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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We are grateful for Operation Tombola and the work of An Garda Síochána, Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council and, indeed, all of the local community groups and volunteers who work so hard at this period to make the festival of Hallowe'en safe and enjoyable. There is obviously a special responsibility on business to ensure materials such as pallets and tyres do not end up...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The reality is sometimes very disappointing. We all walk around and visit all areas of our constituency constantly. I was very disappointed last Friday, for example, to visit an open space amenity area in my constituency, which Dublin City Council tries to look after, and to see a burnt out vehicle in the very middle of it. There was debris and other evidence of the mayhem which had taken...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department and An Garda Síochána have taken in response to an upsurge in crime and anti-social behaviour in parts of Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 (details supplied) in 2019; the preparations that have been made to ensure that the Halloween festival will not be used as a pretext by miscreants to return to such...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Yesterday, while the Minister's colleague was taking the debate on the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill because the Minister could not attend, I raised again the upsurge in appalling crime that occurred in parts of my constituency earlier this year, with murders in broad daylight and so on, and asked what steps were being taken. The second matter is the great anxiety people are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the non-service of summons in relation to road traffic offences in view of the fact that Court Service figures in summer 2019 showed that 46% were not served between January 2017 and May 2019; the status of the working group which was set up in 2014 to monitor the serving of summons; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the EXPLORE programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the skills to advance programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40314/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the skills for work programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40315/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the introduction of a national access to apprenticeship programme as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) in its 2020 pre-budget submission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40316/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Administration (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Code of Practice of the Governance of the Education and Training Boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the five persons and their nominating bodies elected to the boards of each education and training board under section 30(11) of the Education and Training Board Act 2013 in tabular form. [40318/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Youth Justice Strategy (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the development of a youth justice strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40325/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Legal Services Regulatory Authority will commence its complaints process and start accepting complaints from the public and users of legal services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40326/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 170. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation to replace the Dentists Act 1985 and reform the regulation of the dental profession in view of concerns that the current legislation is deficient and failing to protect the patients of dental services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40324/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 286. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of smart metering; the number of smart meters installed to date; the rights of householders and consumers with regard to the installation of smart meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Data (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 308. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of the 1.9 million passenger journeys in 2018 supported by the rural transport programme which were undertaken by young persons under 26 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40330/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Data (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policies and measures his Department is undertaking to support the increased use of rural transport services by young persons under 26 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40331/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Action Plan for Rural Development Implementation (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 312. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action 35 of Realising Our Rural Potential - Action Plan for Rural Development to introduce a new single targeted youth funding scheme which will address a range of factors including rural isolation; the way in which the scheme will address isolation among young persons in rural areas; the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Children's Strategy (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the implementation of action 43 in Realising Our Rural Potential - Action Plan for Rural Development to support the participation of young persons in rural areas in decision making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40328/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 327. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will address the lack of investment in youth work in budget 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40309/19]