Results 12,401-12,420 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan

Written Answers — Financial Institutions Support Scheme: Financial Institutions Support Scheme (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 129: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of money he expects to inject into Anglo Irish Bank over the 2009 to 2010 period; the number of tranches; if he expects the Exchequer to get any of this money back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37669/09]

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 158: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will appoint a High Court inspector to investigate irregularities and possible illegalities at Anglo Irish Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37670/09]

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport the dates of all audits of the Irish Aviation Authority conducted since its inception under section 32, sub-section 3 of the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; the name of the firms and persons who conducted all of these audits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38262/09]

Written Answers — Irish Maritime Development Office: Irish Maritime Development Office (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 656: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent relocation of a company (details supplied) from here to Bermuda; the number of ships which have now been added to the Irish shipping register because of this relocation; the number of ships that are registered under the Irish flag; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38680/09]

Written Answers — Irish Maritime Development Office: Irish Maritime Development Office (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 657: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the activities of the Irish Maritime Development Office; if the IMDO played any role in attracting a company (details supplied) here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38681/09]

Written Answers — Transport Services: Transport Services (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 660: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of private bus operators licensed here; the number of vehicles in the nationwide private bus fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38788/09]

Written Answers — Public Transport: Public Transport (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 673: To ask the Minister for Transport if he will report on the licensing of bus services between Dublin and Galway, in particular the operation of a non-stop service by a company (details supplied) between Dublin and Galway which allegedly has not been awarded a licence by his Department; if this matter has been referred to An Garda Síochána; if there are other bus routes or...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 676: To ask the Minister for Transport if he has received independent reports on health and safety conditions for LUAS drivers; if he has reviewed the health and safety conditions for LUAS and other public transport drivers; his views on the allegedly high levels of fatigue and stress among public transport workers and the potential impact on road safety; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 677: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the role of the national rail network in the current era of peak oil and climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39402/09]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 678: To ask the Minister for Transport his views on the energy and CO2 efficiency of rail transport; the reason there was no meaningful discussion of rail in the recent Smarter Travel policy document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39403/09]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 679: To ask the Minister for Transport if he envisages extension of the rail network outside Dublin as part of the increased public transport expenditure to occur from 2011 onwards as part of a Revised Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39404/09]

Written Answers — Rail Network: Rail Network (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 680: To ask the Minister for Transport his views in principle on the re-opening of former rail routes and links here when there is a positive business case for doing so; the routes and links which should be examined in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39405/09]

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Question 762: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his plans to introduce legislation to reform the law on begging; the key provisions that will be contained in the new legislation; the expected date of publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39406/09]

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: On behalf of the Labour Party, I welcome the Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009, which is a critical piece of transport legislation for which this House has been waiting for many years. Clearly, reform of the Department's chaotic and opaque system of bus licensing has been desperately long overdue. Labour's key aim in this regard is the development of a comprehensive, responsive and...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Parts of routes may need a PSO. That is the problem. Private operators tend to abandon the unprofitable part of the route and then ask the authority for a subsidy for operating that route - that is UK practice after over 20 years of a private market. A further striking conclusion of the report was that bus users were generally price insensitive. The report on price elasticity, within the...

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: What is the subsidy in the privatised market in the UK?

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy O'Dowd does not know.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: We are talking about a deregulated market. It is 33% there.

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Who decided that?

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009: [Seanad] Second Stage (3 Nov 2009)

Tommy Broughan: Deputy O'Dowd is certainly a good example of that.