Results 2,181-2,200 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 374. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reinstating the motorised transport grant scheme; his plans for same in budget 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30823/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the health (transport support) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30821/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dietician Service Provision (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no dietician in the Dublin 3, 5, 9, 13 and 17 areas; if funding will be made available for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30290/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Policy (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 669. To ask the Minister for Health when the national dental health plan will be published; the reason it has taken so long to update the 1994 dental health programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30849/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 670. To ask the Minister for Health when the medical supplement Kuvan will be approved for persons with phenylketonuria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 671. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant cardiologist at Beaumont Hospital; the average waiting time to see the consultant; the steps being taken to reduce waiting times to see the consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30868/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 726 of 20 March 2018, if China and Pakistan are on the list of export destinations that Bord na gCon considers to provide the expected levels of greyhound care and management as defined within Bord na gCon’s code of practice; the number of greyhounds exported directly or indirectly to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on efforts to expand markets for Irish food production in China, India and south east Asia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30870/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 788. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his priorities for traffic legislation, especially in the areas of excessive speed and dangerous driving, and in the co-ordination of key driver records between the Road Safety Authority, the courts system and An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30852/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 819. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his priorities for a road traffic Bill 2018, especially in the areas of excessive speed and dangerous driving and in the co-ordination of key driver records between the Road Safety Authority, the courts system and An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30851/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 820. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full estimated costs of the BusConnects programme; the actual cost of the Dublin BusConnects redesign of the Dublin Bus network less than a decade ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30853/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects Status (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 821. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps under Project Ireland 2040 being taken by Transport Infrastructure Ireland in 2018 and 2019 to deliver metro north and other crucial fixed metro and Luas systems in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30854/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies Mergers (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 822. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given consideration to merging Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority in view of the serious overlap in functions of these bodies and his own longstanding policy to reduce pressure on taxpayers by cutting the number of overlapping State agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 824. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason CIÉ pensioners have not received a post-retirement increase in their occupational pensions since 2008; when they will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30988/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 840. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full year cost if Tusla recruited an additional 200 social workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30863/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local and Community Development Programme (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the community enhancement programme of €4.5 million; the steps local community development projects need to take to access this funding in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30856/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Foster Care Supports (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 899. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the estimated amount it would cost in a full year if the foster care allowance for a child aged under 12 years of age was increased from €325 to €335 per week and from €352 to €372 per week for a child that is over 12 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30862/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (10 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 975. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a 2018-2019 hare coursing licence will be refused and all hare hunting and shooting stopped in view of warnings from wildlife experts (details supplied) that Irish hare numbers have declined significantly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30825/18]

Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: The Home Building Finance Ireland Bill 2018 was announced last October in budget 2018 and HBFI was expected to be functioning and giving out loans by the end of quarter 2 of 2018. It is now expected to be operational at the end of the year. One would think that there was not a housing crisis and no need for radical emergency measures, if we take nine months to bring in basic legislation....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reorganisation (5 Jul 2018)

Tommy Broughan: 67. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the outcome of recent proposals to strengthen the Garda traffic corps and the transformation of the corps into a road traffic police; if he is liaising with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to create a new public transport police; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28782/18]