Results 7,101-7,120 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 471 to 475, inclusive, of 7 October 2014, in view of her reply that her Department has facilitated parents who have sought alternative arrangements by putting such arrangements in place, the reason there is no mention of this option within her Department’s circular 0048/2014, dated June 2014; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 471 to 475, inclusive, of 7 October 2014, in view of her confirmation that her Department was aware of other groups of parents of children receiving home tuition who were seeking similar arrangements at the same time as the exception was made for the one private commercial organisation over five years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 471 to 475, inclusive, of 7 October 2014, if she will confirm that the agreement with the one private commercial provider was made over five years ago and renewed annually thereafter; if she will further confirm that for over five years up until 1 July 2013 no other organisation was offered a similar...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 471 to 475, inclusive, of 7 October 2014, the statutory basis for engaging the services of one private commercial provider over the past five years in view of the reply that her Department has no contract in place with the provider and in view of the fact that the terms of the agreement with that private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the status of research commissioned by her Department in relation to DEIS policy; and her position on whether this will result in the allocation of additional resources for DEIS schools. [39612/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to detail the number of citizens who were housed in social housing from county and city council housing, homeless and transfer lists on an annual basis for each year since 2009. [39628/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 217. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will set out the targets he is putting in place for the provision of social housing to citizens and households on county and city council housing, homeless and transfer lists for the remainder of 2014, 2015 and 2016; and if he will indicate the social housing targets he is setting for each of the 31 local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the nature of the information contained on the online SPSV register maintained by the National Transport Authority in accordance with the Taxi Regulation Act; and if he is concerned that the home addresses of taxi drivers are available to requesters for a relatively nominal fee. [39610/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (16 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form on a monthly basis, the number of requests made to view the details of taxi drivers via the online SPSV register in 2013 and to date in 2014. [39615/14]

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: What about then shortfall of €45 million?

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister only got half of the money he wanted.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: They wanted and needed €45 million.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Acting Chairman for the opportunity to speak on budget 2015. Last night I voted against Financial Resolution No. 1 as the only means I had of showing total opposition to the many failures and missed opportunities of this budget. Budget 2015 should have been the perfect platform for turning away decisively from austerity and embarking on a new national path. Unfortunately, to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated savings which could be achieved for the Exchequer by increasing the number of inspectors and auditors employed by the Revenue Commissioners by an additional 100 persons. [39349/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer, in each case, of increasing the standard rate cut-off point for PAYE to €33,000, €34,000, €35,000, €36,000, €37,000, €38,000, €39,000 and €40,000. [39350/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of decreasing the standard rate of PAYE by 1% and 2%, respectively. [39351/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 21. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of decreasing the higher rate of PAYE by 1% and 2%, respectively. [39353/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Reductions (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 20. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of decreasing the higher rate of VAT from 23% to 22% and 21%, respectively; and the cost of decreasing the lower rate of VAT from 13.5% to 12.5%. [39352/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 60. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish Water is making a financial contribution towardsthe payment for policing services of members of An Garda Síochána who have been present for a number of days at a housing estate (details supplied) in Dublin 13 where meters are being installed by Irish Water contractors. [39461/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (15 Oct 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of schools in the Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 areas that were successful in getting works carried out during the 2014 summer works scheme; and the names of schools in these same areas that applied for works but were unsuccessful. [39464/14]