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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 843. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 9 October 2018, for which no reply was received from the HSE, the number of homeless beds for persons leaving hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13654/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 844. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 8 November 2018, for which a reply was received from the HSE on 22 November 2018 but not received from Beaumont Hospital as advised in the HSE Head of Services reply, if he has received the construction safety check report from Beaumont Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13657/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 845. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 20 November 2018, for which no reply was received from the national clinical programme for rare diseases, if he has received a report regarding awareness raising of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, EDS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13658/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 846. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 December 2018, for which no reply was received from the HSE, if he has received a report regarding the number of assessments of needs that were undertaken in the mandatory timeframe of three months; the number not commenced; the sanctions placed on the HSE for breaching statutory requirements; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 852. To ask the Minister for Health the construction timeframe and date of opening of the 20-bed cystic fibrosis patient unit in Beaumont Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13699/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 853. To ask the Minister for Health if patient advocacy groups will be included in the terms of reference for the mini-review by his Department of the drugs approval process here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13700/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 894. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time to access the early intervention teams covering the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas; if plans will be put in place to increase the capacity of the early intervention teams to meet the growing demand for this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13910/19]

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

Tommy Broughan: 974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the provisions in relation to the commitment provided to him by the Irish Greyhound Board regarding the expansion of its code to include provisions with regard to best practice when exporting greyhounds; the expected timeline in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13458/19]

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

Tommy Broughan: 975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €16.8 million provided to the Irish Greyhound Board in budget 2019 to be spent on the welfare of greyhounds during their racing life; the amount that will be provided to a charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13459/19]

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

Tommy Broughan: 976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is engaging at EU level to rectify issues in relation to the fact that the TRACES system used to record the exportation of dogs does not differentiate between greyhounds and other dogs and continued concerns regarding the export of greyhounds to countries with poor welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the...

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

Tommy Broughan: 986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the dredging of Howth Harbour and in particular on reported plans to utilise the 225,000 cubic metres of dredged silt to infill and expand the Howth Harbour west pier on its western boundary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/19]

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

Tommy Broughan: 995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount provided in 2018 and to date in 2019 for the construction of a new national food innovation hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13912/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1099. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Bus Éireann coaches operating on Expressway and regional services that have wheelchair accessibility, the number of services that currently have no wheelchair accessibility; his plans to rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if provisions will be made to ensure that all bus stops are made wheelchair accessible in view of the fact a number of Bus Éireann routes do not have accessible bus stops meaning many persons with a disability have no access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Data (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1098. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified in court in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in circumstances in which the Road Safety Authority was unable to match the driver with the disqualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (26 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if responsibility for the application and assessment of all sports capital grants will be allocated to a fully independent body in the interest of transparency and efficiency and to build the best national sports infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13663/19]

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: There has rarely been a time in history when the Members of one Parliament watched the actions of another assembly - the House of Commons is voting as we speak - with such profound frustration and sadness. Although all communities on the islands of Britain and Ireland, including business, farmers and civic society leaders, plead for some degree of certainty regarding the Brexit decision by...

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: That is grand. I was not aware of that but I am delighted. I will just say that I warmly support the motion and amendment.

Business Insurance: Motion [Private Members] (13 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I support this motion and commend Deputy Michael McGrath on bringing it forward. Anybody who has served as a director of a company, particularly in the past ten or 15 years, knows the way insurance costs have escalated and made it more difficult for us to employ people and to defray the kind of basic costs of running any kind of business in the community or in the commercial sector. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (13 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 67. To ask the Minister for Health the level of unfilled hospital consultant posts in the health service; the steps he is taking through pay restoration or otherwise to urgently remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11799/19]