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Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the situation in Kurdistan; the steps Ireland is taking to ensure that the national integrity of Kurdistan is supported by the EU and international community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53040/17]

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Minister for a brief update on any supportive actions Ireland has taken relating to the Kurdish nation which is located within the Turkish, State, Syria, Iraq and Iran. His predecessor, the Minister, Deputy Charles Flanagan, told me last year that the conflict resolution unit in the Department was attempting to assist the Kurdish people in Turkey and I wondered if that was ongoing...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: It is interesting to hear that the Minister was in Erbil. In 1920, Kurdistan was to be established as an independent state but, following the treaty of Lausanne after the disastrous Greek-Turkish war, the opportunity was lost. I asked the previous Minister, Deputy Flanagan, whether the annual report on Turkey had been received by the Foreign Affairs Council, particularly in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the backlog of passport applications to be processed; the number of persons with dual UK and Irish citizenship applying for an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53039/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 138 of 21 March 2017, 469 of 26 July 2017 and 556 of 7 November 2017, if the report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53323/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 86 and 87 of 17 May 2017, 528 of 26 July 2017 and 559 of 7 November 2017, the number of those summonses not served in 2015 and 2016 that were reissued; further to the statement that a summons struck out not served can be reissued at the request of An Garda Síochána, the details...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 7 November 2017, if the An Garda Síochána report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53325/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 713 of 20 June 2017, 548 of 26 July 2017 and 562 of 7 November 2017, if the report is now available; when a number (details supplied) will be included on the C(T)68 form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53326/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 577 of 26 July 2017 and 567 of 7 November 2017, if the report is now available on the number of persons that were charged for copies of Garda abstracts and statements since 1 January 2017; the amount of these charges in view of the fact that the Policing Authority has provided these...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 346, 347, 348 and 349 of 20 September 2017 and 570 of 7 November 2017, if the report is now to available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53328/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reports (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 246 of 12 July 2017, 113, 114, 115 and 116 of 28 September 2017 and 571 of 7 November 2017, if the report is now available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53329/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 1 June 2017, if the change indicated has been completed; if the Courts Service has started issuing summonses containing the updated requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53330/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (13 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 7 November 2017, the number of road traffic collisions in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 in which there was a serious injury and in which the drivers involved were tested for alcohol at the scene; if testing did not take place at the scene, the reason therefor for the same period;...

Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017: All Stages (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Bill 2017. This Bill will provide for the implementation of the Constituency Commission Report 2017, the recommendations of which include increasing the number of Deputies from 158 to 160 and reducing the number of constituencies to 39. I am in sympathy with previous speakers who referred to...

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Irish Coast Guard requested the assistance of the Air Corps in the instance to which I refer.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 52. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address the personnel gaps in the Defence Forces; the areas in which these gaps are most acute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52732/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Strength (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle, who was kind to allow me to come in. The other side of the very poor pay and conditions are the huge gaps in the establishment figure of Defence Forces. The Minister of State told me recently there are only seven crews to man eight ships in the Naval Service. The bomb disposal unit workload has doubled but there are major gaps in that unit. The most...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a detailed report on Garda Operation C-Point will be provided; 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. [52949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Witness Protection Programme (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda witness protection programme for 2015 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the number of transgender persons on waiting lists for HRT that have been waiting for zero to three months, three to six months, six to none months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 15 months, 15 to 18 months and more than 18 months, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52675/17]