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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons who are living in stone cottages and farmhouses have been refused works under the retrofit scheme on the grounds that the buildings cannot be sufficiently insulated to a high enough building energy rating given that a sizeable section of the rural...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that the Office of Public Works will not allow access to the swimming pool in the Garda college, Templemore, in order that a person can provide swimming and water safety and life-saving classes. [53325/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assessments of needs’ that have been completed to date in 2022; the number of assessments awaiting completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in children's disability network teams 4, 5 and in east Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53266/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 738. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider allowing foresters to count their plantations in terms of carbon credits; if he will consider this course of action to be a recognition of the contribution that foresters make in the area of carbon sequestration as part of the climate action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52824/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 739. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the measures taken by the Forestry Service to resolve issues with the processing of forestry licences includes initiatives to reduce the paperwork needed by foresters when making their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52825/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 740. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review the current reconstitution and underplanting scheme; his views on complaints from the sector that it is not fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 741. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if forestry grants and premia are to be increased through the measures announced in Budget 2023. [52827/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the ‘Issues impacting the Forestry Sector’ report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and the Marine and its recommendation to review the decision to stop plantations on un-enclosed lands as much as possible, in terms of meeting Ireland’s annual afforestation target; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (26 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that farming organisations have not been engaged with by his Department in relation to the EU Nature Restoration Law proposal; if he intends to carry out an economic impact assessment of the proposals contained within the document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53749/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (26 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on concerns that the sustainability of food production in Ireland would be negatively affected should land be put out of use through the implementation of measures contained within the EU Nature Restoration Law proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53750/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Policy (26 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 198. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the additional proposed changes demanded of the agriculture sector in relation to the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law; his views on the way that this may further distort the unequal relationship between Ireland through trade agreements between the EU and third-party countries who may not have similar environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the impact that the EU Restoration Law proposal may have on the 8,000 hectare per year afforestation target and consequent carbon sequestration targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53751/22]

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the mother and baby institutions redress scheme. I begin by acknowledging all those who contacted Members across this House to outline their views and concerns on the provisions of the Bill. Before I address several matters of concern I have with the Bill, I must state that time is a crucial factor here. It has been said to me on numerous occasions that...

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: "Fail to prepare, prepare to fail" is an age-old saying but it would be equally appropriate as a slogan for this Government and the previous ones it has led or formed part of over the years. Throughout those years, successive Governments have failed to manage energy supply and demand resulting in where we are today. We are faced with a heightened risk of blackouts this winter. As Mark...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations (27 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I am raising this matter because too many people are falling through the cracks apparent in the national retrofit scheme. In short, it is not working for the people who need it the most and therein lies the problem. I and many colleagues in the House see the homes that need to be made warmer and more energy efficient are being refused the assistance needed because of the nature of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Building Regulations (27 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I appreciate the figures the Minister of State just rolled out to me. That is what we get every time we have a Topical Issue debate. I appreciate the Government wants 500,000 homes with a BER of B2 but I am talking about the homes that are generally the ones losing the most heat. They are likely to be occupied by the elderly in our...

Mental Health (Capacity to Consent to Treatment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for being here to take the Bill. Too often, Ministers are not in attendance for debates. I thank Deputies Ward and Mythen for introducing the Bill and former Senator Máire Devine for the work she did on it during her time in the Seanad. Its purpose is to introduce a level of parity between the ability of young people aged 16 and 17 to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: I have a couple of quick questions. Under the coastal states structure and the blue whiting, the Atlanto-Scandian herring and the mackerel, the Minister said last year that Norway and the Faroe Islands had set unacceptably high unilateral quotas for mackerel 2021 and that he had concerns on that matter back then. He even called on the Commissioner to completely reject their unilateral and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sustainability Impact Assessment: Discussion (25 Oct 2022)

Martin Browne: Just before Dr. Beamish comes in, has the Commissioner taken any action in relation to that?