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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (3 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 442. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review and reverse the decision of the HSE not to approve the use of the drug Kuvan for persons with phenylketonuria, PKU, and accept the request by an organisation (details supplied) to provide funding for this drug which has significant long-term health improvements for persons affected by PKU; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (3 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 443. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics to review its decision not to fund the provision of the drug Kuvan for persons affected by phenylketonuria which was approved by EU regulatory agencies in 2009 for use in 20 European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41913/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (3 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 457. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds exported to the United Kingdom for sales and trials between 2010 to 2016; the number returned here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41326/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (3 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he has not commenced the section of the Road Traffic Act 2016 which seeks to regulate rickshaws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41577/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Data (3 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that have been refused carer's allowance in 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (3 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests within his Department from both Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council seeking approval for employing extra staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41605/17]

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I am glad to have the opportunity to speak briefly on the Water Services Bill 2017. From the outset I was opposed to the Fine Gael Ervia project, including Irish Water, whose aim was always to privatise Ireland's domestic water supply. I always advocated that all the necessary capital funding for expanding water supplies and the maintenance of water systems around the country should be a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 62. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to address the waiting lists for eye procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40790/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Capacity Review (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 72. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the Health Service Capacity Review 2017; if the review is on course to be completed by the end of 2017; if the capacity review steering group has provided an interim report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40789/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 12 July 2017, the number of the disclosed offences each year which resulted in conviction, non-conviction, struck out or dismissed by court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41098/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 12 July 2017, if he has undertaken reviews of section 37 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2008 in particular with regard to the safeguards for test purchasers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41099/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 12 July 2017, the number of test purchasers by year and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41100/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Liquor Licence Data (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 12 July 2017, the reason there were no test purchases carried out in counties Galway, Kilkenny, Carlow, Laois, Offaly, Roscommon, Longford and Wexford in the years since 2014; the reason County Clare, DMR east, counties Sligo, Leitrim, Tipperary and Waterford have had no test...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 20 September 2017, if HIQA has been instructed to invigilate the extra charges by nursing homes; the role of the interdepartmental agency working group; if further funding will be required to ensure the implementation of recommendations in the 2015 review of the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a...

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (27 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I attended the Committee for Budgetary Oversight earlier today and it was good to hear that the Minister for Finance is to introduce a Brexit package to support Irish businesses, exporters and hopefully the Irish farming sector. Witnesses at a recent Committee for Budgetary Oversight, including the Irish Tax Institute, IBEC and the chambers of commerce, all called for additional supports for...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: A Chathaoirligh, we act to some extent as almost directors of our country. At a board meeting people generally ask for any possible conflicts of interest before the meeting starts, so-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister and the departmental staff. An issue about which we all feel deeply is affordable housing for young people who, if they were given some supports, could buy their own homes. The Minister, Deputy Murphy, stated recently that he will announce a major new scheme within the coming fortnight. Is this something the Minister has funded for 2017 or is it part of the 2018...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: We are a net contributor now, are we not?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service Data (27 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of staff employed in the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of inspections undertaken by the NPWS regarding wildlife in the same years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Regulation (27 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the monitoring of coursing trials around the country; if breaches of trial rules have taken place in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; the repercussions for breach of a club's rules (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40834/17]