28 March 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on recent CSO trends in goods exports; the key components of goods exports to date in 2018; and the impact Brexit has had on the latest CSO figures. [22889/18]

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 42. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the CervicalCheck test scandal; the number of women who have availed of the free follow-up smear tests; the laboratory being used to examine the results of the tests; the changes he plans to the programme and the regular audits of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23145/18]

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On 11 May the Minister announced a package of services for anyone who wanted to avail of a new cervical smear test. How many women have availed of it? What is the Minister doing to ensure their tests and results will be delivered speedily and what laboratory is involved? We have all been astonished by the courage of Vicky Phelan and Emma Mhic Mhathúna, in particular, but there has...

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister's commitment personally to monitor the delivery of the package he announced on 11 May, but he did not address my question about labsoratories-----

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: -----specifically MedLab Pathology and Clinical Pathology Laboratories, CPL, on the one hand, and the Coombe Hospital, on the other. To reassure people in seeking follow-up tests, will the Minister outline which laboratories will be used? At the weekend The Sunday Business Postreported that the minimum time for the study of each test was approximately six minutes under the protocol. It was...

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I will continue the last point I mentioned about clinicians who have been involved in the 209 cases which led to this scandal. Has there been contact with all of those? What are the Minister's plans for mandatory reporting and the patient office? Does he intend to set that up as an independent agency? The Minister got a €685 million increase in the 2018 health budget. What kind of...

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a full audit of all cancer screening programmes; when these audits will be completed; when the results of such audits will be laid before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23144/18]

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I will follow on from the Minister's last point on cervical testing. Will he accelerate that into 2018 to move towards the HPV testing? On the overall programme, we are approximately 12 years into the 2006 strategy for cancer control, including BreastCheck, CervicalCheck, BowelScreen and Diabetic RetinaScreen. What type of audits are the Government and Department ordering on the whole...

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I notice when one looks for statistics on various screening programmes that the last statistics for BreastCheck were from 2015, when 199,000 or so women were invited for screening. Of those, I think 146,000 attended, which was an uptake rate of almost 75%. It was the highest number ever screened by BreastCheck in a single year. Why do we not have the relevant statistics for BreastCheck,...

Other Questions: Cancer Screening Programmes (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When the Taoiseach was in Deputy Harris's Department, I remember asking three years ago on behalf of women constituents about mammogram machines. I think he told me there were 30 machines, they had an eight year lifespan and there were complaints about the kinds of machines that we were using. Has the replacement programme that the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, referred to at that stage been...