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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 5 November 2019, the date on which replies were sent to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46593/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 5 November 2019, the reason for stakeholder engagement regarding appropriate education provision for the students at a school (details supplied) in view of section 15 of the Education Act 1998 which provides that the board of management must provide an appropriate education to the students; if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Garda R and J districts as of 1 January 2019 and 28 October 2019, in tabular form. [46149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Expenditure (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on the maintenance and upgrade of Garda CCTV systems 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. [46359/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications for work permits received in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications that remained to be processed by 1 November in each year in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46358/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commencement of Legislation (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 444. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when all sections of the Minerals Development Act 2017 will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46153/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the four vacancies on the board of the Road Safety Authority will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46355/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the three vacancies on the board of Sport Ireland will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46356/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Immigration Policy (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 507. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the work her Department is undertaking with the Department of Justice and Equality on pathways to residency for undocumented children; the supports in place for undocumented children in care and aftercare; the number in the care of Tusla by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46369/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister and his team and thank them for the presentation. Regarding his final point, the Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill is before the Dáil this week and the bulk of social welfare recipients, who are often to the pin of the collar trying to survive, did not get increases in what was another austerity budget. Who can predict what will happen in British politics but if 2020...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: What about social welfare incomes?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It was regressive.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: With inflation, it is regressive.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister have any global figures for the real cost of retrofitting, set against the gains from using less energy? Has anybody done any work in this area?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On that point, the Minister might remember that the Taoiseach was asked a couple of weeks ago where was the poverty-proofing of budget 2020. At one time there used to be three or four pages in the budget day document, but on this occasion there was no such information as far as anybody could see. The Minister has said he anticipates that we will receive at least the same amount in...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Ex Post Budget Scrutiny: Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform (12 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In the forthcoming general election, whenever it happens, will it be possible for parties, including the Minister's, to have dramatic new proposals to make similar to those about which we are hearing in the United Kingdom but appropriate to the situation in Ireland and costed?

Report of the Seanad Reform Implementation Group: Statements (7 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I would prefer to retain the current system rather than embark on implementing the findings of this report. I represented the Independents 4 Change technical group on the Seanad reform committee. I strenuously objected to the main proposals in the draft Seanad Bill, which I believe are unworkable, unwieldy, prone to manipulation by wealthy vested interests and fundamentally not in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State has given an answer about the requests for this year, but have there been any further requests from the UN or European Union colleagues? President Macron, I think, and Chancellor Merkel recently spoke about northern Syria and protecting the Kurdish and Yazidi peoples there. Are we part of an international force to do that?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Review (7 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the review of Defence Force Regulation R5 (New Series) on the Reserve Defence Force and on the continuing vital role of the Army Reserve and Naval Service Reserve in Óglaigh na hÉireann. [45360/19]

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On my behalf and that of the Independents 4 Change technical group, I extend sympathy to Maura and the family of our former colleague, Peter Kelly. As everybody has said, Peter was a wonderful colleague. I served with him on the communications and energy committee and he certainly brightened every room he entered. As colleagues have said, he had a tremendous knowledge of politics and...