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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (5 Mar 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 466. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated amount it would cost Iarnród Éireann if the number of security contracted staff increased by a further 20% based on 2018 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10468/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State mentioned a total of 1,800 highly-trained staff. However, the issue here is that the 350 workers to which also she referred have an absolute right to have their trade union represent them. To date, the simple fact is that the HSE has refused to accept the invitation to the Workplace Relations Commission for talks aimed at resolving this matter. What role can the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Members may remember that in the late 1990s on behalf of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, I brought forward the first trade union recognition Bill to the House. That was in the early part of the struggle to win trade union recognition for SIPTU baggage handlers who worked for Ryanair. So it seems incongruous tonight, so many years later, that we should need to have this debate regarding...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be more further revised estimates in relation to Budget 2019; if he is continuing to rule out a second Budget in 2019 in the event of a disorderly Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9814/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: When this Government started in 2011, we had a second budget - a mini-budget - that year. In 2009, we had a kind of major budget to address the deficiencies in the 2008 budget. If there is a general election this year, it is probably inevitable that we will have a second budget. After the revisions and rescheduling that we discussed in the House last week, is it not likely that regardless...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Dr. Mark Cassidy, who is the chief statistician with the Central Bank, expressed surprise at yesterday's meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight that in budget 2019, the Minister did not budget for a significant surplus as a cushion, given that we knew we were heading into some kind of Brexit and perhaps - hopefully not - a cliff-edge Brexit. Those of us who are interested in finance...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We continue to hear ominous reports regarding the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, or something that incorporates elements of a no-deal Brexit. A week or two ago, Commissioner Oettinger told us that a no-deal Brexit would produce a general recession in this country that would be incredibly serious for indigenous industries like agrifood. The Governor of the Bank of England has said he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Estimates Process (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We would spend properly in health, in particular. We would fund the health budget. We would also focus on housing.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Household Debt Statistics (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the current levels of household debt; the way in which his Department monitors and invigilates this area in the wider interests of the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fitness and Probity Regime (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the current governance and probity regulation of the Irish banking sector and on the pay and compensation rules for top banking executives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9813/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (28 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to encourage diversity and gender equality in appointments to the senior positions in the banking and financial services industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9761/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: When will the working group report on alternative responses for personal possession of drugs? It was due to report to the Government by the end of 2018 and we now hear that it will be the end of the first quarter of this year before the report is completed. At many of our joint policing committees and other meetings with An Garda Síochána, we hear that virtually all crime is now...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Many of them are.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach might recall that last week I asked him and the Minister for Justice and Equality what steps are being taken in response to an appalling shooting and murder in my constituency. That dastardly crime was the latest in a litany of gun murders, which include tragic victims recently in Swords and Leixlip. The Minister for Justice and Equality told me in January that the Garda's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am sure the Tánaiste agrees that the next five years will be critical for this country and for its representative on the 27-person Commission. Notwithstanding the importance of the portfolio of our current Commissioner, we must be cognisant of the importance of the finance portfolio because we are facing action from France and Germany on the unanimity rule on taxation. In that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: There is great dissatisfaction across Europe with the level of democracy in the institutions of the EU, particularly the Commission, and this has been cited as one of the reasons that a majority in the UK voted to leave. There was no democratic control whatsoever regarding the appointment of the secretary general to the Commission. Dissatisfaction was expressed in this House, in other...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on the appointment of Ireland's next EU Commissioner. [7998/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I put this question about the appointment of our next EU Commissioner earlier to the Taoiseach and he referred it to the Tánaiste. We heard that the current Commissioner, our former colleague, Mr. Hogan, has indicated that he is positively disposed to another five-year term, as of course he would be. What about the role of this House in the appointment? For example, is it a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent expulsion of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron from the region and the withdrawal of observers from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel; his plans to ensure that TIPH is reinstated; if he will report on his efforts to organise a meeting of representatives of Israel and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Macroeconomic Analysis and Fiscal Risks: Central Bank of Ireland (27 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the delegation. What really is the difference between a scenario analysis and a forecast? Is it a case of hedging one’s bets either for a cliff-edge Brexit or various types of softer Brexits which will impact hard on us after 2020? The European Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, stated a no-deal Brexit will probably lead to a general recession. I assume that will mean...