Results 8,741-8,760 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Fine Gael will not allow the Minister to introduce rent controls.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister is in a prison designed by Fine Gael.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Hear, hear.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: That only happens to a fraction of such houses.
- Other Questions: Rent Supplement Scheme Administration (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Yes, we are aware of what is involved. It is only a fraction.
- Leaders' Questions (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: That is your fault.
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Some weeks ago, an undemocratic and farcical decision was taken by a group of Fingal councillors, a number of whom will either not stand again or will be defeated in the forthcoming elections, in regard to the Dublin mayoralty. The overwhelming majority of the 127 Dublin councillors, from the Ceann Comhairle's area in Dún Laoghaire, from south Dublin, Dublin city and Fingal, voted that...
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: We are talking here about a tiny minority. There was only one blue shirt involved.
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: They did not make such a decision.
- Order of Business (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: What happened was ridiculous.
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Activation Measures (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: 9. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the current level of job activation services provided by her Department. [17573/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: 121. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to create a licensing regulatory authority for the establishment and operation of cemeteries and crematoria, which could also have a remit in regulating the provision of headstones, grave sculptures and monuments. [18199/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Retirements (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: 135. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of An Gardaí Síochána by rank who have retired in 2013 and to date in 2014. [18200/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders that were served by members of An Garda Síochána in 2013 and to date in 2014. [18201/14]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (16 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: 137. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda Operation Yard; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained as part of the operation; and if the operation is still active. [18202/14]
- White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Next we have Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan. I understand the Deputy is sharing time with Deputy Higgins.
- White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Can we have silence for Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan?
- White Paper on Universal Health Insurance: Statements (Resumed) (17 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: Anois, An Teachta Catherine Byrne and an Teachta John O'Mahony are sharing 15 minutes.
- Topical Issues: Special Amenity Areas (17 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: I warmly thank the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley, for coming to the Chamber to deal with this matter on the afternoon of Holy Thursday. As he is well aware, the Howth Peninsula has been a favourite walking location for visitors and residents alike for many centuries. Well over 500,000 people from across Dublin and the whole mid-Leinster region, and indeed from abroad, visit the...
- Topical Issues: Special Amenity Areas (17 Apr 2014)
Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for his response and his comments regarding the implementation and enforcement of the special amenity area order. As I have outlined, the key problem has been a lack of enforcement of that order on the part of Fingal County Council. There has been a dereliction of duty on the part of the council, particularly in recent years, in respect of these illegal...