Results 6,221-6,240 of 7,010 for speaker:James Browne

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: I will ask a couple of questions first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Yes. I thank the professor for being here. She is very welcome. I very much echo her welcome for the belated recognition that there should be no distinction between physical and mental health. I think it is very important, whatever decisions are made, that no distinction is made between the two of those. In terms of Professor O'Keane's role as a consultant psychiatrist and the impact...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Is there an indication of how long the delay is? In an acute situation, what is the typical period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Risks to Mental Health of Pregnant Women: Professor Veronica O'Keane (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: I thank Professor O'Keane. Her last comment answered what was going to be my next question. Professor O'Keane stated that we needed a solution to the real life problem of unwanted pregnancies and not a moral, ethical, metaphysical or philosophical discussion about abortion. Will she expand on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Would it be fair to say that if legislation were provided to allow for terminations in the event of unlawful intercourse resulting in a pregnancy, each of the five instances Mr. O'Malley has listed would have to be addressed? Outside legal technicalities, many people might consider that the first three come under the generic term "rape". Is it the case that we would have to address all five?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Is it fair to say that at the moment, in each of those circumstances, as they are criminal offences, the standard of proof is beyond reasonable doubt?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: If a woman had to prove a criminal offence through the courts beyond reasonable doubt, it would have no effectiveness, due to the delay it would take in getting to that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: To legislate for these instances, in order to be of any practical use, one would have to address the standard of proof. It would have to be something substantially lower.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Termination Arising From Rape: Mr. Tom O'Malley, NUI Galway; Dublin Rape Crisis Centre; and Dr. Maeve Eogan, Rotunda Hospital (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: That is fine for the moment. I thank Mr. O'Malley.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department has taken to date and will take to address the lack of space at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; if his Department has examined the possibility of adapting a site in County Wexford to cater for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45029/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has examined the danger posed at a school (details supplied) in which a gas tank is located close to a fire hazard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Health and Safety (25 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the need for building repairs at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45283/17]

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 15. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to date and plans to take in preparation for post Brexit customs checks at ports here specifically Rosslare Europort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44711/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 80. To ask the Minister for Finance if contracts signed on or before 10 October 2017 will be subject to the increased stamp duty rate of 6% on farmland sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44780/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance the stage of a sale agreement at which stamp duty becomes payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Stamp Duty (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 82. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the 6% stamp duty rate on farmland sales; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44782/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive mental health division funding for 2017 expected to be used to cover agency staff and external placements. [44579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of Health Service Executive mental health division programme for Government funding that has been delayed in 2017 in order to meet the need to maintain existing levels of service. [44580/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (24 Oct 2017)

James Browne: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if there is there still a difficulty in recruitment of mental health professionals to the HSE; the status of that difficulty; and the way in which the HSE plans to address same. [44581/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Options for Constitutional Change (18 Oct 2017)

James Browne: Deputy Rabbitte has said much of what I had intended to say. I have full faith in Senator Noone as Chairman. She is doing a very good job in what is probably the most difficult committee, in terms of topic at least, to be established in a long time. We will have a referendum next year, and that is right and proper. We now have pretty much three generations of people who have not had a say...