Results 6,041-6,060 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 471. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 587 of 9 June 2015, if the table with the number of defendants recorded on the Courts Service criminal case tracking system who were before the court for offences under the Road Traffic Act and the outcome of whose cases involved payments to the court poor box is now available; if it will be forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System Data (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 472. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 438 and 439 of 16 June 2015, if the report is now available; if it will be available before Dáil Éireann recesses for the summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28929/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Data (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 473. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions, per District Court, for drink driving offences in 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the number of defendants listed for drink driving prosecutions per District Court for the same years; the number of licences recorded upon conviction per District Court for the same years; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: UN Issues (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 493. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the key topics that will be reviewed during the United Nations review of the rights of the child in January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28939/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 534. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on his recent estimations of the amount of funding that is required to fix our failing healthcare systems, including funding for acute hospitals, emergency rooms, community care, nursing home care, residential care for those with disabilities, and residential detoxification services, per heading; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on whether he is making a Supplementary Estimate for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 536. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the possibility of introducing a sugar tax on food stuffs with a high-sugar content; the potential health benefits to persons by reducing their intake of refined sugar; and the potential revenue to the Exchequer by introducing such a tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Funding (14 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 871. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the €18 million shortfall of funding for homeless services; the reason why this shortfall arose; his plans to meet Dublin City councillors and the Dublin City Council manager on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28934/15]

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: On the review, is the Minister aware that recommendations have been reported in the media? Are those accurate? When does he expect to be able to publish the recommendations and what might he expect to be in them? There are indications that additional finance will be required from clients of the scheme. More generally, the Minister spoke a few weeks ago about unmet needs in the health...

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: There is still a significant waiting list for home care packages. The waiting time for the Fair Deal scheme has decreased significantly, to four or five weeks, but what does the Minister intend to do about the waiting time for home care packages themselves? Does that form part of the amount the Minister was thinking of in terms of unmet needs?

Other Questions: Mental Health Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I support my colleague Deputy Flanagan. We are receiving incredible complaints about the situation. Other mental health hospital facilities have accident and emergency functions. Can there not be a separate function even within the existing accident and emergency department in Beaumont Hospital?

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 8. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the fair deal scheme; how advanced planning is for dealing with the seasonal upsurge during the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27370/15]

Other Questions: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: I am aware that total funding for the fair deal scheme is almost €1 billion and that there was an increase earlier this year. How many of the promised 1,600 places have been delivered? Also, how many of the 300 places promised earlier have been delivered? In general, how prepared are we for the forthcoming winter? Last November, 2,000 people were waiting for a nursing home place....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 42. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to support the management of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin 9 to plan, urgently build and fully staff a new accident and emergency department; if he will provide a similar facility for citizens with mental health issues in the nearby Aislinn Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if given the continuing threat to the stability of the eurozone he will join with the other 19 eurozone finance Ministers to organise a debt conference to address the huge debt and interest payments hanging over eurozone states, such as Ireland, Portugal and Greece; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28080/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Eurozone Crisis (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will propose to his eurozone fellow finance Ministers a full two-year moratorium on Greek debt repayments to enable the Greek Government to re-stabilise the Greek economy; if he will follow up with proposals to park and waive a large portion of this debt for Greece and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28081/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given further consideration to the retention of Allied Irish Banks in the ownership of the people, given the commentary that at least one stable pillar bank should be owned directly or co-operatively by the people and given the appalling failure and collapse of the private banking sector from 2008-09; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Banking Sector (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will present Dáil Éireann with a detailed cost-benefit analysis on the future outcomes for Allied Irish Banks before any decision is made to sell this major asset of the people, and given the matters now being investigated by the commission of investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lease Agreements (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the lease reportedly held by the Government on the Department of Justice and Equality building at 74 to 76 St. Stephen's Green; if this reported 75 year upward only rent review lease on this Department's building was sanctioned by a former Minister (details supplied) and the Lemass Government in 1963; the annual rent for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Lease Agreements (9 Jul 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Agriculture House building on Kildare Street, Dublin 2, is held by the Government on a 150 year upward only rent review lease down to 2123; if this lease was sanctioned by the Lynch Government in the early 1970s; the annual rent on this building; the total amount of rent paid by the Exchequer on the building since 1973; and if...