Results 14,041-14,060 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Establishment (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposal to establish a working group arising from recommendations in the national policy statement on airport charges regulation; if the working group has been established; if so, the membership of the group; the number of meetings held to date; the activities of the working group; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: HSE Data (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi contracts awarded by the HSE that include accessibility in their selection criteria in the tender process (details supplied); if in the tender process the HSE places extra weighting to taxi operators with accessible vehicles when awarding contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21636/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the allocation of capital expenditure for youth work services in each of the years 2014 to 2018 in tabular form. [21548/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Funding (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 189. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funds disbursed to and spent by youth work services under capital expenditure funding schemes in each of the years 2014 to 2017, and to date 2018, in tabular form. [21549/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Work Projects Administration (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 190. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which the policy and priorities for capital expenditure for youth work services each year is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21550/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 270 to 272, inclusive, of 31 May 2017, the allocation of expenditure to the various youth work programmes and schemes in 2018 in tabular form. [21551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Scheme to Support National Organisations (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 199. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the consultation on the future direction of the scheme to support national organisations; when the consultation process will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21563/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charities Regulation (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 200. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of appeals heard by the Charity Appeals Tribunal to date; the status of the outcome of the appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21564/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age on rates of jobseeker’s allowance of €198.00, €152.80 and €107.70 in tabular form. [21555/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons under 26 years of age on rates of jobseeker’s allowance other than €198.00, €152.80 and €107.70 in tabular form. [21556/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure required in a full financial year to restore persons under 26 years of age on the reduced rate of jobseeker’s allowance to the full weekly rate of €198. [21557/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure required in a full financial year to increase the jobseeker’s allowance payment for persons under 26 years of age on the €152.80 rate to €170.40 per week. [21558/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Expenditure (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expenditure required in a full financial year to increase the jobseeker’s allowance payment for persons under 26 years of age on the €107.70 rate to €150.35 per week. [21559/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the preparation of legislation for the establishment of an electoral commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21561/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions he is taking to address homelessness among persons between 18 to 24 years of age; the further actions he is taking or planning to take to address the needs of persons over 18 years of age that are leaving care and in need of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21560/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (16 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the building control (construction industry register Ireland) Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21562/18]

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimates of public private partnership, PPP, expenditure in the context of the multi-annual capital allocations in respect of the period 2018 to 2021; the major PPP projects in the water supply sector; the costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21624/18]

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister knows, there has been much criticism and two major debates about public private partnerships, PPPs, in this House. Our parliamentary budget office has carried out an overview of PPPs in Ireland, asking that we address the pretty opaque nature and the lack of transparency in the whole area of PPPs. There is a difficulty in measuring true value for money down to the 2040s or...

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the Minister's point on greater transparency or information but he was to publish a major review of PPPs going over the past couple of decades and into the future. I do not know if his Department has done that yet. He mentioned a central expenditure evaluation unit and that clearly has a key role along with the National Development Finance Agency in evaluating PPPs. There still...

Other Questions: Public Private Partnerships (17 May 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the news that we will get more full information. The point made about commercial sensitivity and so on reminds me of the spurious reasons that were given. We are spending the people's money and it is a mortgage for the people. I note some projects going to the 2060s. There is the 10% figure in the investment policy framework and the rule relating to the capital budgets of...