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Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Tax Code
John Browne
242. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that Irish insurers who provide Approved Retirement Funds are granted a tax advantage under the Irish-United Kingdom Double Tax Agreement which is not available to other non-insured Appointed Retirement Fund providers (details supplied); if he is satisfied that this practice accords with European Union law and does not amount to State aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36165/15]
Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Registration of Nurses
John Browne
522. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to expedite the processing of nurse registration applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36599/15]
Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Home Help Service Provision
John Browne
529. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health if there will be an increase in home help hours in County Wexford in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36617/15]
Tue, 20 Oct 2015
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Departmental Correspondence
John Browne
671. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make public the Law Society submission to his Department in respect of the building control regulations, SI 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35952/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Fishing Vessel Licences
John Browne
135. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on amending the existing regime pertaining to fishing boat licences that restrict inshore fishermen from engaging in marine tourism activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35634/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Personal Insolvency Act
John Browne
161. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality regarding the Personal Insolvency Act 2012 and the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2013, her views on a situation where the owner of a principal private residence formulates a proposal to the lender without the help of a personal insolvency practitioner, PIP, if the lender is prohibited from requiring the debtor to dispose of an interest in, or cease to occupy, a principal private residence, as currently applies when the proposal is officially dealt with by a PIP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35240/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Garda Deployment
John Browne
222. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Wexford division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35754/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Garda Deployment
John Browne
223. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down in tabular form the number of members of An Garda Síochána assigned to each Garda Síochána station in the Wicklow division from the end of September 2010 to the end of September 2015 or the latest date available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35755/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Vaccination Programme
John Browne
234. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health his views that schools are an appropriate environment for providing vaccinations for first year students, some of whom are only in their first few months in their new school; that this is a safe environment for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35717/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Vaccination Programme
John Browne
304. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that the human papilloma virus vaccine, Gardasil, was fast-tracked on to the market; the reason it is considered appropriate to fast-track this vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35595/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Vaccination Programme
John Browne
321. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health given that it is medically accepted that there will be issues with all vaccines, the supports he plans to put in place for girls who may become injured as a result of receiving the human papilloma virus vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35718/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Vaccination Programme
John Browne
322. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health the reason parents are not given a copy of the patient information leaflet, prior to signing the consent form for the human papilloma virus vaccine, given concerns expressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35719/15]
Tue, 13 Oct 2015
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Vaccination Programme
John Browne
324. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health if he will recognise that Pandemrix was at one time considered as safe as the human papilloma virus vaccines, that the benefits outweighed the risks, and the possibility that the many auto-immune reactions being experiences by vaccinated girls are following a similar pattern of neurological disturbances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35743/15]
Thu, 1 Oct 2015
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Road Traffic Offences
John Browne
269. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an amendment to section 12 of the Road Traffic Act 2002 to allow for suspension of parking fines when such fines are under appeal to either the local authority concerned or to the Ombudsman; if he is satisfied that section 12(c), which allows local authorities to increase the amount of a fine by 50% if it is unpaid after 28 days, is fair and equitable in the circumstances of an appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33787/15]
Tue, 22 Sep 2015
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Register of Lobbyists Legislation
John Browne
439. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a anomaly in the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 in that one part says that a representative body may only be required to register as a representative body if a paid employee, or an officeholder, is directly engaged in communicating independently with designated public officials, whereas a guidance note from the Standards in Public Office Commission indicates that a representative body should register when a designated public official is, or ever has been, whether before or after the passing of the Act, employed by, or providing services, and who was-is engaged in carrying on lobbying activities for that representative body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32168/15]
Tue, 22 Sep 2015
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Register of Lobbyists Legislation
John Browne
440. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a representative body retaining the contracted services of a person who was a designated public official up to 2008 is required to register under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015 if the contracted person is the sole lobbying contact for that body, or if the registration of the contractor is sufficient to comply with the legislation in a situation where no employed personnel or office holders of the representative body engage independently in lobbying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32169/15]
Wed, 15 Jul 2015
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Employment Rights
John Browne
10. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline his plans to regulate the au pair industry in view of the recent publicity regarding poor wages and bad working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28414/15]
Tue, 14 Jul 2015
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Carer's Allowance Applications
John Browne
216. Deputy John Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [28744/15]
Tue, 14 Jul 2015
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Disability Allowance Applications
John Browne
217. Deputy John Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application under the disability allowance scheme will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [28748/15]
Tue, 14 Jul 2015
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Carer's Allowance Applications
John Browne
218. Deputy John Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when an application for a carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [28749/15]