Results 941-960 of 7,179 for speaker:James Browne

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Staff Recruitment (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: I want to address the lack of psychologists in our health service. Often when I or other Deputies highlight service gaps in mental health services provision or the fact that CAMHS staffing levels are barely more than half that recommended in A Vision for Change, the response by the Government is to cite difficulties in recruitment as a key cause of the difficulties. However, some of these...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Staff Recruitment (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: The Minister of State mentioned the placement criteria several times. The concern is that the HSE may be trying to compel a large number of existing employees to complete very extensive in-service training in order to maintain eligibility for their own jobs for promotion or transfer. This would severely affect service capacity and the opportunity for service development, as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 69. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action being taken in the Defence Forces to address the findings in the recent climate survey regarding the stress experienced by personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52731/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme Applications (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a minor works grant for a school (details supplied) will be approved in 2017; if so, when it will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52713/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Training (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 276. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health training provided for first responders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52712/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 277. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to bring forward amendments to the Health Act 2004 to delegate budget authority further down the structure of mental health services in view of the recent Roscommon service review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52714/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for an inner orbit road from Whitemill, Clonard to Coolcotts in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52718/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Supervisors (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide a pension for community employment scheme supervisors in line with a Labour Court recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52715/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which she plans to address the inequality within differing levels of pension payments between persons retiring before and after 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52716/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the date on which the report investigating the effects of the 2012 changes to contributory pensions will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52717/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Eligibility (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to extend the allowable period for persons to work under the community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52720/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (12 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount allocated from the local infrastructure housing activation fund to County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52719/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Assets Sale (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 87. To ask the Minister for Finance the details and timelines of NAMA's sale of land at a location (details supplied); if the sale was on an open market basis with a competitive tendering process; if not, the reasons an open market sale was not pursued; when the land was sold; the date that agreement was signed; if there were deposits for the purchase of the land in place before the sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 6 December 2017, the seven County Wexford schools benefitting from major building projects under the school capital investment programme; the status of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the shortage of primary school and secondary school places for children in the Wexford town district area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology Funding (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the retention of funds for the construction of a new IT Carlow campus in County Wexford will be guaranteed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53371/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the approved purchase of land at a location (details supplied) by Carlow Institute of Technology; the time and details of the deposit that was put down on the land; the person with whom the deposit was placed with; if the purchase agreement was signed; if so, the person that signed it; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: I apologise for my absence during the statements here last week. I am the Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care and I had to attend a meeting of the committee. Having heard and carefully considered the expert evidence before the committee, I shall vote against an inclusion of the words "repeal simpliciter". I call for a referendum to be held, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Completion of the Examination of the Report and Recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly and Preparation of a Draft Report in accordance with the Terms of Reference of the Joint Committee (13 Dec 2017)

James Browne: Yes.

Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes Status (14 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of the Enniscorthy flood defence scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53251/17]