Results 8,341-8,360 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Service Staff (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 430. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be seeking funding in order that a major new recruitment drive for Dublin Fire Brigade can take place in 2014. [2436/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 500. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No.178 of 23 October 2013, if he will provide for each month of 2013 the number of motorists appearing in court charged with offences under the Road Traffic Acts incurring penalty points who avoided convictions because they agreed to make a donation to the court poor box. [2408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 501. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of funding An Garda Síochána has received from concert promoters and sporting organisations towards covering the cost of policing at concerts and sporting events in 2012 and 2013. [2431/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 539. To ask the Minister for Defence the position regarding the review being undertaken into the age limits applicable to serving members of the Defence Forces who joined after 1994; and if he will advise on the prospects for members who entered the Defence Forces after 1994. [2807/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Public Procurement Regulations (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tendering competition process for licences to operate drinks and snacks mobile units at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 13; the status of existing licences at the location; and the way in which prospective applicants can apply for licences to operate services at this location. [2409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Health Reports (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 580. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the actions that will be taken to address the recommendations and findings of the Health Information and Quality Authority report entitled Inspection of a high support unit in the Health Service Executive Dublin North East published recently. [2784/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Remit (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 581. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the specific actions that will be taken by the Child and Family Agency in 2014 to increase special care provision because of the reported waiting lists for children at risk who have met the criteria for admission to special care units but are unable to obtain a place in any special care unit. [2808/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 604. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to initiate a statutory or regulatory prohibition on chief executive officers or chairpersons of organisations in receipt of funding from the Health Service Executive receiving bonuses or salary top-ups. [2432/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 605. To ask the Minister for Health if all operating theatres in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 are open; and the reasons for having closed any of the theatres in question. [2433/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds and wards in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 closed as of 13 January 2014; his plans to reopen these beds and wards. [2435/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 633. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure incurred by his Department for the purposes of funding research into the effects of smoking cigarettes on the human body, including research on associated matters such as cancers attributable to cigarette smoking for the years 2012 and 2013 and the projected spend for 2014; and the amount of health expenditure allocated to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Contracts (21 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 689. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the CIE PSO allocation for 2011, 2012 and 2013 and the projected allocations for 2014 and 2015; and the way the allocation has been and will be split between Dublin Bus, Irish Rail and Bus Éireann. [2690/14]

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

Tommy Broughan: 7. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when and if the freedom of information legislation will be extended to include Irish Water within its remit. [2667/14]

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

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister knows, the Opposition in this House refused to take part in the debate on the establishment of Irish Water because of the absolute dearth of information on this Government initiative. We found out a few days ago 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...

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...

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

Tommy Broughan: On the related matter of parliamentary questions in this House, we are familiar with the very unsatisfactory performance of Departments like the Department of Health when we inquire about HSE matters and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport when we inquire about Irish Rail matters. Deputies who inquire about matters related to State or semi-state bodies, such as the Health Service...

Order of Business (22 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Ceann Comhairle could use his discretion.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (22 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will introduce regulations on the use of withdrawal rooms in schools, particularly in schools for children with autistic spectrum disorder. [3097/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (22 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent reports regarding the use of withdrawal rooms in schools, particularly in schools for children with autistic spectrum disorder; if he will be recommending a ban on the use of such rooms or very tight regulation on their use rather than the current position whereby guidelines on the use of the rooms are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (22 Jan 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding warrants in each Garda District in the Dublin Metropolitan Region as of 16 January 2014. [3115/14]