Results 7,001-7,020 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that persons lodging complaints with the Financial Services Ombudsman who cannot afford third party or legal representation or do not want such representation are sufficiently supported in lodging complaints and being made aware of the necessary documentation and other particulars required to have complaints processed. [43311/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services Ombudsman Data (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of complaints handled by the Financial Services Ombudsman in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the number of these complaints which oral hearings took place; and the number of such complaints which the complainant was represented by a third party, including a member of the legal profession. [43312/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents Data (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 312. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fatal collisions to date in 2014; the number of these fatal collisions which involved only one vehicle; the number of such collisions involving more than one vehicle; and the number of drivers involved in collisions in which there was a fatality who were tested for alcohol; and of these drivers the number of drivers who had a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposal in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 to have drugs intervention programmes, incorporating a treatment referral option, in place by 2012 for persons who come to the attention of An Garda Síochána and the probation service due to behaviour caused by substance misuse. [43138/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 399. To ask the Minister for Health if the stated aim of developing a national integrated treatment and rehabilitation service that provides drug-free and harm-reduction approaches for problem substance users as identified in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 has been achieved; the way an integrated service model within the Health Service Executive for treatment and rehabilitation may be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 400. To ask the Minister for Health if the target of increasing residential rehabilitation places by 25% in 2012 compared with 2008 levels as contained in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 was reached; and the total number of residential rehabilitation places available on an annual basis since 2008 for citizens with significant drug addiction problems. [43140/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Health Service Executive’s consideration in the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 of adoption of a standard definition and national protocol concerning waiting times for opiate treatment with a view to ensuring a comprehensive data system is in place to monitor the progress of opiate treatment service provision. [43176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 410. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the plans by the Health Service Executive, as outlined in the National Drugs Strategy 2009 - 2016, to review the issue of data collection and analysis with a view to developing a more comprehensive data system for management and research purposes to address the particular difficulty with a lack of available data on the length of time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 21 October 2014, if he will provide details of the proposed programme of work to be carried out by his Department in developing the national drugs strategy to meet future challenges relating to the problem of substance misuse. [43178/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 515. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if, in the event of the abolition of water charges, he has provided consideration to the creation of a special purpose vehicle in the ownership of the 31 local water authorities to provide investment and support for the modernisation of the water network. [43143/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total costs and liabilities of Irish Water up to the end of 2015. [43144/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 538. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the avenues of redress available to persons who experience difficulties when dealing with Irish Water, considering that the body that regulates Irish Water, the Commission for Energy Regulation, is also the body that sets Irish Water charges; and if he will include Irish Water in the list of public bodies which are under...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I am enquiring about two pieces of legislation, one of which is the International Agreements on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Taxation Bill. In light of the appalling revelations this morning in The Irish Times and The Guardian about the massive tax evasion facilitated by the state of Luxembourg over the past 18 years, with the Irish company Glanbia mentioned in those dispatches, will...

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: At the same time, could we recall Commissioner Phil Hogan who got the country into this water mess?

Order of Business (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: What about the substantive question?

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, is it possible to have the clock-timer turned on for Leaders' Questions?

Leaders' Questions (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Other Deputies must adhere to time limits. Perhaps it could be turned on for the leaders also.

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: Has the Minister investigated new, and perhaps simple, methodologies for assessing the performance of managers and leaders in the Civil Service? Is recruitment in respect of the private sector completely open? The right-wing media, which is often hostile to civil servants and the public service in general, often has a field day running down our Civil Service. Who will now speak for the...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 10. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in respect of his address to Dáil Éireann on expenditure Estimates for 2015, if he will provide further details of the increased autonomy that will be afforded to Departments and agencies to manage their own staffing levels and the way this will work in practice; and when the resumption of Civil Service recruitment will...

Other Questions: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2014)

Tommy Broughan: In his expenditure statement the Minister mentioned the fact that the Civil Service leadership in Departments and agencies would have much more autonomy in recruiting staff. I also note that in the interesting report, Vision One, which was launched recently by the Minister, action 18 also refers to developing the capacity of local managers to develop or recruit their own staff. How is this...