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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister expect that she will be able to publish something following her consultation that we could all read and see how it relates to the poverty levels and so on? The survey on income and living conditions, SILC, published by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, in 2017 showed that one in five households with children was living below the poverty line. The Government committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all pensioners affected by the reduced rates of entitlement in budget 2012 have now been contacted; the number contacted to date; the number requested to produce further information; the number whose weekly payments will be adjusted and arrears paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7655/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Permanent Defence Force will commence before the end of Easter 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the corporate and fiduciary responsibilities of civil servants appointed to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8024/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Thornton Hall site in Fingal; if a detention centre or prison is planned for the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8062/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Abolition (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation providing for a referendum to abolish ground rents here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects the report from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on motor insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8063/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hospital groups here; the reason the group structure is being changed just a few years after a previous reorganisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for processing applications under the nursing home support scheme in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Internet Safety (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to appoint a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8059/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Preparations (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if plans for an all-of-Government approach to climate change have been considered as part of the contingency action plan on preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8060/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 556. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the level of vehicle crashes and road casualties to date in 2019; the steps he and the Road Safety Authority plan to take to address the ongoing tragedies and suffering resulting from vehicle crashes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8061/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 622. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on a universal basic income for all citizens; if such a proposal has been evaluated and costed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 652. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding local authority water services workers and Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8066/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Inquiries (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We all watched Shane O'Farrell's mother, Lucia, speak with great sadness and eloquence on "Prime Time" last week and make an unanswerable case for a full public inquiry. Both Houses of the Oireachtas have voted for that and overwhelmingly want it. This young man would still be alive had the criminal justice system and certain gardaí done their jobs properly. That is the crux of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Inquiries (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: If Judge Haughton asked the Minister to move straight to establishing a full public inquiry under the 2004 legislation, would the Minister do so? The four-year GSOC investigation was unsatisfactory and we know little about the issue of disciplinary action. We need justice for Shane, his mother, Lucia, and the whole family. There is no need for a scoping inquiry. We should be able to...

Presentation and Circulation of Further Revised Estimates 2019: Motion (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The budget we approved last October included €7.3 billion of capital expenditure, as the Minister noted. The allocation for capital spending since then has shown a welcome return to investment in public infrastructure. For nearly a decade since 2008, the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments kept capital spending below the 2% depreciation rate, which was an utterly disgraceful...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am not a member of the transport committee so I did not get a chance to follow this debate but I sought to do something similar with amendment No. 45. The Minister spoke to me about this earlier, I think. I refer to the references to SI 549 and the fact that the statutory instrument is the Irish enactment of Directive 2002/49/EC. I think the concern constituents have is that the...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Clare Daly has essentially made the point that I had intended to make. People want the competent authority, Fingal County Council, to rigorously adhere to the latest noise regulation, which is what we are trying to achieve. The concern among people was that without a direct reference to SI 598 in the text, there seemed to be a lacuna because our own legislation could lag behind....