Results 281-300 of 7,179 for speaker:James Browne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to the Wexford constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body that has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated to the Wexford constituency in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider purchasing the old St Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy and use it for providing a centre for third level education, a centre for second level education and developing the hospital as a training centre for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is compulsory for all boat users to complete a course and test in order to be provided with a licence to take to the water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is compulsory for all pleasure craft users to wear life jackets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3802/17]

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 29. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for the sale of a hospital (details supplied); if the funds raised by the sale will be used for improving mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4908/17]

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: My question is on the plans in place for the sale of St. Senan's Hospital and whether the funds raised will be used to improve mental health services.

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: I am somewhat comforted by some of what the Minister of State said. St. Senan's Hospital was built in 1868 and has been an iconic building in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, in and of itself as well as for staff, patients and their families over the last 150 years. It was closed down as part of A Vision for Change on the understanding that the facilities would be put into the community. There...

Priority Questions: Sale of State Assets (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: I welcome those words because there is a lot of anger and frustration even though many facilities have been put in Wexford by the previous Fianna Fáil Government and the previous Fine Gael-Labour Party Government. I appreciate the Minister of State's intentions. However, an emergency department is desperately needed down in Wexford. While the Minister of State cannot answer for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the sale of St. Senan’s psychiatric hospital; if the funds raised by the sale will be used for improving mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate a monitoring group for the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4654/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing an additional long-term residential care unit for intellectually challenged persons in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4805/17]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: I thank the HIQA representatives for their presentation. I have two points. First, I was talking to a senior nurse recently who told me that when HIQA first turned up a number of years ago there was a lot of resentment towards it but in hindsight the work that has been achieved as a result of HIQA is immeasurable and fantastic. That highlights the change of mindset and the journey...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: What are the barriers to extending HIQA's role?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (2 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 54. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the closing date for any submissions on the review of the boundaries of the Garda districts and the dispersal of Garda stations. [5044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Regulation (7 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) received funding from another bank which is partially owned by the UK Government; his views on whether this amounts to state aid by the UK Government to the bank operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5608/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for endocrinology appointments; and the proposals his Department is undertaking to improve the lists going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6226/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (8 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 233. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for an appointment with an occupational therapist with the occupational therapy services in Dublin south central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6373/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy (8 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years of age on the waiting list for occupational therapy in Dublin south central, in tabular form; the number of children who have been waiting zero to three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 18 months and more than 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6375/17]