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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme Implementation (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has made provision for further changes in the gross capital expenditure ceilings for 2018 in view of the ongoing infrastructural deficits in housing, health, transport and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banking Sector (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the further steps she is taking to prevent anti-competitive collusion in the banking sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47375/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Debtor Agreements (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which NAMA is managing the recovery of the funding of approximately €3.6 billion it advanced to debtors and receivers since 2010; if a large number of these loans are being written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47374/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the immigrant investment programme and recent changes in the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age with severe physical disabilities that are living in their family home in which the family is in receipt of a social housing payment support (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47473/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Data (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 256. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of both domiciliary carer's allowance and a housing support payment (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47474/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the set of circumstances which led to the conditions shown in a report (details supplied) on RTÉ; his plans for legislation or other actions to improve dramatically Dublin City Council and other local authority management structures following the showing of the report; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Standards (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for legislation or other actions to improve dramatically Dublin City Council and other local authority management structures following the showing of a report (details supplied) recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47470/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when legislation to underpin statutorily and regulate the work of housing voluntary bodies will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Voluntary Housing Sector (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to carry out value-for-money audits of State expenditure on housing voluntary and advocacy bodies in addition to existing annual audits of the sector by the Comptroller and Auditor General and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to bring rents down to affordable levels for persons on low incomes, in particular in Dublin and other urban districts; the way in which rents will be reduced in 2018 across the areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47471/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Lending (9 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to address the anomaly whereby persons on certain social protection payments are excluded from accessing mortgages through their local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47472/17]

Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Iam delighted to have the opportunity to speak briefly on the Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 2017 and to support it strongly. However, on reading the Bill, it is a little like a jigsaw, amending different sections and subsections of the many Road Traffic Acts, with deletions and substitutions also provided for. The Bill therefore reinforces the urgent need for a consolidation project for all...

Multi-Party Actions Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I appreciate the opportunity to speak about the important Multi-Party Action Bill 2017 and commend Sinn Féin Deputies Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire and Pearse Doherty on introducing it. I welcome it and will be supporting it fully. Like many other Deputies, including the Acting Chairman, there have been many times throughout my political career when I have thought that access to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hare coursing meetings in areas (details supplied) attended by National Parks and Wildlife Service personnel in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47711/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Taoiseach the results of his recent visit to the west coast of the United States of America in terms of foreign direct investment and jobs for Ireland. [47662/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rental Sector (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the average rate of inflation in wages annually compared to the average rate of inflation in rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47955/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission Reports (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to publish a multi party litigation or class action Bill as recommended and set out by the Law Reform Commission a decade ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47963/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which the Garda traffic corps will be restored to full operational strength; his views on the deployment of the corps to invigilate speeding on the M50 and other motorways around Dublin, on national roads especially in western counties and on regional roads around the country; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (14 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau as of 1 January 2017 and 1 November 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47965/17]