Results 621-640 of 4,399 for speaker:Martin Browne

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2017. To ask the Minister for Health his views on changing to the Dentists Act 1985 to allow change to the scope of practice for dental hygienists to work independently from dentists; his views on the way this could enable them to treat children in schools given the delay in dental assessments in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2049. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the approval of the FreeStyle Libre device for diabetic patients who are medical card holders [19686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2050. To ask the Minister for Health when the FreeStyle Libre device will be available to all people with type 1 diabetics. [19690/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients on methadone maintenance therapy in each county; the length of time patients spend on such therapy on average by county; and the supports available to help persons become fully drug free by county. [19917/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Land Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of peat soil per county in tabular form. [18352/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a list will be provided of the areas of peat soils which will be included in GAEC 2 of the new CAP in County Tipperary; and the number of farms effected. [18353/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 2451. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the GAEC 2 proposal in the new CAP; and if he will guarantee that this land continues to be viewed as eligible agricultural land and ensure there will be no reduction in farmers' CAP payments as a result. [18354/21]

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Pringle and the Independent Group for tabling the motion. Detailed scrutiny is foremost in determining whether an obligation signed up to on behalf of our rural and agricultural communities will work for or against them. For the purposes of ensuring that the fears of those farming on carbon rich soils are on public record, I will relay a number of questions and concerns to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (22 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State for taking the time to hear this matter. I am becoming increasingly concerned about the ability of children and young adults with special and complex needs and disabilities to access the psychological services they need. This is an issue that has presented itself to me on a number of occasions since the first lockdown last year, when I was approached by the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (22 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State for his response. The problem I have raised is an example of how the importance of mental health provision in this country is continuously overlooked. We discussed that during the debate on Deputy Ward's motion that was passed earlier in the week. People like Jack are suffering because of a poorly provisioned mental health service. The World Health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses to the committee. What is the Health Products Regulatory Authority's, HPRA, overall view on the use of the licensed merchants? Could the HPRA foresee a way, whether it is through upskilling or attaining additional qualifications, that they could continue to keep hold of their corner of the market. The HPRA opening statement says "Anthelmintic resistance in parasites...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses to the committee and thank them for coming before us. Given we are seeing new regulations coming in that will have an impact on licensed merchant businesses with qualified persons throughout rural Ireland, are the witnesses saying it is their belief licensed merchants and their qualified persons have been issuing too much of these medicines? We have also heard the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation of Veterinary Medicines: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: Ms Muldoon said people can source the products in the same places but we all know that, even if the merchant has to wait five days to get it, the farmer cannot afford to wait five days. This cuts down the farmer's options, and he must then go to a vet. He may have been using the merchant all his life, but now, with the new system and a five-day delay, it does not give him an option because...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on promoting tourism in towns in County Tipperary such as Cashel, Cahir and Tipperary; her further views on the need for investment in infrastructure that would entice tourists from tourism attractions such as the Rock of Cashel into the towns themselves; her plans to allow for the quick emergence of the tourism and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on making supports available to taxi drivers given the role they have played throughout the pandemic and the impact the pandemic has had upon their livelihoods; his views on suggestions (details supplied); if he plans to make a rescue package of supports available to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans for the tourist interpretative heritage centre in Cashel, County Tipperary; and if a location for the centre has been identified. [21663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between social housing income limits in County Tipperary and neighbouring counties; and his plans to address this issue. [21585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out a review of the school transport schemes in view of the difficulties many parents in rural Ireland have in securing spaces due to distance limits. [21586/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an allowance in the school transport scheme will be made for the parents of a child with additional needs to send their child to a school other than the closest one to them if it is better equipped for their child’s needs. [21587/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for bus tickets under the school transport scheme in County Tipperary by year; and the number of appeals to decisions under the scheme by year. [21588/21]