Results 461-480 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (1 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 304. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland facilities constructed in Dublin in each of the past three years to date; the cost of each facility; the number occupied; the number vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39574/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Preparations (1 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the preparations of his Department for Brexit; the steps he will take to prevent gridlock in the vicinity of key ports and airports here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Applications Data (1 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of invalidity pension applications received in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of applications approved and refused, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39573/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The ESRI report published yesterday points to the danger of recession in the event of any kind of disorderly Brexit. This seems incongruous with IFAC's report. I still support the council's criticism of the Minister's medium-term management of the economy. It was vociferous in that regard last year. We see factors such as the delivery of housing, where we still do not have one quarter of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The IFAC report mentioned issues such as the high levels of non-residential construction, inflationary pressures, a tightening labour market, and so on. It does not, however, seem to show an output gap close to zero. In fact, the areas of the economy in that we may need a stimulus - which may be significant depending on the outcome of Brexit - remain blue on the council's heat map. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried out an appraisal of an analysis by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (details supplied) of possible overheating in the economy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council Reports (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The outcome of Brexit will be a major consideration in framing the budget. I ask the Minister specifically about page 17 of the report of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, where the council lays out elements of the economy it feels may be overheating. Most people do not recognise this. They see an economy that is slowing and a growth rate that has halved. What is the view of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration is being given to the introduction of a green tax and dividend approach to decarbonising society and the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38767/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance the way in which and when he will respond to the recent criticism from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council that the Government needs to develop a more credible medium-term plan for budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38307/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 42. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has made submissions through the Council of Ministers to the European Central Bank on the failure of the bank to achieve appropriate goals in areas such as inflation, employment and growth in the context of a necessary stimulus for the EU economy in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38306/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (26 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if, depending on the Brexit outcome by 31 October 2019, a second budget for 2020 and the medium term may be needed after 31 October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/19]

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I hope the House will not mind if I share my time with Deputy Connolly. I am delighted to contribute briefly to the debate. I agree very strongly with the comments made by the Chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts to the effect that State-funded properties should ultimately be owned by the State. That should apply to all voluntary projects, which many Members have been involved in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In the past few days the prospect of a crash-out Brexit has somewhat receded. In the budget to be announced on 8 October can we expect to see the same of level of support for Irish businesses and jobs which was around €300 million to be continued in 2020? Despite some recent more hopeful signs, has the Minister's Department costed the worst-case scenario of a crash-out Brexit?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am glad the Minister hosted the budget forum and has been meeting all the advocacy groups. We have also met them. I agree with my colleague, Deputy Barry, on pensions. There is a gender gap concerning pensions, in particular, that the Minister said she might address. Among the advocacy groups that impressed us were the Children's Rights Alliance and the No Child 2020 campaign. Many...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister have extra money for that?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: To continue on the subject of children, one of the worst statistics we are presented with at pre-budget meetings, bearing in mind I am on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, is that almost 6,000 young people under 26 have been on jobseeker's allowance for more than a year. The National Youth Council of Ireland, in its pre-budgetary submission, A Fair Share for Young People and Youth Work,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her preparations for budget 2020, including meetings with stakeholders, reviews of the most recent research on family poverty, and estimates of Brexit impacts on persons and families in receipt of social protection assistance, benefits and pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38942/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 27. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work her Department is undertaking regarding a statutory maintenance agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38311/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Equality (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she will reduce the gender pension gap; her target for eliminating the gap completely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38312/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (25 Sep 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will respond to a person (details supplied) regarding the responsibility for student safety of the board of management of a school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38974/19]