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- Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Think of Vinegar Hill.
- Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Browne: The Minister of State should announce the ones that will be closed next week and the week after.
- Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Browne: What about the ones that will close in the future?
- Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (Resumed) (5 Oct 2011)
John Browne: The Minister of State's time is over.
- Written Answers — Waste Management: Waste Management (5 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Question 161: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when an approval for a recycling centre (details supplied) will be approved by him. [27797/11]
- Leaders' Questions (6 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Perhaps they are all at the rugby world cup.
- Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (11 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Question 57: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role in relation to the sale of shares in State companies; if he will outline all companies that have been examined in this process; the way the decision was made in respect of Coillte, Bord Gáis, EirGrid, ESB, and Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28504/11]
- Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
John Browne: It applied in the last general election.
- Order of Business (13 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Fine Gael is in government now.
- Common Agricultural Policy Reform Proposals: Statements (13 Oct 2011)
John Browne: I propose to share time with Deputy Michael Kitt. Over the past 24 hours, since the announcement of the package, the Wexford farmers have been on the telephones outlining their opposition to the document before us. They believe it will knock the heart out of productive farming and create uncertainty in farmers over the next two years. This is at a time when farming is getting up off its...
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
John Browne: The public does not think so.
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
John Browne: The Minister is there a while already.
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
John Browne: I will be brief. The pension debate is exercising the minds of many at present. Despite what Deputy à CuÃv said, the ordinary Joe and Mary Public are very annoyed at the Judiciary, Secretaries General, county managers and retiring Ministers all retiring on huge pensions and also with a large golden handshake. As the Minister, Deputy Howlin, is aware, most people outside of the public...
- Report by the Interdepartmental Working Group on Mortgage Arrears: Statements (Resumed) (20 Oct 2011)
John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words on the subject under discussion. I will not be excessively critical of the Keane report because any report before the House which makes recommendations on mortgage resolution is to be welcomed. My only fear is that we may end up with many reports and little action. It is important, therefore, that action is taken urgently to address the...
- Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (25 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Question 196: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will arrange much needed services to a school (details supplied) in County Wexford. [31487/11]
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Oct 2011)
John Browne: Question 602: To ask the Minister for Health when a mobility allowance claim will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford [31488/11]
- Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)
John Browne: The Greeks will not agree to it.
- Social Welfare Code: Motion (2 Nov 2011)
John Browne: I welcome the motion which gives us an opportunity to address social welfare issues in general. Like previous speakers, I hope Fine Gael and the Labour Party, who promised so much prior to the election, will deliver on their promises and that there will not be in the forthcoming budget cuts in social welfare payments or tax increases for people currently living barely above the breadline....
- Written Answers — Redundancy Payments: Redundancy Payments (2 Nov 2011)
John Browne: Question 227: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application for a redundancy payment will be approved for a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [32377/11]
- Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (2 Nov 2011)
John Browne: Question 297: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of funding presently available in the dormant accounts fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32267/11]