Results 1-7 of 7 for waste management speaker:James Browne

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cash-for-Gold Outlets (3 May 2023)

James Browne: ...in this regard. More generally, Irish law relating to the sale and purchase of scrap metal is a matter for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and arises under waste management legislation. Waste management regulations impose an obligation on businesses to apply due diligence measures to ensure the traceability of any waste purchased, including scrap metal. The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

James Browne: ...types of hybrid vehicles. I understand that the current interest in catalytic converter theft may be directly associated with the current high price of palladium available on the market. Garda management in the Dublin Metropolitan Region have taken a proactive, co-ordinated and targeted approach in response to this issue. Information and intelligence in relation to individuals and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Workforce Planning in the Mental Healthcare Sector: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

James Browne: ...child psychiatrist could be located the psychiatrist had to contact every child inpatient unit to try to find a bed, fill in forms and applications and give reasons. That is an outrageous waste of the time of a consultant child psychiatrist at a weekend. Surely there should be a bed manager or a single point of application.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

James Browne: ...only 72 inpatient beds in the country and an average of 43 of them are active at any one time. Does the Tánaiste believe that this is ensuring support in crisis? Is it not possible to put a bed manager in place rather than wasting a child psychiatrist's time writing so many referrals?

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

James Browne: On this very important debate on special educational needs, I will begin by thanking special needs assistants, SENOs, teachers, principals and boards of management for the great work they do for children with disabilities in very difficult circumstances. Every year, many parents of children with special needs meet difficulties in securing the school places they need for their children. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (20 Mar 2018)

James Browne: ...Environment if he will provide information in regard to the names and corporate entities that hold licences from either his Department or the Environmental Protection Agency, or both, in regard to waste management, energy exploration or production, pharmaceutical production, waste treatment, waste collection or waste to energy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: HSE (30 Nov 2016)

James Browne: ...the HSE? Is Mr. O'Brien preparing for the very serious decisions that will fall from it? One of the issues with the HSE is the lack of delineation of people's roles in it. I often find that one gets a commitment from a manager and when the manager moves on, the new manager will say it has nothing to do with him or her. Under the Corporate Manslaughter (No. 2) Bill, management churn...