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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no upright or stand-up MRI machines; when funding will be provided for this equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47764/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 359. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no facility for persons who require an upright MRI and that persons must travel to England for same at a cost of €1,600; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is not covered under the EU cross-border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47765/18]

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

Tommy Broughan: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no Ehlers-Danlos syndrome specialists working here; his plans to provide funding to secure such a specialist here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47766/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 361. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 18 October 2018, when the rare diseases technology review committee will begin assessing and reporting on orphan medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 238 and 670 of 18 October 2018, the reason the rare diseases technology review committee does not have a direct input into the NCPE health technology assessment process; if the committee will be permitted to replicate to the Scottish PACE model to have a direct input into the pharmacoeconomic evaluation of orphan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 who are on the waiting list to receive home support hours as of 9 November 2018; the number of requested hours by persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48074/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works that will be carried out in Howth Harbour in 2019; the estimated cost of each project; when each of the capital project works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48075/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the applications for approval of expenditure on Traveller accommodation received from each local authority, respectively; the amount involved; the applications which were approved or rejected, respectively, in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time it took to assess applications for approval for local authorities' expenditure on Traveller accommodation in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47747/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason applications for approval for local authorities' expenditure on Traveller accommodation were rejected in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; if there is an appeals process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47748/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Protection (15 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the request by an organisation (details supplied) for a global deal along the lines of the Paris Agreement on climate change for wildlife and natural resources following the report of the organisation on catastrophic falls in many wildlife populations across the world since 1970; and if she will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Protection (15 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I also met the film workers on a number of occasions and I support Deputy Boyd Barrett's comments. The Minister will be aware that a few weeks ago the Zoological Society of London published the Living Planet Report 2018, which shows that the animal populations on the planet have reduced by approximately 60% since 1970. This is being talked about as the sixth mass extinction. The World...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Protection (15 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister will be aware this report follows a widespread study of 4,000 vertebrate species, including more than 18,000 populations of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish. The director of the World Wildlife Fund, Mr. Mike Barrett, is of the view that we are facing a cliff in this regard and, thus, the comparison with the Paris climate change accord. This situation is as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Protection (15 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: We tend to think of Asia, palm oil and deforestation, Latin America and the expansion of soya and the fears that many people have for the new Brazilian President in that regard. I commend the Government on the Dublin Bay biosphere. It has been reported that Howth Castle is to be sold. There is concern in my constituency that Howth peninsula, which has been a fantastic green lung for Howth,...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018: Second Stage (14 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have a brief opportunity to comment on the Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2018. There are welcome features in the Bill, including the increased maternity, adoptive and paternity benefits; the increases and proportionate increases in social protection payments; and the measures to address the budget 2012 pension anomaly, to which my colleague has...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On the day that is in it, let me return to Brexit and the indicative timetable. Does the Taoiseach expect that after March of next year, as the long-term relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union is worked out, there will need to be some bilateral treaties between Ireland and the United Kingdom only - for example, in respect of a common travel area, in respect of which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (14 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister in favour of a constitutional amendment?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (14 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister does not seem to be in favour of such an amendment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (14 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister does not seem to be in favour of a constitutional amendment.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Constitutional Amendments (14 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Yes, I have had a couple of shots.