Results 321-340 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (5 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding defects and poor quality in some concrete products being supplied to the construction industry; and if his Department monitors the quality of residential and commercial construction in view of problems with aggregate and insulation in the Celtic tiger era. [45137/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (24 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 25. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the Dublin community initiatives he has visited; if he has liaised with his colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality on the need for increased resources for community development in areas of Dublin 13 and 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43047/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Dog Breeding Industry (24 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 3 April 2019, the timeframe for such a review; if his Department has completed its review for 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43048/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (24 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Health if the 1,000 posts for new front-line staff in the HSE primary care services announced in budget 2020 include the positions which were previously offered, accepted and frozen in the HSE’s embargo on starting newly appointed professional staff. [43939/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Data (24 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 178. To ask the Minister for Health the number, grade and title of all HSE posts in CHO 9 in which interviews have been held, posts offered and accepted but which are awaiting sanction by the HSE for the new staff to begin their work. [43940/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans following the ruling by a High Court Judge that a section of road traffic law on the third payment option was unconstitutional (details supplied). [43938/19]

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Budget 2020 needed to be a dynamic, proactive budget to protect the incomes of our people facing the challenge of Brexit and climate change actions. In the event, two weeks ago, the budget was a regressive imposition on huge cohorts of society, effectively cutting the real incomes of families and citizens on social protection and those in lower-paid jobs. Despite the concerns repeatedly...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to ensure full pension rights for community employment supervisors. [43049/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his EU colleagues are taking in response to the imposition of lengthy prison sentences by the Spanish Supreme Court on nine leaders of the Catalan independence movement. [43765/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent responses by him and his EU colleagues to the actions of the Chinese Government and its appointees in Hong Kong and in Xinjiang, that is, the Uighur community under Chinese rule in north-west China. [43766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the possible impact of the latest OECD proposal for digital transition on the economy. [43763/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Fee Exemptions (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the examination fee alleviation scheme for full medical card holders to leaving certificate and junior certificate appeal fees. [43730/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 149. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a recent report to an organisation (details supplied) from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which refers to the removal of 20,000 persons from hospital waiting lists following a validated audit of the lists. [43735/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 150. To ask the Minister for Health his policy for the approval of new drugs in 2019; if a cost neutral or cost saving approach will be pursued in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43736/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Enhancement Programme Funding (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 190. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps he will take to ensure that funding support is provided to a community (details supplied) for a sensory garden in the locality. [43720/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Initiatives (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 191. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which the expenditure Estimates in Vote 42 of Budget 2020 will enable his Department to fully implement the strategy for the community and voluntary sector in Ireland and the first national social enterprise policy for Ireland during 2020. [43721/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (23 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a recent report that the Land Development Agency may be bound by EU state aid rules which may inhibit the agency responding to the housing and homelessness emergency. [43764/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the quality control procedures in place in Tusla; the type of performance management and upskilling which takes place for persons working with vulnerable children; the workplace supports available to those working with vulnerable children and families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43104/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We discussed Tusla earlier. My question arises from the 2018 annual report which was an interesting account of all the work done by the agency, particularly in respect of performance management, outputs and supports for a vital workforce in the public sector, particularly in the workplace learning and development programme.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is regrettable that during the period of five years the agency has not been able to meet its whole-time equivalent professional workforce targets. It has to deliver on the strategic workforce plan until the end of next year. I have raised the problem of the recruitment and retention of social workers previously with the Minister. In the budget the Minister received another 4% increase...