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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Quality (15 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on addressing the risks posed by public water supplies in the Environmental Protection Agency's drinking water quality in public supplies report for 2023; the improvements made in addressing the long-term resilience and safety with reference to environmental pollution of supplies in County Tipperary;...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I see the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is there. I would appreciate if she or the Taoiseach could find out more for me about the community nursing home for Cashel. The latest information from the HSE, 20 months since indicating it was considering other sites outside of St. Patrick's, is that no decision has been made. It is now nearly 17 months since Palmer's Hill was confirmed to be...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Is it going to be used in the next couple of weeks as an electioneering promise by some of the candidates?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Come down to south Tipperary, to Cashel.

Proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2024: Motion (22 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We welcome the Labour Party amendment and will not oppose it, as it is similar to the one brought by Deputies Kerrane and Mythen last year. The same review was sought by Sinn Féin last year and the Minister committed to carrying one out. He also committed to it several times at committee meetings, but no results have been forthcoming. There is little room for doubt about the fact...

Public Health Service Staffing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I also thank the Labour Party for bringing the motion to the House today. Members of the Fórsa trade union are due to join their colleagues in SIPTU and the INMO to protest on the Western Road in Clonmel on Thursday. I call on anyone who can attend to do so, and to show their support and solidarity between 12.30 p.m. and 1.30 p.m. While I suggest that Government representatives...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if dates for the mid-term review of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 have been set; if not, when a date is likely to be set; if there will be a public consultation process to allow submissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43381/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in CHO 5; to provide the details in increments of three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43408/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in CHO 3; to provide the details in increments of three months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43409/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 1 October 2024, if any commitment was ever given to allowing current residents at a nursing home (details supplied) to stay at the facility indefinitely, or for the remainder of their natural lives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43396/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of home care in CHO 5; the number of those people who have received home care provision; the number of those people who are waiting for the provision of home care; if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time in two-month increments that those people who have not yet received home care provision have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of home care in CHO 3; the number of those people who have received home care provision; the number of those people who are waiting for the provision of home care; if he will provide a breakdown of the length of time in two-month increments that those people who have not yet received home care provision have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (23 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on the initial design process for the community nursing unit in Cashel; the overall spend incurred in professional fees involved in site appraisal and other measures to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43463/24]

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the introduction of this Bill. For too long, our farmers have had to navigate a marketplace that is not designed with their needs in mind, while at the same time having to comply with measures that are outdated and schemes designed and rolled out by the Department in a manner that can, at best, be described as inefficient. Farmers are workers too. They are involved in one...

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: It is the graveyard shift.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: No apologies have been received. We will go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I wish everyone a good afternoon. I welcome everyone to our public meeting. I remind members of the constitutional requirements that they must be physically present within the confines of the place which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where he or she is not adhering to this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: In response to the petitioner Tusla has said that while HIQA does not place sanctions on Tusla, if it finds improvement must be made to service, it gets Tusla to complete a complaints plan which is followed up subsequently and inspection reports are posted on HIQA's website. I suggest we ask the petitioner for their response and go back to Tusla about the database. Did we ask about the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: The second petition is No. P00012/23 - “Justice [and] Safety” - C.J. Gaffney: We are calling on the Government to compensate us out of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) which was offered at our meeting in Brussels and confirmed by the documents and radio interview contained in the links below by Irish MEPs and senior EU officials, considering the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Someone needs to answer for the fact that this unsafe vessel was registered as safe in the first place when it clearly was not. This family have been let down apparently every step of the way by the system because we have another situation here in which the buck seems to be passed from one to another all over Europe. As the Deputy stated, we know there are boats out there that are of the...