Results 15,061-15,080 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Brexit Preparations (7 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the work carried out to cost and estimate additional expenditure for the actions outlined in preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019, a contingency action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1096/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the recent significant increase in non-domiciled registered tax units here; the estimated level of taxation foregone in this regard for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6124/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (7 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role of his Department in invigilating the procurement process for the new National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6125/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (7 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the H5 minimum grade requirement in Irish will be retained for entry to the primary professional master of education from 2020 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6120/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the categories in which large vehicles are required to be equipped with a tachograph; the categories of such vehicles that are exempt; the road safety measures that will be introduced to improve safety regarding heavy goods and public service vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Expenditure (12 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the capital expenditure proposed by An Garda Síochána in the north Dublin Garda division in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6775/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (12 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on Garda operation disruption; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of successful convictions obtained to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6776/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (12 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 457. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on the community ophthalmic services scheme in 2016, 2017 and 2018; the budget allocation for same in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6773/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (12 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the €3.1 million will be spent in 2019 for the national women and infants health programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6774/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Staff Data (12 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 776. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited by her Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6778/19]

Death of Former Members: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On my own behalf and that of my Independent colleagues, I join in the expressions of sympathy to the McGahon and Crawford families as we remember former Members Brendan McGahon and Seymour Crawford. I served with both of them. They were dedicated workers for their constituencies in this House. Obviously, the broad left in this Chamber would have disagreed with many of the views of Brendan...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Last week we had another brutal assassination on our streets, one of a litany of serious gun crimes that have happened while Deputy Varadkar has been Taoiseach. In this case it involved a person going to work at 6.30 in the morning – one of the people whom the Taoiseach is supposed to admire - who was gunned down in cold blood. Can further legislative or security steps be taken to...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am very sympathetic to the viewpoint expressed by my colleague, Deputy Clare Daly, in regard to the designation of the CAR as the competent authority. When I first reviewed this Bill I felt that a truly independent regulator would be the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. As the Minister knows, the EPA already has a very strong role in regard to noise regulation and powers in regard to...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: That is not what I said.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: This is the Chamber for rhetoric.

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I ask about amendment No. 100, which was in the range of amendments. What is the Minister's view on that amendment? His amendment No. 38 states that on the seventh anniversary of the date of commencement of this section and every five years after that there will be a review of the performance by the competent authority. Fianna Fáil, his partners in government, said that the first...

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 6, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “ “EPA” means the Environmental Protection Agency;”.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 48. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she is taking to address the recruitment and retention issues in Tusla in cases in which qualified staff are taking agency roles in place of taking full-time contracts with Tusla; the number of unfilled vacant posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6783/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 65. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child protection and welfare concerns reported via the web portal child protection and welfare report form on a monthly basis since the operation of the web portal; the number of these reports assigned to social workers; the number of reports that have been investigated; the number awaiting allocation of a social worker...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (13 Feb 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the British Government is reportedly investigating the possibility of installing a radioactive waste facility in Newry, County Down, and the surrounding area of the Mourne Mountains; the steps he is taking to prevent same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....