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

Tommy Broughan: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the support and assistance provided to transgender persons in accessing services; the improvements he plans to make in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52676/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 395. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been informed of the fate of greyhounds once they leave the country; when the greyhound industry (amendment) Bill will be published; his plans to include an amendment to prevent the export of greyhounds to countries in which the welfare standards are below those here (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 553. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the sanctions that will be placed on a coursing club (details supplied) for allegedly contravening the terms of its licence by capturing wild hares with visible signs of ill-health that were subsequently coursed and died; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52672/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Data (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares dying at coursing clubs, per club, in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; if post mortems have been carried out in all cases; the number which had pre-existing conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52673/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (12 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 555. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for improving the monitoring and invigilation of coursing clubs in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52674/17]

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The development in Clongriffin will not be completed until the first quarter of 2019. That is not good.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: It is too slow.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Meanwhile, these children are suffering.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Or 18 months, or two years.

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the weekly actions he undertakes to put an end to child homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/17]

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: It is approximately two and a half years since I made a complaint to the Ombudsman for Children, Mr. Niall Muldoon, about the conditions in which children were living in hotel rooms, guesthouses and emergency accommodation. I have also asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Katherine Zappone, what work is being done to address the longer term physical and mental health...

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: On the target date provided by the Minister, the target date of 1 July set by the Taoiseach in addressing this issue was not met. This is the second Christmas, or perhaps the third, many children will spend in a single room in a hotel or guesthouse. We have all heard heartbreaking stories from young mothers and couples about the impact this is having on children. Has the Minister visited...

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Why then does the Minister not declare a housing emergency?

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Everything is happening too slowly. The Taoiseach and the Minister recently laid the foundation stone for 84 homes at Clongriffin in the Dublin Bay North constituency where there are almost 7,000 families on the housing waiting list. It is just far too slow. We still need to talk in terms of a housing emergency, and perhaps we need to talk about a housing executive for Dublin. The Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Safety Regulations (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that local government is sufficiently monitoring fire safety in buildings around the country to ensure they are compliant with fire safety standards and requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the reports of the Moriarty tribunal; the status of these investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Flood and Mahon tribunals; the stage these investigations are at; when he expects a decision to be reached; if he has set a deadline for this decision; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the status of investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage these investigations are at; when he expects a decision to be reached; if he has set a deadline for this decision; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Payments (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that those who are self-employed prior to applying for and being awarded the carer's allowance receive no credited contributions while in receipt of this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52495/17]

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 14:In page 13, after line 38, to insert the following:“Report on the restoration of pension bands and rates 17. The Minister shall prepare and lay a report before the Houses of the Oireachtas within 3 months of the enactment of this Bill indicating the impacts of the 2012 Social Welfare Act changes in bands and rates on State pension recipients and indicating how...