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

Martin Browne: For the overall sector.

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

Martin Browne: If I came across as making out that the witnesses were in it for profit, I was just saying that they were encouraged to go into it, and if they made a profit, fair play to anybody who did.

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

Martin Browne: It is the same as any sector in the industry.

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

Martin Browne: The stance taken by the Department, which it is rigidly sticking to when it has been told it is unworkable and is ignoring the knock-on effects, is a disgrace. We have said in this committee before that it is a disgrace that the witnesses are being treated like this. How does the Department hope to encourage people like the witnesses to go into the industry now to have timber in 25 or 30...

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

Martin Browne: Is Ms McCormack saying it is too late to encourage people now?

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

Martin Browne: We all acknowledge that we have a problem now with the lack of timber and with ash now gone. We will have a serious problem down the road, as Deputy Mythen said, if people are not coming into it regularly.

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 witnesses. Finally, I have a statement to back up what was said earlier. If we are not careful, if the Government Departments do not learn their lessons and the black beetle gets in, as ash dieback disease got in, the whole industry will be in danger of collapsing. Have the witnesses any confidence from talking to the Ministers that they are capable or that they even appear to...

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

Martin Browne: It does not help when it is imported.

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 witnesses for the presentation.

Nature Restoration Law: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: This debate is necessary, especially in light of the fact that the matter to which it relates is subject to a vote at EU Council level. That vote, it must be remembered, has been delayed, which, in itself, sends a key message about the current composition of the nature restoration law. There can be no doubting the very fact that nature is facing a crisis. On a global level, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: The Taoiseach said earlier to Deputy Canney that he will not wash his hands of the people of Galway. That is great news. However, the Government has washed its hands of retained firefighters in this country. I question its commitment to them. Retained firefighters had to return yesterday to the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, because of the failure by the Government to deliver the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Will we have just words again or will the Taoiseach act to support the people who put their lives on the line for us every day of the week?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (11 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: 616.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a number of section 39 workers have not received the pay increases that have been agreed to; if he is aware of how this is impacting on the ability of certain organisations (details supplied) to recruit staff into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24904/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (11 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: 681.To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to increase the availability of the GP in Cappawhite, County Tipperary, from three days a week to five days a week, in light of demand and the difficulty some people experience in accessing the GP in Doon, County Limerick, on the days the Cappawhite service is closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24642/24]

Carers: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Tully for bringing the motion to the House. This is in an important motion in light of the report by Family Carers Ireland, which revealed that 74% of those surveyed do not receive significant formal support, while 72% have never received respite. By its very nature, the rights of carers and the supports they are given extend to the very people they are caring for....

Hospitality and Tourism Sector: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: The challenges that continue to be faced by many small- and medium-sized businesses are considerable. Locally, in my part of Tipperary, we have seen a number of closures in the area of hospitality. Tipperary town has seen more than its fair share of closures and there are also instances in other parts of the county. Every loss has its impact on the locality and other businesses operating...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Thirteen-year-old Cara Darmody is back protesting again about the lack of proper autism assessments and services. Cara is calling on the Government to meet those obligations and to reimburse any family that has been forced to go private. She is calling for four things. The first is for a commitment, backed by a timeline, for needs assessments for all children who apply, to be carried out...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Is there any response on Cara Darmody?

International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Ireland needs to be able to adapt its approach to match our particular circumstances and any further challenges that may arise in future. Shackling ourselves by agreeing to an all-or-nothing approach is not in our interests and we will be voting no on the Government’s proposal. Most people recognise that people genuinely fleeing injustice and seeking asylum should be given...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I, too, extend my best wishes to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, on his promotion to his new position. I am disappointed, however, that the Minister for Health is not present. I thought someone with responsibility in the area of health would be present. I have asked-----