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- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Does Deputy Devlin have more questions?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: I have no more questions, so I thank our guests for the presentation they gave. Do you have any closing statements or final comments?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Thank you for attending today. It is a discussion that has been beneficial for all of us. On the last occasion we heard from Mr. Walsh and now we have been given the county council's point of view. We have received very good feedback from all the councils. As Deputy Devlin said earlier, a lot of work can still be done and it will go into the report when we are doing it.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Thank you again.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: That was very beneficial. What we have learned over the two days took me by surprise. I am sure it has been so for others.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Yes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Before or after the recess? It is probably not possible before the recess.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Yes, no bother. The Senator will not get any objection to that. We have nine petitions for consideration today. Petition No. 21 of 2021 is "Taking in charge" - Mr. Terence Coskeran. This petition relates to the request that the local authority take in charge a residential development of five houses at Rocksprings, Kilross, County Tipperary. The secretariat corresponded with Tipperary...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Mr. Terence Coskeran.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Yes. He built them in 2004 and had an agreement with the council that once everything was done with regard to its planning at the time, it would take the estate in charge. Later, Irish Water was formed and this is where it is with the developer provided water services infrastructure.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: The report says it is only approximately €50,000 to connect it to the council system. The reply from the Department sheds some light on the situation there and outlines two main issues. The first issue is whether Tipperary County Council has significant capacity to take the wastewater from the treatment plant. The second issue is the wider examination being undertaken by the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Seven local authorities have not responded. One of the three outstanding city councils has responded while the other two have not at this stage. The secretariat sent a reminder to them yesterday. We will look at that next time. Petition No. P00015/22 from Ms. Eileen Kelly McCarthy concerns Castlemartyr community hall. The secretariat corresponded with east Cork municipal district on...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: Is the recommendation agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00017/22 from Ms Rebecca Smyth concerns lower outpatient waiting times for urgent cases. The secretariat corresponded with the HSE on this petition on behalf of the petitioner and, following a request for further information, the HSE replied and set out the process for managing patients and waiting times. It further advised that, in...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or an issue of public policy. Would members like to make any final comments?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: I appreciate where the Senator is coming from. He brought this matter up previously and there was agreement that was what should be done. As he said, Covid put a stop to it all. I cannot see any problem with that being organised. It would benefit the committee and start to raise awareness throughout the country if we hold three or four meetings in a year in the provinces and advertise...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: I do not think there are any legal considerations stopping us. The only matter is that of the precincts for public meetings. We will ask the secretariat to check it out.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: I second the Deputy's comments. Given the experience of people like Senator Murphy, we should go when asked. Covid stopped it all and I am sure those kind of requests will come again. On the Deputy's final remarks on the secretariat, I want to make public what I said at the private meeting yesterday. Some petitioners were giving out that nothing was being done but the amount of work the...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: They do.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: I understand some members of the public are frustrated that they are not getting answers they want or things are going slowly. I assure every member of the public who sends in a petition that the secretariat works full pelt, morning, noon and night. It must be frustrating for themselves that correspondence is not coming back from Departments or county councils as quickly as we would all...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 Jun 2022)
Martin Browne: This is the last one. We talked yesterday about doing one on 14 July, the day we are to break up, but we decided that, if possible, we will bring in St. Brigid's and Owenacurra on 7 July as well.