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Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I wish to share time with Deputy Charlie McConalogue.

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Mar 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. Education is very much to the forefront in recent weeks following the Minister's announcements on various aspects of education. In my county we have had public meetings about teacher numbers and DEIS schools and there will be further public meetings next week at which people will express concern at the cuts proposed by the Minister. The Bill...

Written Answers — Sale of State Assets: Sale of State Assets (28 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 65: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to request that the troika agree to the full proceeds of the sale of State assets being used to stimulate economic growth and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11175/12]

Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (28 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 654: To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in the processing of an application for a medical card in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10664/12]

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Browne: By how much has that been reduced?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Browne: I welcome this opportunity to contribute to the debate and I thank Deputy Billy Kelleher for tabling the motion. Last Monday week I went with my colleagues, Deputies Twomey and Kehoe, to Wexford General Hospital to receive a briefing for Wexford Oireachtas Members. In the room with us were hospital managers, HSE managers and community welfare managers. I am not easily intimidated but there...

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Browne: What about the funding for this year?

Health Services: Motion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Nothing has changed.

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (22 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 116: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of teachers that will lose their positions due to his proposed changes to two, three and four teacher schools in County Wexford. [10251/12]

Written Answers — Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Proliferation (21 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 70: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of the oil embargo on Iran to the Irish economy; the actions he proposes to take in conjunction with the EU to prevent the uranium enrichment programme being pursued by Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9547/12]

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (21 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 576: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment of area aid for 2011 due to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will issue. [9585/12]

Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (Resumed) (21 Feb 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this most sensitive of issues. Practically every Member in this Chamber has had some experience of adoption, whether it be in respect of his or her own family, a friend or a member of the public coming to them to look for some sort of support or assistance. Adoption, by its very nature, is a hugely emotive and emotional subject. There is an inherent...

Written Answers — Dormant Accounts Fund: Dormant Accounts Fund (15 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 208: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the total amount of funding still available in his Department through the dormant accounts fund; and the reason he continues to withhold funding already approved for projects under the rapid programme for County Wexford (details supplied). [8684/12]

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths due to a certain illness (details supplied) at a Dublin hospital in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8686/12]

Finance Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 Feb 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill. Usually, the Government side of the House compliments the Bill, while we in Opposition criticise it. It has been traditional to do so for many years. I was listening to the contribution by the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, before attending the House. She was replying to concerns over delays in the carer's...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (14 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the 60 additional social workers promised for 2011 were not in place, the reason this was the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8087/12]

Departmental Funding (9 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Agriculture; Food and the Marine if he will acknowledge that the Irish salmon farming industry has made significant improvements in lice management control through large investments in well-boats, good husbandry practices, in single-site generations and the use of treatments which dissolve harmlessly into pure oxygen and water; his views that the report...

National Disability Strategy: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

John Browne: I wish to share time with Deputy Robert Troy and, possibly, Deputy Charlie McConalogue.

National Disability Strategy: Statements (9 Feb 2012)

John Browne: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I wish to say a few brief words on the national disability strategy. It is important that we would continue with a strategy for people with disabilities. It is not all about money either; it is about having a proper strategy in place to recognise the different strands of disability and also to give people with disability a say....

Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Feb 2012)

John Browne: Yes. I would like to share my time with Deputy Robert Troy. I welcome the Bill and this opportunity to say a few words about the legal profession. They are much maligned people and perhaps have been more maligned than politicians on occasions when criticised about their exorbitant fees and the money they have received for their work at the tribunals. I have held the view that the money...