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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that an insurance company (details supplied) that recently entered the market provides insurance for thatched properties in its home market of South Africa; the reason an insurance company can enter the market here but reduce the offerings available to customers compared to other jurisdictions in which it operates; the level of engagement he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Insurance Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 175. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to enabling the owners of thatched properties who undertake an inspection by a fire officer or inspector to obtain a certificate similar to an electrical certificate that can be submitted to their insurance company; if this is not possible, to outline the reasons; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 567 of 18 September 2024, to outline the methodology used in assessing 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. [38245/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 429. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigations into the suitability of the Palmershill site for the development of a community nursing unit in Cashel, County Tipperary; to provide an update on all matters pertaining to the proposed development of a community nursing unit in Cashel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38500/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 542. To ask the Minister for Health his views on long-stay beds at the Dean Maxwell Unit in Roscrea; if long-stay beds at the unit will remain in place indefinitely or if they will remain in place as long as the community nursing unit in Nenagh is being used for UHL patients’ step-down purposes; to outline staff arrangements for the facility in light of the new arrangement; and if he...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I want to follow up on comments from the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste earlier and ask them how they have made this budget work for children with additional needs who do not have a suitable place, like Josh in Clonmel, whom we spoke about in the House last week. How have they made this economy benefit the 11,000 children waiting for an assessment of needs or scoliosis surgery? Why are...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 171. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has taken any steps to consider appropriate setback rules for anaerobic digestors similar to those in place for windfarms. [39211/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Energy Policy (2 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 172. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department has taken to ensure that anaerobic digestion projects will provide a social benefit to the communities in which they are located. [39212/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We will suspend the meeting for 15 minutes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Apologies have been received from Senator Murphy and Senator Craughwell. We will go into private session to deal with some housekeeping matters.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: The first item on our agenda are the minutes of the private and public sessions of our meeting on 26 September 2024. They already have been approved in a virtual private meeting but we must do this for procedural reasons. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: The next item of business is our engagement with petitioner Mr. Frank Moran, regarding petition No. P00058/2024, entitled Flawed Legislation relating to Pensions and Social Security. Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practice of the Houses as regards references to other persons witnesses may make in their evidence. The evidence of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Moran for joining us. It is important that any legislation be designed in a manner that does not infringe on anybody's rights or issues of equality and that it be done in such a way that people do not fall through loopholes, which seems to be a lot of what is going on. Will Mr. Moran bring us back to when he was advised to opt out of the original scheme, as he put it? What were...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Will Mr. Moran speak to what appear to be the irregular timelines that may have had an effect on his ability to adapt to the changes to the occupational pension schemes?

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Has the Department given any reason it will remove that one line relating to the 36 months?

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Pass the buck.

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: One place we can go is to find out, as the Deputy said, about the 36-month rule. If it can be removed, we will recommend that it be removed. Looking at the Department's response, it claims that the 36-month rule was introduced because if it was not, it could potentially give rise to unequal treatment of opposite-sex couples. Will Mr. Moran give his response to that? Where does he think...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Some of the problem here, which we have seen not just in this case, is that no one wants to take responsibility, as Deputy Buckley said. It is just passed on to someone else. Will Mr. Moran describe the impact on him of the circumstances he has fallen foul of? In light of the fact that he was less than four months outside the deadline to be approved, despite being in a long-term...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I think I can speak for Deputy Buckley and anybody else who is online in saying that in 2024, people are entitled to equality and fair treatment. It is a crazy situation that in 2024, even after the passing of the referendum and that, Mr. Moran has to come in and put his whole life story in front of the public. It comes back to someone having decided that it would be put in, but no one...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Pensions and Social Security Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We will contact the Library and Research Service. We can write to the Minister, as the Deputy said, to ask this to be reviewed and see what steps we can take to get that line removed.