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Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: On that point, there were detailed plans in 2012 or early 2013. The Minister's predecessor would have received some outline requests for support because it is a project that encompasses two local authorities and it needs that kind of background support. I have advocated for many years for a strategic development zone in the north fringe - the south fringe from a Fingal perspective -...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: On a final point about metro north, when the former Rail Procurement Agency held substantial consultations in 2008, it had three corridors for the new metro north, or metro-heavy rail, one which would have gone through the western part of Dublin Bay North, coming up through Coolock from Drumcondra. Eventually, the RPA decided on the alignment that is being discussed in press statements and...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I have one last line. I thank the Acting Chairman, who is very generous.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (24 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: On the last point, I want to bring the Malahide Road to the Minister's attention. I do not know what will happen when we have the general election in a few weeks or months time and who will be sitting behind the Minister's desk. If Deputy Donohoe is still there, in whatever circumstances, I hope he might remember the Malahide Road realignment and help our engineers in both counties to bring...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: UNESCO Biosphere Designation (24 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the Dublin Bay UNESCO designated biosphere is being implemented; her views on the concerns of dumping from dredging over the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31994/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Easter Rising Commemorations (24 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of planned celebrations and commemorations for 1916; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31993/15]

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly support the motion before the House and thank my Sinn Féin colleagues for giving me a chance to speak briefly on it. I would like to pay my respects to Alan Murphy, his family and friends. Last Friday, Alan died not very far from where we sit tonight. It is another tragic loss of life which can be put down completely to the failures of this Government and the Fianna Fáil...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected interest payments on Irish national debt in 2015 and the projections for the years 2016 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32828/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance Issues (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 138. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the Lux leaks tax scandal; the inquiries his Department has made in relation to Irish-based account holders in the decade prior to 2010 and in the years since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32827/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of raising the universal social charge threshold to €13,500; €14,000; and €14,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33304/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Yield (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax expenditure involved in cutting the universal social charge 7%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33305/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 279. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax revenue that would be lost if the capital gains tax rate was lowered to 20%; the amount of additional tax revenue that would be gained if it was restored to 40%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 280. To ask the Minister for Finance the likely tax expenditure and cost of a published proposal to lower the rate of capital gains tax to 15% on the sale of their own businesses by start-up entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33298/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason employment in the computer games industry has not risen during his period in office; his plans to stimulate employment in this modern computer industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33296/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 353. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 3 February 2015, the progress of reforming and consolidating the Domestic Violence Acts; provisions that will be made to strengthen the protection for siblings and relatives who do not reside with perpetrators of violence, harassment, threatening, and intimidating behaviour; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding possible sanctions or fines on so-called non-performing hospitals; the benchmarks upon which such performance measurements rest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33300/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 584. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report whether his ministerial directive that 50% of all social housing allocations be made to persons with homeless priority, and to vulnerable groups, includes those with Traveller priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33172/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 585. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on what measures he has directed local authorities to take in relation to working with those at risk of homelessness, as was standard practice before the enormous increases in persons experiencing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33173/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if additional funding will be provided to Dublin City Council before the end of 2015 to enable it to continue its successful insulation programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33302/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (29 Sep 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the ten year vehicle age limit relating to taxis; if this limit can be extended to 15 years, with annual roadworthiness checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32738/15]