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Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I accept the Minister's point about the difficulty with the drafting of the amendment. Obviously we are investigating and invigilating complex traffic laws on our own with very limited resources. Solicitors have earned their living from dealing with traffic law, among other things, down the years. This offence is a major factor in road safety. Looking at penalty point totals to October...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Is it possible to increase the penalty points?

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister might be able to make a priority in the context of the road safety review.

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Then, I will press the amendment as we want to expedite this.

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 14:In page 27, after line 38, to insert the following: “38. The Principal Act is amended in section 36, by inserting the following:“(9) The following offences shall be included in the book of evidence pertaining to learner drivers— (a) driving unaccompanied, (b) non-display of L plates shall be included in the book of evidence presented to the...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (15 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Again, we are going into this interface between the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport looking after road safety and the justice system which is failing us. In this instance, it is failing gardaí who have done a good job investigating fatal crashes and who want to ensure that a key element of evidence is contained in the book of evidence. That is the idea behind my amendment....

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly support this amendment and ask the Minister to accept it. It would require him to come back to us to identify some of the fundamental issues around supply, which is obviously the critical background to the outrageous rent gauging we have seen over the past several years. The amendment attempts to deal with that. In my constituency, on the north fringe of Dublin City Council and...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Where did the Tánaiste get the figure of 18,000? Since 2008 and 2009, housing output has been disastrous in addressing the needs of the hundreds of thousands people on housing lists. On Second Stage, I said I could not see if the blockages were due to local authorities. I have discussed this since with senior planning personnel in Dublin City Council and other Dublin local...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I support Deputies Healy and Jan O'Sullivan on these amendments. When I discussed housing with the Minister before this Government was formed, I made the point that strong action would be required at an early stage. I referred specifically to the declaration of an emergency in this area. I am sure the Ceann Comhairle recalls all the Tuesday nights and weekend nights like this when we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions (16 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 27. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that still large numbers of speeding cases are being struck out in District Courts; her further views on the fact that significant numbers of convicted persons are not having their licences recorded; the measures she is taking to ensure consistency in the enforcement of traffic law; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reports of possible rises in interest rates during 2017 in the eurozone, the US and the UK; the estimates that have been made for the impact on growth here in 2017 from these changing monetary conditions and from the winding down of quantitative easing by the ECB during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1493/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance when he and his Department first became aware of potential tax losses to the Exchequer from the application of section 110 of the Finance Acts by so-called vulture funds; the reason the loophole was not closed in the Finance Act 2014 at the latest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1491/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Regulation (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made a complaint to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Central Bank and other relevant agencies regarding the alleged illegal transfer of mortgage payers from tracker to variable interest rate mortgages; the actions he has taken in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance when the escrow account to collect corporate taxes which the EU Commission ruled are due to the Exchequer from a company (details supplied) is being established; the likely amount of funds which the company will be required to pay into the account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1492/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 90. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the recent announcement by the EU Commission that EU expenditure caps will be loosened by 0.5% or more in 2017 to stimulate the economies of the 28 members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36504/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda traffic corps as of 31 December 2013, 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 12 December 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41313/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to prevent any terrorist threats to Ireland, especially around seaports, airports and popular events; the resources being made available to these protection measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Recommendations (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 186. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider introducing early legislation to permit multi-party action or class action procedures in courts here, in view of the many cases of mass harm which have occurred in recent decades, the longstanding recommendations of the Law Reform Commission in favour of class action litigation and the continuing failure of the legal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on the large sums of money which have been provided to third level education institutions here from an organisation (details supplied); the collaboration his Department undertakes with this grant-giving body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1528/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (17 Jan 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if his Department will request Dublin City Council (DCC) and Fingal County Council (FCC) to report on audits of community, educational, health, childcare, recreational facilities and district commercial facilities in the north fringe and south fringe area of DCC and FCC under the Planning and Development Act 2000;...