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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Illegal Dumping (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister expect any prosecutions?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel who entered and left, respectively, the Permanent Defence Force in each of the years 2017 and 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21994/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing of Events (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 321. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount An Garda Síochána received from organisations (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 towards policing their events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21992/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for each of the services in CHO9 by periods (details supplied) in view of the fact that the HSE was contacted directly for this information but has not responded to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the timeframe for the construction of a new accident and emergency department at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21991/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regularity with which communication is received by Garda headquarters from the Road Safety Authority informing it of drivers that have reached disqualification level due to the accumulation of penalty points; the way in which An Garda Síochána is informed; the follow-up that takes place with drivers who do not surrender...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the process of the Road Safety Authority of informing drivers when they have reached the disqualification levels due to the accumulation of penalty points; when An Garda Síochána is informed of the disqualification; the way in which An Garda Síochána is informed; the follow-up that takes place...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21993/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to reduce speeding and aggressive driving on roads and streets here and to legislate for home zones or slow zones in residential estates and built-up areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21728/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister knows, the Global Alliance of NGOs for Road Safety identifies inappropriate speed as a factor in virtually all crashes. Some 1.25 million people tragically die on roads throughout the world every year. Many people think that there has recently been an upsurge in aggressive behaviour and speeding by many drivers. We need to take action to combat it. We have had the debate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is responsible for speed limits. When the current speed limits were introduced in 2004, one of his predecessors, the late Seamus Brennan, raised the question of whether we should have opted for an upper limit of 110 km/h rather than 120 km/h. Is it now time to re-examine sections 5 to 9, inclusive, of the 2004 Act with which the Minister is familiar? According to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Safety (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: There have been 58 fatalities in the year to date on our roads, including nine pedestrians and four cyclists. That is an increase of three on the same period last year and we had a few bad months at the start of the year. Is it now necessary for the RSA to run ongoing, strong, pervasive campaigns to tell us all to slow down a little? There is also a movement in Europe. The carmaker,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, knows, we in the Dublin Bay North constituency also have large studio-type apartment developments being brought to An Bord Pleanála. I understand that the Taoiseach will next week meet the Stardust relatives and victims committee. I wonder whether the Taoiseach will be in a position to give them the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will seek additional resources for traffic policing in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22210/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 147. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22178/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (22 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 148. To ask the Minister for Health if assessments of needs under the Disability Act 2005 are dealt with on a national chronological order or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (28 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, knows, I sought yesterday to adjourn Dáil Éireann to address the subject matter of this Topical Issue, which is for the Government to take all urgent steps to resource An Garda Síochána and to introduce any necessary legislation to end the appalling series of murders on the north side of Dublin in recent months. Last week,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Garda Resources (28 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State referred to Operation Hybrid. A few months ago, the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, outlined the successes of the operation, with 86 arrests and 11 people charged in relation to organised crime and gang murder investigations. There were three convictions for murder following the operation. However, only 37 firearms were seized, which seemed low given the number of reported...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (28 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to refer the final report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby institutions to An Garda Síochána; if her officials are liaising with officials in the Department of Justice and Equality on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (28 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Coatee; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22630/19]