Results 16,181-16,200 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline to reduce and end homelessness here greatly. [45147/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (5 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 1169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding defects and poor quality in some concrete products being supplied to the construction industry; and if his Department monitors the quality of residential and commercial construction in view of problems with aggregate and insulation in the Celtic tiger era. [45137/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Urban Development (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We all admire the English Market in Cork. I disagree with my colleague because I think Dublin City Council has a huge responsibility for not developing the Iveagh Market. It has been another failure of responsibility from the management of Dublin City Council over the years, along with the Government.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Biodiversity Plan (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is taking to protect the Dublin Bay biosphere in the coastline of Fingal County Council, Dublin City Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council. [45358/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Biodiversity Plan (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It is nearly 40 years since the North Bull Island was designated as a UNESCO biosphere and, in the past five years, the whole of Dublin Bay from Dalkey through Booterstown Marsh and to Howth and Baldoyle Bay has been designated as a UNESCO biosphere. I previously asked the Minister about the resources that our National Parks and Wildlife Service has to protect the bay and coastline of Dublin...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Biodiversity Plan (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister identified the weaknesses of the biosphere structure in that she said there is no protective legislation in place. There is almost no funding. She said on the previous occasion I questioned her about this that something like €30,000 was available to protect the Dublin Bay biosphere. We have only two biospheres, in Kerry and Dublin, but there is a tiny amount of money....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Biodiversity Plan (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The biosphere partnerships have the biosphere conservation research strategy, which I believe was headed by UCD. A project called Acclimatize was funded by INTERREG to assess the environmental pressures on the bay. When will the report be available? There was to be a meeting just last month between Irish Water, the EPA, HSE and the three local authorities to discuss the pressures on the...

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On my behalf and that of the Independents 4 Change technical group, I extend sympathy to Maura and the family of our former colleague, Peter Kelly. As everybody has said, Peter was a wonderful colleague. I served with him on the communications and energy committee and he certainly brightened every room he entered. As colleagues have said, he had a tremendous knowledge of politics and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Amenity Areas (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on conservation measures in the special amenity wilderness areas of the Howth peninsula; and if further consideration is being given to designating this unique landscape and topography as a national park. [45359/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 6 September 2019, the number of drivers by District Court area convicted following court proceedings taken in respect of the offence of driving without a driver licence from 1 January 2019 to 12 September 2019; the penalty imposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the fact that the ranking of Ireland has deteriorated on the World Bank ease of doing business annual survey of 190 economies. [45622/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 130. To ask the Minister for Health when the recruitment embargo will be terminated by the chief executive of the HSE. [45624/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the likely impact on management and administration services in the HSE from the initiation of the proposed regional health area structures in 2020. [45625/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the implications and impact of the roll-out of 5G networks on the national broadband plan. [45620/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has independently evaluated future scenarios for the delivery of green energy by EirGrid by 2030 and 2040, respectively. [45621/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Human Trafficking (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to use detectors to examine large trucks entering or leaving ports in view of the recent deaths at Grays, Essex, UK. [45627/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Safety (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to steps being taken by Ireland and its EU partners in terms of the tragic deaths of citizens in crashes involving an aircraft (details supplied) to ensure accountability by the owners and management of the company. [45660/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans regarding the auto-enrolment of workers in the private sector in pension plans. [45628/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (6 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied that the necessary steps have been taken by Irish Water and Fingal County Council at the Leixlip water treatment plant to ensure there is no repetition of the pump failure and control system failure that led to boil water notices for 600,000 persons. [45623/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: UN Missions (7 Nov 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister of State has given an answer about the requests for this year, but have there been any further requests from the UN or European Union colleagues? President Macron, I think, and Chancellor Merkel recently spoke about northern Syria and protecting the Kurdish and Yazidi peoples there. Are we part of an international force to do that?