Results 14,061-14,080 of 16,478 for speaker:Tommy Broughan
- Road Safety. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: It sounds like Meath County Council.
- Aviation Regulation. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: This question was prompted by the fact that the chief executive of Ryanair, Michael O'Leary, has said that the budget of CAR should be slashed and its staff numbers cut by half. Does the Minister agree with this view? Alternatively, is it the case that additional resources should be given to CAR? I understand that something like one half of its staff are busy with various lawsuits...
- Aviation Regulation. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: In respect of the budget, did the Minister put in any additional resources? My final point may touch on another question.
- Aviation Regulation. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Did the Minister give any additional resources to CAR, taking into account inflation, in the budget?
- Light Rail Project. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: I warmly welcome the Minister's reply. Has he seen the proposals for Limerick published in the Irish Examiner? This proposed a line from Raheen through Castletroy and Cahirdavin, linking to UL. Is that the approach we could pursue in Limerick and Cork, where the Green Party made a commitment to a Cork Luas before the election? I was shocked to receive a circular from the track and...
- Light Rail Project. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: It is the same thing because this line could be part of the Limerick regional system. It is an astonishing decision in light of the Minister's comments on encouraging rail freight.
- Light Rail Project. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: I accept that Foynes was on a care and maintenance contract. I have had this discussion about rail freight several times since representing the Labour Party in this portfolio. When Todd Andrews slashed the rail system, major elements of the programme were crazy. We are the posterity that must redo what he destroyed. Should the Minister not ask the chief executive, Dick Fearn, and Dr. John...
- Airport Development Projects. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: The Commissioner for Aviation Regulation, Cathal Guiomard, stated that airport charges are likely to rise by 22% between 2010 and 2014 to pay for T2. Does the Minister expect that this will happen and will these increases be similar to those that occurred recently in respect of long-stay charges? When T2 is operational, will there be any excess capacity? Has the Department considered what...
- State Airports. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Is it not the case that the board of Cork Airport has submitted a plan that would include carrying a debt of â¬60 million? Some board members are anxious that the debt would be no more than â¬20 million. Has the Minister any definitive information in that regard? Is it not the case that the DAA wants Cork to carry up to â¬100 million in debt? The Joint Committee on Transport spent about...
- State Airports. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: How can the French do it? Monsieur Sarkozy would do that.
- State Airports. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: The Transport Minister there is an Irish woman.
- Road Traffic Offences. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: The Minister has recently inherited the national driver file. Is there a system whereby all foreign drivers will be on it? How will electronic tolling operate for Northern drivers?
- Road Traffic Offences. (6 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Could we have all the 100,000 people who drive here regularly on the file?
- Written Answers — Dublin Transport Authority: Dublin Transport Authority (5 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 160: To ask the Minister for Transport the annual salary of the chairman designate of the Dublin Transport Authority; the responsibilities the Dublin Transport Authority is currently undertaking; the regularity with which the chairman designate reports to him; the arrangements in place for the DTA in terms of staff and office space; the cost of same to date; and if he will make a...
- Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 257: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 28 November 2007, the breakdown of these figures indicating the number of the outstanding warrants that are less than three months old, less than six months old, a year old, two years old and five years old or more; the proportion the number of outstanding warrants in each...
- Community Development. (5 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 55: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the number of grants that his Department has made to the island communities since he took office; the cost of such grants; the number of grants not drawn down; the number refused; the reason for such refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32591/07]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (4 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the payments not currently on a statutory basis that he will put on a statutory basis. [32176/07]
- Written Answers — Social Welfare Code: Social Welfare Code (4 Dec 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs his plans to amend legislation to allow welfare payments to be backdated on a standard basis by more than the current six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32175/07]
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (28 Nov 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 86: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will bring proposals to Government providing for the regulation of employment agencies, in order to ensure equality of treatment for agency workers; his views on whether this is an urgent matter as Ireland is one of only four EU countries which has failed to provide legislation for equal treatment of such workers...
- Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (28 Nov 2007)
Tommy Broughan: Question 87: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious concern expressed by SIPTU, at the growing use of labour agencies by employers as a substitute for directly recruiting staff; the steps he is taking to put procedures in place to ensure that such workers receive the full protection of labour law and are not subject to...