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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 Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (21 Jun 2016)

James Browne: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the land designation assigned to agricultural lands that have a commissioned solar farm installation under the land parcel identification system, and the pro rata availability of land, with a commissioned solar farm, under the basic payment system-greening payment and other area aid schemes; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Eligibility (17 Apr 2018)

James Browne: 1044. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the need to assign disadvantaged status to lands owned by a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will be examined in view of the fact the land is poor and unsuitable for intensive farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14969/18]

Seanad: Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Dec 2022)

James Browne: I understand the intention of this amendment is that Tailte Éireann would commission a report to explore the feasibility of creating a register for land transactions. While I appreciate the objective of the Senator’s amendment, I will mention a number of reasons I am not disposed to accept this proposal. As part of the pre-legislative scrutiny process for this Bill, the joint...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 929. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all property and land owned, leased or otherwise under the control of his Department, and-or its agents or bodies under its control in County Wexford; if each of the properties or land is currently vacant or occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10575/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Sep 2021)

James Browne: Each person who has been refused leave to land in the State is assessed on their own merits, taking all relevant information into consideration at that time. If at any point during the refusal of leave to land process a person claims asylum or demonstrates that they are in need of protection they will be admitted to the international protection process. Interpretation facilities are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ports Facilities (6 Dec 2018)

James Browne: As the Minister will know, 80% of goods by volume to the Continent cross the UK land bridge. The concern of the road hauliers is that even if the land bridge is left open via customs checks, things like checks and tolls, or even the fact that many of their drivers may be Polish or Romanian, will mean that even if there is not an actual technical block to them going over the UK land bridge,...

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...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Brexit Preparations (28 Jul 2020)

James Browne: Obviously, the land bridge is the quickest and most secure route if it can be kept open. I believe a sea bridge between Rosslare and Cherbourg or Roscoff needs to be developed and secured. Has the Minister had discussions with his French counterparts or the French ambassador about securing additional routes or creating a sea bridge between Rosslare and France to ensure there is an...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Jun 2016)

James Browne: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the availability of agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax, where the farming land that is the subject of the relief has an already commissioned solar farm or is wholly or partially the subject of an unexercised option in favour of a solar farm developer or the subject of a burden in the Land Registry prohibiting the alienation or transfer of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (2 May 2017)

James Browne: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance the availability of agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax, in which the farming land that is the subject of the relief has an already commissioned solar farm or is wholly or partially the subject of an unexercised option in favour of a solar farm developer or the subject of a burden in the Land Registry prohibiting the alienation or transfer of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Solar Energy Guidelines (27 Sep 2018)

James Browne: ...is saying they are not required? This will have a real impact in local communities once these projects are constructed. Effectively, they are industrial projects. They take grade A arable farmland out of use. Where is the joined-up thinking in terms of our food security needs? Grade A top class land should not be allowed to be converted into solar projects. That land needs to be kept...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2022)

James Browne: ...a number of court cases on the matter. We are seeking to do this through rebalancing the duty of care owed by occupiers to visitors and recreational users. We are talking here mostly about farmland and rural land where people may be going onto the land. It may be a visitor, recreational user or trespasser, and those different categories remain there but we have sought to clarify the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

James Browne: ...carriages have just been ordered but not one is for the Rosslare to Dublin rail line. We are told it will take 15 years for the N11 to be upgraded. A few minutes ago, we heard that 80 ha. of land have been purchased in Kildare for the purposes of enterprise development. The land in question is in addition to that already being used to foster development in the county. There are 4 ha....

Seanad: Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Nov 2021)

James Browne: The acceptance of the amendment would delete section 3 of the Bill, which refers to special restriction periods for State lands and for foreshore. Senator Boylan spoke to amendment No. 6 but Senator Higgins spoke to amendment No. 7. I must make a couple of important points. As with the earlier amendments seeking to delete section 2(b), this proposes a significant shift in established policy...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

James Browne: ...any goods getting to and from the Continent through the UK will face four customs checks out and in, including checks in Britain and France. Some 80% of the goods going to the Continent use the UK land bridge. If that land bridge is lost, how do we get our goods to the Continent, for example, roll-on, roll-off and livestock goods? The only option is through Rosslare Europort. The last...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

James Browne: ...of legislation to prohibit the purchase of goods or services produced in settlements deemed illegal is a proportionate response to breaches of international law. It sends a strong message from Ireland on the need to respect such laws. Ireland and Fianna Fáil-led Governments have a long history of standing up for international law and the Bill is in keeping with that history. Our...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

James Browne: ...to be booming and we keep hearing announcements about jobs. Unemployment in the south east is going up, however. Wexford has 3.3% of the national population but it only has 1.3% of IDA Ireland jobs. The head of IDA Ireland has said he has no intention of purchasing any land in Wexford for IDA jobs despite the fact that Wexford has the sixth lowest ratio of IDA land. We have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the safeguards and monitoring in place to protect the health of persons living near farms that spread sludge on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32263/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (6 Dec 2017)

James Browne: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the recent collapse in the sale of lands for a new Wexford campus of IT Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52087/17]