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- Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (9 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 2024.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that community recognition fund grants have yet to be awarded for 2024.[34160/24]
- CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: It is three minutes each.
- CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: Last week, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour councillors and some independents in County Tipperary voted in favour of increasing the tax on family homes in Tipperary through the local property tax, LPT. Yet, these same parties were the ones that opposed the payment of Apple billions that were due to our State when this country was reeling from the disastrous effects of the financial crisis,...
- Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: I commend Deputies Kerrane and Funchion on putting this motion together and bringing it to the House. Despite the lack of a coherent message or plan from the Government parties about the structure of childcare going forward, Sinn Féin’s policy and its plans are clear and costed and are designed to address the immediate needs of parents and the sector. The system, as it is...
- Mental Health Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: The fact that this Bill was subject to so much delay and will not be introduced in the lifetime of the Government indicates the lack of urgency the Government ascribes to mental health services. It is a shame that the level of urgency shown in closing inpatient psychiatric beds in Clonmel has not been applied to the review of the Mental Health Bill, but that appears to be the standard...
- Disability and Special Needs Provision: Motion [Private Members] (19 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: I commend People Before Profit-Solidarity. I wish to speak about a young boy in my own county by the name of Josh. His local special school could not take him on the basis that his needs were outside its remit as his condition was termed moderate to severe. Incidentally, this is the school his brother also attends. Unfortunately, this contradicts the Department’s notion that a...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the absence of a person (details supplied) getting a visa renewal on time for their honeymoon, arrangements are possible for documents to be provided for entry to South Africa; if, in the absence of the renewal being issued, they can return to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37143/24]
- Healthcare Services in the Mid-West Region: Motion [Private Members] (24 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: I commend Deputy Cullinane for bringing the Private Members' motion before the House. Before I begin, I want to take a moment to express my sincere condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of Aoife Johnson. The conditions that Aoife encountered when she arrived at the emergency department of University Hospital Limerick should never have been present. Indeed, the conditions that...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (23 Jul 2024)
Martin Browne: 80.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of a Bill for national cyber security; to outline its expected progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31920/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (23 Jul 2024)
Martin Browne: 480.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to include Uisce éireann; if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to all companies in public ownership; if consideration is also being given to extending access to the complaints mechanism to prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31750/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)
Martin Browne: 1097.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the extension of the local authority home loan to include derelict properties; and when this scheme will be open for applications. [32233/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Jul 2024)
Martin Browne: 1271.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision is likely on a carer’s allowance application (details supplied) made on 20 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31615/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)
Martin Browne: 1794.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 11 July, to specify the resources, processes and services referenced, namely, the "additional resources and new processes and structures to integrate expertise and efforts are in place"; to specifically outline, as requested, the engagement with health services,...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the adequacy of the current reconstitution and underplanting scheme in light of the identification of the pseudips mexicanus, known as the Monterey pine engraver, alongside the larch beetle in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36834/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preventative measures that were in place prior to the discovery of the larch beetle in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36837/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preventative measures that were in place prior to the discovery of the Monterey beetle in Clare and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36838/24]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations where the larch beetle and the Monterey beetle have been discovered in Ireland; the restrictions that have been placed in Ireland on the certification and other use of timber sourced from those locations and the requirement and impacts this will have on local foresters; the supports to be put in place to assist in...
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data that informed his Department’s site clearance funding under the reconstitution and underplanting scheme; the methodology his Department used in assessing that financing as being sufficient and appropriate to cover the different needs of different forests and woodlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasoning behind the decision not to implement specific recommendations of the ash review; to provide that detail, per recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/24]
- Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (19 Sep 2024)
Martin Browne: I welcome you all to our public meeting this afternoon. Apologies have been received from Deputy Richard O'Donoghue and Senator Gerard Craughwell. First on the agenda is the approval of minutes of previous meetings. The first item on our agenda is the minutes of the meetings of 10 and 11 July 2024. They already have been approved in virtual private meetings but we must do this for...