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Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I appreciate the opportunity to speak about the important Multi-Party Action Bill 2017 and commend Sinn Féin Deputies Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Pearse Doherty on introducing it. I welcome it and will be supporting it fully. Like many other Deputies, including the Acting Chairman, there have been many times throughout my political career when I have thought that access to...

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Iam delighted to have the opportunity to speak briefly on the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 and to support it strongly. However, on reading the Bill, it is a little like a jigsaw, amending different sections and subsections of the many Road Traffic Acts, with deletions and substitutions also provided for. The Bill therefore reinforces the urgent need for a consolidation project for all...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hare coursing meetings in areas (details supplied) attended by National Parks and Wildlife Service personnel in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47711/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the results of his recent visit to the west coast of the United States of America in terms of foreign direct investment and jobs for Ireland. [47662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the average rate of inflation in wages annually compared to the average rate of inflation in rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to publish a multi party litigation or class action Bill as recommended and set out by the Law Reform Commission a decade ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the Garda traffic corps will be restored to full operational strength; his views on the deployment of the corps to invigilate speeding on the M50 and other motorways around Dublin, on national roads especially in western counties and on regional roads around the country; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau as of 1 January 2017 and 1 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47965/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount that An Garda Síochána has received from organisations (details supplied) towards the costs of policing their events in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Stardust Fire (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the recent McCartan report of the assessment on the Stardust fire of 14 February 1981, including the payments made to former Judge McCartan, legal researchers, counsel and to expert fire, construction or other specialist advisors called in by Judge McCartan and his report staff; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 317. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated for the recruitment of two additional full-time consultant breast radiologists for Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47967/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 359. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the parameters of the partnership between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) as cited on its website; if State funding is provided to the organisation; if so, the amount provided in 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47706/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 439. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the forthcoming projects regarding transport capital infrastructure being prepared or implemented by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 440. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the forthcoming projects regarding transport capital infrastructure being prepared or implemented by Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Law Reform Commission has been requested to produce an up to date consolidation of all road traffic law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47961/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered allowing taxis to use contraflow bus lanes in Dublin city; if following the expansion of the Luas network there are sufficient taxi ranks in the city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48080/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of rent supplement tenancies expected in Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council in timeframes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Inspections (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost to provide funding to Dublin City Council to hire 100 more inspectors for inspecting rental properties; his plans to ensure that this funding is provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has been contacted by an organisation (details supplied), a union and large multinationals regarding their concerns about the housing crisis, rent availability and affordability for employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47951/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Registration Authority Data (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to collect data on the price of non-agricultural land; when he expects this information to be available for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47952/17]