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Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction Legislation (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 136. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress regarding the assisted human reproduction Bill; when this Bill will be ready to come before Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46190/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Traveller Advisory Committee has not been convened since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46319/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there has been no increase in the Traveller health budget since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46320/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 150. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre device will be added to the long-term illness scheme for all type 1 diabetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46238/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on investigations or checks into the construction of three health facilities at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46248/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Services Provision (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of treatments carried out in 2017 and to date in 2018 under the EU healthcare directive up to quarter 3 of 2018 for persons here; the budgetary allocation for recoupment of the cost of these treatments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46249/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Safety (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish a dedicated public transport police to invigilate all public transport services including DART and commuter rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46251/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in order to cease sewage discharges into the Dublin Bay biosphere from the Howth peninsula with reference to a recent Environmental Protection Agency report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46250/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (8 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes to statutory regulations or legislation he is considering in relation to the planning, procurement and construction of social housing by local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46255/18]

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I echo those comments by my colleagues. I commend Fianna Fáil on bringing the motion before us. The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016–2020 was introduced with the ambition of securing 50,000 apprentices by 2020. During the boom and up to the period that Deputy Wallace spoke about, there were often up to 30,000 apprenticeships, but the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: That €6 million is welcome, but people are still unclear on the exact role family resource centres will play. Are the new services only for those families in hubs or will the supports be available to all those in hotel rooms, guest houses and bed and breakfast accommodation? The constituency I represent and that represented by the Minister are among those that have the highest...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Children can suffer mental health difficulties because of the unsettling and distressful nature of being in emergency homeless accommodation. We recently received the National Women's Council of Ireland report, Out of Silence, which referred to the high rate of suicide among girls in this country compared to the rates in other EU member states. Will mental health supports be made available...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the new role of family resource centres under the auspices of Tusla in providing services to families and children experiencing homelessness; the guidelines for the centres; the extra resources being made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45726/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister knows, we still have almost 4,000 children experiencing homelessness in emergency accommodation, with perhaps thousands more in insecure and unsuitable accommodation. The Minister told me earlier this year that we now have 120 family resource centres operating across the country with a budget of approximately €14 million. Does the Minister intend to give increased...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care accessing CAMHS services; if there are waiting lists to access mental health services for children in care; if so, the average time of waiting to access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the establishment of a high pay and wealth commission to assemble data to review the levels of high pay, bonuses, dividend and other incomes in the property, financial, information technology, pharma and other industries and the accumulation of wealth resulting from these payments; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Time Zones (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to carry out consultations with the public and the preparations he is making for retaining summer time all year round from October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46051/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Administration (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE national service plan 2018 which provided for 18.25 million home support hours to be delivered to over 50,000 persons; the reason persons may still be waiting six to eight months or more for home care packages for vulnerable relatives that wish to live independently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46053/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Vehicle Testing (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on recent reports regarding emission levels from diesel vehicle imports from the UK and Northern Ireland; if these imports meet Ireland's standards on particulate and other noxious emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46047/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Provision (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail has a shortage of carriages and rolling stock to run its schedules; if the company is having to rent carriages and rolling stock for its national, commuter rail and DART lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46045/18]