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Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I am glad of the opportunity to make some brief comments on the Finance Bill 2016. One of the 57 sections in the Bill which has attracted much comment among our constituents is section 54, which makes changes to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 and the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999. The section refers to "penalties for deliberately or...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (26 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 84. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current number of childcare staff employed on a CE scheme that have the required level five qualification; the current number of childcare staff employed on a CE scheme that do not have the required level five qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32228/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (26 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 85. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions his department is taking to assist former staff who were employed on a CE scheme who do not have the required level five qualification in view of the new requirement for childcare staff to have a level five qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32229/16]

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Surely every time the Minister speaks he should be calling for a cessation of the savage attacks on the people of Aleppo and other parts of Syria. Has the Minister spoken to the representatives from the United States, the ambassador and the Secretary of State, and the UK? They are countries that supply Saudi Arabia with large amounts of modern weaponry which then end up on the outskirts of...

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met his Syrian and Russian counterparts to discuss the atrocities in Aleppo; if he has also met American, British and other EU Foreign Ministers on moves to end the Syrian carnage; his plans to meet with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31702/16]

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I listened to the Minister's earlier replies to colleagues in the Chamber on the carnage in Syria which has taken perhaps 500,000 lives at this stage and which has displaced millions of Syrian people. The Minister said he had been in contact with ambassadors and others. He said Ireland was ready to play a positive role, and I think he meant a very strongly positive role, in the resolution...

Other Questions: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said the attacks may, indeed, amount to war crimes. Why would the Minister preface his remarks with words like "maybe"? These are war crimes. The involvement of Russia, presumably in pursuit of its strategic interests, has enabled the Assad regime to continue making war on its own people. Assad said there would be no more humanitarian causes. What is the attitude of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure Ireland is playing an important role in trying to bring peace to Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31701/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Accommodation (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to have Raheny Garda station, Dublin 5, refurbished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32008/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 157. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the number of gardaí in each Garda community policing unit in each district in Dublin as of 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 19 October 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32009/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of trainees who have participated in the SOLAS safe pass training programme in the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32010/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 488. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for plastic surgery at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting times to see each plastic surgeon consultant; the steps being taken to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32006/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (20 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 224. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional staff including medical staff, carers and therapists who will be employed with the additional €61 million secured for the 2017 disability budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31261/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (20 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 225. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the additional €61 million in 2016 that will be allocated to pay increases for additional staff and for the employment of new staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31262/16]

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak briefly on the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016. It is welcome that the Bill is finally before us and provides for an office of the planning regulator, which was a key recommendation of the Flood-Mahon tribunal. Ordinary constituents and citizens welcome the idea of a regulator because we often have a situation in planning where...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I mentioned housing and we need to ramp up the construction of social housing by at least 10,000 units per year. In the alternative budget that I submitted, I spoke about having an additional €1 billion for housing this year and every year until 2021 or until we get rid of the horrendous experiences being suffered by people in the city tonight. With regard to transport, we speak of...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in funding Departments and agencies to address the challenge of Brexit; if there are provisions and plans for any necessary additional spending in the period 2017 to 2019 to make Ireland Brexit ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30778/16]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Brexit represents one of the biggest challenges to the State since 1922. As I said in the first debate we had in the House just after the vote in the UK, there should be a Minister for Brexit here. Fianna Fáil has now taken a similar position. The issue is so important and critical to our future that we should adopt that position. The Minister has allocated certain moneys in the...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: It is likely that when Article 50 is triggered next spring, the challenge will intensify and grow deeper. We have a particular responsibility to our own workers, jobs in this country, agriculture and the Common Fisheries Policy, about which hardly anyone has spoken so far. My own constituency has an interest in both fisheries and the fact that there may well be profound changes in that...

Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of GDP the capital programme for 2017 represents, including increases for housing, health, education and transport; his views on the fact that capital expenditure is barely level with or below the generally agreed depreciation rate for the capital assets of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30776/16]