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Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: We have two petitions for consideration today. First, is Petition No. 21 of 2021 entitled Taking in Charge for Mr. Terence Coskeran. This petition relates to the request that the local authority takes in charge a residential development of five houses at Rocksprings, Kilross in Tipperary. This petition has been before the Committee on Public Petitions a number of times. The petitioner...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: We will write to Irish Water and invite its representatives in to a forthcoming meeting. We will try to get answers and see what the story is. The second petition is Petition No. 60 of 2022 entitled Save Clifton District Hospital, for Ms Anne McDonagh. This petition relates to a request that the HSE stop the services and resources of the hospital being systematically stripped and that the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I concur with that. Looking at some of the responses and thinking of other issues that have come up before this committee and all around the country, it seems that some responses are copy and pasted. Two words that stick out to me in this response are "design stage", which we have seen in other places. A fortune is being spent doing designs and drawings with no indication of what will...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Lil Reds Legacy Sepsis Awareness Campaign: Mr. Joseph Hughes and Irish Sepsis Foundation (2 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I concur with that. The work they do on our behalves is entitled to be acknowledged.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I wish all the women in the House and across the complex - and I better mention my wife Helen at home - the very best of luck on International Women's Day. The children's disability network team, CDNT, staff census and workforce review was published during the week. To be truthful, its contents are troubling to say the least. Of the 2,102 approved full-time equivalent places, a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State for her response but the figures she laid out generally relate to positions that are vacant. The vacancy rate among speech and language in CHO 3 is 17%. In CHO 5, it is 46%. That is nearly half of the available posts, and the number of staff has reduced by five in that area. The vacancy rate for occupational therapists in CHO 3 is just 25% - a reduction of 5%...

Protection of Cash as Legal Tender: Motion [Private Members] (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I also thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing this motion before the House. Last summer, AIB attempted to make 70 of its branches cashless. In my constituency of Tipperary, the branches at Cashel, Cahir, Carrick-on-Suir and Roscrea were targeted. The response from the public was straightforward; they said "No." The Government dithered but people power ultimately won out and the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of current and planned additional ASD places for primary school children in areas (details supplied), in tabular form. [10913/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: 16. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will be able to avail of grants and premia under his proposed new forestry programme; and if he intends to issue a new shareholder letter of expectations to Coillte in 2023. [11935/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Have the Minister of State or the Minister sought clarity from the Commission as to whether Coillte will be able to avail of grants and premia? Has the Minister obtained any independent legal advice about the matter? Will Coillte be able to avail of grants and premia under the revised state aid rules? If so, will this be provided for under the new forestry programme?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: It has been raised numerous times with the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, that the issue of state aid and Coillte was a matter that should have been addressed when state aid was being revised, and not after it happened. The Department knew negotiations with Gresham House were taking place and at that time it was looking for the alternative way to benefit from the state aid. Why then...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Coillte Teoranta (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State. We had a meeting with Coillte last week, and believe me it was not as clear cut as the Minister of State is telling us here. It was like drawing teeth trying to get answers out of some of them. If the rewarding of the revised state aid was such that the Department has since felt compelled to seek clarity from the Commission, will the Minister of State tell us...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: That is the issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I welcome both sets of witnesses. When the representatives of Sheep Milk Ireland gave their opening statement, they invited the committee to visit when they are finished working on their system. It would be worthwhile to visit and take a good look at the farm when it is operational. Deputy Carthy and I contacted the Minister about any research they may have done. They have not done any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Is the lack of research here due to the fact the sector is so small and is seen as niche? I know from talking to Sheep Milk Ireland the first time it came to meet me that there seems to be massive potential here for this. It is unbelievable that neither Teagasc nor the Department has done any research into it, as New Zealand has done, to expand it or to see where the sector could go. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: The possibility of grazing on land that is not suitable for dairy was raised earlier. When I spoke to Mr. Michael Crosse the other day, he spoke about how to improve the bedding under the sheep when they go out on the land. Can he expand on that? Will he let the committee know how much better that is than slurry being spread on the land?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: The New Zealand experience found sheep milk production has 40% to 50% less greenhouse gas emissions per hectare. Will the representatives quickly expand on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank Brendan and Michael. I have two quick questions for the IFA representatives. Their opening statement referenced the need for Bord Bia to be more proactive in delivering higher value markets for Irish sheep. Will its representatives tell the committee how Bord Bia is falling short at present in promoting that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of Sheep Sector: Discussion (8 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: The IFA representatives also spoke about the need for stronger powers in respect of dog control. Committee members have spoken on several occasions about the lack of wardens in counties. In County Tipperary, where I live, we were told we had 1.5 wardens, which is crazy for a county of that size. Has the IFA had any involvement with the Garda or councils regarding dog control? What seems...