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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Excise Duties (18 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on excise duties on diesel vehicles in the context of budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (18 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 61. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for selecting a device (details supplied) as the roadside kit for drug testing drivers; if An Garda Síochána has been advised that it cannot be used in temperatures under five degrees celsius; the measures which will be taken to ensure accurate testing can occur at night during colder months; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (18 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 62. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 75 and 76 of 30 March 2017, if she will provide a breakdown of the additional €20.7 million spend on a site (details supplied) since the initial purchase in 2005; the annual cost of maintaining and running the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23883/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the witnesses from Age Action Ireland. The report compiled by Maureen Bassett, Towards A Fair State Pension for Women Pensioners, was very helpful. When I raised this issue with the Taoiseach on 21 February 2017, he indicated that he would give this committee a remit to examine the recommendations made by Age Action Ireland. I apologise for missing the start of the meeting. The...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I note Age Action Ireland research quoted Professor Alan Barrett, director of the Economic and Social Research Institute, as stating that the rules of the game were changed in the middle of the game, which is outrageously unfair to women in particular. The second recommendation is to examine ways in which the Committee on Budgetary Oversight could contribute to eliminating the gender pay...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Government led by former Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern - possibly while Mr. Dermot Ahern was Minister for Social Protection - gave a half pension to pensioners who had worked in the State before the early 1950s and who had then emigrated and returned to Ireland. That was before PRSI was brought in. It was an important gesture. There are precedents for the committee to backdate the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Do the witnesses have statistics in respect of people who are working past retirement age or the cohort of the population who do not reach retirement age but contributed significantly nonetheless? The narrowing of population numbers in statistics as one ascends age bands is familiar to all. Many Members have attended funerals of people who were in their 50s or early 60s when they died, be...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: One encounters many self-employed people over the age of 65.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Submission: Age Action Ireland (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The witnesses discussed the Social Insurance Fund with Deputy Boyd Barrett in regard to additional funding and so on. The Social Insurance Fund is in surplus once again and provides a huge chunk of social protection spending every year. Was an increase in employers' PRSI important? There was a stage during the recession when there was a deficit in the Social Insurance Fund and we want to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 15 November 2016, the number of those summonses not served in 2015 and 2016 that were re-issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23380/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Procedures (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 40 of 15 November 2016 in which she stated that a summons struck out not served can be re-issued at the request of An Garda Síochána, if she will clarify same; if this is normal practice; the policies in place to enable a Garda to decide whether or not to have a summons...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Retirements (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will meet with representatives of a group (details supplied) to discuss the restoration of pensions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23564/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 234. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include persons with asthma in the long-term illness scheme or in a targeted scheme such as a chronic disease card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 235. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the commitment in the national clinical programme for asthma to a free structural asthma management programme for every person with asthma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23524/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 236. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide core funding for supporting educational programmes by a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23525/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for her response but there are growing concerns. We had reports yesterday concerning the slowdown in growth of our exports to the UK in the same period and they are less valuable to us now because of the decline in sterling. There is a fall-off in the hospitality industry of people coming here; I know this relates to the Department of the Minister, Deputy Shane Ross,...

Other Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (16 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The formulation of the Government's approach to the ending of zero-hour contracts will be very important. Clearly, across a wide range of sectors of our economy, especially in the retail, hospitality and caring sectors, we have seen what the Mandate trade union has called the gross exploitation of workers. In the next period in which the legislation is being drafted, it is critical the...

Other Questions: Zero-hour Contracts (16 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for that information. I, and perhaps other Deputies, have received some complaints about job search websites. Constituents are concerned that some of the jobs advertised on those websites do not exist and that they are being used as a means for recruiters to access data on jobseekers. Sometimes misleading positions seem to be advertised where there is a mismatch...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the grave uncertainty regarding Brexit is impacting negatively on the motor industry and car sales sectors; the steps she will take to address these impacts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22954/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: We had an opportunity to discuss Brexit with the visit of Mr. Michael Barnier to this House last week. I commend the Ceann Comhairle on his role in allowing the Dáil to have that discussion, which was very valuable. A concern is that the impact of Brexit is beginning to be felt in our country. One area that has felt the impact, which has been made known to me, is the motor trade. We...