Results 14,741-14,760 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no upright or stand-up MRI machines; when funding will be provided for this equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47764/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 359. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no facility for persons who require an upright MRI and that persons must travel to England for same at a cost of €1,600; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this is not covered under the EU cross-border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 360. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are no Ehlers-Danlos syndrome specialists working here; his plans to provide funding to secure such a specialist here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47766/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 361. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 18 October 2018, when the rare diseases technology review committee will begin assessing and reporting on orphan medicinal products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 362. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 238 and 670 of 18 October 2018, the reason the rare diseases technology review committee does not have a direct input into the NCPE health technology assessment process; if the committee will be permitted to replicate to the Scottish PACE model to have a direct input into the pharmacoeconomic evaluation of orphan...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 440. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO9 who are on the waiting list to receive home support hours as of 9 November 2018; the number of requested hours by persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48074/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers Development (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works that will be carried out in Howth Harbour in 2019; the estimated cost of each project; when each of the capital project works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48075/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the applications for approval of expenditure on Traveller accommodation received from each local authority, respectively; the amount involved; the applications which were approved or rejected, respectively, in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time it took to assess applications for approval for local authorities' expenditure on Traveller accommodation in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47747/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (20 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 643. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason applications for approval for local authorities' expenditure on Traveller accommodation were rejected in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; if there is an appeals process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47748/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Ryan had four years in government to do it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Green Party did nothing.

Older People: Motion [Private Members] (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to contribute on this important motion. I commend Fianna Fáil on bringing it forward because we hear every year of the increasing numbers of people who are without home help hours or have insufficient home help. Indeed, in my constituency of Dublin Bay North, I often meet distressed family members and those who urgently require more home help....

Brexit: Motion (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: When I downloaded the 585 page draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU last Wednesday evening in my office, like many others, I turned very quickly to the protocol on Ireland and Northern Ireland on page 302. On first reading, the protocol seemed to satisfy Ireland’s core and essential demand that there could not be a return to a hard border in Ireland. The preface to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on alleged persecution and intimidation of Christians in parts of Pakistan and India; if he has asked Ireland's ambassadors to raise these reports with the governments concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48476/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking with Ireland’s EU partners to achieve a long-term settlement between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48477/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to support teachers who are working with children experiencing homelessness; and the additional supports being made available to schools in areas with cohorts of homeless families. [48551/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Flood and Mahon tribunals; the stage at which these investigations are at; when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48478/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions and investigations being taken on foot of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage at which these investigations are at; when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48479/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Investigations (21 Nov 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal; the stage at which these investigations are at; when a decision will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48480/18]