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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1730. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of employees where an outside company is to take over the running of Rosslare Europort; if they will be entitled to redundancy packages and to seek re-employment with a new company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1731. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Rosslare Europort can become an independent body within CIÉ similar to Irish Rail and Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24440/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1732. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is correct that the part of the Indecon Report which suggested an investment of moneys has now been withdrawn; if so, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Development (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1733. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is still proceeding with the privatisation of the workings of Rosslare Europort as recommended by the Indecon Report commissioned by the previous Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1734. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he envisages granting a sports capital programme for 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24446/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 1735. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he envisages the commencement of the Oylegate bypass near Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24449/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (28 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 48. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase the number of community gardaí in the Wexford Garda division. [27408/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (28 Sep 2016)

James Browne: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reservists in the Wexford Garda Division. [27409/16]

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Management of Chronic Care Illness: Discussion (28 Sep 2016)

James Browne: Do the capital and service costs involved in the first few years of the independent contract model act as a barrier to entry? Are GPs not going into practice or do people choose not to become GPs because they simply cannot access capital supports or do not make a profit or make a loss in the first years? How can this be addressed in context of the current independent contract model? The...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2016: Second Stage (4 Oct 2016)

James Browne: Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill which makes necessary changes in a number of important areas of health provision. The Bill was originally published last January, and the delay in bringing it before the House is somewhat unfortunate. Nonetheless, the Bill is to be welcomed. While the Bill is described mostly as being technical in nature, it addresses a number of key issues...

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I am sharing my time with Deputy Robert Troy. We have five minutes each. By agreement, we will share the remaining two minutes with Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice. I welcome the opportunity to discuss mental health in the Chamber. The promotion of mental health and well-being in addition to the provision of services for those suffering or affected by mental illness must be a priority for us...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (11 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the steps he is taking to reduce the increasing insurance costs for farmers for buildings and machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new secondary school in Wexford town; if the patronage is decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29927/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 15. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the additional €35 million for mental health services will be spent in 2017; if, with regard to the commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement and in order to provide clarity, he will commit to a multi-annual plan for the period 2017 to 2021, setting out the way the services and measures required for the full and complete...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I ask the Minister of State the way in which the additional €35 million for mental health services announced in this year's budget will be spent in 2017. Having regard to the commitment in the confidence and supply agreement and in order to provide clarity, will she commit to a multi-annual plan for 2017 to 2021, setting out the way the services and measures required for the full and...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: I thank the Minister of State. I need clarity on this issue. Appendix 1 of the confidence-and-supply arrangement commits to fully implementing A Vision for Change. The confidence-and-supply arrangement votes are dependent on the full implementation of the policies attached to that document. We agreed to facilitate budgets consistent with the agreed policy principles attached to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (resumed) - Priority Questions: Mental Health Services Funding (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: The €50 million in capital expenditure is very welcome but the Government needs to understand that the commitment to increase investment by €35 million annually is just that - a commitment to increase investment by €35 million annually, to meet the requirements under A Vision for Change. In 2016 the Government announced €35 million and then withheld €12...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: As the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on mental health, I intend addressing the mental health aspects of the budget. The enactment of the Mental Health Act in July 2001 by Deputy Micheál Martin, was a game-changer. In the decades prior to 2001, mental health attitudes were all too often still mired in stigma, prejudice and a paternalistic attitude of lock them up for their own good....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 31. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for community psychiatry of old age service teams staff levels in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30651/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (18 Oct 2016)

James Browne: 108. To ask the Minister for Health the targets in place for child and adolescent mental health service teams staff levels in 2017 to bring them closer to the target set in A Vision for Change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30650/16]