Results 16,041-16,060 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his policy on congestion charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39689/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date with Metrolink; his views on whether the planning and construction of this vital infrastructure for Fingal and Dublin city will be expedited over the next three or four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39753/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to improve rail travel for commuters in particular regarding busy rush hour peak times and sufficient carriages and timetabling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40017/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the improvements of the Road Safety Authority for the processing of court information on drivers disqualified in court; the average length of time for the national vehicle drivers’ file to be updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39751/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amendments made to a document (details supplied); the dates the amendments were made; the changes made; if these amendments were initiated by the military or officials in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40021/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if changes were requested by the military to a document (details supplied); if so, the dates the changes were made; the actions taken by his officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40022/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 103. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Reserve Defence Forces officers commissioned after 1 October 2005 that have been promoted; the ranks to which each has been promoted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40023/19]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number, appointments, functions and ranks held by Reserve Defence Forces personnel gazetted to specialist reserve staff; if the decision per 8.5.3 in the White Paper has been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40024/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Equipment (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the tender for the handheld devices for the roads policing unit will be published; the timeframe for the procurement of the necessary handheld devices; the reason there has been a delay thus far; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40025/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reduce the threshold age for accessing CervicalCheck from 25 to 21 years of age; if his officials are examining the possible positive impacts of extending the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40020/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department and An Garda Síochána have taken in response to an upsurge in crime and anti-social behaviour in parts of Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 (details supplied) in 2019; the preparations that have been made to ensure that the Halloween festival will not be used as a pretext by miscreants to return to such...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Yesterday, while the Minister's colleague was taking the debate on the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill because the Minister could not attend, I raised again the upsurge in appalling crime that occurred in parts of my constituency earlier this year, with murders in broad daylight and so on, and asked what steps were being taken. The second matter is the great anxiety people are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We are grateful for Operation Tombola and the work of An Garda Síochána, Dublin City Council and Fingal County Council and, indeed, all of the local community groups and volunteers who work so hard at this period to make the festival of Hallowe'en safe and enjoyable. There is obviously a special responsibility on business to ensure materials such as pallets and tyres do not end up...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The reality is sometimes very disappointing. We all walk around and visit all areas of our constituency constantly. I was very disappointed last Friday, for example, to visit an open space amenity area in my constituency, which Dublin City Council tries to look after, and to see a burnt out vehicle in the very middle of it. There was debris and other evidence of the mayhem which had taken...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: However much we reject Boris Johnson's letter and his proposals, the Tánaiste has stated that it is a more serious effort to negotiate. Could we take it that, up to Hallowe'en, that this House will be kept informed at every turn in the negotiations? I mainly want to ask the Tánaiste about his previous portfolio. As he is aware, yesterday, the Raise the Roof-Homes For All coalition...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The facts are simple. When the Tánaiste met the developers about the strategic housing development, did they tell him that they had hundreds of extant planning permissions and that they just were not building because they were hoarding the land in order to flip it and make the best conceivable profit? Is that not the reality? It used to take eight weeks for a local authority to make a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It relates to whether the Tánaiste questioned the developers.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the non-service of summons in relation to road traffic offences in view of the fact that Court Service figures in summer 2019 showed that 46% were not served between January 2017 and May 2019; the status of the working group which was set up in 2014 to monitor the serving of summons; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the EXPLORE programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40313/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (3 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objectives of the skills to advance programme; the budget for the programme in 2019; the current number of participants supported by the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40314/19]