Results 481-500 of 4,399 for speaker:Martin Browne

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 718. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to the Tipperary protective service unit. [9781/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 855. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing an extra ambulance and necessary staffing at each ambulance base within County Tipperary. [9780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 905. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a survey carried out locally among an organisation (details supplied) which found that 66% of members have reported that their mental health has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis; and his further views on their concerns that CAMHS is not being given the funding it needs to deal with its workload effectively. [9944/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 906. To ask the Minister for Health the additional funding that has been allocated for CAMHS since the onset of the pandemic; the overall funding provided to the service for that period of time; if he has concerns that the service may not have the capacity to deal with the demands being placed upon it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 1106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that six out of eight of the current farming for nature award nominees are not eligible for CAP payments despite being full-time farmers (details supplied); and the measures being proposed in the new CAP to address the matter. [10385/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: I raise the commitment in the programme for Government to reduce our carbon footprint. A lorry recently crashed in Shannonbridge and I have been informed that it was later discovered that the truck in question was carrying a consignment of wood pellets that had been imported all the way from Australia. I have sat in the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine listening to how the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the issue of the delay and cancellation of driver theory tests (details supplied). [10648/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. The report by the IFA referred to the threat of flooding to adjacent land and the water table at local level. It stated these would present a risk to health and safety and farm machinery and asked the working group to keep local farmers informed. Lack of communication with the stakeholders is a thread that seems to run through every committee meeting with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: Deputy Carthy raised one of my issues. I raised another issue earlier but I do not think it was answered. Have Bord na Móna or the Department given any indication that they will set up local working groups? It seems from this meeting and from all the reports that everybody is in agreement that setting up local working groups is the way to take this forward. Have Bord na Móna or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: I have two quick questions. I refer to rewetting and the impact on adjacent lands. Dr. Wilson made reference to the community living in Abbeyleix where flooding of lands has not happened, but at the same time he admits that there are issues surrounding the Shannon area where industrial extraction has taken place. Can he offer any solutions to those communities? What engagement has he had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: My questions are not directly on the issue of rewetting so, if the Chairman does not mind, I will let in Deputy Guirke, who has been waiting to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: Before we go, could the witnesses provide us with an email address to which we could submit questions outside the issue of re-wetting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: This issue has been raised in respect of Tipperary. Cahir, Cashel and Templemore are three of the places that will lose out. Templemore will now have no bank and we got word this morning that EBS is pulling out of Tipperary town. The programme for Government makes a big thing out of the rebuilding of rural Ireland. Since the Government took power, it has been destroying rural Ireland. It...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Communities Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on expanding the communities energy grant scheme to allow grants to be made available to community organisations and not-for-profit businesses who have very limited finances available to them to meet their costs under the scheme; his further views on making grants available to these organisations for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has examined the possibility of reinstating the rail connection between Rosslare and the Waterford to Limerick line; and his views on whether developing this line to carry rail freight would reduce traffic pressure along the N24 and improve the connectivity of the region. [11077/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has undertaken feasibility studies in regard to increasing the use of rail freight in Ireland. [11076/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated number of trucks which could be removed from the N24 on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis if a reasonable rail freight service was available; and the estimated reduction this would have on Ireland’s carbon emissions. [11078/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of illegal taxi operators detected in 2019 and 2020; the number of illegal operators detected in each county; the number of illegal operators prosecuted in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11549/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing grants to community centres and community sports centres to install rainwater harvesting systems in order to reduce their usage of treated water; the reason such supports are not in place at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11937/21]