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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant cardiologist at Beaumont Hospital; the average waiting time to see the consultant; the steps being taken to reduce waiting times to see the consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 726 of 20 March 2018, if China and Pakistan are on the list of export destinations that Bord na gCon considers to provide the expected levels of greyhound care and management as defined within Bord na gCon’s code of practice; the number of greyhounds exported directly or indirectly to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on efforts to expand markets for Irish food production in China, India and south east Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his priorities for traffic legislation, especially in the areas of excessive speed and dangerous driving, and in the co-ordination of key driver records between the Road Safety Authority, the courts system and An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30852/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his priorities for a road traffic Bill 2018, especially in the areas of excessive speed and dangerous driving and in the co-ordination of key driver records between the Road Safety Authority, the courts system and An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30851/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full estimated costs of the BusConnects programme; the actual cost of the Dublin BusConnects redesign of the Dublin Bus network less than a decade ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps under Project Ireland 2040 being taken by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2018 and 2019 to deliver metro north and other crucial fixed metro and Luas systems in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies Mergers (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 822. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to merging Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority in view of the serious overlap in functions of these bodies and his own longstanding policy to reduce pressure on taxpayers by cutting the number of overlapping State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ pensioners have not received a post-retirement increase in their occupational pensions since 2008; when they will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 840. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost if Tusla recruited an additional 200 social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local and Community Development Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the community enhancement programme of €4.5 million; the steps local community development projects need to take to access this funding in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Foster Care Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the foster care allowance for a child aged under 12 years of age was increased from €325 to €335 per week and from €352 to €372 per week for a child that is over 12 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 975. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a 2018-2019 hare coursing licence will be refused and all hare hunting and shooting stopped in view of warnings from wildlife experts (details supplied) that Irish hare numbers have declined significantly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30825/18]

Other Questions: EU Budget Contribution (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the projected level of expenditure on Ireland's EU contribution in 2019 and 2020; the projections for this expenditure post-Brexit and during the next multi-annual financial framework, MFF, to 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21622/18]

Other Questions: EU Budget Contribution (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Ireland has been a net contributor to the EU budget since 2014. It is one of nine of the current 28 member states that are now net contributors. Ireland's contribution for this year will be €2.7 billion. How does the Minister envisage this sum rising in the context of our contribution in 2019 and 2020? It is a very large contribution. It is approximately twice the annual budget...

Other Questions: EU Budget Contribution (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for his reply. What is his view of the Commission's MFF proposal? Does he agree with the proposed increase to 1.11% of GNI? Would he prefer the figure to be higher or lower? What is Ireland's position on this proposal? The Minister referred to the Taoiseach as saying that Ireland, as one of the nine net contributors to the European Union, will be prepared to pay...

Other Questions: EU Budget Contribution (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister think the figure is in the kind of territory referred to by his colleague in the European Parliament, Mr. Brian Hayes, or could it be much more significant? Obviously, as we go on post-2020 and begin to deal this new multiannual financial framework, there will be a huge and growing impact on our budgets and we also have concerns that there will be gaps in the Common...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I would like to ask the Taoiseach about the high-level report on the Department of Justice and Equality, which was produced by Mr. Ó Ríordáin and which, according to Mr. Pat Leahy, makes some important points regarding accountability and the budget and resources of An Garda Síochána. When will that be published? Will the Dáil get a chance to discuss it? Why...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When the Taoiseach is walking around the country and when we are walking around constituencies, the one thing that always sticks in one's mind when crime and bad antisocial behaviour are raised, as happens regularly, is that people want to see gardaí - male and female - on the streets. The visibility of gardaí is missing, and that is a key problem. It is about resources, numbers,...

Leaders' Questions (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It is all crime. I am talking about crime and the Department of Justice and Equality.