Results 721-740 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 345. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of complaints officer's recommendations under section 15 of the Disability Act 2005 that are completed within the timeframe provided by the complaints officer in the officer's report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26213/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Staff (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant posts in the primary care centre in Coolock, Dublin 5; when the posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26605/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Mitigation Plan Implementation (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 660. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on item No. 72 of the update report on the national mitigation plan (details supplied); the number of members in the group; the grades of each; the date on which the group was established; the number of times it has met; the main purpose of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26196/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 688. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grants and funding issued to organisations and projects in the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas in 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26601/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services Expenditure (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 689. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated full-year cost if the budget for the youth sector increased by 4.5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26602/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 693. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if supports are available to a community service (details supplied) that is in urgent need of a more adequate building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26542/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (25 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 768. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports that lead concentration levels well above the legal limit have been found in drinking water in areas (details supplied); his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26790/19]

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the Climate Action Plan 2019. I welcome its belated production as I do the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action, much of whose work the action plan refers to. Sadly, in the Minister's party there always seems to be a large element of spin when any major step is taken. The Minister and his colleagues arrived in Grangegorman...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Votes from current expenditure profiles of the Departmental Vote groups that may require Supplementary Estimates later in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25629/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: At the end of the first quarter of this year the Minister told me that most of the Votes were showing an underspend. Our excellent Parliamentary Budget Office reported on the figures at the end of May, which again showed underspending. What is the situation at the moment? There seems to be common alarm between Government and Fianna Fáil regarding the level of expenditure in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The public will find this hard to understand. Spending is below profile but the Minister seems to be referring to the health spend as compared to last year. Has he taken on board the very serious criticism, for the second year running, from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, with regard to expenditure generally? The Minister's colleague, one of his predecessors, Deputy Noonan, said...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I will waive my supplementary question and pass over to my colleague, Deputy Durkan, to ask his question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, what has happened to Question No. 12?

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing of Budgets (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the work of the equality budgeting expert advisory group; the progress under the nine equality budgeting themes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Performance Management Systems (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the Public Service Performance Report 2018; his further views on criticism by the Parliamentary Budget Office that the report is an activity report rather than an actual performance report consistent with performance budgeting concepts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25627/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Spending Code (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he has taken to improve oversight and control of expenditure on major national capital infrastructure including the national children’s hospital and the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25630/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (20 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the proposals by the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council in the fiscal assessment report June 2019 that a prudent medium-term fiscal strategy should include three-year expenditure ceilings and a speed limit, that is, a statement of sustainable growth rate limits for net policy spending; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Budgets (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Are French newspapers correct in saying that finance Ministers have effectively approved the eurozone budget and that the European Council will now do so? In other words, have we embarked on this road? They seem very positive about the meeting, writing that President Macron has secured a victory and that we are going forward on this basis. Regarding the size of the fund, I note that we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Budgets (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 28. To ask the Minister for Finance the position with regard to the proposed introduction of a budget for the 19 eurozone countries in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25244/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Budgets (19 Jun 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The eurozone budget is a major project of the French President, Mr. Macron, and other European federalists. The meeting in Luxembourg seems to have been very disagreeable. I believe the Dutch finance Minister threatened to walk out after 12 hours of negotiations. At the end of it all, the meeting resulted in a budgetary instrument for competitiveness and convergence. What exactly is...