Results 141-160 of 2,304 for speaker:John Browne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (17 Feb 2015)

John Browne: 359. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 14 January 2015, if when pharmacists are dispensing branded non-generic medication on the explicit instruction of a prescriber to eligible patients using State drug schemes, such as the medical card or drugs payment scheme, they will be fully refunded the extra cost of the medication by the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (29 Jan 2015)

John Browne: 152. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the replacement for the position of director of the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council; his views that the selection panel for that position should not include current or past members of that council, including current or past chairpersons, that the selection process itself should come under the remit of the Public Appointments Commission in...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (21 Jan 2015)

John Browne: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether DIRT paid on children's savings is unfair and a disincentive to save; his further views on an exemption for children under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2997/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Relief Application (15 Jan 2015)

John Browne: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the relevant percentage of mortgage interest relief is not applied to the interest included in a full redemption of an outstanding mortgage on a primary home which was in receipt of it while instalments were being paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2052/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (14 Jan 2015)

John Browne: 693. To ask the Minister for Health in view of the policy of reference pricing for prescription medication, if a person with cardiac disease who has been proven to be medically unable to take the generic form of a particular medication if required to pay over the €144 monthly prescription costs as they are using the branded prescription and the branded medication is on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payments Administration (16 Dec 2014)

John Browne: 619. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there is a statutory or indicative timescale for notification to a landlord of any problem in a tenancy supported by the housing assistance payment, whether through differential rent being unpaid or any other problem; the rationale in the legislation for the housing assistance payment to be paid in arrears, rather...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pensions Legislation (9 Dec 2014)

John Browne: 180. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the current Revenue Commissioners rules regarding pension schemes allow a married couple where both are employed outside the home to accrue total pension benefits of €4 million, whereas a married couple where only one spouse is working outside the home can only accumulate funds of €2 million;...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Pollution (18 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efforts his Department is making to prevent the pollution of our fishing lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44004/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Authority Investigations (18 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 385. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts his Department is making to investigate the health implications of aspartame in our drinks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44003/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total estimated costs of abolishing Irish Water. [42835/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Services Provision (11 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 489. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on a future referendum on an amendment to the Constitution to prevent the privatisation of Irish Water. [42836/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (11 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of outstanding contracts with outside companies currently entered into by Irish Water; the companies involved; the expiry date of these contracts; and their overall monetary value. [42837/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Irish Water Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 491. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the start-up costs of Irish Water broken down by section of expenditure. [42838/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (6 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the funding ability of a non-pension scheme member spouse who, pursuant to a pension adjustment order in divorce or separation cases, has pension benefits transferred to a spouse which are still deemed to be part of the pension assets of the original owner, given that a threshold of €2 million applies before punitive rates of tax apply...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licences (6 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 107. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of aquaculture licences fully granted or determined by him in 2014 versus the targets he set for determinations at the beginning of the year; the reasons for any shortfall; where the bottlenecks still exist in dealing with the backlog of processing aquaculture licences; the agency responsible for any delays in processing...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (4 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a member of the non-established State employees scheme who will be 64 years of age in December, and who has total reckonable service of 18 years and 310 days spread over several periods in various Government Departments, is eligible to claim preserved pension benefit in advance of age 65 under the actuarially reduced benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (4 Nov 2014)

John Browne: 646. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve the waiting list times for approval of funding for the fair deal scheme for persons awaiting funding and suffering from ill-health as County Wexford applicants are forced to wait at least 15 weeks for approval for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41294/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (21 Oct 2014)

John Browne: 446. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of medicines sold here that are generics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40270/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

John Browne: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been saved since this Government came to power in each of the following areas; savings on the State's drug budget; Health Service Executive payroll; hospital consultants pay; HSE procurement that is procurement other than non pay procurement and non-core pay expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39735/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation (7 Oct 2014)

John Browne: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the breakdown of appeal categories in the independent Office of the Financial Services Ombudsman in respect of the number and percentage relating to code of conduct on mortgage arrears or mortgage arrears resolution process complaints, insurance companies, and so on in the period 2011 to 2014; if he will also provide the number of...