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Other Questions: Capital Expenditure Programme (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: This is a question we put to the Minister very strongly at the Committee on Budgetary Oversight. Projections to 2021 indicate that capital spending is barely keeping pace with depreciation. Professor Tom McDonnell of the Nevin Economic Research Institute, NERI, made that point to us most strongly. In fact, the figures he gave us showed that they are below normal accounting depreciation...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister will appoint the six members. I hope that they will be representatives of the trade union movement, industry and the public service in order to provide the kind of background that is required. What is the Minister's opinion on the cost and continuing work of the body? I referred to the role of IFAC. The Minister is not putting the new body on a statutory basis. Will it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report to Dáil Éireann on the proposed public service pay commission; the parameters for such a commission and the timeframe of its work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31007/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome the appointment of Mr. Kevin Duffy as chairman of the public service pay commission. The Minister has published the commission's terms of reference on his website. I would like him to expand on that and tell us the kind of resources he will make available to the commission in terms of the economic and industrial expertise it will need. Does he envisage it having a role...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: My colleague, Deputy Paul Murphy, referred to the justified case that is being made by my trade union, ASTI, the Garda Síochána, nurses and doctors and a growing list of public service workers who feel that the Government has been very remiss in not just unwinding but getting rid of FEMPI and the whole approach relating thereto. The Minister will be under significant time pressure...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Taoiseach’s answer. We have heard often from people in the Road Safety Authority, RSA, about the absolute necessity for additional invigilation. The chairperson of the RSA referred to the European driver attitudes survey which showed that people in this country are half as likely to be stopped in a mandatory alcohol testing, MAT, check, now a mandatory intoxicant...

Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Up to yesterday, 148 of our fellow citizens were killed on the roads. That represents an increase of 25 on last year. Of course, the 148 families of these victims are totally devastated. In communities in virtually every constituency, people are being devastated by the ongoing carnage. Since the Taoiseach came to office in March 2011, approximately 1,000 people have died on our roads and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Education Funding (19 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on his role with the Minister for Education and Skills in the design and operation of the proposed Exchequer-employer investment mechanism for third level education to operate from 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30777/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Sonnet; if this operation is still active; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30769/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Woven; if this operation is still active; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30770/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Assets Bureau (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 171. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to provide funding for the appointment of extra full-time forensic accountants and extra full time financial crime analysts for the Criminal Assets Bureau; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30771/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for DEIS band 1 status; the stage this application is at; the supports that he will offer to this school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30763/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Training Support Grant (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be increasing the rates for young persons aged under 26 years on programmes such as VTOS, Youthreach, CTC and Solas training courses and who are currently on €160 per week to €193 per week, in line with the increase in the back to education allowance announced by the Department of Social Protection in the budget for...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Animal Welfare (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of inspections of dog breeding premises carried out in 2014, 2015 and to date in 2016 under the Dog Breeding Establishment Act; if any of these were follow-up inspections; if any sanctions were imposed on operators or owners of these premises; the resources allocated to such inspections; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 331. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the proposed increase of €2.70 per week in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €100 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 332. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of a €5 per week increase in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €100 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30766/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 333. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the cost of the proposed increase of €3.80 per week in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €144 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30767/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 334. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the projected cost of a increase of €5 per week in the jobseeker's allowance for young persons on the current €144 rate in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30768/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 330. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons served by the JobPath programme, especially in the Coolock and Kilbarrack employment exchanges in the Dublin Bay North constituency; the success of these persons in securing employment; the supports provided to older workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of accommodation for all Irish diplomats worldwide, following on from recent news reports on the high cost of the Irish ambassador's residence in Japan, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30541/16]