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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Budgets (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Having a eurozone budget was always a key ambition of European federalists, such as President Macron. The aim is to have many budgetary decisions transferred to Brussels eventually. The Minister said that if we had this kind of instrument, his policy would be to have it anchored in the general EU budget. Is that the position? I note from reports of the meeting that we are included with...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Sector (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his revised strategy for the development of international financial services here; the reason he is halving previously indicated levels of new job creation in the sector between 2020 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25230/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Finance if further to the fiscal assessment report of June 2019 from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, he is examining further measures to broaden the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25229/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Exchequer Payments (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on Exchequer debt servicing costs for the first quarter of 2019; the way in which the refinancing of Exchequer debt since the beginning of 2018 is impacting on those costs in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17779/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 73. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a key conclusion of the recent fiscal assessment report of June 2019 from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the primary balance as a share of GNI has flat-lined since 2015 and that this suggests that there are underlying structural problems and the underlying fiscal position of Ireland is disimproving; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Oireachtas Select Committee Recommendations (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department will respond to the recent report of the Oireachtas Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight on tax expenditures; his views on the key recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17777/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In respect of carbon tax we have been giving a great deal of attention to the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action and the Minister's carbon action plan. It could be seen as people asking us for a total game-changer, not just in terms of retrofitting but with all the changes to transport, food, housing and so on. The people I represent are very suspicious of the intent...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Mr. Lucey talks about entrepreneurial spirit and enterprise. Has he ever heard of an Italian economist who teaches in London named Dr. Mariana Mazzucato? She wrote a famous book called The Entrepreneurial State. She showed how almost all the major entrepreneurial decisions in the development of the IT industry and electronics generally, including all the elements of the web, were made by...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We need a world-class capital city, do we not?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Policy and Budgetary Planning: Discussion (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: There seems to be a new policy on that in Dublin City Council.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest efforts to achieve a full two-state resolution and permanent peace for Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of Ireland’s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council; the amount spent on the bid to date; the estimated total spend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24941/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons, by gender, in both the Army Reserve and the Naval Service Reserve in each of the years from 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25458/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on the recent visit by the President of the United States in June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24969/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints received in 2018 and to date in 2019 that were upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated or incomplete, respectively; the length of time, that is, minimum, maximum and average it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prisoner Complaints Procedures (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of category A complaints received in 2018 and to date in 2019 that were upheld, not upheld, not proven, terminated or incomplete, respectively; the length of time, that is, minimum, maximum and average it took to complete and communicate the outcomes of complaints to prisoners; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent by his Department on the recent visit by the President of the United States of America in June 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24970/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Seized Property (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles impounded per Garda division since the commencement of the Clancy amendment on 22 December 2018 in view of the fact that An Garda Síochána confirmed on 27 May 2019 on a television programme (details supplied) that more than 1,100 vehicles had been impounded from unaccompanied learner drivers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Daylight; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date; if the operation is still active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25161/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (18 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans that have been allocated to the Coolock Garda district to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/19]