Results 7,061-7,080 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations (22 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 110. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she has received requests this year from An Garda Síochána seeking permission to recruit additional staff and or obtain additional resources for the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigations. [40549/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (22 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to correspondence about a grant awarded to a sports organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 13; his views on the issues raised in that correspondence. [40547/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus Services (22 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will provide funding for the purchase of extra buses for the Dublin Bus fleet in 2015; the number of buses in the Dublin Bus fleet which are over ten years old; and the number of buses in the fleet which are over 15 years old. [40551/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Data (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 117. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if the social welfare appeals office will collate statistics on the number of requests made by appellants for oral hearings to take place in respect of their appeals; if her Department carries out an analysis of the impact of oral hearings on the outcome of social welfare appeals. [39799/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 3 April 2014, if the use of social clauses in public procurement contracts applies to construction contracts entered into by local authorities. [39990/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 93 of 3 April 2014, if he will provide an up-to-date report on the pilot initiative to be included in the NDFA, National Development Finance Agency, devolved schools programme approved by the Government contracts committee for construction. [39992/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drug Rehabilitation Clinics (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 324. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of referrals made by the probation service to alcohol and drugs addiction services in 2013 and to date in 2014; and the number of persons engaging with the probation service during this period who also participated in detoxification residential programmes. [40015/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 325. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons prosecuted for the offence of forging a prescription in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [40016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Drugs Seizures (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 326. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the amount of methadone seized by members of An Garda Síochána in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the value of the seizures for each of those years. [40018/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the creation of a separate Minister of State portfolio with responsibility for drugs and alcohol addiction for the remainder of the Government’s term of office, in view of the seriousness of this problem and the number of lives lost due to addiction. [40073/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 411. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 12 November 2013, the sanctions in place for pharmacies which failed to record or properly record the running balance in respect of one or more schedule 2 controlled drugs in the CD register and for pharmacies which were found to have physical inventories which did not agree with the balance specified in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 412. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 12 November 2013, if he will provide up to date figures on the number of pharmacies dispensing methadone which have been inspected by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland in November and December 2013 and to date in 2014; and the number of those pharmacies inspected which had an incorrect register balance or no...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Places (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 413. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form on the basis of each Health Service Executive region, the number of detoxification residential programmes provided directly by the HSE; and the number of such programmes provided by private and voluntary organisations with the support of funding from the HSE. [40008/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in receipt of methadone as opioid substitute treatment in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and the cost to the Exchequer of providing this treatment for each of those years. [40009/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 419. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that all citizens with addiction problems on opioid substitute treatment programmes and receiving methadone will be offered detoxification residential programmes and follow up supports, including retraining for jobs and, where necessary, housing; and if such a proposal has been evaluated and costed by his Department. [40014/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which clients in receipt of methadone as opioid substitute treatment attend direct patient consultations with doctors working in drug treatment centres or general practices. [40017/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 415. To ask the Minister for Health his position on the use of needle exchange programmes for certain drug users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40010/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 416. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined the viability of introducing an audit trail or central register of methadone prescribed by general practitioners and doctors in drug treatment centres, and of methadone dispensed by all pharmacies in the State, to ensure that prescribed methadone is administered and provided only to intended users. [40011/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 417. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the alleged prevalence and wide availability of methadone on the black market, including the alleged availability of methadone provided to clients in drug treatment centres which is later sold on rather than being taken by the prescribed persons. [40012/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs-related Deaths (21 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 418. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant number of deaths attributable to drugs overdoses each year; and, in particular, the number of deaths from drugs overdoses where one of the drugs involved was methadone. [40013/14]