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Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I have just one last one question. In September 2022, the Ombudsman for Children's Office and the Youth Advisory Panel met with the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. A year later, they wrote to all Ministers to ask what their Departments were doing to implement the recommendations that came out of that meeting. Has there been any response? Again, for some reason, it is bringing a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Is Dr. Muldoon's office waiting long for the responses?

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Not at all. Deputy Buckley never makes mistakes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I do not know how we are going to finish the rest of the evening. Deputy Buckley has admitted to a mistake.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: There is no one else online so I thank Dr. Muldoon, Ms Ward, and Mr. Walsh. It has been a pleasure having them in and listening to their concerns. We said we will follow up on issues. If there is anything else outside what has been raised, they should please get in touch with the committee.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes, we will do that. If there is anything else we can help Dr. Muldoon with, we will follow it up.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: We will suspend the meeting for five minutes to allow the witnesses to leave. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I propose that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and previous meetings may be published, and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies may also be published. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have four petitions for consideration. The first is petition No. P00033/21. It is from Mr. Cormac McKay and it is a call for a citizens' assembly on the Irish justice...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: To be fair to the petitioner, he is not against the policy change itself, it is just that families that have been living in Ireland, who have been contributing, will be affected by the new €39,000 limit. He is just asking that the Minister would look again at the proposal and would perhaps put in a clause addressing their case. Next is No. P00033/24, “Toxic Fumes on Aer...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Additional stuff came through last night. We have not had time to go through it so we will look at it and come back.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: No P00039/24, “Urging the Ombudsman and Workplace Relations Commission to Improve Their Own Accessibility Standards”, is from Mr. B. Hogan. This petition relates to a request for the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Ombudsman to provide a detailed account of the training their staff receive in assisting individuals with disabilities to access their services. As...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Right. That concludes our consideration of public petitions for this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or on an issue of public policy. Next on the agenda is any other business. Do...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I second that. We speak at every meeting of the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes. We even had Leo back for today.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: He and Martha, Barbara, Ciaran, Alex and all the other staff make our job easy. I thank them again.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and progress being made in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for the delay in providing the funding needed to allow for the continuation of work on designing the upgrade to the Cahir to Limerick Junction section of the N24 road project; if he is aware that the funding received for the project to date is diminishing and the remaining funding is needed immediately to quell concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for not providing an allocation to progress the N24 Waterford to Cahir transportation scheme, for which Tipperary County Council requires €2.53 million for 2024 to continue progress, and a further €5.4 million to complete the design and bring the project through An Bord Pleanála; his views on the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business Supports (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the funding assistance available to develop business projects on bogs by the owners of these sites in light of their discontinued use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria that would enable parents of children in need of autism assessments to secure funding to avail of a private practitioner; the funding streams available to parents of children in need of a range of therapies that cannot be assessed through CDNT teams due to staffing shortages or lengthy waiting...