Results 8,101-8,120 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Insolvency Practitioners (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Finance if the recently published guidelines for debt managers may be revised because of reported difficulties now being experienced by professionals advising clients on managing their debts in circumstances where they are not authorised by the Central Bank to act as debt management services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the total levels of tax expenditure on all of the tax reliefs granted by the Irish State under the Finance Acts down to 2013. [49228/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Data (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if there has been any prosecutions of homeowners who have failed or refused to co-operate with the Revenue Commissioners in respect of the local property tax; and, if so, the number and nature of such prosecutions. [49814/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the measures her Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment and youth under-employment so that young citizens, particularly graduates, are facilitated in finding employment in their own fields of expertise. [49815/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 161. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda checkpoints which included other State agencies that were carried out in the Garda R and J districts in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [49819/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 179. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 567 and 568 of 12 March 2013, in respect of private child care services, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49816/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 180. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 30 May 2013, in respect of children placed in special care units outside the jurisdiction, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49817/13]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Services Provision (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Questions No. 200 of 12 June 2013, regarding the National Assessment Consultation and Therapy Service, if the information which she undertook to supply is now to hand. [49818/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (20 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of commuters who have used Howth Junction/Donaghmede Dart station on a weekly basis in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [49810/13]

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total value of goods and services purchased by the State and its agencies in 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013; the way the results of tendering competitions and details of the competing firms at national, local Government and State agency level are published to ensure that there is full transparency and accountability in the public...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: There has been a general welcome for the establishment of the office of Government procurement and the Minister has previously referred to the fact that we spend in the region of €9 billion per annum on public procurement. My question reflects the concerns of the Small Firms Association, SFA, and of small businesses generally, regarding the tendering processes under the new system....

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister of State's comments about the data collection structures. Does he know how this is panning out in the context of the performance of smaller Irish companies, community-owned structures and so on? Is it inevitable that they will have to enter bundled contracts, perhaps with foreign operators? What is the budget of the NPS? The Minister of State appointed four...

Other Questions: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I again welcome the Minister of State's comments. It is critical to ensure ongoing close invigilation of this service to make sure our businesses do well. The Minister set a target of €500 million in savings over three years. How does he know that amount will be saved?

Order of Business (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Taoiseach has told me several times that the Pyrite Levy Bill is being withdrawn but it is still on the clár. If it is being withdrawn, on the advice of the Attorney General as I understand it, how will the construction industry and the quarry industry be held to account by the Government? Is it the Government's intention to withdraw the Bill? I support what Deputy Walsh said...

Order of Business (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is a different Bill.

Order of Business (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: It is only a drop in the ocean.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (21 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 145. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 115 and 116 of 6 November 2013, if he will provide further details of his Department's water services investment programme in the context of improving water supply and treatment capacity in the greater Dublin area; and the programme of works that are due to be completed at the...

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the works that will be completed to schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 under the school works scheme, the funding for which was recently announced for 2014. [50101/13]

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the restoration of the summer works scheme, the €40 million allocated to it and the €28 million allocated to the minor works scheme. If my figures are correct, I estimated at budget time that this Minister has cut the education budget by almost €1 billion over the three budgets since this Government has been in power. While this announcement is welcome, as my...

Other Questions: Summer Works Scheme Expenditure (26 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister's last comments answered some of the key points about the payment. Even small works require technical expertise and, as I understand it, consultants' fees cannot be recouped, or could not be recouped previously under the scheme. Is that still the case? To follow up on comments made by Deputies in the Technical Group about the figures for schools published today in The Irish...