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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Competitiveness and Economic Growth: National Competitiveness Council (14 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Following up on my colleague's questions earlier, would Professor Clinch say that in housing and in health care services, we have rationed them relentlessly? Professor Clinch spoke about the necessity for capital spending. It has been a refrain of this committee since it started that we are not covering depreciation in many elements of our capital infrastructure. On housing and health care...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Competitiveness and Economic Growth: National Competitiveness Council (14 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Finally, Professor Clinch rightly refers and the council's reports refer repeatedly to the importance of innovation and the €4 billion spend that we might have on innovation. Given the role of third and fourth level education in the area of innovation and the connections that have been made by all of our third level institutions, universities and institutes of technology with local...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to oppose the motion of confidence in the Government. We have all watched in shock, disgust and disbelief as events have unfolded and taken such a sinister turn over the past week. Sergeant Maurice McCabe has endured many years of maltreatment and sullying of his good name since he first stepped forward as a whistleblower. I absolutely...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Air Corps, by role, in 2016 and to date in 2017; the length of time required to fill each role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7102/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made with filling personnel vacancies in the Air Corps which are urgently required for the transport service for transplant patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7101/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's policy relating to the housing of homeless families in family type accommodation; if he has instructed all local authorities, including those in the midlands to offer family specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Meetings (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will next meet the director general and board of RTE; the issues that are likely to form the agenda of that meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7582/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions in 2016 and to date in 2017 per district court for disqualified drivers driving while disqualified; the number of disqualified drivers prosecuted for failing to submit a licence under section 29 (16) and (17) of the Road Traffic Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before each court on drink driving offences in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of convictions for this offence; the number of cases dismissed and struck out; the number of licences recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 160 of 8 February 2017, if he will confirm that he will not commence the restrictions in Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 regarding the eligible areas for receipt of HAP, in view of the fact that there is such a shortage of rental properties in Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 8 February 2017, if she will confirm whether risk assessments are being carried out for children living in hotel and bed and breakfast type accommodation for their health and well-being and not just mental health assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7845/17]

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Over the last few weeks there has been much reflection on the Taoiseach's political career and what happened under his Governments. I wish to focus on a very bad decision by his Government in the brutal budget of 2012, which I strongly opposed. In that budget the pay related social insurance, PRSI, contribution rates, which numbered four down through the decades, were expanded to six....

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: It is little comfort to the two thirds of workers involved, the women workers and the other people who have been caught in this situation. They are bearing this burden week after week all through the years, perhaps into the next decade. I hope the Taoiseach has read or gets a chance to read the Age Action report, which gives detailed case histories of women who have suffered from this savage...

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Taoiseach to address the shocking losses for the thousands of pensioners involved. The lifetime loss for people with an average life expectancy of 81 years who are in band 3 is nearly €15,000.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: It is €23,000 for those in band 4; it is €18,000 for those in band 5 and over €18,000 for those in band 6. This is an appalling imposition on this very vulnerable group of our fellow citizens who work so hard, not just in the workplace.

Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The women pensioners were among the first to go into the workforce and also reared their families and cared for people. I urge the Taoiseach to take the steps I have outlined.

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 36. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures he is taking to gender-proof any changes to the State pension schemes; his views on a universal state pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8371/17]

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I asked the Taoiseach about this earlier but I still find the answers supplied to my colleague, Deputy Boyd Barrett, a bit dispiriting. The 43,000 pensioners referenced will still be at a loss as the months and years go on. Has the Minister made any attempt to begin costing and ensuring we can have a gender-proofed universal pensions with a move to a system of caring credits?

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: In the summer of 2011, the Minister's Department gave a strong warning on this, according to the Irish Examiner, which did some research in the area. It indicated the Department should not have proceeded with these effectively massive cuts to the cohort of pensioners born from the late 1940s onwards and who had irregular and incomplete contributions. They are now suffering year after year....

Other Questions: State Pensions Reform (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Professor Alan Barrett of the Economic and Social Research Institute, to whom I referred earlier, has argued that in 2011, the rules of the game were changed in the middle of the game for the people born from the late 1940s onwards. That was a fundamental and grave injustice and the Minister should make it his business, while he is in the Department, to address that. I also referred earlier...