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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 396. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the proposed standard operating procedures on the assessment on needs process; when it is planned that the new procedures will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23328/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 397. To ask the Minister for Health if the implementation of the new standard operating procedures on the assessment on needs process can be postponed to allow for engagement and consultation with parents and other health and social care professional representative bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the number of audiologists working in CHO area 9 in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; if this number will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 399. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a third consultant ophthalmic surgeon for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce plastic waste; if his Department has closely liaised with the large grocery retailers in this regard; if single use plastic straws will be banned here by the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23218/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 514. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if media reports on the expenditure of €2 million by the Road Safety Authority in the design and building of an online application system for driver licences which involved the mandatory use of the public services card are accurate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23196/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (29 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 515. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if media reports of expenditure of €2 million by the Road Safety Authority in the design and building of an online application system for driver licences which involved the mandatory use of the public services card are accurate; if a new online application system is now being implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have this brief opportunity to speak on the important issue before us, namely, pay inequality in the public service. Of course, I voted against the blanket bank guarantee in September 2008 which led to the series of shocking cuts and unfairness within the public sector and caused serious damage to the services offered to the Irish public. In November 2011, I voted against...

Questions on Promised Legislation (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When will legislation be brought forward for the rainy day fund? I understand the Cabinet took a decision on that, even though, at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, the Minister could not give us any indication of the purpose of this fund and whether it is to be an emergency fund, a counter-cyclical fund or otherwise. Many of us believe in sovereign wealth funds and the NTMA doing what...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 27. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on recent changes she made to employment permits for workers from outside the European Economic Area; and her further views on the way in which this will impact on employment here. [22890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the uptake of the Brexit loan scheme for Irish businesses in the first two weeks since its launch on 28 March 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22637/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (24 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on recent CSO trends in goods exports; the key components of goods exports to date in 2018; and the impact Brexit has had on the latest CSO figures. [22889/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Is it possible to schedule the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill on its own next week in order that the legislation, which has been debated for eight or nine hours, is dealt with expeditiously? I know of the Taoiseach's record of interest in road safety matters during his time as Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am also voting "Yes" and calling for a "Yes" vote on Friday but I want to raise another health matter of public importance. The Taoiseach set up the National Rare Diseases Office when he was Minister for Health in 2015. By definition, rare diseases are rare but the office estimates that something like 300,000 Irish people will develop a rare disease at some stage in their lives....

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Kuvan is actually a synthetic copy of the BH4 deficiency, which causes PKU. There are many heart-rending accounts of the daily struggles of families with children with PKU to stay within their low-protein allowance, particularly given that there are few low-protein foods available in Ireland. As I said, it is ten years since the European Medicines Agency approved it for market...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions taken by An Garda Síochána in respect of unlicensed gaming activity for non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in each Garda district in Dublin in tabular form; and the number of those that led to successful convictions....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the necessary funding for the recruitment of additional resources, including two additional full-time digital forensic specialists, for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22795/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Act Review (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 142. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is preparing legislation following a judgment (details supplied) regarding section 15(3) of the Mental Health Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22797/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 143. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to introduce the more accurate HPV test for cervical cancer screening; if these tests will be carried out in Irish laboratories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22798/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (23 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the Law Reform Commission to prepare consolidated legislation on road traffic law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22799/18]