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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I would, of course.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: What I am asking for is honesty. This Dáil's establishment of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and the PBO will stand the test of time, as will the Sláintecare committee, which should probably be sitting continuously. We want the Government to implement Sláintecare and to be honest about it. I suggested a 43% top tax rate on salaries in excess of €120,000 or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Measures could be taken to get the Vote together. The conclusions in the PBO's report are damning of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's management of the health Vote. It seems that alignment of the national service plan and the Vote is impossible. The money that is voted and the plan's expenditure elements do not correspond. There is a lacuna, which the Minister should...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Last night, in the debate on the Finance Bill, we discussed the unwinding of FEMPI. Effectively, the Minister said this will take at least 16 years for 300,000 public servants so that rather than having one decade of austerity, they are heading for two decades. Were there not other options for moving to immediate pay equalisation under section 11 of the Public Service Pay and Pensions Act...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister is the guy who can fix it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I echo the comments of my colleagues. The report we got from the Parliamentary Budget Office in regard to the €190 million showed that the adjustments would be something like €80 million for health, similar for education, €12 million for the justice area and €4 million for the local authorities. 11 o’clock Thus, for a relatively small measure in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Sector Pay (24 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to address new entrant pay equalisation in the public service; the additional spending being provided in 2018 and in Budget 2019 to achieve pay equality in sectors such as health and education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43875/18]

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State, Deputy D'Arcy, might remember that a few weeks ago I raised the issue of tax expenditures with the Taoiseach on Leaders’ Questions. I put to the Taoiseach that all 11 or 12 budgets introduced by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael during the decade or more of austerity were accompanied by Finance Bills which provided for continually massive tax expenditures. I refer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Issues (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 122. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to prepare for Brexit and its impact on programmes such as the EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive, the EU treatment scheme, cross-Border health services generally and all the issues in relation to freedom of movement for medical and allied personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43273/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 133. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken on foot of the Scally report into the CervicalCheck scandal to address the important matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43272/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Legislative Reviews (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 161. To ask the Taoiseach if recent suggestions from a person (details supplied) that proposed Government legislation should be assessed for its likely impact on litigation have been given consideration; and his plans for a legislation impact assessment for all Government and Private Members' legislation. [43170/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has given consideration to entering into co-operation agreements with election observer NGOs (details supplied) in order that Ireland can deploy election observers to more locations outside of the OSCE member states and to countries of priority to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43247/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for an ancillary grant to replace a school secretary at a school (details supplied) which is spread between two fully separate campuses will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43796/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will seek assurances from the Garda Commissioner that additional attention will be provided to an area (details supplied) in the run up to Halloween and including Halloween day and night; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43550/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Transport Data (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans allocated to each Garda division in Dublin as of 1 January 2018 and 15 October 2018; if the additional 15 Garda public order vans due to be purchased in 2018 have come into the fleet; if not, when they will come into the fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43756/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a recruitment drive for the Garda Band; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43757/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Remuneration (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 411. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to restore junior consultants' salaries to bring salaries in line with their colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43520/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 412. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant doctor vacancies here; the actions he is taking to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43521/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultant Recruitment (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 413. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he is taking to attract and retain medical consultants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43522/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (23 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 414. To ask the Minister for Health when the additional 2,600 hospital beds promised in the National Development Plan 2018-2027 will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43523/18]