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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 488. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons who applied for the aftercare allowance; and the number who were successful with their application in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form. [52166/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 489. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the additional €1.5 million allocated to her Department in budget 2019 for youth services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52167/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Bodies (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 558. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the work of the Labour Market Council in 2017 and 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52168/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Funding (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason funding for the dedicated mortgage arrears programme is confirmed only until mid-February 2019; if long-term funding for the service which supports those who face mortgage difficulties will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52169/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service Data (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Abhaile scheme vouchers which have been issued since the introduction of the scheme by county, in tabular form. [52170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons who have commenced participation on the youth employment support scheme to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52171/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes Data (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 562. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of beneficiaries for each social welfare payment who are entitled and not entitled, respectively, to the Christmas bonus in 2018, in tabular form. [52172/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated savings in each of the years 2009 to 2014, in tabular form, arising from the policy decision to reduce the jobseeker's allowance payments to young persons under 26 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52173/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the type of cost rental model he is examining; if there are pilot projects; if so, when the results of same will be reviewed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51518/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector Strategy (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent caps will be placed on cost rental models being examined by his Department and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51519/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a recent ESRI report which indicates that the construction workforce here is too small to produce the level of social and affordable housing needed; if he has liaised with his ministerial colleagues in relation to the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51520/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the referendums he plans to hold in conjunction with the local and European elections in May 2019; the other referendums which the Government plans to hold at a later date and the proposed dates, if decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the public bodies and other entities under the aegis of his Department for which he is responsible for making all or some appointments to which are not subject to the guidelines on appointments to State boards, in that the recruitment and selection process is undertaken by his Department and not through the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Question Heading for question(s) 588 (11 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the process for the appointment of a chairperson and lay members to both the professional conduct committee and appeals board of the RIAI under sections 23 and 24 respectively of the Building Control Act 2007; if these appointments are subject to public advertisement such as on State boards or other public means; when the...

European Investment Fund Agreement Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (6 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have a brief opportunity to speak in support of the European Investment Fund Agreement Bill 2018. The Minister of State wants to pass this Bill urgently and to have provisions in place to implement the scheme early in 2019. There is a sense of urgency every day as we see events taking place at Westminster. The Bill gives the Ministers for Agriculture, Food and the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing Regulation (6 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is examining or has examined the possibility of prohibiting live hare coursing; if not, if a consultation process will be opened on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47213/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (6 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 51. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the scoping report and assessment of disposal options for the silt at Howth Harbour; when the dredging programme will be undertaken at this working fishery harbour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50977/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland Supervision (6 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the Central Bank regulations relating to the use of plain language by financial institutions; the locations in which these regulations can be accessed; the input he has had on these regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51233/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Data (6 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff in his Department who have a degree or higher degree level qualifications in economics; the proportion of staff who are so qualified in respect of the total staff of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51259/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff Data (6 Dec 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff in his Department who have a degree or higher degree level qualifications in economics; the proportion of staff who are so qualified in respect of the total staff of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51260/18]