Results 721-740 of 4,399 for speaker:Martin Browne
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Coillte Teoranta (20 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if prior to March 2021 Coillte has been able to provide generic non-site specific harvest plans with their felling applications; if this has been accepted practice between Coillte and his Department; the number of applications submitted and processed in this manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27065/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (20 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 238. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the current efforts to obtain UNESCO world heritage status for the Rock of Cashel; the supports his Department plans to provide in relation to the bid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27185/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (20 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has specific funding and staff responsible for securing UNESCO heritage status for historic sites in Ireland; if so, the budget for this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27186/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (20 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 294. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to address the concerns of family resource centres that they will not have enough space to provide group activities given the impact of Covid-19; the assistance that will be provided to ensure they comply with all health and safety guidelines while continuing to be able to cater for service users; and...
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (20 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 295. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to provide for the additional demand for mental health services at family resource centres; if he plans to provide supports to expand these services in line with demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27123/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (20 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 296. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the way short-term funding for services provided by family resource centres such as counselling and therapy inhibits same from being able to guarantee long-term services; the way short-term funding of this nature can have an impact on the progress being made by persons availing of mental health...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the quantity and value of arms and dual use equipment exported by Ireland to Israel each year for the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact the 2040 planning framework will have on house building in rural Ireland; his further views on whether this is appropriate to home building in rural communities given the rising house prices and the worsening housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27873/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 326. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the companies which supply helmets and uniform equipment to the Defence Forces; and the amount spent on this equipment per year for the past ten years. [27874/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 497. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if An Garda Síochána will be recruiting in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27872/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there has not been a significant increase in the issuing of private licences for the weeks ending 16 April, 23 April, 30 April and 7 May 2021 when over this same period Coillte has only issued seven felling licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27451/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a definition of Coillte felling and private felling based on the forestry licensing dashboard, as presented by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27452/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 519. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where Coillte submits a licence application and it is not the landowner but acts as an agent for the landowner, if the data get presented as Coillte or private on the weekly dashboard when the licence is issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27453/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences issued with ecology input from June 2020 to date in 2021, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27454/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Statutory Instruments (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Department was consulted during the drafting or at any point prior to the introduction of SI No. 45 of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27455/21]
- Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)
Martin Browne: This is a welcome opportunity to discuss unfair practices that our farmers have been subjected to for years, while all the time, their concerns have been ignored; allowing the meat industry to take them for granted. We have seen farmers continually disadvantaged at every turn, despite the efforts they made through their representative organisations or in some cases, by themselves, when they...
- Independent Beef Regulator: Motion [Private Members] (26 May 2021)
Martin Browne: These are the reasons Sinn Féin has been calling for the establishment of an independent meat regulator which would have real powers to ensure transparency and to enter and search, seize documents and records and summon witnesses, and have the ability to demand information from third parties. What we need is an independent authority which has a remit over price reporting. Our farmers...
- Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)
Martin Browne: Irish life has been turned upside down during this pandemic and the public has been dealing with challenges, demands and limitations that before the beginning of last year could not even have been imagined as materialising. Materialise they did, however. With the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, every person in this country had to deal with the fear of the unknown virus, its effects, how...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: I have a few questions on the Vote. A working group has been set up to discuss the effects that the ban on peat harvesting will have on the horticultural industry. The group has only just given its interim report to the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, and the recommendations are weeks away from being published. Is the Department aware that suppliers to the industry are fearful that they...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (Resumed) (25 May 2021)
Martin Browne: Yes, if the witnesses do not have answers than please supply a written response.