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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has given us examples of contingencies which might arise. Has the UK Government's budgets always included a contingency amount, going back several centuries? The Minister is speaking about contingencies such as an outbreak of foot and mouth disease. He is presiding over a homelessness and housing crisis. Every Deputy receives messages hour in, hour out from people who are in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: We took a different approach.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: We had a different policy.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Luckily the Greeks carried him through one of the crises.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Proposal to Establish a Rainy Day Fund: Minister for Finance (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: No.

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I ask a follow-up question to the Minister for Justice and Equality on his area of responsibility. Following the ferocious criminal events that occurred on the northside of Dublin, and I have been in touch with the Minister about issues in my constituency, will he be actively engaged in attempting to encourage An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (1 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to attract new persons to a career in teaching second level, in particular maths and science; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4653/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (1 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's research and actions into increasing funding for the third level sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4654/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are issues with the two CIÉ pension schemes; if funding for independent legal advice will be made available to the members of these schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5035/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an independent investigation into the governance of the two CIÉ pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (1 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on his Department's correspondence with CIÉ regarding the 10,000 membership of the CIÉ pension schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5037/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (6 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of monthly arrests of persons that have tested positive for drugs at mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints nationally during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5296/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (6 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 72. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints nationally during 2017; the number of motorists that have tested positive for drugs at these checkpoints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5295/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Startup Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to promote co-operatives here; if there are specialist supports for co-operatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6084/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Startup Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister knows, almost 20% of the world's population are members of co-operatives of one kind or another in an economic sphere with perhaps 300 million workers. We have our own tradition with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society and the credit union movement in particular. I recently asked a series of questions about the kind of supports we give co-operatives and whether the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Startup Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister mentioned a general policy with regard to non-promotion. Given the changes happening with international tax policy at European level and so on, is it something that the Minister should perhaps look at? I know she has had distinguished service in the sector in the past. Should we look at it to promote it actively? For example, I know when the Minister answered a question about...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Startup Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister think there should be other changes to facilitate the development of co-operatives? For example, I think the minimum number of members required is seven. Could that be reduced? Could there be a lower number for a group of people who want to start in a co-operative way? Are there changes we could make, while I know this goes into other territory relating to the Finance...

Death of former Ceann Comhairle: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On behalf of the Independents 4 Change technical group, I offer condolences to the family of former Deputy Séamus Pattison, including his brother and sister-in-law who are here today, the people of Carlow and Kilkenny and, in particular, his Labour Party colleagues. I first got to know Séamie in the early or mid-1980s. We sometimes had different views on things. I was a member of...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Taoiseach intend to bring in legislation this year on the so-called rainy day fund? There is nothing indicated on the clár and, as he is aware, the Department of Finance is talking about diverting €1.5 billion from the Strategic Investment Fund and €0.5 billion a year from people's taxation, to which the Taoiseach referred earlier, into such a fund from 2019. We...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach is one of those who made the mistakes.