Results 8,461-8,480 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 176. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental nurse posts currently vacant in community care area 8; and the plans in place to fill these vacant posts. [47312/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 177. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologist currently working at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the number of persons on the waiting list to see a consultant ophthalmologist at the hospital; and the average waiting time for persons on the list [47313/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (6 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when details of the 2014 sports capital programme will be announced. [47310/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (6 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process that will be undertaken to appoint a new chief executive officer to the Road Safety Authority; and if he will provide details of the timeline of this process. [47311/13]

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: A majority.

Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: With regard to the short-stay visa waiver programme, some time ago the Minister told one of my colleagues that he did not keep data for visitors who had first come through the United Kingdom on a UK visa. Is this still policy? The Minister read a figure showing the increase in tourists from some of the 17 countries involved such as India and China. Clearly he is liaising closely with the...

Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 66. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his position on recent proposals from some members of the European Commission that a European-Union-wide reform of current visa policy should take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41925/13]

Other Questions: Common Travel Area (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: Will the Minister tell us his plans in regard to the Schengen agreement? How will the new procedures, which will start with the United Kingdom next year, operate? Does he foresee our responding to the recent proposals of Commissioners Tajani and Malmström for a common short-stay visa programme for the 28 EU members rather than for non-Schengen members?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of IT facilities in place across each of the Courts Service's districts; and the facilities in place to record data in respect of persons appearing in court to answer charges on road traffic offences. [45955/13]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Income Data (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 111. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 15 October 2013, if he will provide details on the nature of the survey to be undertaken by the Central Statistics Office as part of its Household Finance and Consumption Survey referred to in that reply. [45423/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on whether savings will be made on servicing the national debt next year; his views on the statement of the Economic Social and Research Institute that the cost of servicing the national debt next year could be as low as €7.7 billion. [46621/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on the work of the special liquidator of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation; and if he will indicate if a discount above 4.5% will be applied to any of the IBRC loan books which is scheduled to be sold off before the end of this year to encourage further sales of the loan book before any remaining loans are transferred to the National...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding claims that the former Anglo Irish Bank overcharged customers who held loans with the bank; and if all claims of this nature have been fully resolved. [47069/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to specify the supports available to autistic children at an early stage of their development, recognising the importance of early intervention for these children; if he will outline how the transition from preschool to primary school is managed so that supports provided at preschool level are maintained when an autistic child progresses to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the number of special needs assistants currently employed in primary schools across the State; and indicate if the cap on SNA appointments will be breached by the end of this year. [45929/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his paln to change the manner in which special needs assistants are allocated to schools based on the overall schools’ needs rather than on each individual pupil’s diagnosis; and if such changes are put in place, if it can be ensured that the special educational needs of each child in primary schools in the State can be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Regeneration Projects Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 653. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the timeline for approval of departmental funding to Dublin City Council to enable a regeneration project (details supplied) in Dublin 17 to commence so that new homes can be built in the area. [45718/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 733. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions No. 1086 of 18 September 2013 and No. 426 of 8 October 2013, the steps he will be taking with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, in view of the information available to him on the rate of enforcement of section 63 of the Road Traffic Act 2010 so that the enforcement rate can be improved on a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 800. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff working in the National Vetting Bureau at present; the overall number employed by the Bureau last year; when additional staff announced as part of the measures in Budget 2014 will be allocated to the unit. [46585/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Witness Protection Programme (5 Nov 2013)

Tommy Broughan: 801. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation to the Garda witness programme in the years 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [46586/13]