Results 11,401-11,420 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (16 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 301: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of citizens currently homeless in total on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47725/10]

Written Answers — Homeless Persons: Homeless Persons (16 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 302: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the measures being taken during the current weather conditions to assist citizens who are homeless and have been sleeping rough; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47726/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 303: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that all damaged houses in the North Fringe, Dublin 13 are urgently remediated and fully repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47728/10]

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (16 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 304: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will establish an SDZ for the North Fringe, Dublin 13 to address all outstanding issues in the North Fringe and to ensure that all damaged homes in the district are fully remediated and restored; all estates and apartment complexes in the North Fringe are fully completed and that all critical health,...

Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (16 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 336: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will address the problem of abandoned and starving horses including a group of 20 to 40 horses which have allegedly been abandoned on open ground between Dunsink, Dublin 11 and the M50; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47731/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (15 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 59: To ask the Minister for Defence the expected level of recruitment to the Defence Forces during 2011 in view of the measures announced in budget 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47262/10]

Written Answers — Fishing Quotas: Fishing Quotas (15 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if proposals to include the boarfish/redfish species in the TAC mechanism are currently being discussed in the quota negotiations in Brussels between EU fisheries Ministers; his position on this proposal, given that if it is implemented it could take €15 million out of the Irish fisheries sector and threaten the...

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: On a point of order, I wish to inform my Sinn Féin colleague that his party voted-----

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: -----for the guarantee. Sinn Féin got us into this-----

Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Bill 2010: Second Stage (15 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party got us into this boat.

Departmental Expenditure (15 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 28: To ask the Minister for Defence the way it is intended to achieve the administrative efficiencies of €21million in full as contained in the Budget 2011 proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47261/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 52: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs the total budget by his Department, for each of the past three years, for the Traveller policy division; if all funding was drawn down in each year; the headings under which it was drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46040/10]

Written Answers — Community Development: Community Development (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs his plans to develop the Ministerial Council on Integration; if he has had meetings with other Government Departments regarding the development of integration; the result of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46041/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 156: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons attached to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting time to see an ophthalmic surgeon in Beaumont; the number of persons on the waiting list at Beaumont; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47185/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will report on Garda Operation Shannon; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of stolen vehicles recovered to date; the number of gardaí involved to date; the cost of the operation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47187/10]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will report on Garda Operation Foolscap; the number of gardaí involved; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the amount of drugs seized; the amount of firearms seized; the amount of stolen property recovered to date and the cost of the operation to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47188/10]

Written Answers — Motor Taxation: Motor Taxation (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 262: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of motor tax receipts by each CO2 category and engine size category for 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47186/10]

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I strongly commend my colleague, Deputy Willie Penrose, for using Private Members' business this week to highlight the appalling decision by the Government to cut the national minimum wage from €8.65 an hour to €7.65 an hour under the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill. The campaign to introduce a national minimum wage in Ireland was a long, difficult...

National Minimum Wage: Motion (14 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: He was clearly misleading his colleagues, as was pointed out by Mr. David Begg in his analysis of an interview with Mr. Ajai Chopra of the IMF on "Morning Ireland" on 29 Nov 2010, which clearly showed the proposal to slash the minimum wage came from the Ministers for Finance and the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and all their colleagues. However, this shameful cut in the national...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (7 Dec 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 107: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will ensure that key community welfare staff, including the two community welfare officials, are maintained at the Darndale Health Service Executive office, Dublin 17, given the effect that the removal of these critical services would have on low-income and vulnerable families in Darndale, Belcamp and Moatview-Priorswood...