Results 241-260 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Codes of Conduct (8 Apr 2014)

John Browne: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a discrepancy in the code of conduct on mortgage arrears where it states that lenders must act in the best interests of their customers when certain lenders are clearly not acting in the best interests of their customers by refusing to engage with their customers other than seeking sale or surrender; his views on whether there should be a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Yield (8 Apr 2014)

John Browne: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance that allowing local property tax as a deductible expense against the income of a business which lets private residential property would reduce the yield from the tax and the way that equates with fairness in the tax system, notwithstanding his acceptance of the Thornhill Group’s recommendation that it should be deductible at a future date; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (3 Apr 2014)

John Browne: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the confidentiality agreement between Bus Éireann and a company (details supplied) was actually signed and put in place; if this was prior to the company's original report entitled, Review of the Overhead Costs and Indirect Costs for the Administration of the School Transport Scheme, or prior to the commencement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Apr 2014)

John Browne: 184. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will arrange to have all documentation in relation to an asylum application returned in respect of persons (details supplied) in County Wexford. [15612/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Offices (2 Apr 2014)

John Browne: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will arrange to have adequate administrative staff available to deal with farmers' queries at all times at the DVO office in Enniscorthy town, County Wexford; the reason this has not been the case in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15613/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (1 Apr 2014)

John Browne: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the measures in place to help people with spina bifida; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14879/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Extension (25 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance if non-first-time buyers in the 2004 to 2008 period can expect to have assistance similar to the increased interest relief for first-time buyers; if the concentration of relief on first-time buyers is discriminatory against non-first-time buyers who traded down or up in the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13352/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Extension (25 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of owners of buy-to-let properties who bought during the 2004 to 2008 period in regard to heavy mortgage repayments which are not covered by rental payments; if he will consider restoring 100% tax relief on interest for buy-to-let owners who bought during the period in question as a first step in restoring full relief for all buy-to-lets; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (25 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of information deemed to be of a commercially sensitive nature; the reason information regarding overhead and indirect costs associated with the administration of the school transport scheme contained in the FGS report fall into this definition; if this information was considered commercially sensitive, the reason it was only after...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts (25 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 401. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the criteria for construction companies to qualify for State contracts; his plans to change this criteria in particular the minimum turnover levels required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12861/14]

Social Housing and Homelessness Policy: Statements (12 Mar 2014)

John Browne: Has the Deputy spoken to the Taoiseach?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (12 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department paid FGS an additional €8,400 in 2011 for the school transport scheme report, in terms of the services and-or advice required by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12335/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry Issues (12 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 170. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that have been taken in 2013 and will be taken in 2014 by your Department to support and encourage breeders of Kerry cattle, to secure the survival of the breed, which is under threat of extinction due to declining numbers of pedigree cows and cross breeding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12331/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a medical card issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [12341/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (12 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 217. To ask the Minister for Health if he will arrange to have a medical card issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [12342/14]

Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Mar 2014)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill before the House. One could say it is another health Bill and another speech from the Minister on what he intends to do but after three years he has done nothing to improve the health services to the general public. We still have overcrowding, patients on trolleys, a lack of nursing staff and a reduction in the number of medical cards available...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether both sides in a mortgage arrears situation should share the pain of a poor investment decision by both parties in a principal dwelling house or buy-to-let; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11644/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (11 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the fact that mortgage arrears issues are presumed to be dealt with on a case by case basis, if special consideration should be given to those who bought property at the peak of the property cycle as these are the most likely to have seriously unsustainable mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11645/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Insolvency Act (11 Mar 2014)

John Browne: 408. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason debt solution processes are not more effectively geared towards avoiding the repossession route and the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11644/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2014)

John Browne: I welcome the opportunity to say a few words about the debate that has been before us for the last three days, which many would see as an extension of the recent Fine Gael and Labour Party Ard-Fheiseanna. It is totally unacceptable that the national Parliament would be used in such a way to promote the Labour Party and Fine Gael propaganda we have heard in the past three days. We have heard...