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Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: The convention centre should have been left out of the minutes now that we are back on campus. The campus here applies.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: We got advice on that issue during the year to the effect that members must attend the meeting from what is deemed to be the campus of Leinster House. An allowance was made in respect of the convention centre because the Houses were meeting there. The issue of constituency offices came up previously and the advice received from a senior counsel was that members could not join from their...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Ms Gibney. I invite Mr. Stephen Kirwan, member of the Law Society and Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, to make his opening statement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: As Senator Buttimer has another meeting, I will ask him to ask his questions now.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I have three quick questions for each group before I let in anybody else. Can Ms Gibney or one of the representatives of IHREC advise on why momentum to implement the recommendations set out in the White Paper seems to be slipping? Second, who decides if an asylum seeker is vulnerable? Over the past month, the world has been watching while the citizens of Afghanistan have become subject...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Professor Lynch and call Deputy Buckley to speak.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I ask Ms Gibney and perhaps Mr. Kirwan to come back to Deputy Buckley.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Ms Gibney. Before I bring in Mr. Kirwan I had better correct Ms Gibney as Deputy Buckley is a proud Cork man not Waterford man. He will only be giving out to us for the rest of the day if we do not correct this.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr O’Dwyer. Does Mr. Kirwan wish to make any comment on Deputy Buckley’s questions?

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Kirwan. Senator Eugene Murphy has had to leave for another meeting. As Senator Buttimer has returned, he may wish to ask more questions.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: On my behalf and that of the committee, I would like to thank the witnesses. I call Professor Lynch.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Professor Lynch. I do not think anybody would disagree with her that we need a plan that we can aim towards. I invite Ms Gibney, the chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, and her colleagues, to make final comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Go raibh maith agat, Cathaoirleach. I have a quick question for each of the organisations and I will ask the questions in order. If the closed period for the slurry spreading is lifted, as proposed, does Mr. Cullinan have any idea how many farms would be in a position to store slurry, while complying with the new regulations on slurry storage? What would be the impact on the tillage sector...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the officials back again. It is like groundhog day at this stage. As other speakers have said, it is becoming embarrassing to have to keep coming back to such meetings to hear the same thing over and over again. I do not know what way it is going to finish up. I can assure Mr. Gleeson and Mr. Hayes, who answered Deputy Carthy, that targets will not be met this year and if the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: We hear what Mr. Gleeson is saying, and we heard it before, but as far as I am concerned it just seems to be another reason the Department has found to make excuses for underperformance. That is my personal view. I do not know what other people feel. Nearly every month we have someone in from the Department and there is an excuse every time for not hitting the target relating to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: We do know people that are affected. Everybody on this committee knows people that are affected. In the interests of the efficiency of the Forestry Service and how public money is being used, do we have any figures on the average costs of processing a licence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Gleeson.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (9 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA investigations carried out to date in 2021, by county. [41515/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of properties owned by the IDA in Tipperary town; and the number of vacant IDA properties in Tipperary town. [43005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 361. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the way the low income limits for County Tipperary under the Social Housing Assessment Regulations 2011 is forcing family members from homes that become subject to the mortgage to rent scheme; his views on the way this is leading to situations in which families become fragmented; the way in which he plans to...