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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister considering going down the Charlie McCreevy route and introducing a special savings scheme? Is consideration being given to that to dampen down overheating? Unlike the Minister, who never seems to have money for necessary spending, Mr. McCreevy used to say, "When I have it, I spend it." Is the Minister thinking of a special savings scheme?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: That is it.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I will move on to the long debate we have had about VAT in respect of the 9% rate. Was the Minister impressed by the study conducted by his Department, which did not seem to find huge arguments in favour of retaining the 9% rate?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Actually, on Leaders' Questions this morning, the Taoiseach provided a broad outline of the budget. He said it is going to have three pillars, namely, general balance, a big capital investment programme and then tax cuts for the squeezed middle. He gave us a flavour of it in response to Deputy Howlin's questions about the top earners and their tax rates. This committee has spent a lot of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I have a final question. Can we take it from what the Minister has just said that, come budget day, he will read out a gender equality budget statement alongside the budget itself? This committee has done much work in this area, and I know that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform also has its own programme on this. Will the Minister do this and will he respond to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2019: Minister for Finance (26 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It is somewhat disappointing, however, that there is no such statement, or at least that it will not appear in the big budget volume itself. It is disappointing that we are not more proactive on this matter. We have heard that the SWITCH model can be used for this. We have liaised with the Scottish Parliament and with other jurisdictions that have embarked on this course, and this is...

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Engagement with Investment Funds: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have a chance to comment on this motion on the report on engagement with investment funds. I commend the joint committee and its Chairman on bringing this matter to the attention of the House and for publishing this short and very important report on how we, as representatives of the people, are treated. Over the last month or two we have probably all met many...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has reconsidered the proposal for a dynamic housing executive for the greater Dublin region in view of the low delivery of new social and affordable housing in the region and especially by Dublin City Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38910/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Data (27 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 50. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority new builds to be completed and ready for occupation by the end of 2018, by local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38909/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage Protection Policies (27 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; the reason persons are not allowed to shop around for mortgage protection insurance options under this scheme; his views on whether their consumer rights are being restricted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39222/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Shared Ownership Scheme (27 Sep 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 243. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the reintroduction of a shared ownership scheme in partnership with local authorities is being considered for families and persons saving to secure a mortgage in view of the relative success of the previous shared ownership scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39224/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated full-year ##cost of increasing the number of personnel in the Reserve Defence Forces to 4,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39777/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Recruitment (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a recruitment drive for aircraft maintenance technicians for the Air Corps will occur before the end of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is supporting the UN Security Council's decision to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court in relation to prosecutions for war crimes in Rakhine and other Burmese states. [39467/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland approved the process by which the new secretary general of the European Commission was appointed; the reason there was not an open competition for this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost of recruiting an extra five analysts at HEO level for the Garda cybercrime unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the short-term measure taken by the Garda IT section in developing a report that will allow Garda personnel on the ground search for disqualified drivers in a particular geographical area, which would assist local gardaí to ensure that drivers are not driving while disqualified; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 402. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO 9 waiting for a podiatry appointment in primary care; the number waiting between zero to three, three to six, six to 12 and over 12 months, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39781/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fish Landings (2 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of fish landings at the Howth Fishery Harbour Centre in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/18]