Results 6,281-6,300 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on current youth diversion projects; their successes and outcomes; her plans for future expansion of these projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19365/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve Strength (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 461. To ask the Minister for Defence the current size of the Reserve Defence Force, including the Naval Reserve; his future plans for the reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20528/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 465. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the proposed implementation of the national disability strategy; when this implementation will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20297/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 496. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 14 January 2015, if she will report to Dáil Éireann on the current situation with regard to the investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Flood and Mahon tribunals. [20283/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Tribunals of Inquiry Reports (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 497. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No 397 of 14 January 2015, if she will report to Dáil Éireann on the current situation with regard to investigations by An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions into the findings of the Moriarty tribunal. [20284/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Policing Authority Establishment (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 498. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the appointment process for the Policing Authority chairperson will be an independent, merit-based, recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20285/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 674. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons diagnosed with phenylketonuria in the years 2012 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; the number who have been referred to the national centre for inherited metabolic disorders in those years; the overall number of citizens with phenylketonuria who register at the centre; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 712. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current residential services and staff available to cater for persons with disabilities; the number of persons accessing these services; and the current funding allocated to residential places for persons and to improving staff numbers. [20526/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form for each year since 2009 and in 2015 to date, the amount of funding provided to residential services for persons with disabilities; the number of staff in these services; his future funding and staffing plans for this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 12 May 2015, if she will provide an update on Project IRIS (Inclusive Research in Irish Shools), completed by the National Council for Special Education; the outcome of this research piece; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20286/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 12 May 2015, the date of completion of the National Council for Special Education report; the reason for the delay of this report; the intended time frame or the next steps for policy implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20287/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 868. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending the six projects providing education services to children with autism in the years 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20288/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 12 May 2015, when the requested information, in tabular form, will be made available by her officials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the capitation of national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of national primary schools that have a teaching principal; the number that have current vacant principal positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20291/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the terms of reference for the review of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools; if social aspects are being reviewed along with academic aspects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20292/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment that is planned for information and communications technology infrastructure, training, and class delivery, for national schools in the coming years, in view of the growing importance of technical skills, such as coding, for education and employment opportunities. [20293/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans and the timeframe to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in national primary schools to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20294/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Penalty Points System (26 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: 1017. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will amend legislation to include driving while disqualified as an offence leading to the application of penalty points, as in Northern Ireland, where a driver receives six penalty points for driving while disqualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20281/15]

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (19 May 2015)

Tommy Broughan: We have been reflecting recently, as we regained our sovereignty, on what happened in our own country. Perhaps it is an appropriate time to vigorously raise the issue of these two small nations. Has the Minister met the World Uyghur Congress or the International Campaign for Tibet or has he any intention of doing so? I know there have been visits by the Dalai Lama and so on, but is that...