Results 14,161-14,180 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 138. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to change the law to allow persons timely and free access to their medical records in view of the fact that persons may have to make a request under data protection legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25887/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons between 18 to 25 years of age in receipt of jobseeker's benefit and allowance and signing for credits that are in the low, medium and high prediction of exit date categories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25879/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly payment to young persons 25 years of age on the €152.80 rate of jobseeker's allowance by €22.60 to €175.40 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25880/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Data (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the weekly payment to young persons 18 to 24 years of age on the €107.70 rate of jobseeker's allowance by €45.15 to €152.85 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25881/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons who, as care leavers, were not subject to the reduced social welfare rates from 18 to 24 years of age but who are subject to the lower rate of €152.80 when they reach 25 years of age; the cost of extending the full adult rates to young persons of 25 years of age in this category; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Mortgage Arrears Information and Advice Service (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the future funding of the dedicated mortgage arrears service run by MABS when the current round of funding expires at the end of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/18]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the delegation from IFAC. I want to ask about the report released today which asserts that we are the biggest tax haven in the world. The figures quoted suggested that there is something like the size of the whole UK economy or twice the size of the Russian economy in funds based here. Following on from that Yanis Varoufakis and others have been saying that we are riding on the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Fiscal Assessment Report June 2018: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As I said, we already have the strategic investment fund. We also have bank assets. Why 2019?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: ESRI (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the delegation. I have looked at the ESRI Review of Research 2017, which is a very impressive document covering all the areas they have worked on during that year and across a range of areas. I have some questions arising from Dr. McQuinn's introductory remarks. On the figures for housing completions, which were based on the number of ESB connection installations, do the housing...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Budget Scrutiny and Budget Priorities: ESRI (13 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Demographics and an ageing population and so on are factors. Are there examplar OECD countries that have steadily produced housing? What if we had carried on building, when the great Jimmy Tully was Minister for housing, and steadily built houses all the way through the 1980s and right up through the noughties?

Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (14 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will address the need for a new community centre for the north fringe of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24892/18]

Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (14 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which his Department supports local parish and community centres in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24891/18]

Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (14 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister is aware, the north fringe is a vast new urban district which was started nearly 20 years ago but was stopped for nearly ten years. Up to 20,000 people live there in areas such as Clongriffin, Belmayne, the coast and Burnell, yet we do not have many of the key services one would expect in such a big district such as education, health, sport and recreation. People believe it...

Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (14 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister mentioned Leader and the other programmes. It seems that this significant new urban district is falling between the cracks. We had the opening of a new hub, which essentially is a small space. We have a very vibrant community in Clongriffin and the adjoining districts. Besides the local "Dubs" and people from all over Ireland, including the Minister's county, we also have up...

Other Questions: Community Development Initiatives (14 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: There is a tremendous community spirit among the residents and many local community activities but people feel the need of a multifunctional community centre. The area was developed on the basis that it would be the size of Waterford city which means up to 50,000 people. I accept that Waterford will expand in the future. It is a huge new urban district. People feel it is at a critical...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (19 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person claiming jobseeker's benefit or allowance that is 62 years of age or over is required to engage with the compulsory activation process; if not, if they are subject to penalty rates for non-engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26513/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Employment Initiative (19 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures she is taking to address the youth unemployment rate of 11.9%; if the rate of jobseeker's payments for persons of 26 years of age will be equalised in budget 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26512/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (19 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel; if he outlined the steps being taken at the UN and the International Criminal Court, by himself and the other 27 EU foreign ministers, on possible serious sanctions on Israel relating to the appalling deaths at the borders of the Gaza enclave; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Social Behaviour (19 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána plans to deploy undercover gardaí on trains that travel close to popular beaches over the summer months during good weather periods to address anti-social behaviour in the Dublin metropolitan region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26648/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (19 Jun 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homicides which occurred in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26662/18]