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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Will there not be an inevitable broadening of the tax base as a result of our attempts to meet targets for 2030 and 2050?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am not asking Mr. Tutty that. I am just saying that it is part of the mix or the box of surprises. It is not a surprise, however, and we will have to address it seriously. Most Members agree with that. One impact of a carbon tax is that it will broaden revenues but it may have a difficult impact on some of the more vulnerable communities.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The witnesses say that some matters are political and some matters are for IFAC and for economic theory and so on but is there any realistic possibility that there would be a prudence account? We had this huge debate about the-----

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (11 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: What are the chances of having a prudence account?

Report on Development and Working Conditions in the Irish Film Industry: Motion (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. The Deputy was referring to industrial relations law in his contribution. In regard to law breaking, the reference in this case was to-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On the same subject, as the Minister knows, earlier this month there was another Supreme Court judgment in respect of our decisions in mandatory sentencing for the possession of guns under the 1964 Act. We have had murderous mayhem in our constituency in the past couple of weeks. I am a member of the Committee on Procedure, to which Deputy Howlin referred in the context of our response and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Is the Minister going to introduce any new support?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Will she seek additional resources?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Maybe we need a few more of them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 14 May 2019, the reason the average number of weeks taken to award payments (details supplied) are between nine and 13; the measures she is taking to reduce the waiting times for the award of these payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22787/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is welcome that many welfare payments and supports are awarded in a week or two, but the Minister told me a couple of weeks ago, I think, about the waiting times for some important pensions and allowances. The average waiting time for a non-contributory State pension, for example, is still ten weeks; for carer's allowance, 13 weeks, or three months; for carer's benefit, 12 weeks; for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We have all been on the doorsteps, around DART stations and so on in recent weeks. We hear many horror stories in particular about waiting times for carer's allowance and even at times for carer's benefit, which Deputy Penrose and I worked on in earlier Dáileanna to get it introduced. I think the Minister told us there is a very high number of applications for carer's allowance. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: -----but, generally speaking, that does not happen.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Staffing levels for hard-pressed staff in social protection offices are critical. That is a very important aspect of this matter. Earlier this year, I asked the Minister about vacancies in social welfare offices in Kilbarrack and Coolock in the constituency of Dublin Bay North. She informed me that the Department was actively working to fill one executive officer post in Kilbarrack and one...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Data (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on youth unemployment figures remaining in double digits despite a number of initiatives and schemes to support young persons in training and employment; if she is considering new measures or schemes for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22788/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (30 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 96. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of 40% budget cuts to an organisation (details supplied) from 1 July 2019; the background to such large cuts; if this decision will be urgently reviewed and full funding restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23109/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: What about Garda overtime, the number of hours gardaí can work and their availability?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: May I come in on that issue?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Yesterday, I raised the series of brutal assassinations in my constituency and in nearby Fingal in recent months. The Minister of State, Deputy Stanton, as always, was helpful but the Minister for Justice and Equality was not present. I wanted to ask the Minister about Garda overtime. Is there a problem in that regard? Have there been cuts? Are there sufficient personnel to police what...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (29 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1383 of 8 May 2019, the details of the types of information received from the call for input for the national strategy on volunteering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22717/19]