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National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to comment on the Bill and on the rainy-day fund. At the Committee on Budgetary Oversight last year, I strongly opposed the establishment of this fund at this very precarious and dangerous time for our economy and country. I felt then and still believe that all available current and capital resources should be allocated to addressing the serious needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Firearms Seizures (30 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 45. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps being taken by An Garda Síochána to seize and eliminate illegal guns following recent gun crime especially in the Dublin region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4164/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 66. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the report of the working group on gambling; when the report will be brought before Dáil Éireann; when the gaming and lotteries (amendment) Bill will be published; if it will address the anomalies in regulating the slot machine industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4166/19]

No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: One of the most regressive developments in economics from the late 1970s and early 1980s, in the Thatcher-Reagan era, was the process of securitisation and the bundling and selling of loans. The most despicable aspect of that development was the bundling and selling of mortgages and home loans. It has profoundly impacted on hundreds of thousands of Irish citizens, especially in the years of...

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I mentioned the issue of bilateral arrangements and discussions with the UK. Our distinguished journalist, Mr. Fintan O'Toole, says that geography is destiny. Is it the case that other countries that will be impacted by Brexit, like The Netherlands, France and Denmark, are beginning to make bilateral arrangements for a no-deal Brexit? The French Government is making arrangements with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I join the Taoiseach in expressing condolences to the four bereaved families in north-west Donegal on their recent tragic loss. I also wish to express my total solidarity and that of my Independent colleagues with the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, whose members must begin the first of their 24-hour strikes tomorrow. As others have said, looking at nurses' pay scales and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his EU counterparts have investigated the situation and welfare of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3775/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to continue to support humanitarian efforts in South Sudan; if Ireland will continue to support and fund conflict resolution and peacekeeping efforts in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Medals (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the soldiers involved in the siege of Jadotville will receive medals; his plans to award medals posthumously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Carbon Tax Implementation (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the work being carried out by his Department to address unfair and unequal probable impacts of future national policy on carbon taxation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4322/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department was informed by the Department of Health that the normal procurement process for State projects was changed to a two-stage process in the case of the national children’s hospital; if his attention has been drawn to the possible escalation of costs arising from the two-stage development process; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Expenditure (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional State expenditures in 2019 which will be incurred by necessity to fully implement the proposed omnibus miscellaneous provisions (withdrawal of the UK from the EU on 29th March 2019) Bill in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4318/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the works necessary for the phase I and phase II additional accommodation and improvement works at a school (details supplied) have now been approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4323/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Investigations (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has given further consideration to the establishment of a full public inquiry or commission of investigation into the death of a person (details supplied) and the subsequent Garda investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4320/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the budget allocation for the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; the number of staff in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 341. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners participating in the general practitioner visit card scheme for those under six years of age in the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3923/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 434. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the vacant post of consultant psychiatrist at a medical centre (details supplied) to be filled; when full mental health services will be resumed there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4319/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Carbon Budget (29 Jan 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 465. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to produce a five year carbon budget for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4321/19]