Results 4,021-4,040 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Initiatives (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 78. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she and the Minister for Finance will bring forward firm proposals for community banking following the recent public consultation on such banking models; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19872/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 108. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 53 of 16 February 2017 and further replies of 7 March 2017, 28 March 2017 and 6 April 2017, the number of drink driving offences that were listed in each court in each of the years 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19220/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residential Institutions Redress Scheme (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 148. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the payments due by religious orders to the various redress schemes; the steps taken to recoup moneys owed; when she expects outstanding payments to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Building Programme (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 75 and 76 of 30 March 2017, when the working group on the future of Thornton Hall will report; if major health, educational or other social infrastructure facilities in Fingal and north Dublin are being considered as future functions for Thornton Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19903/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Interest Rates (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department's current assessment of future likely developments in interest rates during 2017 and 2018 and of the likely impacts on the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19907/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the public competition for the position of director of the Teaching Council will be publicly advertised in view of the fact that the term of the incumbent will be completed shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19482/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to a timeframe for the full restoration of posts of responsibility in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19906/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Abstraction Regulation (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to outline the current legislation and statutory instruments by which groundwater is accessed for commercial bottled water production; if the abstraction of this natural resource is measured and monitored by his Department or local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Abstraction Regulation (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to set out the estimated amount of groundwater that is abstracted for commercial bottled water production for each year since 2000; the amounts earned by local authorities for such water abstraction during the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19960/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will direct local authorities to source available accommodation for HAP tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the circumstances in which HAP payments over the agreed limits are made to landlords; the amounts over the agreed limits; the number of such payments in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20303/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of HAP tenancies ended by the landlord before the agreed ten-year period in 2016 and to date in 2017 by county; the reason for such terminations; the subsequent housing arrangements made for those tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20304/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his views on the building control management system construction statistics which report that just 2,076 new homes were constructed in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20339/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the measurement of new home construction his Department will rely on in 2017 in view of the disparity between the building control management system figures of 2,076 new homes being constructed in 2016 and his Department's estimate of 15,000 plus new homes in 2016 based on connections to ESB networks; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Data (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 494. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he stands by his earlier estimates to Dáil Éireann that over 15,000 new homes were built in 2016 and that over 18,000 new homes will be built in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20341/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has directed his officials to examine reports that parents in receipt of the one-parent family payment and HAP are losing up to €25 per week due to a higher rent payment; the number of such instances by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20305/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 634. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views and those of the EU to the demolition of Palestinian homes in the so called Area C of the West Bank territories; his further views on whether these demolitions are violations of Article 49 of the Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19904/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 635. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the 2016 report of a group (details supplied) which states that 97 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 636. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports his Department is giving to assist local populations in drought regions of Somalia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19962/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Maternity Hospital (2 May 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for awarding the new maternity hospital to a group (details supplied); the ownership and governance structure of this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19782/17]