Results 7,121-7,140 of 7,178 for speaker:James Browne

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

James Browne: 184. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive expended on legal fees in 2015; the barristers and solicitors who received these fees; the amount paid to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12297/16]

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

James Browne: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive expended on legal fees in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12306/16]

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

James Browne: 188. To ask the Minister for Health when he will put positions on the Mental Health Tribunal up for renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12307/16]

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

James Browne: 199. To ask the Minister for Health as per Annex 17.2 of A Vision for Change, the original requirement set out for each position (details supplied), the number of these positions filled and the number yet to be filled, in tabular form, taking account of demographic change. [12388/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services Provision (26 May 2016)

James Browne: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the counselling service in the primary care service, including the numbers referred to, seen by and on waiting lists for community healthcare organisations in 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12427/16]

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

James Browne: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the number of posts targeted, filled and still in the recruitment process by year using the extra funding of €35 million originally committed to in the 2011 to 2016 programme for Government for the enhancement of community-based mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12428/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments Waiting Times (26 May 2016)

James Browne: 208. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychologist, following referral, for one month or two, three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by Health Service Executive area in tabular form. [12429/16]

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

James Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a first appointment with a psychiatrist, following referral, for one month or two, three, three plus to six, six plus to nine, nine plus to 12 and 12 plus months, by Health Service Executive administrative area in tabular form. [12430/16]

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...