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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Page 10 of the council report states that the economy is operating close to potential in 2016. How does the council come up with that conclusion? The recent Department of Finance report indicates that we are still building fewer than 1,000 houses per month. We have extraordinary infrastructural deficits. For example, Dublin Airport must be one of the few airports with 25 or 30 million...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: There are deficiencies. We have a dysfunctional construction industry and market. Ten of thousands of people are effectively homeless, yet the council maintains we are operating at close to potential. That is nonsense.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: This committee, at very short notice, must make some contribution towards the 2017 budget. Many of the agencies that have appeared before us have said that there are good times ahead, possibly in 2018 or 2019 but it seems that 2017 will be another tight year, as has been the case for the last seven years. Are we, for example, exaggerating the potential impact of Brexit? In the context of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: To follow up on a point made by Deputy Boyd Barrett and others, were the revisions of 2015 not known unknowns? We all knew this was happening, to some extent. We knew that strange things were happening in the multinational sector. We have known about transfer pricing, for example, for approximately 30 years. This affects how we evaluate the last few years. Are there other issues of which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 178. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of increasing the Garda traffic corps to 1,000 personnel; if her Department or agencies under its remit have carried out any research on the increase in serious crashes and the decline in traffic corps numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26131/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the projects her Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26130/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 329. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from the introduction of a wealth tax of 0.6% on the wealthiest 5% of households here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26116/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 328. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from the introduction of a third rate of income tax at 48% on incomes of over €100,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26115/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecasts (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 330. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated yield to the Exchequer from corporation tax in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26117/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 331. To ask the Minister for Finance when Ireland became a net contributor to the European Union; if he will outline the net beneficiary figures for Ireland from 1973; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26118/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 332. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to introducing a site value tax and its possible yield; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26120/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 333. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being completed by his Department to increase taxes paid by landlords who own two to five rental properties, five to ten rental properties, ten to 20 rental properties and 20 or more properties, in tabular form; the projected yield to the Exchequer of any increases to such tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26121/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Lending (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 334. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being taken to assist first time buyers into the housing market; if his Department has made a submission to the Central Bank to reform the macro prudential rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26122/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 335. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to assist accidental landlords, owners of one or two properties who may have been affected by negative equity mortgages and are renting a property to assist with mortgage payments; the reliefs that can be applied to such cases; the cost of such an initiative to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26123/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 336. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to increasing the threshold on VAT for self-employed service providers from €37,500, in view of the fact that the equivalent VAT threshold in the UK is £83,000; the cost to the Exchequer to raise the threshold to €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26124/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Costs of Education (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the costs of primary, secondary and third level education for families and students here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26113/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects his Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Vacant Sites Levy (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 549. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the yield if the vacant site levy introduced by the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 was implemented in 2017 and increased by 2%, 3% and 5% respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26119/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the projects his Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/16]