Results 11,441-11,460 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (23 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the levies paid by money lenders to the Financial Regulator in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43972/10]

Written Answers — Financial Services Regulation: Financial Services Regulation (23 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Irish-based moneylenders registered with the Financial Regulator in 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43973/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (23 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 238: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that he will continue to fund an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 17; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43742/10]

Written Answers — UN Conventions: UN Conventions (18 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland has not ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities; if this is to be ratified imminently; if not, why not, and if he has reconsidered his decision and is willing to fund the United Nations Association. [43151/10]

Written Answers — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the amount of funding allocated from the National Treatment Purchase Fund to referrals from Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9 in 2008 and 2009 and to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43382/10]

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (18 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of consultant plastic surgeons attached to Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9; the average waiting times to see a plastic surgeon in Beaumont; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43383/10]

Legal Advice Services (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: The Northside Community Law Centre was founded 35 years ago in Coolock to provide legal information, advice and representation, to protect and develop the human, social and economic rights of individuals and groups and to empower the northside community is through education, research and campaigns. The centre, known as the Coolock Community Law Centre until 2003, was modelled on community law...

Written Answers — Prison Visiting Committees: Prison Visiting Committees (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the reason 18 reports dealing with the prison system, including the reports of 14 separate visiting committees, were published on the one day; the steps being taken to address the areas of concern identified in the reports of the visiting committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43008/10]

Written Answers — Victims Commission: Victims Commission (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he will outline his response to the findings of the report published by the Commission for the Support of Victims of Crime, which found that two out of every five of the victims surveyed were dissatisfied with their dealings with the Garda; if the Garda authorities have been asked to address this situation; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Road Traffic Offences: Road Traffic Offences (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has introduced regulations under section 3 (4) of the Road Traffic Act 2006 to deal with a number of distracted driving issues including texting while driving; if he will confirm if it is currently an offence to drive while texting and if it is against the law to text when the phone is in a hands-free unit while driving; and if he will...

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if any prosecution has been taken for dangerous driving causing death where the collision may be due to distraction caused by using a mobile phone to talk or text while driving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43214/10]

Written Answers — Criminal Prosecutions: Criminal Prosecutions (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if the telephone records of drivers involved in serious collisions are routinely checked by Garda investigators; if the Garda Síochána has a legal right to seek such information from telephone service providers if the gardaí are relying on the good will of telephone service providers to release such information to them; and if...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: I wish to share time with Deputy Tuffy.

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It is with a heavy heart that I speak on the Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill because I find it impossible to support the Bill in its present format. The fundamental lesson I learned from more than 12 years on Dublin City Council is that the city and county managers system must be abolished. It is impossible to have democratic and efficient local government...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2010: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: It was a Labour Party idea.

Written Answers — Commission for Taxi Regulation: Commission for Taxi Regulation (16 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 56: To ask the Minister for Transport the date on which the office of the Taxi Regulator will be transferred to the National Transport Authority; the number of staff and the location in which they will be accommodated in the future; the future roll of the regulator under the auspices of the NTA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42730/10]

Written Answers — Transport Projects: Transport Projects (16 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of transport projects that are due to be completed by the end of 2011; the number of transport projects that are due to start by the end of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42713/10]

Written Answers — Mental Health Services: Mental Health Services (16 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Health and Children if she will provide details of the provision of mental health services for 16 and 17 year olds in north Dublin; if she will enhance adolescent mental health services in this region given that there is just one six-bed unit available for the provision of mental health services for 16 and 17 year olds for a region stretching from north...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (16 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 215: To ask the Minister for Transport the amount of money spent on the Limerick-Nenagh-Ballybrophy rail line on track renewal and improvements for each year over the past ten years; if a cost benefit analysis has been carried out in terms of the proposed closure of this critical line [i]vis-À-vis[/i] the money that has been spent on improving the line over the past few years and...

Written Answers — Road Safety: Road Safety (16 Nov 2010)

Tommy Broughan: Question 221: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 28 October 2010, where the extra 22 intoxilysers will be placed on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42562/10]