Results 14,641-14,660 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 813. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to achieve carbon emissions targets for 2020 and 2030 following the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report; his preferred level of carbon tax over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44713/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 814. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his priorities for the full roll-out of broadband under the national broadband plan; the stake in a company (details supplied) held by national agencies and the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44714/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 815. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the tendering process for the roll-out of high-speed broadband to more than 540,000 rural homes and businesses; if State agencies will be tasked with delivering this vital national infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44715/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 878. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the next consultation to be completed by the National Transport Authority on the BusConnects proposals; when maps will be available on changes being considered to upgrade the 16 spine bus routes and provision of continuous cycle lanes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44707/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 945. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of spot checks on capital projects in each of the past four years under the sports capital programme; the number of those checked by year that raised concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Area Based Childhood Programme (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 988. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation to area based childhood, ABC, programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his decision to refer the eastern and midlands water supply project to the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44711/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Property Trusts (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1160. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the recent sale of nearly 400 apartments for rental to an investment company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44716/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families that have been accommodated in family hubs since they were established; the number of families that have left hubs in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45276/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families that have left hub-type emergency accommodation; the number of these that have been permanently rehoused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45277/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average time a family will spend in hub type-emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45278/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families or single persons that have been living in emergency accommodation for longer than one year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Data (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of families or single persons that have been living in emergency accommodation for longer than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45280/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 1193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the targets for social housing provision by the four Dublin local authorities in 2018; his Department's assessment of the delivery of those targets by the local authorities concerned to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45281/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the new role of family resource centres under the auspices of Tusla in providing services to families and children experiencing homelessness; the guidelines for the centres; the extra resources being made available to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45726/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: As the Minister knows, we still have almost 4,000 children experiencing homelessness in emergency accommodation, with perhaps thousands more in insecure and unsuitable accommodation. The Minister told me earlier this year that we now have 120 family resource centres operating across the country with a budget of approximately €14 million. Does the Minister intend to give increased...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: That €6 million is welcome, but people are still unclear on the exact role family resource centres will play. Are the new services only for those families in hubs or will the supports be available to all those in hotel rooms, guest houses and bed and breakfast accommodation? The constituency I represent and that represented by the Minister are among those that have the highest...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Family Resource Centres (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Children can suffer mental health difficulties because of the unsettling and distressful nature of being in emergency homeless accommodation. We recently received the National Women's Council of Ireland report, Out of Silence, which referred to the high rate of suicide among girls in this country compared to the rates in other EU member states. Will mental health supports be made available...

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I echo those comments by my colleagues. I commend Fianna Fáil on bringing the motion before us. The Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016–2020 was introduced with the ambition of securing 50,000 apprentices by 2020. During the boom and up to the period that Deputy Wallace spoke about, there were often up to 30,000 apprenticeships, but the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services Data (7 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 18. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children in care accessing CAMHS services; if there are waiting lists to access mental health services for children in care; if so, the average time of waiting to access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45727/18]