Results 7,681-7,700 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on a recent briefing given to the Central Bank of Ireland officials by an economist (details supplied); and the actions that may be taken by the Central Bank of Ireland on foot of this briefing. [18687/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the rates of excise duty or VAT charged on home heating oil due to the continued increases in the price of this product which are causing financial hardship for many families. [19524/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 15 April 2014 if he will provide details of the person who specifically gave him the advice that enabled him to be satisfied regarding the way applied behaviour analysis is currently being implemented and operated in over 500 autism spectrum disorder units; if he will provide a copy of that written...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 15 April 2014 if he will provide a date on which section 39 of the Teaching Council Act 2001 will be commenced; if he can confirm that this date has already been communicated to the Teaching Council; and if he accepts that until section 39 is commenced his Department is responsible for the quality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 15 April 2014 in view of his confirmation that over 500 autism spectrum disorder units were opened without a single circular having been issued by his Department on the way to operate the ASD units and that the schools instead received the direct support of the NCSE/SENO or the inspectorate and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 15 April 2014 in view of the importance of the model A document in the Ó Cuanacháin High Court case, which lasted 68 days and whose judgment was delivered on 16 May 2007 in which model A was referred to over 100 times, and in view of the confirmation from him that responsibility for policy...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 15 April 2014 in view of the fact that model A stated the special needs assistants would also receive applied behaviour analysis training and in view of his reply that the discontinuation of the model concept in favour of the mainstream, special class and special school provision did not materially...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 15 April 2014 the reason he changed his approach from that expressed by him on 14 March 2013 when he indicated that his Department is currently in the process of preparing a comprehensive statement of existing policy within the boundaries of one document as well as his reply on 28 January 2014 in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authority Assets (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a piece of no-man's land beside an estate (details supplied) in County Dublin which Fingal County Council has requested be handed over to it, following the liquidation of the developer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19161/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Initiatives (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will report on the recent event, Ones to Watch: Connecting Irish Innovation to UK Industry, hosted by Enterprise Ireland as part of the State visit by the President of Ireland to the United Kingdom. [18685/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that green card permit holders must pay the full permit fee again when their passports expire even though their green card permits would otherwise still be valid and in date; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that some green card permit holders consider that this creates...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: EU Funding (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 301. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will begin to administer the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived; the forms of assistance that will be available; and if she will advise on the sectors or groups that may seek to avail of this funding. [18688/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Mortgage Interest Supplement Data (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 302. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form for the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, the number of persons in receipt of mortgage interest supplement and the overall cost of the payment in each of those years; and the expected number of persons who will exit the scheme this year and in each year up to 2017. [18689/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 320. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the specific date when an oral hearing will be scheduled in respect of a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 13. [18825/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 382. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons undertaking internships as part of the JobBridge programme in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19534/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 383. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons undertaking internships as part of the work placement programme in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [19535/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 376. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 15 April 2014, if she will be receiving a report from her Department regarding its engagements with Dublin local authorities on the inter-agency system to identify vulnerable families who are currently in receipt of rent supplement and at risk of becoming homeless due to the imminent loss of their...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 377. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos 324 and 325, if she has received a reply from the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to correspondence she sent regarding the Irish Aviation Superannuation Scheme; and if she will provide a report on this and any other such engagements with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 378. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons employed under the back to work scheme in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [19530/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (30 Apr 2014)

Tommy Broughan: 379. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons supported by the back to work enterprise allowance scheme in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014. [19531/14]