Results 4,401-4,420 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting appointments to have hearing aids fitted in CHO Area 9; the number of persons that have been waiting for zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months and over 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8433/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Garda Powers (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will give gardaí the power to seize vehicles of unaccompanied learner drivers that have been stopped at that moment in which they are found to be driving unaccompanied and-or without L plates, and-or should they have contravened any other road traffic offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 619. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 619 of 14 February 2017, if he will also legislate for the prompt return of the old licence to ensure that no driver has licences from multiple addresses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 634. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland business parks in north Dublin; the number of companies and workplaces involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8428/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland landbanks in north Dublin, with a breakdown by area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8429/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Recruitment (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 658. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when additional air traffic controllers and Air Corps pilots will be recruited for Baldonnel Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8430/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Staff (21 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 659. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies currently in the Naval Service; his plans to expand the service up to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8431/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences Data (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 33. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions in 2016 and to date in 2017 per district court for disqualified drivers driving while disqualified; the number of disqualified drivers prosecuted for failing to submit a licence under section 29 (16) and (17) of the Road Traffic Act 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7604/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases before each court on drink driving offences in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of convictions for this offence; the number of cases dismissed and struck out; the number of licences recorded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7603/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 141. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 160 of 8 February 2017, if he will confirm that he will not commence the restrictions in Part 4 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 regarding the eligible areas for receipt of HAP, in view of the fact that there is such a shortage of rental properties in Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (16 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 313. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 298 of 8 February 2017, if she will confirm whether risk assessments are being carried out for children living in hotel and bed and breakfast type accommodation for their health and well-being and not just mental health assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7845/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the opportunity to oppose the motion of confidence in the Government. We have all watched in shock, disgust and disbelief as events have unfolded and taken such a sinister turn over the past week. Sergeant Maurice McCabe has endured many years of maltreatment and sullying of his good name since he first stepped forward as a whistleblower. I absolutely...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies in the Air Corps, by role, in 2016 and to date in 2017; the length of time required to fill each role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7102/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps Strength (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 72. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made with filling personnel vacancies in the Air Corps which are urgently required for the transport service for transplant patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7101/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Housing Policy (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his Department's policy relating to the housing of homeless families in family type accommodation; if he has instructed all local authorities, including those in the midlands to offer family specific accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7523/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Meetings (15 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 262. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will next meet the director general and board of RTE; the issues that are likely to form the agenda of that meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7582/17]

Other Questions: Child Poverty (14 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: One of the areas on which the Minister and her colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, may have an influence is the changes the previous Government made to the one-parent allowance in 2012. At the time, many Opposition Deputies predicted that these changes, specifically the change in respect of payments to children when they reach seven years of age, would exacerbate rates of child...

Other Questions: Child Poverty (14 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 52. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will establish a cross-departmental task force to address the recent finding of a survey on income and living conditions that children in one-parent families are much more likely to live in consistent poverty in comparison to those in two-parent families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6739/17]

Other Questions: Child Poverty (14 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Of the 800,000 or so of our fellow citizens who live in poverty, approximately 250,000 of them are children. This question refers to the EU-SILC report that we received recently. The at risk of poverty rate for one-parent families was up four points to 36% and the consistent poverty rate for lone-parent families was up from 22% to 26%. The deprivation was also highest for that group of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Competitiveness and Economic Growth: National Competitiveness Council (14 Feb 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I will be brief as I have to go to the Dáil for a parliamentary question. I welcome the delegation and the benchmarking report and some of the other papers which the secretariat provided for us. It makes for very interesting reading. I wonder about the whole issue of measuring productivity and measuring competitiveness. Was the council concerned about the huge jump in GDP in 2015,...