Results 4,001-4,020 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (9 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 673. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the Adoption Authority of Ireland's recent visit to Haiti; the timeframe she expects for the commencement of a proposed adoption programme between Ireland and Haiti; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21999/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (9 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to provide members of the Defence Forces the right to join a trade union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22000/17]

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I welcome the additional €38.5 million in the 2017 budget and the promise of €160 million over the next three budgets, as well as the proposal to increase the national training fund levy from 0.7% to 1% in forthcoming budgets. There must still be a fundamental and early decision on this and the Tánaiste did not reply to the central question of when the evaluation report...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Is Fine Gael and the Government still planning to introduce income contingent loans for third level students? As the Tánaiste knows, the report from the committee headed by Mr. Peter Cassells, Investing in National Ambition, set out three funding options for the third level sector, including a predominantly State-funded system, a system of increased State funding with continuing...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on reported exports of greyhounds to Pakistan; if a club (details supplied) has been actively involved in exporting greyhounds to Pakistan; if up to 200 greyhounds have been exported to Pakistan; the measures he will take on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20873/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 33. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to support and implement the Welfare of Greyhounds (Amendment) Bill 2017 regarding the exports of greyhounds; his views on recent reports of up to 200 greyhounds being exported to Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20874/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Charities Regulation (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if religious orders are subject to regulations under the Charities Act 2009; if they are obliged to publish annual reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason under the new model of allocation of special needs resources there will be no consideration given to schools that have additional children with complex needs joining their school over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21258/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Community Development Initiatives (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to provide further supports for parish and community centres in the Dublin Bay North constituency and in the Dublin region generally; and the other supports which are now available from his Department and agencies to support local community and parish centres. [21257/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 202. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the composition of the board of the new national maternity hospital to be built on land owned by a religious order (details supplied); the way in which he will ensure that the hospital will be owned by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if a religious order (details supplied) was requested to gift the land for the new national maternity hospital to the State; the reason he will not initiate a compulsory purchase order or otherwise to acquire the land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21322/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Patronage (4 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on previous agreements with a religious order (details supplied) regarding the old St. Vincent's hospital site at St Stephen's Green and Leeson Street prior to the move to the Elm Park site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21323/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office Reports (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: We always had a series on net national product taking account of depreciation. Why did that accounting system not catch some of those massive inflows? The Lane committee's report indicates GNI* will be produced and we will have a number of other structural indicators, with the quarterly publication of the gross value added and net national product. Will all of those happen and will we be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office Reports (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the first estimates of GNI*, gross national income, will be produced by the Central Statistics Office; the frequency with which this series will be produced; and the discussions that have taken place with the EU and EUROSTAT in this regard. [19958/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Central Statistics Office Reports (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. The revision of our 2015 national accounts was embarrassing for the CSO and the Government. The significant jump in our GDP, based on the impact of globalisation and the transfer of whole balance sheets of multinationals and intellectual property assets to Ireland, was unusual and awkward for the Government, as well as embarrassing for the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I ask the Minister to confirm that the Attorney General has advised that the automatic number-plate-recognition system of An Garda Síochána has no legislative basis, and that the data gleaned from the system and the work of the traffic corps cannot be used in prosecutions. If this is the case, is it intended to introduce a criminal justice or road traffic Bill, or to amend...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Minister for Health further to parliamentary Question No. 91 of 8 March 2017, replied to by the HSE on 31 March 2017 (details supplied), the number of investigations into the care of vulnerable adults in either foster care, residential settings or other State care setting in each of the years 2013 to 2016; the liaison his Department officials have with the HSE's national...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 78. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the shortage of respite beds for persons with disabilities in a service provider in Fingal; the way he will address the cuts and serious loss of respite places throughout the country generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 214. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional funding that will be made available to the Health Service Executive, HSE, for section 39 organisations' pay restoration in view of the fact that pay cuts were imposed following 2009 funding cuts from the HSE; the decisions taken regarding section 39 organisations in the discussions around pay restoration; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (3 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that will be made available to the HSE for section 39 organisations' pay restoration in view of the fact that pay cuts were imposed following 2009 funding cuts from the HSE; the measures he will take to ensure that there is pay parity for those performing the same roles in section 38 and section 39 organisations; and if he will make a...