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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...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Oct 2016)

James Browne: Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill which makes necessary changes in a number of important areas of health provision. The Bill was originally published last January, and the delay in bringing it before the House is somewhat unfortunate. Nonetheless, the Bill is to be welcomed. While the Bill is described mostly as being technical in nature, it addresses a number of key issues...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

James Browne: Do the capital and service costs involved in the first few years of the independent contract model act as a barrier to entry? Are GPs not going into practice or do people choose not to become GPs because they simply cannot access capital supports or do not make a profit or make a loss in the first years? How can this be addressed in context of the current independent contract model? The...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (28 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Wexford Garda division. [27408/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Wexford Garda Division. [27409/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Property Valuations (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the rateable valuation and calculation method applied to solar panels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24447/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 16. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí stationed in each county broken down in ranks, in tabular form; the number of Garda cars and motorbikes in County Wexford; the number of gardaí per population based on the preliminary 2016 census figures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24430/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department carried out a report or a review on awarding procurement contracts (details supplied) where there had been specific complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if cost was a key criteria for the recent awarding of contracts for senior alarms; the other criteria used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24426/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he or his Department carried out a report or a review on awarding procurement contracts where there had been specific complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24427/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the detail of the recent tendering process for senior alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24428/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 582. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied regarding the outcome of the process for procuring the new providers of senior alarms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24811/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Departmental Contracts Data (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for the downgrading of the turnover requirements for construction companies tendering for house building contracts, considering that many companies are struggling to meet the turnover requirements due to the low build rate in the construction sector in the past five years; and if he will make a statement...