Results 121-140 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobs Initiative (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the funding allocation for the back to work enterprise allowance scheme has been cut from €70.36 million in 2019 to €37.32 million in 2020 as set out in the budget 2020 expenditure report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50738/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Training Support Grant (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that received a training support grant in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the expenditure on the scheme in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50739/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the development of the Pathways to Work Strategy 2020-2024; the timetable for the publication of the strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50740/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Payments (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of a social welfare payment that availed of the opportunity to undertake voluntary work and been approved to do so by submitting a VW1 form in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50741/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment and Youth Activation Charter (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the employment and youth activation charter; if the charter is still in operation; if so, the number of employers that signed it in each year since it was launched in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50742/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions an employee must undertake to maintain their PRSI entitlements in circumstances in which the employee takes a career break and is not in paid employment and is not claiming social welfare benefits; if they should make voluntary contributions or sign for credits to maintain their PRSI records and entitlements for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 412. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the electoral commission Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50746/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Register (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the electoral (amendment) Bill to provide for the modernisation of the electoral registration system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (5 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to hold the referendum to extend voting rights to Irish citizens living abroad in presidential elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50748/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Data (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 57. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there has been an increase in applications for the fuel allowance and the household benefits package to date in 2019; the number of recipients of both payments in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications refused in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50171/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the representatives of the fiscal council. To follow up further on corporation tax, the financial journalist, Chris Johns, recently drew attention to the fact that the volatility of corporation tax receipts mainly arises in respect of the companies involved in foreign direct investment. The Department did some modelling of its own with regard to recent developments in corporation...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Do we not receive a share of that fund? The recent figures have been very confusing. Are the taxes hypothecated? Is the share we get back greater than the fines?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is a very important point. People constantly say that we will be fined and punished. However, a recent report noted that we get money back at European level through the mitigation fund. I am not sure if the report was from the Department of Finance or perhaps the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. That figure seems to be significantly higher than the fines we have incurred so...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Is it not important to know if this is still a net benefit to us? I have another point relating to this. Do the witnesses think that all carbon taxation should be hypothecated?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am not saying that. It is linked to a state's share-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does that mean that we would gain from the fines paid by other countries?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I accept that. However, it seems that a lot of people are not aware of how this operates.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is being hypothecated, is it not?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We have heard representations from trade unions calling for an increase in salaries of at least 4% in 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Strategy (3 Dec 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support businesses affected by the current EU and US trade war. [49683/19]