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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Has Mr. Curley an idea of how much of that 70% has been done with Bord na Móna?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Has progress been made?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I read the EU's document and found an interesting subheading of consistency with existing policy provision in the policy area and the legislation aims to complement the existing environmental policy. Is the proposal designed to work in synergy with the EU environmental laws? Will the proposal give impetus to the group implementation of these laws? Are we talking about additional measures...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Does Mr. Curley know how many sectors are excluded under the new measures and if so, which ones?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: The Committee on Public Petitions has discussed the technical side of the nature restoration target over the past month or so. A chap attended that committee to highlight the problem of the widespread use of pesticides in public areas by local authorities and others. Now the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine spoke to us about sustainable use and stipulates that pesticides...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I want to get an answer to the question I asked earlier about the pesticide aspect of the nature restoration target. We had a petitioner before the Committee on Public Petitions who raised concerns. Does the risk assessment show the use of pesticides is necessary? Are risk management measures being put in place? If enacted, what will the restoration target do to address that? We know the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that Mr. Curley cannot give me the answer, but could we get an answer in writing?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (6 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 375. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for expanding peer support services as referenced in the Expenditure Report 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49290/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Nature Restoration Target: COPA-COGECA (5 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Curley.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I commend Deputy Tully on bringing this motion forward. It is with a heavy heart that I have taken the opportunity to address the House on the motion. I will focus specifically on CDNTs and multidisciplinary teams, specifically in the area of autism and the eating disorder called avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, ARFID. This relates to a young boy called Riain in my town of...

Employment Permits Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: At times such as this, it is only natural and right that we look at our workforce needs and what needs to be done to address any shortfalls in labour availability. Employment permits are an important factor in filling vacancies or meeting employment demands in areas where there are shortages of the necessary skills in our economy. Exceptional circumstances may, therefore, present the idea...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 495. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if multiple claimants in the same household will be eligible for the €500 bonus on the working family payment, invalidity pension, carer’s support grant, disability allowance and the blind pension or if there is a limit on one claimant per household. [49700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: United Nations (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on Ireland's ratification of the optional protocol of the UN Convention on the Rights of Peoples with Disabilities, as Ireland is one of the only EU states which has not ratified the treaty. [49459/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a decision has been made to act on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth recommendation to include organisations (details supplied) in the mother and baby homes redress scheme. [49646/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (11 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to apprentices facing economic hardship; and if there are plans to raise the apprentice rates of pay. [49460/22]

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the time to speak on this Bill as there are a number of key factors that need to be addressed further. The area of leave for domestic violence, in particular, seriously falls short of what should be best practice. This Bill will see the introduction of paid leave for victims of domestic, sexual or gender-based violence. While always welcome, it is unfortunate to note that only...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome this Bill as finally, it sees real and proper movement on the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and gender-based Violence. For too long there have been gaps in our legislation that have failed many people over the years. I am grateful to see that the provisions of this Bill are seeking to address some of those shortcomings. One of the provisions of this Bill is to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: We are now in public session. Apologies have been received from Senator Buttimer. I thank Deputy Padraig O'Sullivan, who has been discharged from the service of this committee, for all his work with us. We wish him all the best with the Joint Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community. I also welcome Deputy Troy, who has been nominated to join the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Our next business is our engagement with Mr. Terence Coskeran, petitioner, on petition No. 00021/21, taking in charge. Before we begin, I will explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the House as regards references witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present or who give evidence from within the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Taking in Charge: Mr. Terence Coskeran (13 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Before inviting other members to come in, I have a few questions. On the face of it, it looks like an open-and-shut case. Mr. Coskeran had an agreement with a local authority 14 years before Irish Water was set up. It has a responsibility to see that through. How does he feel about his level of engagement with Tipperary County Council through the years? Does he feel the council followed...