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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) will begin construction; the timeframe for completion of the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Missions Participation (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his recent trade mission to the Far East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52128/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on when he last met the CEO and chairperson of a station (details supplied); the issues discussed; when he will next meet the CEO and chairperson ; if he will report on when he last met the Director General and Chairperson of RTÉ; the issues discussed; when the next meeting is planned for; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 235. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 28 November 2017, if she will report to Dáil Éireann on the findings of the study co-funded by her Department on food access and nutritional health among families living in hotel accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52160/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 240. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated daily cost of rent supplement payments in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the examination on the right to housing which was referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52154/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to bring forward legislation for a referendum to enshrine the right to housing in the Constitution; if so, the timeframe for same; if not, the reason therefore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52153/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report that his Department has on house building costs will be published; if this report will be presented to Dáil Éireann in January 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Services (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will implement a local government direct contact email address for Members of the Oireachtas (details supplied) in view of the fact that many Members have questions about housing and homelessness and the difficulty of getting comprehensive and timely information from local authority management; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits Data (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated daily cost of HAP and RAS payments in 2018; the equivalent daily investment being put into building permanent homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52155/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Benefits Data (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a cost-benefit analysis has been undertaken to compare the cost of HAP, RAS and rent supplement in 2018 and the cost of building permanent homes; the rationale for continuing high spending in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52156/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has met with a group (details supplied); if he is examining this model of providing affordable housing; his views on reports by it that the costs of construction are lower than that which is reported by the construction for profit industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52157/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the remaining 690 families living in hotel rooms will be moved into secure and appropriate housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52158/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to meet with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to discuss his Department's policy and procedural guidance for housing authorities in assisting victims of domestic violence with emergency and long-term accommodation needs and the way in which the guidelines are not being applied consistently across local...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the witnesses from IFAC. In the context of recent figures on income tax and unemployment generally, did Mr. Coffey find it disappointing that there seems to be a fall in income tax in spite of coming close to full employment? I say that in light of the fact that Mr. Coffey has always been giving us the clear message that broadening the tax base is critical.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: On the previous occasion, Mr. Coffey responded to a question from my colleague, Deputy Calleary, on Brexit and European corporate tax changes. He seemed to regard the tax change as a greater threat because of our huge dependence on this single area of taxation. Has he changed his views on that?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Mr. Coffey talked about a credible medium-term plan but it is credible in his terms. We get very frustrated about what every citizen can see is a dysfunctional housing market and then one is talking, among other things, about overheating, credible plans and the rainy day fund. Is Mr. Coffey taking into account the fact that here is a huge chunk of our economic activity which is...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank Mr. Coffey.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: In its document the council makes a profound criticism of the commonly agreed methodology, CAM, saying the production function is flawed, and gross domestic product, GDP, gross national income, GNI*, and so on. Has the council put forward a credible alternative methodology that could be produced side by side by the Department of Finance to give us less pro-cyclical and more medium-term...

Other Questions: Homelessness Strategy (7 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the weekly actions he undertakes to put an end to child homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49916/17]