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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has contacted Dublin City Council in relation to cost-benefit and opportunity cost studies of significant vacant lands under the control of the authority which have been earmarked for social and affordable housing for decades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8187/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events Response (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to fully prepare for extreme weather events in 2019 (details supplied); if his Department is monitoring the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Services (20 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Irish Coastguard no longer has the ability to use blue lights in emergency situations; the road traffic provisions for all emergency drivers and vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8633/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister said before that there would be no drastic increases or decreases but looking at the record of the consumer price index, CPI, there were effectively deflationary years and years when there seemed to be very little increase in the CPI. Will the Department do any kind of impact assessments? When the Minister responded to my Sinn Féin colleague, Deputy Brady, on this subject...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister expect that she will be able to publish something following her consultation that we could all read and see how it relates to the poverty levels and so on? The survey on income and living conditions, SILC, published by the Central Statistics Office, CSO, in 2017 showed that one in five households with children was living below the poverty line. The Government committed to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: They have very good job records.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to move Ireland to an index linked social welfare rates system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8003/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I read a report where the Minister talked about index linking welfare payments. I do not know whether she was talking about the cost of living index or average earnings index. I think that when the Taoiseach was Minister for Social Protection, he floated that idea. It has been discussed for a long time. Dr. Seán Healy of Social Justice Ireland has advocated strongly for social...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Rates (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: He did not bring it in.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: JobPath Programme (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I echo the concerns of my colleagues about JobPath and the number of jobs that have been produced. The Minister will be aware that in the social enterprise sector, which includes bodies that run job clubs and so on, local community projects have an impressive record. The people in charge of many of those projects, however, are worried that they will have to compete for tenders and so on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all pensioners affected by the reduced rates of entitlement in budget 2012 have now been contacted; the number contacted to date; the number requested to produce further information; the number whose weekly payments will be adjusted and arrears paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7655/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new recruitment campaign for the Permanent Defence Force will commence before the end of Easter 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8027/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Appointments to State Boards (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the corporate and fiduciary responsibilities of civil servants appointed to State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8058/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of knives seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8024/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the Thornton Hall site in Fingal; if a detention centre or prison is planned for the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8062/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ground Rents Abolition (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation providing for a referendum to abolish ground rents here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8065/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she expects the report from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission on motor insurance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8063/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding hospital groups here; the reason the group structure is being changed just a few years after a previous reorganisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 387. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for processing applications under the nursing home support scheme in CHO area 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8026/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Internet Safety (19 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to appoint a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8059/19]