Results 15,341-15,360 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles detained under section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1994 in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; the reason for detainment in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16301/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 263. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times per year that the Garda PULSE system is shut down for updates; the improvements planned in this regard; his views in regard to the recording of road safety-related data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16303/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Time Zones (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to move Ireland to permanent summer time in 2021; the consultations which may take place nationally on this matter and with the UK to ensure a common time zone on the islands of Ireland and Great Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16425/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 319. To ask the Minister for Health his plans and timeframe for the delivery of the new accident and emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; the funding provided for the project in the 2019 health budget and HSE operational plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16081/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Strategy Funding (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the earlier ring-fenced funding for new developments in the National Maternity Strategy has stalled in the 2019 HSE national service plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the 2018 meeting of the coursing monitoring committee; the items of importance that were discussed at the meeting; the decisions made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16085/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hare Coursing (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 467. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the minutes of the 2018 meeting of the coursing monitoring committee were not released under freedom of information but the minutes of the 2016 and 2017 meetings were released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 498. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional funding which will be made available to Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council to cease illegal dumping; his plans to ensure that all estates and streets in an area (details supplied) will have a regular and weekly waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16426/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 499. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he plans to implement the priority recommendations of the report, Climate Change: A Cross-Party Consensus for Action, by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: General Data Protection Regulation Implementation (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 500. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on reports that tracking and cookie software are present on most departmental and local authority websites; if this practice complies with GDPR and privacy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16428/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority Campaigns (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 521. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has liaised with the RSA about strong and pervasive road safety campaigns focusing on speeding and respect for local authority and NTA speed-limit signs in view of the level of road casualties to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the key role of speed in virtually every crash; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to promote and assist advanced safe driving technologies in imported vehicles; if he will consider new regulations to facilitate advanced safe driving technologies in terms of road signage, safe road design and road maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16423/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support a vision zero approach to road safety; his views on whether the European Commission proposals for advanced safe vehicle technologies in all new vehicles by 2022-2024 should be extended to the vehicle fleet here over the next three to five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education Funding (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 560. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding allocated for the early learning and care and social age childcare capital programme in each of the years 2017 to 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rents Data (9 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on reports from an organisation (details supplied) that 10% of households here in the private rented sector are paying more than 60% of their income on rent with 5% paying 75% of their income on rent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16430/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (10 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the resources provided to the National Parks and Wildlife Service for the conservation of the two biospheres here; the way in which the biospheres are protected; if the NPWS monitors planning applications and plans which may impact on the biospheres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16488/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Hare Coursing Data (10 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of hares captured for coursing for the 2018-2019 season; the number that have run courses to date in this season; the number pinned; the number examined by a vet; the number requiring treatment; the number euthanised; the number which died from injuries and natural causes, respectively; and if she will make a statement...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: ESRI Report on Ireland and Brexit: Discussion (10 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The highlight we took from Dr. Bergin's presentation is the fact that there will be a severe impact on households. In employment terms and in terms of higher prices and so on across the board, households will really struggle. Does that make the case that we possibly need the support of the European Union and that we should look for more significant social transfers and other supports to try...

Vote 42 — Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Burton's comments remind me that the wonderful new stadium built by Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane cost just over €1 billion which is perhaps half the cost of the new national children's hospital. The introduction to the Revised Estimates mentions that they "have been supplemented with key performance information regarding programme outputs and impacts". We were also...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Last week, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, increased the national funding for measures to prevent and respond to illegal dumping from €2 million in 2018 to €3 million this year. Applications are open for this fund, which is supposed to focus on prevention, education, awareness, abatement and enforcement. However, €3...