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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (11 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the Greyhound Industry Bill 2017 to include the white list of countries in which it is permissible for greyhounds to be exported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (11 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to introduce an aptitude test as part of the selection process for election observers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41580/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I saw the Taoiseach walking into lobbies and, in the previous Dáil, the Fianna Fáil Deputies were trooping in behind him. Does he not remember?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I voted for an amendment last night.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Returning to the Taoiseach's earlier remarks, I hope, and it is still my ambition, to be a Member of a left-led Irish Government. I will take whatever decisions have to be taken then. I believe that will happen. I am fully aware of the socio-economic reasons for many tax expenditures. The issues I am raising relate to definitions, costings, transparency, above all, and systematic...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Taoiseach legislate and give us responsibility to do this so that in next year's budget we will have a fair idea of where all of the money is going?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I have asked questions but there are no answers. It is murky and we are in the dark.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach is in the dark.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It was 2009.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: That is not what I was talking about; I was talking about technical measures.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: It is not and the Taoiseach knows that it is not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: On behalf of my Independent colleagues and myself, I extend our deepest condolences to the family of Emma Mhic Mhathúna and salute her great courage and dignity. Yesterday's budget was, I think, the 12th delivered by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, going back to 2009, and the third of this de facto coalition. One of the constant themes of all those and of the earlier budgets was the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: At the outset, I wish to acknowledge the sterling work and reports of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight and the Parliamentary Budget Office during the year. This budget was framed against a background of several challenges, such as the impact of a possible hard Brexit, trying keep an open border with the North, President Trump's "America First" policy, our over-reliance on corporation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the result of the election monitoring panel competition which closed on 20 August 2018; the number of monitors nominated; the way in which his Department will conduct competitions in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40865/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the records of registration that are kept in respect of ownership of motorbikes, scramblers and other off-road vehicles; the location in which these records are kept; the agency charged with administering such records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40733/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he and the Revenue Commissioners have to address the loss of tax revenue through tax avoidance schemes outlined in the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40743/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the September 2018 annual report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, which found that a quarter of 140 high-net-worth individuals had taxable income of less than the average industrial wage and that 90 taxpayers in this group paid income tax at a lower rate than that paid by the average taxpayer; the action he will take on foot of the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of all tax expenditure inclusive of the domicile levy and all other tax reliefs and credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40745/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital works the OPW has carried out in Howth Garda station in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; if the OPW has further capital works planned to be carried out at the station over the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40879/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (9 Oct 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers disqualified in court in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40935/18]