Results 14,021-14,040 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 194. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the meetings he has with representatives from a group (details supplied) in relation to services in Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20363/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (10 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Like me, I am sure the Minister was horrified to receive reports about the incident that occurred at Clongriffin DART station on Tuesday night. This was a very shocking and traumatic experience for the passengers and Irish Rail staff who witnessed the atrocious anti-social and criminal behaviour that occurred. What was reported in the media as "an unprecedented graffiti attack" seems to...

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (10 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister for his reply and the report on the official investigation which is now taking place. However, at this stage words are meaningless. Residents and commuters want action. Most of all, my constituents want those involved in behaviour such as that which occurred in Clongriffin DART station last Tuesday night to be apprehended, put into the juvenile diversion programme, and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (10 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the campaign for a United Nations parliamentary assembly; when a parliamentary assembly will be inaugurated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (15 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the supporting the future of Syria and the region meeting which took place recently in Brussels; the next steps of the Government in assisting towards bringing the crisis to an end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21057/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the next steps of the Brexit negotiations; if a contingency plan is being prepared for the possibility of negotiations not having been completed by March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21056/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Safety Data (15 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 292. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 23 of January 2018, the number of persons that have been killed or sustained a serious injury, respectively in road traffic collisions involving a learner driver that was driving unaccompanied by a qualified driver in which the learner driver did not die; and if he will make a...

Other Questions: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance the strategies he is developing to mitigate shocks to corporation tax revenues arising from President Macron's proposed 2019-2020 EU reforms or other factors from 2019-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21385/18]

Other Questions: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I know the Minister is an avid reader and follower of international affairs. Obviously, he read President Macron's book Revolutionand his Sorbonne speech. What preparations, if any, is the Department making on the common consolidated corporate tax base on the impacts it will have on corporation tax and on the idea of a common finance Minister for Europe and a common debt? Are we doing...

Other Questions: Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base Proposals (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: There is a very serious move to bring in this equalisation levy on digital companies across the European area. Is the Minister saying that this is something he will steadfastly resist and that he expects the Taoiseach and the Government to continue to resist it? Does he see it as inevitable that digital products will be taxed in the country where the sales take place? On the CCCTB, the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Summer Economic Statement (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance when the summer economic statement will be published; if the statement can be published in June 2018 to permit more effective pre-budget scrutiny by the Select Committee on Budgetary Oversight and other committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21383/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Data (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated size of the increased fiscal space available in 2019 based on the stability programme update April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21382/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stability and Growth Pact (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance if problems with the common applied methodology have been raised at EU level; the response he has received from the Commission and Council of Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason tax revenue was below profile in the first quarter of 2018; if there are difficulties with the tax forecast model which contributed to overestimates of income tax projections in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21384/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Legislative Programme (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance when legislation on the rainy day fund will be published; if his Department has completed its examination on the main functions of the proposed €500 million fund; the cases in which this includes a cost-benefit analysis in relation to the deferred public expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21625/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the organisations he has specified as having a special interest in education and training as per section 30(11)(a) of the Education and Training Boards Act 2013; the process for inclusion on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21552/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum age and educational qualifications required by those seeking to apply for a place on an apprenticeship programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21553/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to promote access to apprenticeship programmes for those with fewer opportunities and that may be subject to social and or economic disadvantage; if measures similar to the third level access programmes will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 142. To ask the Minister for Health when all sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be enacted; the timeframe for full enactment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21596/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the HSE figure which shows that there has been an increase of 100,000 personal assistant hours in 2017; if the 100,000 hours allocated are to persons already in the system or new individuals; the source from which the funding increase has been provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21635/18]