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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage at which these investigations are at; when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48479/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage at which these investigations are at; when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48480/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has requested the Departments of Public Expenditure and Reform and Finance to cost the prospect of consolidation of road traffic law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48481/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the consolidation of road traffic legislation; the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48482/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 226. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider allowing all schools, not just DEIS schools, to apply for an education welfare officer service to assist children that may be experiencing homelessness and need additional supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48498/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines or ministerial directives outlining the access routes into emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48497/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the guidelines or ministerial directives outlining the access routes into family hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the way in which decisions are made to place families in hubs; if there are waiting lists to access hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48550/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said that he supports collective EU efforts. Does that include supporting the German foreign minister on the travel ban issued to 18 Saudis? The Minister told us about the implementation of the arms trade treaty in 2014, which sought to stop high grade weapons from being used in a country such as Yemen. Every member of the EU has signed up to that treaty. How does that work...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: No, I never do. I asked the Tánaiste about this previously in September. At the time, the Tánaiste expressed grave and serious concern. He has told us today that the situation is shocking. Some 13 million people are in danger of famine. This number includes hundreds of thousands of children. Perhaps up to 50,000 are dead. Is there something more proactive the Tánaiste...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking with his EU colleagues to help in bringing the war in Yemen to an immediate end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47993/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome that commitment. Quite clearly under the Coroners Act, Mr. Séamus Woulfe has the power to order a second inquest and there is no doubt that the papers requesting that inquest, with detailed grounds, will be served on him in the coming weeks. In Northern Ireland a new inquest has been ordered on approximately 56 different occasions. The inquest that was held into the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: At 11 a.m., a large number of us marched to the Office of the Attorney General, Mr. Seamus Woulfe, to deliver an astonishing 48,000 signed postcards asking for a new inquest into the Stardust tragedy of 14 February 1981. Those 48,000 signatures are the culmination of the heroic Truth campaign begun by the Stardust Relatives and Victims Committee, which has been courageously led over the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland's contribution to the campaign for a United Nations parliamentary assembly; if a parliamentary assembly will be inaugurated in time for the 75th anniversary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47994/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he will announce the results of the election monitoring panel competition that closed on 20 August 2018; if the results will be announced before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 will be enacted before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are finding it difficult to secure an appointment through the online booking system used by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47761/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Support Services (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if counselling is offered to gardaí following critical or traumatic incidents; the number of gardaí who availed of such counselling in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48076/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year cost of recruiting an extra 18 senior crime and policing analysts at higher executive officer, HEO, level and 18 crime and policing analysts at executive officer, EO, level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48077/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 357. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to create awareness of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility; the supports in place for persons suffering with the condition here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47763/18]