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Tue, 26 May 2015
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Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments
John Browne
405. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under pillar 1 of the agri-environment options scheme will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20312/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Fishing Fleet Modernisation
John Browne
409. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on calls to discontinue the sub-segmentation of tonnage and kilowatts in order to facilitate the modernisation of the Irish fishing fleet in the interests of safety at sea and better fish quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20359/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Fishing Fleet Modernisation
John Browne
419. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position on calls to discontinue the sub-segmentation of tonnage and kilowatts in order to facilitate the modernisation of the Irish fishing fleet in the interests of safety at sea and better fish quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20419/15]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Medical Card Applications
John Browne
716. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health the length of time it takes to process a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20552/15]
Tue, 12 May 2015
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Energy Conservation
John Browne
217. Deputy John Browne asked the Taoiseach regarding the lack of fulfilling Statutory Instrument 426 of 2014, if he will report annually on energy usage; the actions that have been taken to reduce consumption; the reason no reports have been issued since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/15]
Tue, 28 Apr 2015
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Fisheries Protection
John Browne
11. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to carry out a review of the ban on eel fishing, as promised when the closure of the fishery took place in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16196/15]
Thu, 23 Apr 2015
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Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration
John Browne
23. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce a new tenant purchase scheme in order to enable tenants to purchase their homes from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15556/15]
Wed, 15 Apr 2015
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Legislative Measures
John Browne
786. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on an anomaly in the Residential Tenancies Act 2004, which does not expressly prohibit the signing of a private residential lease on a purely commercial rated property, without the property having the benefit of planning permission for a change of use, or building control approval in relation to fire and safety regulations; if he will consider an amendment to rectify this anomaly in the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2012, currently awaiting Committee Stage in Seanad Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14305/15]
Wed, 11 Mar 2015
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Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments
John Browne
79. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a sheep grazing grant will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10653/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Tax Data
John Browne
192. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Public Sector Pensions
John Browne
233. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capitalised value of full pensions for Garda inspectors, Garda superintendents, school principals, directors of services in county councils and paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10002/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data
John Browne
376. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the national placement list under the nursing homes support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10000/15]
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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Local Authority Housing Provision
John Browne
511. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the number of houses built by Wexford County Council, including former town councils, for each year from 1970 until 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9999/15]
Wed, 4 Mar 2015
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VAT Rate Application
John Browne
62. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to defibrillators, which are life-saving equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9423/15]
Wed, 4 Mar 2015
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Insurance Compensation Fund
John Browne
72. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Finance his views on what has turned out to be an inappropriate insurance compensation fund mechanism for claims against the former Setanta Insurance, in liquidation, which only allows 65% of awards and costs, in view of the fact that policyholders are statutorily bound to take out a motor policy by Government who therefore have a direct or indirect responsibility to adequately oversee the financial viability of insurance companies; his views on whether oversight was lacking in the case of Setanta Insurance, in liquidation; if it is acceptable to him that the balance of 35% of awards and cost should have to be the subject of separate legal action by claimants in view of the statutory nature of motor insurance; the actions that have been taken by Government to ensure that the situation pertaining to the collapse of Setanta Insurance, in liquidation, does not happen again; his plans to amend the Insurance Act 1993 to allow the President of the High Court to administer awards and costs up to the full amount of such awards and costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9545/15]
Tue, 17 Feb 2015
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Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage
John Browne
359. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 14 January 2015, if when pharmacists are dispensing branded non-generic medication on the explicit instruction of a prescriber to eligible patients using State drug schemes, such as the medical card or drugs payment scheme, they will be fully refunded the extra cost of the medication by the Health Service Executive; if he will provide a composite list of any exceptions to a full refund; the timeframe to refund pharmacists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6785/15]
Thu, 29 Jan 2015
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Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council
John Browne
152. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans for the replacement for the position of director of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council; his views that the selection panel for that position should not include current or past members of that council, including current or past chairpersons, that the selection process itself should come under the remit of the Public Appointments Commission in order to ensure that no bias or perceived bias could be attributable to the appointment of the new director; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4241/15]
Wed, 21 Jan 2015
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Tax Code
John Browne
108. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether DIRT paid on children's savings is unfair and a disincentive to save; his further views on an exemption for children under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2997/15]
Thu, 15 Jan 2015
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Mortgage Interest Relief Application
John Browne
71. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Finance the reason the relevant percentage of mortgage interest relief is not applied to the interest included in a full redemption of an outstanding mortgage on a primary home which was in receipt of it while instalments were being paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2052/15]
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
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Medicinal Products Prices
John Browne
693. Deputy John Browne asked the Minister for Health in view of the policy of reference pricing for prescription medication, if a person with cardiac disease who has been proven to be medically unable to take the generic form of a particular medication is required to pay over the €144 monthly prescription costs as they are using the branded prescription and the branded medication is on the prescription; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1692/15]