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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Investigations (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 36. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on the serious difficulties facing Tusla; the number of child protection notifications yet to be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14279/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if the possible introduction of a tax on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly is being examined; the stages at which such examinations are at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14601/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is liaising with the Department of Finance on the role of agriculture in greenhouse gas emissions and policies on carbon taxation here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14600/19]

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 100:In page 51, after line 18, to insert the following:“Review of operation of Act31. The Minister shall, not later than 3 years after the commencement of this section, carry out a review of the operation of this Act.”.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I support Deputy Clare Daly’s amendments with respect to the deletions. This is extraordinary. To go back to what I said on Second Stage, in his earlier career the Minister would have found it unbelievable that a conflicted body would be appointed as a regulator. The papers released by the Department recently under a freedom of information request and reported in the journal.ieshow...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I strongly support amendment No. 86. The International Civil Aviation Organization, ICAO, has a famous guidance on the balanced approach, the ICAO document 9829. Its four principles are: reduction of noise at source; land use planning and management; noise abatement operational procedures; and operating restrictions on aircraft. Over the past 40 years, many of the organisation's efforts...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I have the NIS compliance guidelines in front of me. What was the level of engagement? People are very sensitive regarding any major faults in the electricity sector, for example, the Boeing crashes and various other events that have happened such as what is happening with electricity supply in Venezuela and the powerful and central role IT systems play in the delivery of essential...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In his original reply, the Minister said the changes that would be needed would be minimal. How does he know that? How does he know that we could not face a significant emergency in the delivery of electricity all across the economy? To some extent, he is prejudging it. He mentioned finance. I know the Department of Finance has produced a paper on block chain technology but what is the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his consultation on the draft guidelines for operators of essential services in the State; the changes that will have to be made to security and incident reporting under the new EU directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13998/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cyber Security Policy (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We are used to traffic filtering on our websites, including the Oireachtas website, although I believe the latter was down this morning. Is it not the case that the Government has been very lethargic? Is is now nearly three years since the EU network and information systems directive, No. 2016/1148, was introduced. The Government has been engaging in consultation only recently. I am not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a recent report (details supplied) that estimated that the elimination of carbon emissions by 2060 would give a 66% chance of global warming staying below 1.5o Celsius above pre-industrial levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13997/19]

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 60:In page 15, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following:“(24) The competent authority shall undertake a health impact study of the residents living in the vicinity of the airport every ten years and shall commence such a study within one year of enactment.”.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is putting the fox in charge of the hen house.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has the 2006 regulations.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister could have taken the EPA option.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I support these important amendments brought forward by Deputy Clare Daly around mitigation plans. It has been a while since we have had a chance to discuss the Bill. I have taken another look at the European noise directive and the 2006 regulations. It is striking that the regulations appointed the Environmental Protection Agency to be the national authority for all noise. One of the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On amendment No. 91, will noise impact maps be produced by Fingal County Council, as well as by the DAA? Will the other local authorities in Dublin, and possibly in Meath and Kildare, have the capacity to also have a noise impact map upon which they could evaluate what they might feel are complaints from people who live in those local authorities?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grocery Industry Regulation (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 66. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the perceived deficits in legislation and regulations relating to the welfare and export of greyhounds; his plans to remedy such deficits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13884/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Maintenance (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to dredge Howth Harbour; the timeframe and budget for the project; if the local stakeholders and Fingal County Council have been consulted on the plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13885/19]