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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jul 2021)

Martin Browne: 321. To ask the Minister for Health the supports that are available for a family waiting for night nurse services for their newborn child in the case of a family in County Tipperary have been informed they will have to wait at least six months for this service through the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31737/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Jul 2021)

Martin Browne: 427. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of running the former St. Michael’s psychiatric unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary in each of the five years up until it closed in 2012. [32925/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: There is still confusion on this issue. We are talking about a company that was contracted to the IFFPG for 15 years. The director of that company, in his statement, said that on or around the morning of 18 May 2021, he was telephoned by the CEO of the IFFPG and verbally informed that the contract with Walker Recycling Services Limited was terminated, with no reason given. Mr. Moloney,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I did not ask that yet. I am asking about the telephone call.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Would Mr. Moloney say that the IFFPG's termination of Mr. Walker's contract helped to shove his company into liquidation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: If 4 June was the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I imagine Mr. Moloney was thinking of terminating the Walker contract the last time he was before the committee. Yet, he made no attempt to make us aware of what was going on. Was the Department contacted about terminating the Walker contract? If it was, at what stage did Mr. Moloney contact the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Was the Littleton facility in the minds of the IFFPG when the contract with the Walker company was being terminated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: The company was not in liquidation on 18 May when the IFFPG representatives were before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: If the change in the definitions of green and amber waste increases the cost, then how does terminating contracts with the likes of the Walker company make things any better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: We are at another committee meeting with total confusion again about when all these telephone calls and terminations took place. We are going to be none the wiser leaving here. We have one report from Mr. Walker and Mr. Moloney is giving us a different definition. Which one are we to tell the public is the truth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. We will see what they have to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Walker for coming before the committee. What was his relationship with IFFPG like before 18 May or 4 June? Were there any disagreements between them? What reasons did it give him for terminating the contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Had there been any disagreements between Mr. Walker and IFFPG in the run-up to that date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I must leave the meeting shortly because I will be speaking elsewhere. We all appreciate that 80% is a good rate of collection but 20% of plastics is a massive amount to leave sitting around. It is just not good enough. The officials told us that the Department is setting a target of 70% for the IFFPG every year but that company is still getting 100% of the levy. What would happen if I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I do not agree with Mr. McDonald. I have been working over the last week and I got someone to come to remove stuff for me. If he had left 20% or 40% of what I asked him to move in my front yard but, while I was away, my wife paid him 100% of the money, by God, I would be fairly angry when I got home for the weekend. It is time departmental officials started pushing a crowd like IFFPG, who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Are departmental officials worried that the waste management infrastructure, including farm plastics and the recycling rate, is falling apart?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank the Chair. I must leave the meeting to speak in the Chamber.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Jul 2021)

Martin Browne: As Mr. Dunne mentioned, one of the difficulties is down to the fact that there are three Departments involved - Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Environment, Climate and Communications, and Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Has any of them been more forthcoming in trying to address the witnesses' concerns or are they being ignored equally by all three? Last month, the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Task Force: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Martin Browne: In March of this year, there was severe disappointment among farmers’ representatives in regard to the beef price developments over the previous month and unhappiness at the explanation provided by meat industry representatives at the forum on this issue. In April, members of the committee expressed disappointment at the market transparency studies, and the reports failed to identify...