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Order of Business (8 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...among second level teachers about this. Many observers did not agree with the approach taken at the ASTI conference in particular, but I believe the megaphone and everything else did express a feeling that the Minister simply was not listening to people and that the need for an independent evaluation at around age 14 or 15 is still there. This is an issue which may need debate in this...

Topical Issue Debate: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan Implementation (26 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...after three years of this Government, we have the general scheme of the Bill. The involvement of An Bord Pleanála and oral hearings as part of the planning process are to welcomed compared to what I feel were the disgraceful granting of consents in the past. It is still deplorable, however, that this legislation has not been passed. It is one of many things that should have been...

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: That is how they feel.

Other Questions: IBRC Mortgage Loan Book (20 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I want to convey to the Minister, as other Members tried to do earlier, the distress people are feeling due to the uncertainty surrounding their family homes. The Minister has a core responsibility in this area. It is all right for him to say that if NAMA purchases the loan books it will voluntarily comply with the CCMA, but what people want at this stage is some decisive action. I again...

Order of Business (5 Feb 2014)

Tommy Broughan: .... He said that there would be a short and quick commission of investigation into the Stardust tragedy, the 33rd anniversary of which falls on Friday-week. Will the Taoiseach keep his promise? I feel very strongly, as do other local Deputies, that he should do so. It is a legacy issue that we need to deal with.

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (22 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...that as part of the expenditure of more than €200 million on the establishment of Irish Water, some 300 workers at Irish Water had been taken to a yoga laughter therapy workshop. Many citizens feel the people and this House are being laughed at. There is no accountability for this body through parliamentary questions, the freedom of information regime or the Comptroller and...

Other Questions: Freedom of Information Remit (22 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome this announcement by the Minister. There is a sense of tremendous outrage. People feel that when the Government was deciding on the road it was going to go down, it adopted the wrong model by choosing Bord Gáis as the lead organisation in this regard. It is a question of a certain kind of semi-State culture. In fairly recent times we saw Pádraig McManus and other...

Pyrite Resolution Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...earlier about being negative but, after seven years of slogging by many Members, it is a historic day. It has taken such a long time to get to this stage that people who represent constituents feel it heavily. With regard to the pyrite remediation scheme, where we had to cut off debate, I hope the Minister will keep the House well-informed about progress on the scheme and the necessary...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (5 Dec 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...sector pensions. These individuals made a commitment in the past and just because he was of the view he could do so, the Minister imposed the levy on them. For the reasons outlined, people now feel incredibly hard done by. It is deplorable that, as a result of the recent budget, the levy will be increased in 2014 and again in 2015. I do not believe the Minister of State has addressed...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...e-mails and other forms of correspondence has concerned this particular provision, which now appears in section 71. I refer to the increase in the pension levy and its extension to 2015. People feel incredibly sore. Members and Oireachtas colleagues bear a special responsibility for people who work in the private sector in the sense that we have access to valuable public sector...

Government Decision on Exiting Programme of Financial Support: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...budget. The gallant shoulders of our people are continuing to carry the burden, with projected cuts of €2 billion next year and further billions in the years ahead. It is not a day on which we can feel free or even deeply hopeful. However, I welcome the fact that at least we are getting away from the troika.

Order of Business (14 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: She feels that she has so many additional costs. Why is the Tánaiste standing over these savage cutbacks in health? Why is it necessary for Dr. McEvoy to write to me, Deputy Ó Ríordáin, Deputy Kenny, Deputy Flanagan, and Deputy Finian McGrath, as he will confirm?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Proceedings (13 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...; if it is proposed that such guidelines would be reflective of the guidelines developed in May 2009 by the former Childrens Acts advisory board, entitled Giving a Voice to Children’s Wishes, Feelings and Interests: Guidance on the Role, Criteria for Appointment, Qualifications and Training of Guardians ad Litem Appointed for Children in Proceedings under the Child Care Act 1991, as...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...have a major social housing programme for many reasons to do with the property market. In principle, section 5 is welcome. The rationale of tackling the shadow economy is behind that section. Some people still feel, however, that the measure will be a token one because the application of the VAT refund on home renovation projects will be through tax credits over two years rather than a...

Brighter Evenings Bill 2012: Second Stage (5 Jul 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...is a modest proposal in that I only asked, in section 2, that the Minister would prepare a report on the costs and benefits of advancing the clocks in line with the central European time zone. I feel strongly that our sister Assembly in Belfast should be deeply involved, first and foremost. On section 3, the Minister stated we were a little at variance as to whether he may or must...

Access to the Countryside Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...land from liability for accidents that may occur to walkers on their land. That is a particularly important provision. We must be mindful of Irish history and the attachment so many of our citizens feel to their land. We clearly must respect landowners who want to protect their land. I firmly believe that the provisions of the Bill exempting owners of land from liability is integral...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...and on which we looked at the provisions in many other countries. The Bill, in section 18(2), refers to encouraging and promoting competition, but apart from the serious regulatory issues, many the workers would feel that at times the oversupply of taxi cabs continues to cause significant hardship and undermine the sector. For example, the Indecon report that was launched with the report...

Topical Issue Debate: Bus Éireann (2 May 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...workers and their families. One driver with children at college told me yesterday that he will lose at least €3,000 a year. With property tax, rising health insurance, mortgages and other costs, workers feel they just cannot take any more. It is therefore understandable that the NBRU and SIPTU are balloting staff on whether to take action from the end of next week. Many...

Other Questions: EU-IMF Programme (18 Apr 2013)

Tommy Broughan: ...the rest of the population a bit of a break, and to give them some kind of encouragement and reward rather than chastising them again? I say that given the kind of pressures people have and the feeling that they are on the edge of a precipice. Could the Minister explain the focus on the €300 million?

Credit Union Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stages (28 Nov 2012)

Tommy Broughan: ...the timely preparation of accounts and their presentation to members at general meetings.".".The position of treasurer has always been an important position in the credit union movement. There is a feeling among the Irish League of Credit Unions and CUDA, the Credit Union Development Association, that it is an office that should be retained with functions. It is accepted the Bill is...