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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Health Information and Quality Authority (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: I thank the HIQA representatives for their presentation. I have two points. First, I was talking to a senior nurse recently who told me that when HIQA first turned up a number of years ago there was a lot of resentment towards it but in hindsight the work that has been achieved as a result of HIQA is immeasurable and fantastic. That highlights the change of mindset and the journey...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 97. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the sale of St. Senan’s psychiatric hospital; if the funds raised by the sale will be used for improving mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4655/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Policy (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 144. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reinstate a monitoring group for the implementation of A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4654/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (1 Feb 2017)

James Browne: 274. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing an additional long-term residential care unit for intellectually challenged persons in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4805/17]

Bus Éireann: Motion [Private Members] (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: I thank Deputy Robert Troy for tabling this motion. Many are asking whether the Minister, owing to his inaction, recognises the risks to public transport and the damage that could be inflicted in rural areas if he does not intervene. It is said he perhaps lacks a vision. It is becoming clear, however, that he has abdicated his responsibility and abandoned his duties, but he is very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to the Wexford constituency for tourism and hospitality skills training in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agency or Government body that has oversight and responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions that were allocated to the Wexford constituency in 2015 and 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4494/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider purchasing the old St Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy and use it for providing a centre for third level education, a centre for second level education and developing the hospital as a training centre for apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 696. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is compulsory for all boat users to complete a course and test in order to be provided with a licence to take to the water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3801/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Safety (31 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 697. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is compulsory for all pleasure craft users to wear life jackets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3802/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (19 Jan 2017)

James Browne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this issue to be raised as a matter of urgency today. This concerns the publication today of the HSE report which confirmed 13 misdiagnoses of bowel cancer at Wexford General Hospital. In October 2014, two persons who had previously been cleared of having bowel cancer were subsequently diagnosed with it. This led to a review of more than 600...

Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Screening Programmes (19 Jan 2017)

James Browne: It is important that confidence is restored in the cancer screening programme. As the Minister of State stated, this is the second most common cancer in the country but we have a very low uptake on screening. This is critical to people's lives because, if the cancer is caught early, outcomes are good when help is obtained. The HSE report makes comprehensive recommendations, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Alternative Energy Projects (19 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 26. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when his Department will prepare official guidelines to regulate solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (19 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will consider broadening the eligibility criteria for the tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2122/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to alleviate the inordinate waiting lists faced every year by students applying for first-year places in secondary schools in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 300 hours of mental health classes to be provided to students in schools will commence, as announced by the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People on 3 December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1901/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken to date to progress the commitment in the HSE's mental health operational plan 2016 to invest in the design and development of a clinical programme for persons with comorbid mental illness and substance misuse dual diagnosis; if a working group has been established for the purposes of this programme; the number of times it...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dormant Accounts Fund Grants (17 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 136. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if new grants will be announced under the dormant accounts criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41577/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (17 Jan 2017)

James Browne: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for a much needed extension to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41560/16]