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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1438. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to mitigate increasing traffic congestion on busy routes and arteries in each of the four Dublin counties; when such measures will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1546/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when all public transport fleets and carriages will be fully accessible for persons with mobility issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1547/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1508. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there have been child protection issues reported regarding the use of hotels and commercial accommodation as emergency homeless accommodation in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of such reports in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Administration (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1757. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will direct agencies dealing with the housing crisis, such as the Residential Tenancies Board, to have free and accessible contact methods for tenants such as freephone numbers from landlines and mobiles; the measures he is taking to ameliorate the difficulties for tenants in the private rental sector; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1805. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the use of commercial accommodation providers as a means of accommodating homeless families with children will cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of family hubs by county; the capacity of each hub; his plans for the number of hubs and capacity for the fourth quarter of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the method of measuring residential unit building completions; the improvements that will be made to the accuracy of recording the number of new residential units for each quarter in 2018; his views on the latest house completion statistics for 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commencement of Legislation (16 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1937. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when section 36 of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000 will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1646/18]

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Following the publication of the Coffey report, we had the moment in Dáil Éireann when the outrageous slur on the young victims of the Stardust tragedy and all the other young people who attended that night was removed from the Dáil record. I was delighted to read the names of the 48 victims into the record of this Dáil.

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: If I could just have another minute or two, a Cheann Comhairle. There is a strong belief on the northside that successive Ministers for justice, going back to Ray Burke and down to the incumbent, the Minister, Deputy Charlie Flanagan, have failed the communities of the northside and the relatives and victims of the Stardust tragedy.

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: We are a little ahead of time because I do not believe we have the full range-----

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I just want to conclude. I did not want the McCartan assessment to take place because I feared that it was the Government’s plan to kick the can down the road and to narrow the terms of reference so much that it was set up to fail from the beginning. Anyway, what could a Coffey part two exercise achieve? We clearly now need a commission of investigation under the 2004 Act, with the...

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Only a full new commission of investigation can do that. I submitted a motion to the Ceann Comhairle's office and I hope that early next year our ministerial colleagues and also the Deputies in Fianna Fáil will have the opportunity of supporting that motion and that we finally get justice and closure for the relatives and victims of this horrendous disaster.

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for this brief opportunity to speak on this important matter. The 37th anniversary of the Stardust tragedy will be on 14 February 2018. The horrific inferno on that night stole the lives of 48 of our young people and left 214 others injured. It occurred in a dance hall with chained and blocked exits. Earlier this week, journalist Charlie Bird brought us back to...

McCartan Report on the Stardust: Statements (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 13. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Civil Service People Strategy 2017-2020 and on the way in which this is being delivered to create a high-performing Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53255/17]

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Obviously, we have all been reading Our Public Service 2020-----

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: -----which is a fine summary of the work of our 315,000 public servants, to whom we are greatly indebted, across all of the key sectors of the public service - health, education, security and so on. I wish to ask about this matter because the public service resource is our people, the men and women who are all around us in the Chamber today, in Departments and throughout the Republic....

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister did not invite me.

Other Questions: Civil Service Reform (14 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Okay.