Results 161-180 of 1,160 for speaker:John Browne in 'Written Answers'

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]

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]

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]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Feb 2014)

John Browne: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford. [9925/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Feb 2014)

John Browne: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm previous statements that the recipient of private residential rental income is a business person in respect of that rental income; if it is not recognised as a business, the legislation or ministerial orders that are needed to ensure that the taxation system recognises the normal costs of that rental business as being deductible from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Feb 2014)

John Browne: 59. To ask the Minister for Health if the reduction in staff levels in the health services mean that, with regard to disability services, the capacity does not exist to implement Government policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Services Funding (13 Feb 2014)

John Browne: 66. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the recent statement by the Disability Federation of Ireland that health service funding for disabilities should be organised on a multi-annual basis to improve and facilitate proper planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Administration (11 Feb 2014)

John Browne: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 4 February 2014, if he will provide an answer to the question raised, as his answer on that occasion does not address the issue raised; the reason the non-deductibility of local property tax from private rental income is being excused on the basis that it would reduce the tax base when it is an expense wholly...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (5 Feb 2014)

John Browne: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will arrange for Irish embassy officials to visit an Irish person (details supplied) who is currently being held in a UK prison. [5815/14]