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Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: What are the witnesses' views on cross-referrals where public health nurses could be allowed to prescribe in certain situations or allowed to open up referrals to paramedics, OTs, or psychologists and other necessities beyond GPs?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that most appeals of offers to customers who lost out on tracker rates with a bank (details supplied) have been dismissed; his further views on whether this is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32260/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to audio books; if there are exemptions for VAT on audio books for blind persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32264/16]

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 Health: Mental Health Services Funding (25 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year from 2012 to 2016 the increased funding announced for mental health in line with the programme for Government commitment; and the amount of that funding for each calendar year that was actually drawn down or spent on mental health services in each calendar year in tabular form. [31871/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open all or part of the old St. Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy for treatment of patients with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31987/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (25 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on mental health in 2016; and the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, inclusive, taking into consideration any reclassifications of expenditure between 2011 and 2015. [32078/16]

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I congratulate my colleagues on this motion, which is a significant step forward in raising awareness of this disease among people, in particular among those who may not be touched by it, so that they can be informed of the situation. It is important that we make a big deal out of this. Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, such as frontotemporal, vascular, mixed, Lewy Body and...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

James Browne: In thinking about the health system in Ireland I am reminded of the old yarn about the Kerry man who said, when asked by an American tourist for directions, "I wouldn't start from here". That is part of the problem. As my party colleague Deputy Billy Kelleher politely said, we have a complex health system. It is effectively dysfunctional but that is no reflection on the people working in...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: The €50 million in capital expenditure is very welcome but the Government needs to understand that the commitment to increase investment by €35 million annually is just that - a commitment to increase investment by €35 million annually, to meet the requirements under A Vision for Change. In 2016 the Government announced €35 million and then withheld €12...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 15. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €35 million for mental health services will be spent in 2017; if, with regard to the commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement and in order to provide clarity, he will commit to a multi-annual plan for the period 2017 to 2021, setting out the way the services and measures required for the full and complete...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I ask the Minister of State the way in which the additional €35 million for mental health services announced in this year's budget will be spent in 2017. Having regard to the commitment in the confidence and supply agreement and in order to provide clarity, will she commit to a multi-annual plan for 2017 to 2021, setting out the way the services and measures required for the full and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I thank the Minister of State. I need clarity on this issue. Appendix 1 of the confidence-and-supply arrangement commits to fully implementing A Vision for Change. The confidence-and-supply arrangement votes are dependent on the full implementation of the policies attached to that document. We agreed to facilitate budgets consistent with the agreed policy principles attached to the...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: As the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on mental health, I intend addressing the mental health aspects of the budget. The enactment of the Mental Health Act in July 2001 by Deputy Micheál Martin, was a game-changer. In the decades prior to 2001, mental health attitudes were all too often still mired in stigma, prejudice and a paternalistic attitude of lock them up for their own good....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 31. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for community psychiatry of old age service teams staff levels in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30651/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure children’s constitutional right to free primary education by providing free school books, classroom resources and not imposing voluntary contribution fees or charging for the school transport scheme and increase capitation to schools as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school in Wexford town; if the patronage is decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29927/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (11 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the steps he is taking to reduce the increasing insurance costs for farmers for buildings and machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/16]

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I am sharing my time with Deputy Robert Troy. We have five minutes each. By agreement, we will share the remaining two minutes with Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice. I welcome the opportunity to discuss mental health in the Chamber. The promotion of mental health and well-being in addition to the provision of services for those suffering or affected by mental illness must be a priority for us...