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Report of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (7 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I would prefer to retain the current system rather than embark on implementing the findings of this report. I represented the Independents 4 Change technical group on the Seanad reform committee. I strenuously objected to the main proposals in the draft Seanad Bill, which I believe are unworkable, unwieldy, prone to manipulation by wealthy vested interests and fundamentally not in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the review of Defence Force Regulation R5 (New Series) on the Reserve Defence Force and on the continuing vital role of the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve in Óglaigh na hÉireann. [45360/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Armenian Genocide (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a motion or resolution will be brought to Dáil Éireann to recognise the 1915 genocide of Armenians living in the Ottoman empire (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46129/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Armenian Genocide (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On 29 October 2019, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution to recognise the 1915-17 Armenian genocide. It has also been recognised by the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights, the European Parliament, the Council of Europe, 16 EU member states and 32 countries worldwide. Is it not time for the Tánaiste and the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Armenian Genocide (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Should we not have a particular interest in this, given what happened to our people between 1845 and 1852, which was effectively a genocide as well? According to the 1948 UN genocide convention, the crime is defined as acts "committed with intent to destroy, in whole or part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group". Between 1915 and 1917, after Turkey entered the First World War on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Armenian Genocide (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: All we can rely on for the past are historians.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Armenian Genocide (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Historians have delved into the documentation on what happened. For example, in July 1915 the US ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Henry Morgenthau Snr., said "a campaign of race extermination is in progress under a pretext of reprisal against rebellion." He was referring to the horrible crimes being committed against the Armenian people. Also, in the year 2000, almost 20 years ago, 126...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The schools in question are two important primary schools in Dublin Bay North, Our Lady Immaculate senior national school, SNS, Darndale, Dublin 17 and St. Laurence's national school, Brookstone Road in Baldoyle Dublin 13. The principal of St. Laurence's, Ms Clare Finnerty, told me that she met the Minister's predecessor, Deputy Bruton, in March 2017 and that she sent in a letter of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has not given us any assistance on either issue. St. Laurence's national school in Baldoyle has had a distinguished history but it is unusual in having two separate campuses, 600 m or 700 m apart, along a main road. It has always been a popular choice for families in the Baldoyle area. There is no waiting list for families since every parent who applies on behalf of his or...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to secure the release of political prisoners in Bahrain; if he has met with Bahraini officials in regard to the issue; if so, if he will report on the meetings; and his views on the reported refusal of adequate medical care to high profile prisoners. [45810/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel Data (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant promotional positions waiting to be filled in the Defence Forces as of 4 November 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46357/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the establishment of a parliamentary assembly at the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46152/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe for the admission of Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Armenia and Georgia into the European Union. [45803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 5 November 2019, the date on which replies were sent to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 5 November 2019, the reason for stakeholder engagement regarding appropriate education provision for the students at a school (details supplied) in view of section 15 of the Education Act 1998 which provides that the board of management must provide an appropriate education to the students; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Garda R and J districts as of 1 January 2019 and 28 October 2019, in tabular form. [46149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the maintenance and upgrade of Garda CCTV systems 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. [46359/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for work permits received in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications that remained to be processed by 1 November in each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46358/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commencement of Legislation (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when all sections of the Minerals Development Act 2017 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46153/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the four vacancies on the board of the Road Safety Authority will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46355/19]