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Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to request that the troika agree to the full proceeds of the sale of State assets being used to stimulate economic growth and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11175/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10664/12]

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I wish to share time with Deputy Charlie McConalogue.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Education is very much to the forefront in recent weeks following the Minister's announcements on various aspects of education. In my county we have had public meetings about teacher numbers and DEIS schools and there will be further public meetings next week at which people will express concern at the cuts proposed by the Minister. The Bill...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Dubai and other such countries offer big salaries to Irish teachers who go there to work. That would be a pity. Graduate teachers are highly talented and skilled. In the past month five young teachers came to see me to find out whether they could get part-time work in schools in the county or even within the country. A number of years ago schools found it difficult to find qualified...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I do not often praise the Minister but he will remember from his time in a different ministry the first FÁS schemes being introduced in County Wexford.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: The late Mr. Rory Murphy instigated the schemes and the Minister visited the county to approve them. The first ever FÁS group worked in the Irish National Heritage Park in Wexford.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: He was the county manager. We need to think outside the box. The Minister and his colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, are making a number of changes but I hope that they will be in a position to introduce new schemes that target the large number of young people who are on the dole in Wexford and provide them with reskilling and retraining so that they might avail of other...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 276: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be approved in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [12642/12]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (6 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 476: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason for the delay in approving an inter-country adoption application in respect of a family (details supplied) in County Wexford who wish to adopt a child from India; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12613/12]

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (7 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing a grant aid scheme for the upgrading of glazing in domestic and commercial buildings, which would generate energy efficiency and create jobs. [12628/12]

Banking Sector Regulation: Motion (13 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I thank Deputy Michael McGrath for tabling this motion on behalf of this side of the House. This is a motion on which the House could agree. In my view, a strong agreed motion in this House would give a message to the banks and the lending institutions to show we are not happy with the current situation. Such a motion would also strengthen the Minister of State's hand. I heard the...

Written Answers — Departmental Offices: Departmental Offices (13 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 244: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the FÁS office in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, will be opened on a five-day per week basis, as it operates only on a three-day week at present due to lack of staff. [14316/12]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (14 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is currently undertaking to protect the interests of the Irish fish producers and processors against the proposal by the European Commission to introduce individual transferable quotas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14553/12]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (14 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 170: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he fully supports the concept of regionalisation or decentralisation in the context of the ongoing review of the common fisheries policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14555/12]

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (14 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 171: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his position in regard to the ongoing discussions on the long-term management plan for Atlantic horse mackerel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14556/12]

Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the unsustainable fishing practices by Iceland and the Faroe Islands for mackerel in the north east Atlantic; the steps he is taking to protect the interests of the Irish pelagic fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14725/12]

Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I thank the Minister for his reply and I recognise that for 2012 he secured for fishermen the same quota which obtained in 2011. However, there are serious concerns among those in the north west that the unsustainable fishing practices being engaged in by fishing vessels from Iceland and the Faroe Islands will eventually destroy the industry here. In a joint statement issued on 16 February...

Fisheries Protection (21 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Is the Minister happy to support the European Parliament fisheries committee, which is led by our own MEP, Pat "The Cope" Gallagher, in initiating broader sanctions on Iceland and the Faroe Islands with regard to all types of fish and fisheries products?

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 Mar 2012)

John Browne: Question 521: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of agri environment option scheme due to a person (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16932/12]