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

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Yes.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child and Family Agency Staff (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Tusla has produced a very interesting performance and activity dashboard. The last one I read was for July. It showed the backlogs of cases to be seen in the different areas, as well as outlining the immense workload of the agency. Is it the case that the workforce learning and development programme still needs additional resources to provide more supports for staff who carrying out this...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Family Resource Centres (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 64. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when a centre (details supplied) will receive family resource centre status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43103/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if economic and other sanctions proposed to be imposed on Turkey were discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting for its military action on the Syria/Turkey border. [43400/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent measures he is taking to arrange accommodation for all displaced students and staff at a school (details supplied); and his plans to urgently reconstruct the damaged property. [43404/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Prosecutions Data (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of fireworks seized by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of persons prosecuted for possession of fireworks without a valid licence during the same period. [43403/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the capital works programmes planned for Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 for the remainder of 2019 and 2020; the estimated cost of each project; and when works on each capital project will commence. [43401/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Preparations (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary infrastructure will be in place and ready to be operational at Dublin Airport and Dublin Port on 31 October 2019 in the event of a no-deal Brexit. [43402/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies Reports (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 550. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has contacted Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland regarding a recent report on the overlapping tourism strategies of the two agencies. [43642/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: School Completion Programme (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the administration of the school completion programme and on the request by Tusla for the implementation of the recommendations by an expert panel on the programme which reported in 2017. [43398/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 565. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress made to ensure that an adverse childhood experiences framework will be adopted to ensure greater prevention and early intervention in health, social and educational services for all children. [43399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Issues (22 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on recent reports of a slowing down of activity in residential construction during 2019. [43644/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The recent daily reports by the Irish Prison Service on the prison population, who number approximately 4,000, indicate very serious overcrowding, particularly in the women's prisons, including Dóchas and the one in Limerick. They may be at a capacity of 125%. Similarly, the men's prisons, such as Mountjoy, are very close to capacity. Unfortunately, where individuals have to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: In its analysis in August, the Department said appropriate learning experiences were very hard to achieve in class of more than 25. It is no wonder that in one response to the budget last week the INTO stated classes continue to be super-sized, school leaders are not supported, and capitation is underfunded by at least €46 million. The Minister has read the survey published last year...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the allocation for Vote 26 in budget 2020 will impact on class size at primary level or significantly address the longstanding concerns of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to much needed additional personnel and resources for primary education. [42634/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The €11.4 billion from Vote 26 and the Estimates for 2020 from last week is welcome. I welcome the improvements that have been made with SNAs and we just heard about 150 extra teachers for demographic reasons, but overall we still have the biggest class sizes in the eurozone and nearly the biggest in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD. A key aim of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: We were promised in the confidence and supply agreement that is now three and a half years old that in each budget we would see an incremental improvement in the pupil-teacher ratio. The Department's analysis in August showed that 350,000, or 63% of our pupils at primary level, are in classes of more than 25. Examples are Scoil Naomh Colmchille in Carndonagh in the Minister's constituency,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which, and when, he will ensure that all school secretaries are properly remunerated for the important work they do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department receives feedback from principals of secondary schools regarding the need for special education classes, including those schools already taking students from ASD schools at primary level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41411/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Expenditure (17 Oct 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for not first deploying resources from the rainy day fund to address additional no-deal Brexit expenditure rather than returning to borrowing for this purpose. [42683/19]