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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: The third petition is No. 12 of 2023, “Justice & Safety” in the name of C.J. Gaffney. This petition relates to a request from the petitioner for the Government to compensate them out of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, EMFAF, which the petitioner states was offered at a meeting in Brussels and which the petitioner states is confirmed by the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Just to go back, there are gaps in our own legislation that may be working against the petitioner here. Once correspondence has gone over and back, we may see from the OPLA if the loopholes can actually be closed so that it may not happen to others who may get caught in the same position. The next petition is No. 23 of 2023, “Irish Citizenship Naturalisation application processing...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: The petitioner has made good points. I think that more detailed consideration should be given to the petition by the Department but we await the response.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Yes. Is the recommendation agreed to? Agreed. Petition No. 30 of 2023, “Create a walking and cycling greenway on the closed railway from Sligo to Athenry”, was submitted by Mr. Brendan Quinn. This petition relates to the closed railway line from Collooney in County Sligo to Athenry. The line has been closed for over four decades and is lying in waste. People along the route...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Petition No. 39 of 2023, “Petition for Disability Benefit Support Increase and Eligibility Revision”, was submitted by Mrs. Margarida Boléo. The petitioner wrote to the committee as a concerned citizen and a sufferer of vertiginous syndrome, which severely impacts her ability to work and maintain a livelihood. The petitioner finds herself in a challenging situation...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: On behalf of myself and the committee, I wish to say we are sorry to lose Karen. This is her last meeting. Karen has been a massive addition to us here on this committee. It has been a pleasure working with Karen and we wish her the best wherever she lands. This committee has a big turnover of clerks and we have enjoyed working with her immensely. Best of luck.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank Karen and all of her committee colleagues for all they do for us every month.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: The committee is adjourned until Wednesday, 29 November at 11 a.m.

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I too welcome the opportunity to discuss the Bill. We will support it, given the large number of people who are reliant on private healthcare providers to receive care in a timely manner. Risk equalisation, which the Bill will provide for annually, ensures costs will be constant across the lifespan of the individual. It seeks to ensure that, where possible, age, gender and health status...

Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I too thank People Before Profit for bringing this motion before the House. This motion notes the systematic abuses of Palestinian people over the decades, as well as the current bombardment, displacement and discrimination of the Palestinian people. A system of apartheid is firmly in place when it comes to the attitude adopted by the Israeli State towards the Palestinian people who, it has...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I raise the issues of what approach is being made to secure staff for the children's disability network teams, CDNTs, in south Tipperary, and what is the availability of private providers to fill the gaps that are being left because of lack of services, especially regarding provision for children who have been assessed. On the first issue, I have been told that staff in the CDNTs in Clonmel...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: The Minister of State is here.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: People have a right to their good names.

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this issue. Ireland can play a significant role in laying the groundwork for international pressure to be put upon the Israeli Government to ends its actions in Gaza, but that role is not being played to its full potential. We take great pride in how we use our stance as a neutral, but not isolationist, country to be a champion for human rights and how...

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Hear, hear.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2023: Second Stage (23 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: The Government ploughs on with its intention to deny people the right to retire at 65, something the people of this country were quite clear on at the time of the last general election. Sinn Féin has reinforced that message in this House, and it is only because of the pressure exerted by us and through public opinion that a stop was put to raising the age further to 68. Now the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are provisions within the local authority housing system to enable a separated person accessing the housing list if they have a stake in a former family home which they cannot access as a result of their separation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí operating out of Cashel town Garda station; the opening hours of the station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details of when his Department was first notified that a facility (details supplied) was being used for the purposes of providing emergency accommodation to people experiencing homelessness; if he has engaged with Tipperary County Council that now, as a result of a contract being entered into with...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (22 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people currently in the direct provision system in accommodation across County Tipperary, by location; to list the type of accommodation IPAs are being housed in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51280/23]