Results 5,741-5,760 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Appointments (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 340. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges at each level from District Court to Supreme Court; the salary scales at each level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40669/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Judicial Council Legislation (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 344. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce legislation to establish a register of interests for court judges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40711/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 372. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current shortage of Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccines; when the first delivery of the vaccine may be expected; the age of a patient at which the vaccine must be administered; if alternative suppliers are being sourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40132/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tuberculosis Incidence (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances of Tuberculosis in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; the number of instances in children, in older persons, and in the prison population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40133/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 393. To ask the Minister for Health if discrepancies in supply versus demand for adult places in autism services have now been rectified; if they will recur in 2016 and in coming years; his plans that are in place to ensure that there are sufficient services to meet the numbers of school leavers with disorders on the autism spectrum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40304/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 394. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a waiting list to access Gheel's adult school leaver services; the available services for such a client base in the Dublin local health office areas; the number of places available in each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40305/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the number of X-rays carried out at the Dublin Dental Hospital in 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number of patients of the Dublin Dental Hospital being referred to Beaumont Hospital for X-rays, during each of these years; the numbers on waiting lists for dental X-rays of up to three months, from three months plus to six months, from six months plus to nine...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 591. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will report on Statutory Instrument No. 484 of 2015 Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015; if a full briefing will be provided to Teachtaí Dála; if he will report on the likely impact that the scheme will have on the size of the local authority housing estate during the ongoing housing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (17 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 607. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason for closure of the lift at a location (details supplied) in Dublin 13, which leads to disabled persons and persons with children in buggies unable to access the platform; if this will be immediately remedied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40134/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (11 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the third payment option for the payment of fixed charge notices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39050/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (11 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the measures, and follow-up, being taken by his Department to ensure that driver licence numbers are being recorded in courts for penalty point offences, in particular in cases of drink-driving, dangerous driving and disqualification from driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39051/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (11 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 107. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drink-driving cases heard at Swords District Court in each of the years 2013 to 2015 to date; the outcome of each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39778/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (11 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 134. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive posts that are currently advertised outside Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/15]

Other Questions: Postal Codes (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: Is it the case that the EU procurement unit found the tendering process for at least three major contracts to be highly irregular and faulty? It is highly unusual for the Comptroller and Auditor General to criticise a public sector contract as severely as he did in the case of the postcode contract. I was astonished to read an article in the Sunday Independentrecently by the distinguished...

Other Questions: Postal Codes (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: My Eircode is D13 TX82. However, I do not use it, and I am not aware of many people who use their Eircodes.

Other Questions: Postal Codes (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: Use of the Eircode has been optional since it came into operation in July. Is the Minister concerned that only a small number of bodies, including commercial entities, are utilising the postcode system? Is the reason for the low take-up the random nature of the system selected? The Minister and I both referred to our Eircodes. It is striking that the numbering system in housing estates...

Other Questions: Postal Codes (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report to Dáil Éireann on his response to ongoing public concern regarding the escalating costs and the tendering process for Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/15]

Other Questions: Postal Codes (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: Last July the Minister launched the Eircode identification system at a cost, it was said, of €27 million. We have since found out from the report to the Committee of Public Accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General that the cost now stands at approximately €38 million. It is generally agreed that the system will cost at least €50 million but the real question is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has made any submission to the Department of Finance in relation to changes to the taxation regime for exploration in Ireland's territorial waters and maritime economic zone, in order to maximise the tax and fiscal yield for the Irish people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: JobPath Implementation (10 Nov 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the current roll-out of JobPath services; the status of JobPath offices; if they are fully operational and taking referrals; when she expects all offices to be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39010/15]