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Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members] (20 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is laughable that Fianna Fáil has brought forward the motion when it and Fine Gael have been joined at the hip in deliberately capping health expenditure over the past 12 years or so. They have reduced the number of badly needed acute hospital beds and, disgracefully, the number of HSE staff under the three austerity Governments since 2007. We on the Committee on Budgetary Oversight...

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Tommy Broughan: If we look back 15 years ago, and I was a communications spokesperson at the time, we were examining exemplar projects abroad. I recall one involved the state of Alberta in Canada, which has a population similar to ours but is three or four times the physical size of the Republic. The Minister said there were 16 exemplars he can give where this roll-out took place. I would like to know...

Cemetery Management Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Jun 2014)

Tommy Broughan: ...to have the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I warmly commend Deputy Eamonn Maloney's initiative in bringing forward this much-needed Bill. It is typical of Deputy Maloney's original and thoughtful contributions to this House. I firmly agree with the core element of the Bill, that is, the establishment of a cemeteries regulator. I also proposed the establishment of an...

Finance Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed). (9 Feb 2005)

Tommy Broughan: ...is that the PAYE worker still bears the greater burden of income tax in this State. Those of us who marched in this city 20 years ago to try to do something about that took, perhaps, very tiny baby steps. We must still deal with the reality of a grossly unfair taxation system. I commend my colleague and friend, Deputy Burton, for the outstanding work she did last year and early this year...