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Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: At the Committee on Budgetary Oversight I identified significant gaps in budget 2018 in health spending. One of the most appalling relates to the numbers of children who are waiting for an intake assessment by early intervention teams in Dublin north city and county. Some of the Taoiseach's constituents are involved. Well in excess of 300 children are waiting at the moment. These children...

Questions on Promised Legislation (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach has not addressed the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of residential units that are under construction in a location (details supplied) in both Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council and due for completion during 2018; the number of these that will provide social housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4344/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 246. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to the weight management programme and bariatric surgery during 2018; the number of persons that accessed the programme in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4938/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (31 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of archaeological licences which have been issued by her Department since 1995; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4674/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I understand the Comptroller and Auditor General published an article on public private partnerships in his annual report. Would the Minister welcome a decision by the Committee of Public Accounts to carry out an urgent investigation of the collapse of Carillion and its impact on school communities here? The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, informed us of...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I share the sentiments of Deputy Boyd Barrett. Since 2008 or 2009 in particular Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments have decimated the public capital programme and resorted to this PPP approach. Recently, a colleague of the Minister's, Andrew McDowell, previously his party's main economic adviser, told the Committee on Budgetary Oversight why we should use PPPs and try to keep...

Other Questions: Property Tax (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It must be said that this Fine Gael tax is grossly fair. I am looking at figures from the statistics and economics research branch of the Revenue Commissioners which lists the percentages of homes with a valuation of over €300,000 based on returns five or six years ago. Dublin city comes in at 22%, Dún Laoghaire comes in at nearly 60%, Fingal comes in at 21%, south Dublin comes...

Other Questions: Property Tax (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: People are very nervous about this as we approach 2019 and 2020 to see what the review will hold. Will the review not be published until August? When will we have it? Could the Minister give us his view on the propositions put forward by the Parliamentary Budget Office, which looked at various ways where we could reach a stable and fair local government tax across the country? There has...

Other Questions: Property Tax (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans with regard to a proposed revaluation of the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3945/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put forward candidates for president and board members of the European Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3996/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he will make to the European Council and Commission on the possible €14 billion gap in the EU budget following Brexit; the way in which this will impact on Ireland's net contribution to EU finances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3946/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporation Tax Regime (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the latest proposals by the EU on taxation of the digital industries within the European Union and its impact on corporation tax receipts here in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3995/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to raise the detention of a person (details supplied) in an Israeli prison; the steps taken to advocate for their release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4033/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by him and his officials on the approximately 350 Palestinian children held in Israeli prisons and detention centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the First Secretary post will be filled at the Irish Permanent Representation to OECD and UNESCO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4182/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to recruit an extra ten full-time special needs organisers; the estimated cost of this recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4185/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorists who have tested positive for drugs at mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints nationally during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug and Alcohol Testing (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 293. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints which took place nationally during 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4171/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (30 Jan 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of motorists who have tested positive for drugs at mandatory intoxicant testing checkpoints by county during 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4172/18]