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Delivery of a Rights-Based Care Economy in Ireland: Motion (7 Dec 2023)

James Browne: ...ensure those services and supports are aligned with the principles set out in the UNCRPD. A critical milestone in this regard was the commencement of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the amendment Act of 2022, which, on 26 April 2023, brought wardship to an end in the State. The legislation also provided for a number of key measures for further compliance with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (16 Feb 2023)

James Browne: ...for raising the important issue of the number of gardaí assigned to Bandon, Bantry and Clonakilty districts. The Government is committed to building stronger and safer communities. Since 2015, the Government has increased the budget for An Garda Síochána by approximately €672 million or 46%. This has allowed for sustained and ongoing recruitment. We are committed...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Second Stage (6 Dec 2022)

James Browne: ...This is critical in light of the scale, complexity and rapidity of developments in the gambling industry. As Members will know, the general scheme of the Gambling Regulation Bill was approved by the Government on 15 October 2021. Pre-legislative scrutiny was undertaken by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice which issued its report in May 2022. I have considered each of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (24 May 2022)

James Browne: ...fund will use money seized from the proceeds of crime to support investment in innovative community safety projects. The fund, which is expected to grow in the coming years, will have an initial outlay of €2 million for this year and will be subject to a robust evaluation at the end of the first year to inform future decisions. The intention is that bids for further...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Policy (2 Mar 2022)

James Browne: ...imported fossil fuels dramatically by 2030. Measures include the following: aiming for up to 80% of our electricity to come from renewable sources by 2030, including an increased target of up to 5 GW of offshore wind, 8 GW from onshore wind and 1.5 GW to 2.5 GW from solar PV; 500,000 extra walking, cycling and public transport journeys per day by 2030; and an increase in the proportion of...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

James Browne: ...people are feeling. The annual rate of consumer price inflation, as measured by the EU's harmonised index of consumer prices has picked up sharply in recent months, reaching a multi-decade high of 5.7% in December. The Government recognises that those on lower incomes are being disproportionately affected but it should be noted that the recent rise in inflation is primarily the result of...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Browne: ...of Justice Vote. I am joined by officials from my Department, Mr. Seamus Clifford, principal officer, and Ms Martina Colville, assistant secretary. A net Supplementary Estimate requirement of €22.9 million arises in respect of the Garda Síochána Vote this year. This comprises a gross expenditure requirement of €45.9 million, which is offset by a projected...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (18 Nov 2021)

James Browne: ..., and the Government are committed to the development of improved community-based services, shifting care to the home and offering greater choice for older people. Last year, an additional €150 million was secured for home support to progress the development of a reformed model of service delivery to underpin the statutory scheme for the financing and regulation of home support...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (4 Nov 2021)

James Browne: ...are particularly vulnerable to exploitation, often placed in mortal danger and left owing debts to organised criminal groups. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, estimates that 2.5 million people are smuggled every year. Catastrophic loss of life is all too common, and everyone in the House will recall the horrific deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women, and children in...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021: Second Stage (29 Sep 2021)

James Browne: ..., often leaving those who are smuggled owing huge debts to the smugglers, and, of course, often placing those being smuggled in mortal danger. The UN Office for Drugs and Crime estimates that 2.5 million people are smuggled each year. Catastrophic loss of life is all too common, and everyone in the House will recall the horrific deaths of 39 Vietnamese men, women, and children in Essex...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Proposed Approval by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann of EU Regulation 2021/693: Motion (14 Sep 2021)

James Browne: ...a proposal for a regulation establishing a new justice programme on 30 May 2018. The regulation was formally adopted by the Council and the Parliament on 27 April 2021 and entered into force on 5 May 2021. The previous justice programme, in which Ireland participated, ran from 2014 to 2020. The objectives of the earlier programme included the promotion of judicial co-operation in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Employment Support Services (15 Jun 2021)

James Browne: ...regional development feasibility fund is available to promoters looking to scope out and investigate the viability of larger full-scale projects such as remote working hubs. A feasibility grant of €15,000, or 50% of eligible costs, whichever is lesser, is available to qualifying applicants meeting the required criteria. An additional €5 million has been allocated to the...

Seanad: Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (14 Jun 2021)

James Browne: ...opportunity to present the Bill to the House. The euro is the second most widely used global currency after the US dollar. Figures released by the European Central Bank this year show there are 25 billion euro banknotes in circulation, with a value of over €1.4 trillion. Responsibility for protecting the euro currency against counterfeiting is shared between the EU authorities...

Counterfeiting Bill 2020: Second Stage (11 Feb 2021)

James Browne: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to present the Counterfeiting Bill 2020 to the House. According to European Central Bank, there are 25 billion euro bank notes in circulation with a value of more than €1.4 trillion. EU authorities and all member states share a responsibility to protect the currency against counterfeiting. This is achieved...

Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (27 Jan 2021)

James Browne: ...the Union's financial interests already exists in Ireland and is provided for in section 42 of Part 6 of the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. This was introduced in respect of the 1995 EU convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests and the related protocols, which was the first measure to create a common approach to the criminal...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

James Browne: ...the greyhound sector is particularly challenged by Covid-19; —the increase in the betting tax on all sports has gone from one per cent to two per cent, providing increased funding to the Exchequer and revenue from the tax in 2019 was €95 million; —the most recent economic assessment of the industry was undertaken by Jim Power Economics in November 2017, and it...

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (5 Nov 2020)

James Browne: ..., it is incumbent on all member states to take the necessary and appropriate measures to tackle criminal behaviour in relation to both EU revenue and expenditure. The Directive replaces the 1995 EU convention on the protection of the European Communities' financial interests and the related protocols, which was the first measure to create a common approach to the criminal prosecution of...

Mental Health Services Reports: Motion [Private Members] (2 Jul 2019)

James Browne: ...’s hospital, or an adult in-patient unit; — there are only Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) units in three counties – Dublin, Cork and Galway – and they generally do not take out-of-hours admissions; and — in April 2019 the number of CAMHS clinical staff nationwide stood at 57 per cent of the level recommended by A Vision for...

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

James Browne: The Psychiatric Nurses Association has given notice that it will escalate its industrial dispute by implementing an overtime ban on 31 January and 1, 5 and 6 February, with possible strike action on 12, 13 and 14 February. That did not happen overnight and it was not taken lightly by the Psychiatric Nurses Association or its 6,000 members. They do not want to be on strike. They want to...

Topical Issue Debate: Ports Development (3 May 2018)

James Browne: ...to the Continent in the event of the UK land bridge being lost and in the circumstances where 80% of our goods, by volume, to the Continent, go across the UK land bridge. The port generates €2.5 million profit per annum that is sucked out of the port and which could leverage sufficient funds to make the port viable and allow it to thrive. It would be a self-sufficient port if...