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Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: In that case, I ask Senator Conway to proceed. The Minister can respond to the Senator and Deputy Murphy together.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, his officials, Ms McNamara and Ms Conroy, and Dr. Henry and Dr. Mc Namara for being with us today. I have no doubt we will see either the Minister or the HSE back here again. We will be in touch with the mid-west hospital action group.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 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 three petitions for consideration today as follows. The first, No. P00034/24, entitled "Future of the Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Unit, Roscrea", was submitted...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I am familiar with this situation. The Dean Maxwell Community Nursing Unit is another place in County Tipperary, like St. Brigid's in Carrick-on-Suir, that is being closed down without any consideration for the elderly people there. As one of the responses indicates, the HSE has advised that the potential acquisition of the Mount Carmel nursing home site in Roscrea is being considered in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: No. P00036/24, entitled "Action needed for derelict buildings in Youghal, Co. Cork", was submitted by Mrs. Irene Karrouze. This petition relates to a request to carry out the promised remedial work on 30 Friar Street, Youghal, County Cork, in order to make the building safe and to use section 9 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to ensure that every owner of a vacant or derelict building in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: No. P00037/24, entitled "Mandate life-saving measures for babies born at 22 weeks in all Irish hospitals", was submitted by Miss Dympna Whelan. She states: We believe every baby deserves this chance regardless of their gestational age or weight. It's time for all Irish hospitals to offer life-saving measures to babies born at just 22 weeks ... The action requested by petitioner is to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Is that agreed? Agreed. 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 an issue of public policy. Are there any other issues...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome all to our public meeting. Apologies have been received from Senator Warfield; he is substituted for by Senator Gavan. Senator Dooley is substituting for Senator Murphy. Are the minutes of the private and public meetings of 15 and 16 May 2024 approved? They have already been approved in a virtual private meeting but we must do this for procedural reasons. Are the minutes...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion (23 May 2024)

Martin Browne: We need to cut the time down to around seven or eight minutes for each member, if the members are happy. Deputy Crowe is substituting for Deputy Devlin.

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome the Palestinian ambassador to the House and those who were in the Gallery earlier. I also want to thank those who have supported the Palestinian people down through the decades and are continuing to do so. Sadly, the recognition of the State of Palestine has been a long time coming. It is ten years since the Dáil unanimously passed a Sinn Féin motion calling for this to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she plans to take following comments by the Ombudsman for Children at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions that in assessing school places for children with special educational needs, local knowledge appears not to fit into a national plan to allow every area to get the funding they require from within her Department;...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on additional funding sources to enable the office of the Ombudsman for Children to contribute to the working of the new strategy combatting domestic and gender-based violence; the reason for the delay in providing the funding; if consideration is being given to reach an arrangement with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 454. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of plans for a community nursing unit in Cashel; to provide an update on the status of investigations into a site (details supplied); if progress has been made; when a decision is expected to be arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23767/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 493. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing posts approved at Tipperary University Hospital, by discipline; the number of nursing posts filled; the number of vacant nursing posts, by discipline; the number of posts that have been left vacant since the introduction of the recruitment ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24064/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 494. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the 70 nursing vacancies at Tipperary University Hospital, as revealed by an organisation (details supplied); his views on how this affects the framework of safe nurse staffing in medical and surgical wards at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24065/24]

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: First, I want to focus on special education from the perspective of teachers who have contacted me. A letter was sent to me by teachers in a school in my home town of Cashel. They say they believe that disability should never be a barrier to achievement but it is becoming increasingly apparent, with the increasing scarcity of resources and lack of services, that their school community is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank the Chair for letting me in. I welcome the Limerick and Tipperary growers back to the committee. We had them in several times when I was a member of the committee. I have a few quick questions. From the 1990s on, farmers were encouraged to plant forestry. It was for profit, and so be it, but they were guaranteed forestry would be on an equal footing with all other sectors and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I agree with Ms McCormack. The question was whether this is going to be the answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: The smaller grower is being hurt by that too. Ms McCormack referred to a figure of €1.3 billion. Is that the figure that was given for the one-size-fits-all approach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback Scheme: Limerick and Tipperary Woodland Owners Limited (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Regarding the difference between the €2,000 and the €7,000, the €2,000 was being offered for small saplings and the €7,000 was being offered for-----