Results 1,701-1,720 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (27 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 447. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to appoint a full-time consultant endocrinologist at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49401/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Just over a week ago, we had an appalling assassination in north Kildare. It was one of a litany of homicides that have occurred week in and week out this year. It is alleged that the number of deaths in one drug-fuelled spree of appalling killings has reached 19. Is the Minister confident that we have the legislation in place and the Garda Commissioner, Drew Harris, has the resources to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the November 2018 meeting of ECOFIN and the policy debate by EU finance ministers on the proposal to establish a digital services tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48540/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister told me a few weeks ago that the digital services tax would cost us at least €160 million per year, but the vibes coming from the ECOFIN meeting were very disturbing. Bruno Le Maire, for example, seemed to say we could bring in a digital services tax by the end of the year and then suspend it for two years and Olaf Scholz said something fairly similar. Is the support the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Government Expenditure (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the trends in general Government interest expenditure since 2017; the projections for the next five years; the way in which this expenditure has been impacted by the NTMA's management of the national debt in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43866/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Government Expenditure (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister may remember I raised concerns about the refinancing of some of our benchmark bonds in 2018 and 2019 with him, the Taoiseach, Deputy Varadkar, and the previous Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny. Since 2008, our national debt and interest payments are approximately the same size as the budget that the Minister launched a couple of weeks ago. The overall size of national debt is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Government Expenditure (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When I look at the NTMA figures, I note the bond component is steadily growing. Does that include the bonds to which the Minister refers, such that that aspect of national debt is increasing but in a safe manner? The concern raised by a number of academics and others over the years was that general interest rates would change and we could be left in a difficult situation. The Minister will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for legislative and regulatory changes in relation to the business culture of banks and the accountability of senior banking officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48542/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Budget Contribution (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has estimated the likely additional contributions Ireland will make to the EU budget from 2020 onwards in the event of British withdrawal on 29 March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48543/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Central Bank (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the ending of the asset purchasing programme quantitative easing by the European Central Bank; the estimated impact this may have on interest rates and economic activity here and the rest of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48541/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 147. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of legal cases have been taken against the HSE for failing to commence assessments of needs within the statutory time period; the steps being taken to ensure that assessments of needs take place within the statutory three month time period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48766/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (22 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment of need; the average waiting time a child must wait for the HSE to commence this assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48767/18]

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When I downloaded the 585 page draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU last Wednesday evening in my office, like many others, I turned very quickly to the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland on page 302. On first reading, the protocol seemed to satisfy Ireland’s core and essential demand that there could not be a return to a hard border in Ireland. The preface to...

Older People: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute on this important motion. I commend Fianna Fáil on bringing it forward because we hear every year of the increasing numbers of people who are without home help hours or have insufficient home help. Indeed, in my constituency of Dublin Bay North, I often meet distressed family members and those who urgently require more home help....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Ryan had four years in government to do it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Green Party did nothing.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on alleged persecution and intimidation of Christians in parts of Pakistan and India; if he has asked Ireland's ambassadors to raise these reports with the governments concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking with Ireland’s EU partners to achieve a long-term settlement between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48477/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to support teachers who are working with children experiencing homelessness; and the additional supports being made available to schools in areas with cohorts of homeless families. [48551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Flood and Mahon tribunals; the stage at which these investigations are at; when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48478/18]