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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting lists for each of the services in CHO9 by periods (details supplied) in view of the fact that the HSE was contacted directly for this information but has not responded to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that visited the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the timeframe for the construction of a new accident and emergency department at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21991/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 565. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regularity with which communication is received by Garda headquarters from the Road Safety Authority informing it of drivers that have reached disqualification level due to the accumulation of penalty points; the way in which An Garda Síochána is informed; the follow-up that takes place with drivers who do not surrender...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the process of the Road Safety Authority of informing drivers when they have reached the disqualification levels due to the accumulation of penalty points; when An Garda Síochána is informed of the disqualification; the way in which An Garda Síochána is informed; the follow-up that takes place...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Data (21 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 639. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21993/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injury Claims (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 12 o’clock Is the Government supporting the Bill brought before the Seanad and will the Minister try to steer it through this House as well? He mentioned fraud and perjury, a very important aspect of the problem, but the cost of insurance working group found that sufficient legislative provision exists to combat fraud and perjury in some of these claims using section 14 of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injury Claims (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to investigate capping personal injury payouts; the way in which this will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17645/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injury Claims (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has made some tough comments recently on the capping of personal injury payments, and I think it is fair to say that this House is totally exasperated with the escalating cost of insurance. We have had a number of debates, including Private Members' debates, on insurance over the past three years, and yet many of the groups which represent the very hard pressed say that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injury Claims (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister mentioned the former president of the High Court, Mr. Justice Nicholas Kearns, whose fundamental point was that there is a compo culture in our country. Slips and trips are a key feature of the legal system, and schools, crèches, shops, small businesses, and local authorities have all become victims of both this and the escalating cost of insurance. As I said, there is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Time Zones (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In Scandinavia, children go to school later in the day.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Time Zones (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the preparations his Department is making to prepare for the EU's harmonisation of daylight saving time in March and October 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20941/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Time Zones (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On 28 March, MEPs voted to cease the seasonal clock changes with effect from April 2021. I understand that the vote was two to one in favour. The last mandatory clock change took place on 31 March last. The Minister will be aware there has been interest among Members of this House in the matter for a long time. His colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, the late Senator,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Time Zones (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I agree with the Minister that it would be impossible to have different time zones in the Republic and Northern Ireland. The Minister will be aware there was a powerful Lighter Later movement in the UK for most of this century to retain summer time and return to what prevailed in the era prior to the First World War. There was overwhelming support in surveys undertaken by the European Union...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Time Zones (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I agree with the Minister that it would be a significant development if it were to proceed. The debate on the Brighter Evenings Bill which I brought forward was taken by the Minister's predecessor, former Deputy Shatter. A clear issue was how we would protect our school children on darker mornings and so on. It is interesting that the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, when he was Chair of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Traffic Offences (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Banned drivers are involved in between 11 and 14 deaths every year, and 500 banned drivers were involved in serious crashes in a two-year period in the middle of this decade. The Minister's figures are incredibly stark. Before Christmas, the Road Safety Authority, RSA, told me that in 2016 the number of drivers with a court disqualification was 8,296; driver licences surrendered amounted to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Traffic Offences (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The list of policing priorities for 2019, which Garda Commissioner Drew Harris has reported to the Oireachtas, is very interesting and includes policing our roads, safeguarding road users, denying criminals the use of roads and spot checks on roads. These are very important as they help to identify disqualified drivers and alert us to criminal behaviour. The head of the RSA, Ms Moyagh...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Traffic Offences (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work he is undertaking to ensure that disqualified drivers do not continue to drive and that their licences are surrendered as mandated in the courts to the court clerk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21248/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Traffic Offences (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: There is an ongoing scandal of disqualified drivers continuing to drive. It has been highlighted continuously by road safety activists such as Ms Susan Gray and the PARC road safety group, yet the figures are stark. The Minister's colleague, Deputy Burke, reported that approximately 83,000 licences of banned drivers were not surrendered in the past eight years. The Minister gave me figures...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (16 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the fact that transport costs rose 3.7% in April 2019 compared to 1.7% average consumer price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21249/19]

Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Vótáil.