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Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE is improving services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities that also have mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46756/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated expenditure savings in 2019 and 2020 from the operation of the National Shared Services Office, NSSO; his plans in this regard for financial shared services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46786/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The National Shared Services Office, NSSO, has been up and running as an independent agency for the last couple of years. We were all very positively disposed to the legislation setting it up as it was piloted by the Minister through the House. I ask the Minister to provide an update on the kinds of savings and efficiencies gained from the establishment of the NSSO. The office is funded...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The last figure that I saw for staff numbers was either 750 or 755 across both offices. I believe it was the 2017 report of the Comptroller and Auditor General, as discussed at the Committee of Public Accounts, which detailed approximately €50 million of spending on the establishment of the NSSO. In the context of savings or efficiencies, would that be included as part of the overall...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The list of organisations covered by the NSSO is very impressive and includes all Government Departments, the Road Safety Authority, the Ordnance Survey Office, the Courts Service and so on. One big area where the office does not provide shared services is in health. I am not sure about teaching but it is certainly not involved in the health sector or the provision of shared services to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister anticipate that it will happen?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Estimates Process (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position and Estimates with regard to expenditures under Supplementary Estimates which may be presented to Dáil Éireann before the end of 2019; if future developments on Brexit post 12 December 2019 next may influence such Estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to request an independent evaluation of the work of the Office of Government Procurement; the procedures for the publication and scheduling of contracts and frameworks agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46787/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (14 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public buildings that have been retrofitted; the climate action measures being implemented across such buildings, the Leinster House campus and buildings housing Departments in view of the age of some of the buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41403/19]

Personal Assistance Service: Motion (19 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to speak on the motion. The Minister of State will be aware that there has been a long struggle by constituents in Dublin Bay North for the recognition of a personal assistance service, supported by the appropriate funding. He will recall, as I do, Mr. Martin Naughton of Connemara and Baldoyle and his lifelong campaign for disability rights. He did groundbreaking work with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is examining strengthening legislation in the provision of appropriate education in special schools, particularly those providing vocational skills placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47099/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools providing special education being examined by his Department and other relevant stakeholders regarding the provision of appropriate education; the measures being undertaken to assess the level of appropriateness of the education; the follow-up expected of boards of management; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On the same subject, developers often want fast-track processes but, once permissions are granted, they keep coming back seeking higher heights, densities and so on. The Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, held a consultation on strategic housing development, to which I made a submission proposing that he end that process and return to democratic planning. The Minister has talked about use it...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: But the Minister has not done it.

Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is laughable that Fianna Fáil has brought forward the motion when it and Fine Gael have been joined at the hip in deliberately capping health expenditure over the past 12 years or so. They have reduced the number of badly needed acute hospital beds and, disgracefully, the number of HSE staff under the three austerity Governments since 2007. We on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the new operational model of An Garda Síochána; the breakdown of the divisional strength nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47529/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Accommodation (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to end overcrowding in prisons here. [47530/19]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Defence Forces Reserve (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new open recruitment campaign for the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve will commence early in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48264/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Ministerial Meetings (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to meet the new chief of the IMF and the new President of the European Central Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48270/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 96. To ask the Minister for Finance the position and value of the escrow account for corporation tax due from a company (details supplied) pending the appeal to the EU General Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48271/19]