Results 561-580 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne

Education Funding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2012)

John Browne: I thank Deputy McConalogue for tabling this motion on SUSI and student grant delays. Earlier this year - in June I believe - the Minister announced with great fanfare that SUSI had gone live. He was pictured in every national newspaper and on television and he contended SUSI would solve all the problems arising from having 66 grant-awarding authorities. He stated their problems would be a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (14 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent North South Ministerial Council; the issues discussed; the future actions to be taken [50164/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Health the reason the promised podiatry post at Wexford General Hospital, sanctioned in April 2012, will now not be filled due to the Health Service Executive recruitment embargo.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50295/12]

Credit Union Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Over the past number of days, we have received many e-mails from the Irish League of Credit Unions questioning some aspects of the Bill. There is a wide debate outside of the House in the credit union movement, which is a good thing. We all recognise the importance of the credit union sector, which has provided a valuable social and economic...

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

John Browne: He might give a subvention.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

John Browne: What about the students?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Health the details of the deal made with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on 15 October 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48923/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Palliative Care Services (8 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take on foot of the recent NESC report Quality and Standards in Human Services in Ireland: End of Life Care in Hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48936/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Appeals (7 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a review of entitlement to domiciliary care allowance will be decided in respect of a person's (details supplied) in County Wexford [49044/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Legal Aid (7 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 25 October 2012, if there are any further and or secondary fees to which solicitors and barristers are entitled to claim under the Criminal Legal Aid scheme in an indictable matter, other than those set out in the schedule attached to the reply to the previous parliamentary question, for example, fees...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive a hospital appointment as a matter of urgency [49046/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Threat (6 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the action he is taking to prevent the disease Chalara Fraxinea fungus affecting ash trees here; if he will confirm the total amount of ash imported each year; the inspections his Department carry out at the port of entry as prevention measurements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47232/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (6 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the balance of payments due to beet contractors from the beet fund allocation in his Department will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47996/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants' Remuneration (6 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Health the number of years a consultant needs to qualify for a full pension; under the reduced pay scheme if he will detail a consultant's pension on the date of retirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47973/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (6 Nov 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card will be expedited in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48099/12]

Prospects for Irish Economy: Statements (Resumed) (25 Oct 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. I have listened with interest to some of the contributions made from all sides of the House. I am not in the least interested in negativity. I only wish to see an improvement in quality of life for people and an opportunity for them to re-enter the workplace. The more people there are unemployed, the less chance there is of the economy...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Legal Aid (25 Oct 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the schedule of fees and claims which barristers and solicitors can make for indictable cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46964/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water (23 Oct 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the criteria used to select Bord Gáis was based on its capacity to deliver the roll out of metering by 2014, their network operational strengths and audit capacity in comparison to Bord Na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46152/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (23 Oct 2012)

John Browne: 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46296/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting of Personnel (23 Oct 2012)

John Browne: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will list individually the actual numbers of vetting applications submitted by each sport for the years 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46045/12]