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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (18 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours that have been approved in CHO3; the number of homecare hours approved but not yet provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (18 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 462. To ask the Minister for Health when the tender process between the HSE and private homecare operators is due to conclude; when the process started; the number of homecare hours being sought from private operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23817/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 463. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the feasibility study concerning the potential acquisition of a nursing home (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23818/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (18 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 464. To ask the Minister for Health if there are financial supports available to assist former voluntary providers of mental health supports and counselling which continue to be contacted by people in need. [23810/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (18 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to implement the 2020 Labour Court recommendations for adult education teachers; and if so, if he will provide a timeframe for its implementation. [23681/23]

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Martin Browne: I do not have long so I will not delay. A mother in County Tipperary is caring alone for her son who has very specific needs, including an uncommon disease involving abdominal deficiencies alongside autism spectrum disorder. In the past she has had to cancel her own appointments because she cannot find anyone suitable to look after her son. The typical response we are all used to hearing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (23 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has any plans to address the access barrier to the low-interest loans for energy upgrades caused by inflation in the cost of building materials (details supplied). [24837/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (23 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to ensure full, public visibility of the "available data" that the NPWS is using in order to inform decisions on the review of the Open Seasons Order and transparency as to whom the "stakeholders" are that NPWS is engaging with as part of this public consultation. [24092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (23 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers allocated to County Tipperary; and the number of vacant posts, broken down on a county and office basis. [24194/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the representatives of gun clubs and hunters regarding their concerns over the expert firearms committee which was established to review the legislation regarding firearms licensing; and if he will be taking any action to ensure the voices of gun clubs are represented on the committee. [24090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Firearms (23 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the data which the expert firearms committee uses to make its decisions will be made publicly available to ensure transparency. [24091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (23 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 580. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has put in place for the enforcement of the EIA (Agriculture) Regulations 2011. [24093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (24 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 127. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to meet his Department’s commitment to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service. [25422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (31 May 2023)

Martin Browne: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if the access to care fund could be accessed by the family of a patient (details supplied) who has ARFID and autism, who cannot gain access to a dietitian with knowledge of ARFID, who cannot gain access to a psychologist and who has been deemed unsuitable for CAMHS on the basis that ARFID is not a mental health issue; if he will outline a scheme that would...

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I also extend a welcome to the President of the Parliament of Cyprus and her delegation. I hope the effectiveness of this Bill will be reviewed in the near future, and regularly, so that we do not face another scenario where new ways are found to sell nicotine products to children. It would be useful to have regular reviews of this Bill so that, as legislators, we can keep on top of this...

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I also want to welcome firefighters, especially the Tipperary boys, the Tipp boys, here today. They should not have to be here. I was talking to a retained firefighter this morning whose family has a history of being in the fire service. He told me that the tradition ends with him, because it is not viable anymore for his son to become involved. This sums up what we are talking about,...

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: Hear, hear.

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Paul Murphy and People Before Profit for introducing this legislation. This is an issue on which Senator Gavan has been campaigning for some time. He has done a massive amount of work. To discriminate against some people in society with sub-minimum rates of pay, which is what we are discussing, goes against the principle of equal pay for equal work. Such discrimination...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: We should have a round of applause after that.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: The document we are speaking about here is heavy on ambition, but unfortunately it lacks detailed timelines and some aspects of it appear to ignore key elements of what a rural community needs. Listening to some of the Government Members sitting across from me, I wonder if we are living in the same country at all. To give the Minister credit, there are areas that have benefitted, but there...