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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Management (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 928. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration is being given to further performance management measures for local authorities in areas such as social housing, traffic management, planning, environment and drainage; if sanctions are required for poor performance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26125/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 983. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the projects her Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26142/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1434. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to clear the patients on trolleys across Ireland and reduce the maximum wait time on a trolley to six to eight hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26132/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1435. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide sufficient places for all school leavers on the autism spectrum each year up to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26133/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1436. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined the possibility of setting up community-based interventions similar to those in the UK to treat drunk persons in a setting other than an accident and emergency department; the amount such interventions would cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26134/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1437. To ask the Minister for Health the projects his Department is prioritising in Budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26135/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1449. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current situation at University Hospital Kerry, the advanced nurse practitioner post and the resignation of a person (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address the current situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Priorities (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1593. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects his Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1600. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his recent meeting with the Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation; his plans for this industry; if his attention has been drawn to distressing reports of the sale of Irish greyhounds for the Chinese food market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26197/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Carbon Budget (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1701. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated annual costs to the Exchequer to implement the changes needed across all Departments to ensure that Ireland hits its carbon emissions targets up to 2021; the moneys being allocated to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26110/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1702. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department is making an examination on placing waste collection and disposal back in the remit of the local authorities; the estimated cost of such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26111/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Budget 2017 (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1703. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the projects his Department is prioritising in Budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (16 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 1841. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects his Department is prioritising in budget 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26144/16]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Page 10 of the council report states that the economy is operating close to potential in 2016. How does the council come up with that conclusion? The recent Department of Finance report indicates that we are still building fewer than 1,000 houses per month. We have extraordinary infrastructural deficits. For example, Dublin Airport must be one of the few airports with 25 or 30 million...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: There are deficiencies. We have a dysfunctional construction industry and market. Ten of thousands of people are effectively homeless, yet the council maintains we are operating at close to potential. That is nonsense.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: This committee, at very short notice, must make some contribution towards the 2017 budget. Many of the agencies that have appeared before us have said that there are good times ahead, possibly in 2018 or 2019 but it seems that 2017 will be another tight year, as has been the case for the last seven years. Are we, for example, exaggerating the potential impact of Brexit? In the context of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: To follow up on a point made by Deputy Boyd Barrett and others, were the revisions of 2015 not known unknowns? We all knew this was happening, to some extent. We knew that strange things were happening in the multinational sector. We have known about transfer pricing, for example, for approximately 30 years. This affects how we evaluate the last few years. Are there other issues of which...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: Like other Deputies I listened with incredulity to the speeches this morning of the Minister, Deputy Noonan and the Taoiseach. Both speeches were full of contradictions revolving around self-praise for the beginnings of the first fundamental reform of our corporation tax system since 2012-13 and a total refusal to accept that certain foreign multinationals were heavily favoured by Irish...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: The other way around it is that the higher salaries in the private sector would be taxed more extensively and the very low-paid workers given a living wage.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Economic and Fiscal Position: Economic and Social Research Institute (7 Sep 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I thank Professor Barrett and Mr. McQuinn for their paper. Obviously, we have a job given to us by the Oireachtas, namely, to formulate the parameters of budget 2017. In respect of tax expenditures, do the witnesses have a figure for the likely tax expenditure, up to and including the last Finance Bill, off which we would operate for budget 2017? Has the ESRI carried out much research into...