Results 1,101-1,120 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his EU colleagues are taking to bring to an end the incarceration of a reported 2 million Uighur men in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17190/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his EU colleagues will act to demand that the Turkish Government cease its repressive approach to the Kurds in Turkey, restore the rule of law in south-eastern Turkey and enter into dialogue with Kurdish representatives in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17191/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students diagnosed with autism and awaiting a school place for primary school, secondary school and further post-secondary training, respectively, in tabular form; his plans to increase places available by September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17468/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENOs by county; the number of children or families working with SENOs in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation Levy Increase (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 484. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost if the public service obligation increased by 12.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17471/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 485. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost of increasing funding to the secondary roads improvement scheme by 10%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17472/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Services (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 501. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the responsibilities of Tusla in supporting families with children that have been diagnosed with autism and are having difficulty in accessing appropriate education places for them; the number of these families that Tusla has been working with in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 544. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider a pay increase for community employment supervisors who have received no increases for a decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17537/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board Staff (16 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: 568. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of requests received from the Residential Tenancies Board for permission to recruit additional staff in 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of those requests that have been approved, are pending or refused, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17473/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Perhaps management should act more vigorously.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Many chief executives would not put up with this.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am not doing that. I am asking-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: I am talking about leaders who do not lead.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: It would not be tolerated in the private sector. We need leadership.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: The country needs leadership as well.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Our constituents feel abandoned. We have a responsibility to them.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Last week, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Bruton, increased the national funding for measures to prevent and respond to illegal dumping from €2 million in 2018 to €3 million this year. Applications are open for this fund, which is supposed to focus on prevention, education, awareness, abatement and enforcement. However, €3...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Does the Minister know that we did not get an invitation?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Illegal Dumping (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: With all of the stakeholders working together, I hope we will see real action because this problem has been going on for too long. This type of activity is very disheartening for residents who have organised and submitted their streets to the tidy districts competition. It completely destroys their confidence. The Minister must direct Dublin City Council management to immediately remove all...

Vote 42 — Rural and Community Development (Further Revised) (11 Apr 2019)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy Burton's comments remind me that the wonderful new stadium built by Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane cost just over €1 billion which is perhaps half the cost of the new national children's hospital. The introduction to the Revised Estimates mentions that they "have been supplemented with key performance information regarding programme outputs and impacts". We were also...