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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Voluntary Sector Funding (12 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 622. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans he is considering to assist under-resourced volunteer centres; when additional funding will be made available to these groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11908/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (12 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 708. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out a survey of homes to examine if persons are living in unsafe properties as highlighted in a report (details supplied); his further plans for a redress scheme for purchasers of houses and apartments that were not properly constructed and that are non-compliant with building and fire regulations; and if...

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I commend my colleague, Deputy Joan Collins, on her tremendous work in bringing forward this motion on the local drug and alcohol task forces. The motion strongly supports the work of the task forces, which are central to the implementation of the Government strategy, Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery, of 2017. The motion calls on the Government to implement the commitment in the programme...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Many people watched a programme in which the young woman spoke to us.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We watched it before anyone, including the former President Mary Robinson, went out there.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: She seemed like a normal young woman.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I have asked the Tánaiste twice.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Has the Tánaiste made any further inquiries about the young woman who is being held prisoner in the United Arab Emirates? Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum is the daughter of the King of Dubai and Prime Minister of the UAE. I have asked the Tánaiste about the matter previously. Clearly, Sheikha Latifa is being held prisoner in that country. The EU-Arab League meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the productivity of the workforce in view of recent reports expressing widely different estimates of productivity including reports by the OECD and the Central Bank; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10956/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 49. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the take-up of Brexit preparedness courses, materials, grants and information to date in quarter 1 of 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is liaising with the Ministers for Justice and Equality and Agriculture, Food and the Marine on recent reports by four UN rapporteurs that permits for atypical workers, in particular for migrant fishery workers, were leaving them vulnerable to serious abuses in view of the fact the permits tie workers to individual ships and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the price the BeNeLuxa countries are paying for Spinraza; the reason Ireland cannot access the same deal in view of the fact that this price was finalised prior to Ireland joining the BeNeLuxa initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11366/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 153. To ask the Minister for Health the work his officials are undertaking to improve the drug approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11367/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit in tabular form; the role of each in the organisation in each year since 2009 to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11369/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Data (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the number of drug treatments and medicines assessed by the National Centre For Pharmacoeconomics and the HSE corporate pharmaceutical unit in each year since 2009 to date in 2019, in tabular form; the numbers approved and denied each year, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11370/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children born with SMA, spinal muscular atrophy, or diagnosed in childhood each year since 2009 to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11371/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (7 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 216. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of pensions with regard to community employment supervisors following the strike on 18 February 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11364/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Administration (6 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is it is disappointing that the Minister cannot meet representatives of the National Principals Forum. It produced a major survey entitled This is How Bad Things Are. Approximately 1,200 principals were surveyed. Approximately 60% of them were teaching principals. The striking point is that a shocking 95% or 96% said they were stressed by the workload. Two thirds felt that work was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Administration (6 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Minister to reconsider and meet the members of the National Principals Forum and examine the up-to-date research they have on the workload, especially that of teaching principals, who comprise 75% of principals. The Minister mentioned in the circular that there can be a cluster of ten schools in order to share a teacher to allow more administrative release. That is welcome. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Administration (6 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet an organisation (details supplied) about the administrative workload of teaching principals, the need for administrative release for teaching principals, the restoration of primary teacher supply panels and other matters of concern; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10964/19]