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Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Expenditure (26 May 2016)

James Browne: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the budgeted and actual spending, by mental health administrative area from 2012 to 2015, inclusive, and 2016 to date in tabular form. [12431/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (26 May 2016)

James Browne: 219. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 19 May 2016, to provide grants to community groups for the provision of defibrillators and automated external defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12494/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Superlevy Fine (26 May 2016)

James Browne: 237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to establish a scheme allowing dairy farmers with an outstanding superlevy bill to access Exchequer-supported, net-rest-free short-term loans of one and two years which may be used in the immediate term to facilitate a one to two year repayment holiday from the super levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12488/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (26 May 2016)

James Browne: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to secure the viability of Rosslare Europort in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs Availability (25 May 2016)

James Browne: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders who were prescribed anti-depressant medication by local health area in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form. [11984/16]

Mental Health Services: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2016)

James Browne: On average, two people per day are taking their own lives at present. This means two families and two groups of friends are devastated on a daily basis, and these are merely the deaths one can be certain are suicides. The issue of mental health and mental well-being affects everybody, including children, young people and the elderly, and it affects people in towns, rural areas and cities....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Exemptions (19 May 2016)

James Browne: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance if value-added tax should be removed from automated external defibrillator machines; how he intends to remove it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10981/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (19 May 2016)

James Browne: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will compile and make public a list of locations for automated external defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10982/16]

Central Bank (Variable Rate Mortgages) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (18 May 2016)

James Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Fianna Fáil Party Bill which aims to reduce standard variable rates on mortgages. The Bill provides an opportunity to give protection to consumer interests, something which has been very much lacking. I commend Deputy Michael McGrath on introducing this intelligent, thought-out and people-centred Bill and, in particular, his tenacity in driving...

Other Questions: Garda Data (17 May 2016)

James Browne: I agree it is important that the resources are allocated in the areas of most needs. North Wexford, in particular the Gorey area, has one of the highest rates of population growth. Only three Garda divisions outside of Dublin have the same rate of burglaries as Wexford. There was a 50% spike towards the end of last year - no doubt coinciding with the opening of the bypass which facilitates...

Other Questions: Garda Data (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 6. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations and the number of gardaí in each station in County Wexford on 31 March 2011 and 31 March 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9978/16]

Other Questions: Garda Data (17 May 2016)

James Browne: As the Minister will be aware, there was a 10% drop in garda numbers in County Wexford between 2010 and 2015. In the past five years there has been a serious depletion of Garda resources in County Wexford and across the country which has led to an increase in fear in many rural communities. Older people and people living in rural areas, in particular, have been affected. It is now not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 59. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to request the Policing Authority to review the dispersement of Garda stations and to assess the impact of station closures in County Wexford since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9979/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 143. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the downgrading of Gorey Garda station will be the subject of the proposed review of the closure of Garda stations under the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10578/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will issue a refund of Value Added Tax, further to an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10042/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that electric and magnetic fields can adversely impact physical health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10666/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 358. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the statement of a person (details supplied) that it was simply not possible, at the power levels concerned, for transmission lines to cause cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10668/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 422. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views that electric and magnetic fields can adversely impact physical health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10657/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 592. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will recognise Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (17 May 2016)

James Browne: 593. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will comply fully with the compilation of the United Nations database of all business enterprises that have enabled or profited from the creation and growth of Israeli settlements; the steps the Government intends to take in advance of the finalisation of the list to comply with the resolution to blacklist such business...