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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister know that we did not get an invitation?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: With all of the stakeholders working together, I hope we will see real action because this problem has been going on for too long. This type of activity is very disheartening for residents who have organised and submitted their streets to the tidy districts competition. It completely destroys their confidence. The Minister must direct Dublin City Council management to immediately remove all...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Perhaps management should act more vigorously.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Many chief executives would not put up with this.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am not doing that. I am asking-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am talking about leaders who do not lead.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It would not be tolerated in the private sector. We need leadership.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The country needs leadership as well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Our constituents feel abandoned. We have a responsibility to them.

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 9, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“ “white list” means the annual list prepared by welfare members of the International Greyhound Forum in conjunction with Rásaíocht Con Éireann of countries which, at its sole discretion, meet minimum standards with regard to the welfare of greyhounds, and to which the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his EU colleagues are taking to bring to an end the incarceration of a reported 2 million Uighur men in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his EU colleagues will act to demand that the Turkish Government cease its repressive approach to the Kurds in Turkey, restore the rule of law in south-eastern Turkey and enter into dialogue with Kurdish representatives in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17191/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students diagnosed with autism and awaiting a school place for primary school, secondary school and further post-secondary training, respectively, in tabular form; his plans to increase places available by September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENOs by county; the number of children or families working with SENOs in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Levy Increase (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost if the public service obligation increased by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to the secondary roads improvement scheme by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 501. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibilities of Tusla in supporting families with children that have been diagnosed with autism and are having difficulty in accessing appropriate education places for them; the number of these families that Tusla has been working with in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a pay increase for community employment supervisors who have received no increases for a decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17537/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests received from the Residential Tenancies Board for permission to recruit additional staff in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of those requests that have been approved, are pending or refused, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17473/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the refunding of unused tax credits to persons and couples on lower incomes; if his Department has costed different income levels of such refunds in the preparations for budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/19]