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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is engaging at EU level to rectify issues in relation to the fact that the TRACES system used to record the exportation of dogs does not differentiate between greyhounds and other dogs and continued concerns regarding the export of greyhounds to countries with poor welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the dredging of Howth Harbour and in particular on reported plans to utilise the 225,000 cubic metres of dredged silt to infill and expand the Howth Harbour west pier on its western boundary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry Development (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount provided in 2018 and to date in 2019 for the construction of a new national food innovation hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13912/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1099. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bus Éireann coaches operating on Expressway and regional services that have wheelchair accessibility, the number of services that currently have no wheelchair accessibility; his plans to rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provisions will be made to ensure that all bus stops are made wheelchair accessible in view of the fact a number of Bus Éireann routes do not have accessible bus stops meaning many persons with a disability have no access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Data (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1098. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified in court in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in circumstances in which the Road Safety Authority was unable to match the driver with the disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if responsibility for the application and assessment of all sports capital grants will be allocated to a fully independent body in the interest of transparency and efficiency and to build the best national sports infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13663/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his consultation on the draft guidelines for operators of essential services in the State; the changes that will have to be made to security and incident reporting under the new EU directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13998/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We are used to traffic filtering on our websites, including the Oireachtas website, although I believe the latter was down this morning. Is it not the case that the Government has been very lethargic? Is is now nearly three years since the EU network and information systems directive, No. 2016/1148, was introduced. The Government has been engaging in consultation only recently. I am not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I have the NIS compliance guidelines in front of me. What was the level of engagement? People are very sensitive regarding any major faults in the electricity sector, for example, the Boeing crashes and various other events that have happened such as what is happening with electricity supply in Venezuela and the powerful and central role IT systems play in the delivery of essential...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In his original reply, the Minister said the changes that would be needed would be minimal. How does he know that? How does he know that we could not face a significant emergency in the delivery of electricity all across the economy? To some extent, he is prejudging it. He mentioned finance. I know the Department of Finance has produced a paper on block chain technology but what is the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I strongly support amendment No. 86. The International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, has a famous guidance on the balanced approach, the ICAO document 9829. Its four principles are: reduction of noise at source; land use planning and management; noise abatement operational procedures; and operating restrictions on aircraft. Over the past 40 years, many of the organisation's efforts...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I support Deputy Clare Daly’s amendments with respect to the deletions. This is extraordinary. To go back to what I said on Second Stage, in his earlier career the Minister would have found it unbelievable that a conflicted body would be appointed as a regulator. The papers released by the Department recently under a freedom of information request and reported in the journal.ieshow...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 100:In page 51, after line 18, to insert the following:“Review of operation of Act31. The Minister shall, not later than 3 years after the commencement of this section, carry out a review of the operation of this Act.”.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a recent report (details supplied) that estimated that the elimination of carbon emissions by 2060 would give a 66% chance of global warming staying below 1.5o Celsius above pre-industrial levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13997/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers needed to fill all vacant posts in Tusla; the number required to have all cases investigated by a social worker within six weeks of referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14280/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I have raised the issue of social worker vacancies in Tusla a couple of times with the Minister in recent months. All Members were struck by the comments of the new chairperson of Tusla and former Deputy, Mr. Pat Rabbitte, at the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs, where he stated that Tusla is running to stand still in regard to recruitment and retention. Although 142 social workers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister. She told me last month that at that stage, Tusla had 499 agency staff and that 226 of those were social workers. What percentage of the total social worker staff are agency staff? It is welcome to hear that the turnover rate is beginning to fall. The Minister told me previously that the overall rate for Tusla was reducing to 5% or 6%, which is the normal rate one...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Tusla told us that at the end of the second quarter last year, approximately 515 children were awaiting an allocation of a social worker, which is 130 more than in the previous quarter, and approximately 546 children did not have an up-to-date care plan. Those figures are disturbing. Recommendation 8 in our joint committee's report on the provision of foster care services in Ireland...