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Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: ...Governments, including this one. One of the areas we covered at that time was the introduction of carer's benefit which was a very tiny step forward. Census 2016 showed there were over 195,000 carers across the country, which was an increase of 4.5% on the 2011 census figures. Of these, as other speakers have said, just over 60% were women and almost 53% were in the 40 to 59 years...

Gambling Control Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: ...the Department and provides for the regulation of gambling in Ireland. It is long overdue, given that our current gambling legislation dates back to the Betting Act 1931 and the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956. Under Part 1, section 2, of the Bill before us, “gambling” is defined as gaming, betting or participating in a lottery or bingo and amusements. However, I note the...

Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: ...the credit and pensions of whole nations and in the case of the UK and Ireland had to be propped up at terrible and enduring cost to ordinary citizens. As a country we have been plagued for 40 or 50 years with a litany of insurance and financial scandals going right back to the 1970s, with the allied failure of the Central Bank and the Department of Finance to protect us as financial...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: ...much lower child protection standards. Sections 16, 27 and 30 of the 2001 Act would therefore be amended. Section 2 of the Bill outlines the amendment to section 16 of the 2001 Act whereby subsection (5) provides for the person committing offences outside of the State, which would constitute a sexual offence under Irish law. Section 5 amends section 30 of the 2001 Act and inserts a...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (22 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: ...kind of indicative plan, or legislative plan, which would restrict the development and growth of Dublin. After all, Dublin is still a relatively small city by comparison with, for example, the 5 million population of Athens, the 5 million-plus in Barcelona, the near 5 million in Manchester, the 3 million to 4 million in Vienna or the 2 million-plus in Budapest. When we compare it with...

Project Ireland 2040: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I have always believed in indicative planning. From the time of T.K. Whitaker in the 1950s and the years of Seán Lemass, having objectives for a nation is important even if some or many of those objectives are not achieved, as happened with the last plan from 2002. The scale of Ireland's infrastructure deficit is vast. There was no reference by the Taoiseach and the Minister for...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages (6 Dec 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...of money involved amount to only a tiny fraction of the total budget for social protection. On 7 November, the Minister indicated that the total budget for single exceptional needs amounts to €31.5 million. I note that 9,400 payments were made in November 2016 and 9,100 payments were made in December 2016. The number of applicants who secured an exceptional needs payment averaged...

Social Welfare Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...Act 1994 and the National Training Fund Act 2000 will be amended and extended. The Government decided to continue with its partial restoration of social protection payments for next year with €5 increases across most payments. Disappointingly, and in keeping with last year, these partial restorations will not come into effect until the end of March 2018. In my own pre-budget...

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...infrastructure and necessary public spending. Indeed, recent opinion polls confirmed that the majority of the electorate wanted to see that kind of investment rather than have an extra €4 or €5 in their pockets. While there are a few small improvements in areas like housing, health and education in the Minister's first budget, my overall first impression is one of deep...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Energy Policy (4 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...in Dublin. What was the outcome of that? Is the Minister in a position to secure further EU funding to tackle this very real problem? It is huge European problem, as the Minister knows. Some 54 million people are affected by energy poverty in the European Union.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...for our capital city and the mid-Leinster region were always on a knife edge while Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael gave huge tax concessions to their big businesses and big farming backers to the tune of €5.5 billion in 2014. At yesterday's meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight, we heard how this tax expenditure could be underestimated by up to €15 billion. When...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Funding (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...of the IWA, Ms Rosemary Keogh, had her first meeting with the HSE today following a letter she sent to them on 4 May. That letter indicated that as per clause 33 of the service arrangement 2015-2018, the IWA was beginning the dispute resolution process. The IWA is a member of the Not-for-Profit Association, NFPA, which has been attempting to find a resolution to this problem since...

Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (1 Mar 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ..., Scoil Chaitríona and so on were included, but there seems to be some major inconsistencies. Is the Minister still hindered by the lack of funding? Although he announced an additional €5 million, looking back to the 2015 figure, it has still not been equalled. We still seem to have less money being spent on DEIS than was spent in 2015.

Disability (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: ...up to and ratifying the optional protocol to the CRPD, which allows for complaints to be submitted to the CRPD. The total budget for disability services is €1.654 billion this year, an increase of €92 million on the 2016 allocation. In late January, I received a reply from the Minister of State to a parliamentary question I asked about additional resources that will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Dec 2016)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she and her Department's agencies have had to prepare for possible adverse impacts of the upcoming Trump Presidency such as the recent cancellation of a €400 million expansion plan by an American company based here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39184/16]

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2016)

Tommy Broughan: In my speech on budget 2017 I welcomed the very small and partial restorations of social welfare payments by €5 per week. I also welcomed the increase from 75% to 85% in the Christmas bonus payment. Of course I would like to see the bonus fully restored because I know it is a huge help to social welfare recipients at a very expensive and stressful time of year. In my pre-budget...

Finance Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: I am glad of the opportunity to make some brief comments on the Finance Bill 2016. One of the 57 sections in the Bill which has attracted much comment among our constituents is section 54, which makes changes to the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 and the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999. The section refers to "penalties for deliberately or...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Budget Statement 2017 (11 Oct 2016)

Tommy Broughan: ...Ministers, I urged that consideration be given to a number of revenue raising measures to expand the fiscal space to approximately €3 billion. These included the introduction of a wealth tax on the wealthiest 5% of all households. It was estimated last year that would yield up to €400 million. Many leading economists such as Professor Thomas Piketty and Professor Joe...

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Tommy Broughan: ...wearing their coats indoors to keep warm in December, January and February, we as a nation have a serious problem. While there has been a 37% decrease in wholesale gas prices since May 2015, the CER has now called for a 32% increase in the PSO levy. I read its report closely. I realise there is public consultation on this proposal, but this proposed increase will completely...

Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: ...interactions with my constituents in Dublin Bay North, I found great disappointment at the €3 a week change to State pensions. Many told me they were hoping for a €10 a week increase, or at least a €5 increase. As one senior citizen said to me a few days ago, the increase would barely cover the cost of a daily newspaper. Once again, in the 2015 Social Welfare...