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Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Insurance Costs
James Browne
81. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Finance to outline the steps he is taking to reduce the increasing insurance costs for farmers for buildings and machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Garda Strength
James Browne
48. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Wexford Garda division. [27408/16]
Wed, 28 Sep 2016
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Garda Reserve
James Browne
77. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Wexford Garda division. [27409/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Property Valuations
James Browne
1. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rateable valuation and calculation method applied to solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24447/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Garda Data
James Browne
16. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in each county broken down in ranks, in tabular form; the number of Garda cars and motorbikes in County Wexford; the number of gardaí per population based on the preliminary 2016 census figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24430/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Contracts
James Browne
552. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department carried out a report or a review on awarding procurement contracts (details supplied) where there had been specific complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Contracts
James Browne
553. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if cost was a key criteria for the recent awarding of contracts for senior alarms; the other criteria used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Contracts
James Browne
554. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department carried out a report or a review on awarding procurement contracts where there had been specific complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Contracts
James Browne
555. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the recent tendering process for senior alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24428/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Contracts Data
James Browne
556. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the downgrading of the turnover requirements for construction companies tendering for house building contracts, considering that many companies are struggling to meet the turnover requirements due to the low build rate in the construction sector in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24669/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Departmental Contracts
James Browne
582. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied regarding the outcome of the process for procuring the new providers of senior alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Staff
James Browne
1015. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service ran a temporary competition to fill two operations resource manager positions in the north Leinster area without recourse to a then live national panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24420/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Staff
James Browne
1016. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service Management transferred an operations resource manager from Cork city to a vacant quality safety and risk manager position in the absence of a transfer policy and subsequently appointed a person into the position without any recourse to a then live national officer panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24421/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Data
James Browne
1017. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 21 April 2016, if the National Ambulance Service can provide the exact dates that the six vacant officer positions became vacant, specifying month and year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24422/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Health Services Data
James Browne
1018. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment panels for all grades in the HSE currently being used by the HSE national recruitment service that are over four years in existence and are still being drawn from for the purposes of promotion and appointment; the start dates for all panels that are still live and over four years old; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24423/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Data
James Browne
1019. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if the Public Appointments Service notified the National Ambulance Service that its grade 6 panels for ambulance officers could no longer be drawn from and must be disbanded; if so, the date of that correspondence and by whom was it made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Data Protection
James Browne
1020. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the steps and procedures being taken in the transfer of Console clients' files to ensure the protection of confidentiality and consent of clients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24429/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Data
James Browne
1021. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of call outs the ambulance service made which did not meet the national standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24431/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Data
James Browne
1022. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance stations in each county and the ratio per population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24432/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ambulance Service Accommodation
James Browne
1024. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the status of the proposed construction of the ambulance stations for Gorey and Enniscorthy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24434/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Health Services Provision
James Browne
1025. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health when a full-time psychiatrist will be appointed to a centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Drugs Payment Scheme Data
James Browne
1026. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the value of drugs under the control of the HSE but the whereabouts of which are unknown, missing or unaccounted for at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24436/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Strategy
James Browne
1027. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on a recently published paper (details supplied); the actions he will take to promote the appropriate early detection and management of malnutrition in the community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24443/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Primary Care Centres
James Browne
1028. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if dietetic services will be made available in all new primary care centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24444/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Hospital Food
James Browne
1029. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the Health Information Quality Authority report of the review of nutrition and hydration care in public acute hospitals; the actions he will take to ensure nutritional risk screening is carried out for every patient within 24 hours of admission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24445/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Medical Card Eligibility
James Browne
1030. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans to end discrimination suffered by couples over 70 years of age in terms of the limit allowance set on 1 January 2014 (details supplied); the amount it would cost to increase the limit by couples to €1,000 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24448/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ports Development
James Browne
1728. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Rosslare Europort cannot get separate funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ports Development
James Browne
1729. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if moneys (details supplied) can be reinvested back into Rosslare Europort to facilitate future development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24438/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ports Development
James Browne
1730. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of employees where an outside company is to take over the running of Rosslare Europort; if they will be entitled to redundancy packages and to seek re-employment with a new company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ports Development
James Browne
1731. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Rosslare Europort can become an independent body within CIÉ similar to Irish Rail and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24440/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ports Development
James Browne
1732. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is correct that the part of the Indecon Report which suggested an investment of moneys has now been withdrawn; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24441/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Ports Development
James Browne
1733. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is still proceeding with the privatisation of the workings of Rosslare Europort as recommended by the Indecon Report commissioned by the previous Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24442/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Sports Capital Programme
James Browne
1734. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages granting a sports capital programme for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24446/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Road Projects
James Browne
1735. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he envisages the commencement of the Oylegate bypass near Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24449/16]
Thu, 21 Jul 2016
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Mental Health Services Staff
James Browne
681. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his Department's estimate of the additional resources required to provide the funding necessary for the staffing requirements under A Vision for Change, taking into account demographic changes. [24136/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
James Browne
166. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his views on the findings of the external consultants who carried out a review of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI); and if these findings will have any implications for fitness-to-practise hearings and determinations made by the NMBI in recent years. [21697/16]
Thu, 14 Jul 2016
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Non-Acute and Community Agencies Funding
James Browne
167. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the salary levels which his Department authorised and approved for senior management in the St. John of God organisation. [21698/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Charitable and Voluntary Organisations
James Browne
1. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if, in view of recent events, he has plans to review arrangements for the funding and auditing of section 38 agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21103/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Health Services Funding
James Browne
36. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health his plans to review arrangements for funding of section 38 agencies in view of recent events. [20956/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
78. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age who have been admitted to acute hospitals on mental health grounds; and the number of individual children these admissions relate to and the number of subsequent readmissions for 2015 and 2016 to date. [20957/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
83. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if analysis has been completed or studies carried out on the number of admissions and renewal orders revoked before a mental health tribunal is held. [20959/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Hospital Waiting Lists
James Browne
108. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health when he expects to see a sustained improvement in hospital waiting lists. [20955/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
113. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of the 17 mental health areas within the nine community health care organisations that provide a full weekend support. [20958/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Public Sector Pay
James Browne
174. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to address the low starting pay in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20250/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Flood Prevention Measures
James Browne
175. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20251/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Special Educational Needs
James Browne
218. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has a special needs unit; if so, the number of clients it currently has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19648/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Health Services Staff
James Browne
456. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health if there is a permanent dermatologist appointed in the south east; the waiting times for consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19135/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
153. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions under the Mental Health Acts that had their status regraded from voluntary to involuntary and the number of admissions that had their status regraded from involuntary to voluntary for each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, and in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18582/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
154. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted involuntarily for each of the years 2012 to 2015, inclusive, and in 2016 to date, who did not have a tribunal review their detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Mental Health Services Data
James Browne
163. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Health the number of admission orders revoked under the Mental Health Acts before a mental health tribunal was held for each of the years 2014 and 2015 and 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18649/16]