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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for DEIS band 1 status; the stage this application is at; the supports that he will offer to this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30763/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Training Support Grant (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be increasing the rates for young persons aged under 26 years on programmes such as VTOS, Youthreach, CTC and Solas training courses and who are currently on €160 per week to €193 per week, in line with the increase in the back to education allowance announced by the Department of Social Protection in the budget for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of inspections of dog breeding premises carried out in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 under the Dog Breeding Establishment Act; if any of these were follow-up inspections; if any sanctions were imposed on operators or owners of these premises; the resources allocated to such inspections; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the proposed increase of €2.70 per week in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €100 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of a €5 per week increase in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €100 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30766/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the proposed increase of €3.80 per week in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €144 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30767/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of a increase of €5 per week in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €144 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30768/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons served by the JobPath programme, especially in the Coolock and Kilbarrack employment exchanges in the Dublin Bay North constituency; the success of these persons in securing employment; the supports provided to older workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of accommodation for all Irish diplomats worldwide, following on from recent news reports on the high cost of the Irish ambassador's residence in Japan, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 351. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of Ireland's diplomatic service in 2016, in tabular form; the levels of salary of ambassadors, first secretaries, consuls and other key ranks in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30542/16]

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Up to yesterday, 148 of our fellow citizens were killed on the roads. That represents an increase of 25 on last year. Of course, the 148 families of these victims are totally devastated. In communities in virtually every constituency, people are being devastated by the ongoing carnage. Since the Taoiseach came to office in March 2011, approximately 1,000 people have died on our roads and...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Taoiseach’s answer. We have heard often from people in the Road Safety Authority, RSA, about the absolute necessity for additional invigilation. The chairperson of the RSA referred to the European driver attitudes survey which showed that people in this country are half as likely to be stopped in a mandatory alcohol testing, MAT, check, now a mandatory intoxicant...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the proposed public service pay commission; the parameters for such a commission and the timeframe of its work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31007/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome the appointment of Mr. Kevin Duffy as chairman of the public service pay commission. The Minister has published the commission's terms of reference on his website. I would like him to expand on that and tell us the kind of resources he will make available to the commission in terms of the economic and industrial expertise it will need. Does he envisage it having a role...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: My colleague, Deputy Paul Murphy, referred to the justified case that is being made by my trade union, ASTI, the Garda Síochána, nurses and doctors and a growing list of public service workers who feel that the Government has been very remiss in not just unwinding but getting rid of FEMPI and the whole approach relating thereto. The Minister will be under significant time pressure...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister will appoint the six members. I hope that they will be representatives of the trade union movement, industry and the public service in order to provide the kind of background that is required. What is the Minister's opinion on the cost and continuing work of the body? I referred to the role of IFAC. The Minister is not putting the new body on a statutory basis. Will it...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in funding Departments and agencies to address the challenge of Brexit; if there are provisions and plans for any necessary additional spending in the period 2017 to 2019 to make Ireland Brexit ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30778/16]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Brexit represents one of the biggest challenges to the State since 1922. As I said in the first debate we had in the House just after the vote in the UK, there should be a Minister for Brexit here. Fianna Fáil has now taken a similar position. The issue is so important and critical to our future that we should adopt that position. The Minister has allocated certain moneys in the...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: It is likely that when Article 50 is triggered next spring, the challenge will intensify and grow deeper. We have a particular responsibility to our own workers, jobs in this country, agriculture and the Common Fisheries Policy, about which hardly anyone has spoken so far. My own constituency has an interest in both fisheries and the fact that there may well be profound changes in that...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of GDP the capital programme for 2017 represents, including increases for housing, health, education and transport; his views on the fact that capital expenditure is barely level with or below the generally agreed depreciation rate for the capital assets of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30776/16]