Results 12,501-12,520 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (9 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the Adoption Authority of Ireland's recent visit to Haiti; the timeframe she expects for the commencement of a proposed adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to provide members of the Defence Forces the right to join a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22000/17]

Dublin Transport: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: It is highly ironic that it is Fianna Fáil which is tabling the Dublin transport motion before us. It was that party and its current Fine Gael partners in government which starved the Dublin region of transport and other key infrastructure over the past five decades. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, for example, the proposed light rail system included a northside Ballymun-Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Staff (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding industrial relations at Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Garda Equipment (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for selecting a device (details supplied) as the roadside kit for drug testing drivers; if there are restrictions on the use of this kit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21966/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the expected reconfiguration of the traffic corps will be in place; if alcohol breath tests are still being undertaken and recorded on the PULSE system; if so, when this data will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the master licence record project based on the national vehicle and driver file; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22187/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences Data (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of driving licences administered yearly by the National Driver Licence Service since its establishment; the revenue generated each year since its establishment; the set-up and annual costs of running the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22188/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of plastic card style driving licences distributed each year since 2013 and to date in 2017; the status of the examinations for the information to be stored on the microchip in the cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22189/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences Renewals (10 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to use similar online technology recently launched for passport renewals for the renewal of driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22190/17]

Other Questions: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down by county the number of aftercare placements in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; her plans for aftercare in view of the recent reports of a 78% increase in homelessness in the 18 to 24 year old age group since 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22173/17]

Other Questions: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to set down the numbers of children leaving State residential care who have entered homeless services in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the steps she is taking to address homelessness for this vulnerable cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22174/17]

Other Questions: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I gather the Minister will take the question with another question of mine further down the list. The Minister responded to a question from Deputy Rabbitte earlier with some statistics. In 2015, there were 720 people between 18 and 22 years of age receiving aftercare services. A total of 78% of these were in the 18 to 20 years age bracket. The requirement for an aftercare plan to be in...

Other Questions: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the information the Minister has given about Tusla carrying out a national audit. Does she believe it is time that aftercare was placed on a firmer basis, perhaps a statutory basis? The Tusla report shows that since 2010, almost 150 vulnerable young adults known to the service have died. It makes for sobering reading to realise the disconnect between the HSE and Tusla and the...

Other Questions: Aftercare Services (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to ask the Minister about a reply she gave me on 2 May to a parliamentary question. I am referring to Question No. 1438 relating to children in foster care. The figures did not seem to add up. A total of 132 children were missing based on how we added up the figures. Will the Minister get her officials to check that? My final question relates to separated children seeking...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Funding (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: In 1960, a small group of wheelchair users came together to form the Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, with the aim of trying to improve the lives of people with physical disabilities in Ireland. The Irish Wheelchair Association has now grown to a network of 20,000 members with 2,300 staff and many more volunteers. Resource and outreach services are provided to over 2,000 people in 57...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Funding (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for the Minister, Deputy Harris's reply, but it is totally disingenuous. It does not reflect how grossly unfair the situation is to the Irish Wheelchair Association, Rehab, Enable Ireland and the other bodies. I note that the IWA has entered a dispute resolution process with the HSE. The SIPTU trade union has rightly referred the matter to the Workplace...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Funding (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of information, there is no governance issue here. The issue is the governance of the Department of Health, the HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of comments by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in 2015 regarding software costing €6.5 million that had been purchased and was to be ready in late 2016 to help prove delivery of fixed charge notices; the status of this software; if it is in use; the parameters of this software; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (11 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of issuing fixed charge notices in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the estimated cost of issuing fixed charge notices by registered post based on the numbers issued in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22489/17]