Results 8,841-8,860 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mental Health Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 123. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if it is his policy to develop an interdepartmental policy with the Department of Health in the area of mental health services provision for children in care; and if he will report on the work being carried out by the National Assessment Consultation and Therapy Service. [21030/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 April 2014, if he will confirm the date on which the actual Model A document that was presented to the High Court in the Ó Cuanacháin case was approved by his Department; if he will provide copies of documentation recording that this approval was made; and if he will confirm that the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 April 2014, in view of the High Court judge stating in his judgment in the Ó Cuanacháin case that the court was in effect being asked about a claim into the future to decide that Model A as proposed by the State was not an appropriate primary educational provision, the reason he is now...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 30 April 2014, if he will confirm that special needs assistants are currently not provided with training in ABA as would have been required under Model A; and if he will confirm that this does materially alter the educational provision being made for children with autism now that Model A has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 30 April 2014, the date on which the information pamphlet he referred to will be issued; if the pamphlet will include a list of all interventions currently approved by his Department for use in educating children with autism, along with at least one reference to peer-reviewed research supporting the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 30 April 2014, in view of the participation of the National Council for Special Education in the preparation of the information pamphlet regarding the education of children with autism, if he will confirm that the pamphlet will not contain a statement that all children, including children with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Eligibility (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 460. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a response will be issued in respect of correspondence sent to him regarding a person living in affordable housing (details supplied) in County Dublin. [21157/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 567. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 11 February 2014, if the report to which she made reference to is now available. [21471/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 324 of 6 May 2014, in respect of the first method whereby driving licence numbers are recorded, if she will request a report from An Garda Síochána with details of the number of summons served in respect of road traffic cases in 2013 and to date in 2014 which included the driving licence numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (13 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a change in approach by a hospital (details supplied) from allowing open access to primary dental care to requiring patients to have referral letters from a local dentist; and if his Department has been monitoring this development in view of the significant funding received by the hospital in question from the Health...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014. This is probably one of the most fundamental pieces of legislation to be considered by this House in this session. I am somewhat concerned at the short window we have to consider the Bill. Although the scheme of the Bill was considered by the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I accept that, but obviously she is the Minister of State with responsibility for housing and it might have been nice for her to have been there. Based on a two or three minute speed reading I am not clear what impact that construction programme will have on those who are homeless tonight and those who are becoming homeless every day in this city, in the Minister of State's city, in Cork and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 24. To ask the Minister for Health the way improvements could be made in the application and renewal processes for medical card applicants to facilitate applicants in providing full details regarding their income and medical conditions in order that supplementary requests for information are not needed and medical card applications and renewals can be processed as quickly as possible; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation that has taken place between teacher union representatives and officials from his Department regarding the proposed changes to the junior cycle curriculum; and the number and extent of meetings he has held with senior representatives from the unions to discuss the proposed radical changes in junior cycle education. [21735/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of information, resources and training that will be provided to schools in order to bring forward proposed changes to the new junior cycle before its implementation. [21736/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 5 regarding funding for the replacement of windows in the school building in view of a decision not to grant funding to the school under the summer works scheme 2014 and in circumstances where the existing windows in the school pose health and safety concerns. [21737/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Public Sector Pensions (14 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 159. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a recent survey (details supplied); and the proposed actions that may be taken by her to address the findings contained in that survey. [21738/14]

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: On the children (amendment) Bill, earlier in the week Deputies Seán Kenny, Ellis and I raised the imminent possible closure of the Jigsaw child care centre in Darndale, the biggest crèche in the country, which provides-----

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: -----a massive bulwark to the encouragement of children from the north Coolock area to stay in school, get through second level and so on.

Order of Business (15 May 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I simply wish to ask-----