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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...

Services and Supports for People with Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease: Motion [Private Members] (19 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I congratulate my colleagues on this motion, which is a significant step forward in raising awareness of this disease among people, in particular among those who may not be touched by it, so that they can be informed of the situation. It is important that we make a big deal out of this. Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, such as frontotemporal, vascular, mixed, Lewy Body and...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: The Cancer Strategy as a Case Study of Health Service Reform: Professor Tom Keane (19 Oct 2016)

James Browne: In thinking about the health system in Ireland I am reminded of the old yarn about the Kerry man who said, when asked by an American tourist for directions, "I wouldn't start from here". That is part of the problem. As my party colleague Deputy Billy Kelleher politely said, we have a complex health system. It is effectively dysfunctional but that is no reflection on the people working in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (25 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 450. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for each year from 2012 to 2016 the increased funding announced for mental health in line with the programme for Government commitment; and the amount of that funding for each calendar year that was actually drawn down or spent on mental health services in each calendar year in tabular form. [31871/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (25 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 481. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open all or part of the old St. Senan's Hospital in Enniscorthy for treatment of patients with mental health issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31987/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (25 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 497. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on mental health in 2016; and the equivalent figures on a like-for-like basis in terms of services provided in each of the years from 2011 to 2015, inclusive, taking into consideration any reclassifications of expenditure between 2011 and 2015. [32078/16]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: In the interests of full disclosure and to ensure Deputy Mattie McGrath does not have to pull me up for not doing so, I declare that I am a barrister and have a practising certificate, although it is six months since I last appeared in court. I welcome the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill and I congratulate my colleague, Deputy O'Callaghan, on bringing it forward. It seeks to establish...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the fact that most appeals of offers to customers who lost out on tracker rates with a bank (details supplied) have been dismissed; his further views on whether this is fair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32260/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 61. To ask the Minister for Finance the VAT rate that applies to audio books; if there are exemptions for VAT on audio books for blind persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32264/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the safeguards and monitoring in place to protect the health of persons living near farms that spread sludge on their lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32263/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I welcome the presentations by the witnesses. I have a few questions. On the issue of agency work and privatisation of health care in that sense, a considerable level of home care help has been handed out to agency workers. The HSE pays €33 or €34 per hour for this work but the staff providing that care often get barely over the minimum wage. There seems to be a serious...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Health Service Reform: Representatives of Health Sector Workforce (26 Oct 2016)

James Browne: What are the witnesses' views on cross-referrals where public health nurses could be allowed to prescribe in certain situations or allowed to open up referrals to paramedics, OTs, or psychologists and other necessities beyond GPs?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Nov 2016)

James Browne: 130. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will arrange to have the tax affairs of a person (details supplied) dealt with in the local tax office in order to allow the person to claim an old age pension. [33859/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (8 Nov 2016)

James Browne: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 26 October 2016, if there are regulations for the storage of sludge in respect of possible dangers to neighbours of the storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33702/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (8 Nov 2016)

James Browne: 229. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when a claim for domiciliary care allowance will be processed in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33620/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Nov 2016)

James Browne: 386. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that respite beds in the system, notably in Enniscorthy, are being used as full-time institutional beds thus reducing the capacity for respite to needy families in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33708/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Integration of Health and Social Care: St. Patrick's Mental Health Services (9 Nov 2016)

James Browne: Why did the percentages spent on mental health decrease so much relatively? Was money directed elsewhere when the Victorian institutions were shut down? Did expenditure not keep pace with the population? I know why funding decreased but I want to know what happened operationally. Where did the percentage of moneys go? I would like to hear the views of the delegation on cross referral,...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Community and Social Care Support: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

James Browne: I thank Dr. McDaid for her presentation. It bring clarity to the situation. I have two questions. As a spokesperson on mental health, I have found that mental health permeates every Department, be it education, justice and equality, victims of crime and rural areas. I came across a situation where the HSE refused to install a hoist for two mentally disabled children because it required a...

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Community and Social Care Support: Discussion (9 Nov 2016)

James Browne: According to the Delivery of Specialist Mental Health Services Report 2016, which was published in September, the current whole-time equivalent of staff for the psychiatry of old age is only 53%. What is the real impact on the ground of the lack of services in psychiatry of old age? In regard to vulnerable older people, what in legal terms is required for the increased protections of...

Mental Health Services Funding: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2016)

James Browne: I move:That Dáil Éireann: notes: - the commitment in Appendix 1 of the Confidence and Supply Arrangement for a Fine Gael-led Government to fully implement A Vision for Change in the area of mental health; and - that the Confidence and Supply Arrangement votes are dependent on the full implementation of the policy principles attached to this document; further notes that: - the...