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

Martin Browne: I appreciate that, Senator Buttimer. I call Deputy Buckley.

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

Martin Browne: I thank Ms Gibney. Would Mr. O’Dwyer or Professor Lynch like make any quick statement?

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

Martin Browne: Does Professor Lynch want to make a comment?

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

Martin Browne: I invite Mr. Kirwan, member of the Law Society human rights and equality committee, to make his final contribution.

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

Martin Browne: We all agree that today's discussion has been beneficial and informative. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for coming here today, even if it was only virtually. We will continue our discussions with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, at a subsequent meeting. I hope the witnesses will be able to visit Oireachtas...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: The next item on our agenda is the consideration of public petitions. We have six petitions for consideration this afternoon. Summary notes and replies from Departments and other bodies were circulated to members. I propose that the petitions considered by the committee at today's meeting and the previous meeting are published, and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our first petition is No. 00005/21 entitled "Defective blocks - the systemic failure justification" by Ms Ann Owens. The secretariat advises that the correspondence from the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is forwarded to Ms Owens. It advises that the Committee on Public Petitions consider this matter further once the work of the working group is complete. Do members have any views on...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our second petition is No. 00006/21 entitled "The right to marry" by Mr. Colm O'Keeffe. The secretariat advises that the correspondence from the Department of Justice has been forwarded to Mr. O'Keeffe and that it has advised him that there are no plans to amend the law to provide for the indissolubility of any marriage. The secretariat further advises that the committee deems this petition...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our third petition is No. P00016/21, from Carles Pujol, concerning the international investigation on the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. The secretariat advises that the correspondence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, along with a copy of the letter received on 30 August 2019, is forwarded to Mr. Pujol and that the committee deem this petition closed as this is a matter...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our fourth petition is No. P00020/21, from Ms Philomena Geoghegan, stating "Why we need to dispel old illogical lunacy laws in Ireland, and which have been amended and repealed. This is not enough. They need to be put beyond use by being dispelled. They are the epitome of injustice." The secretariat advises that a letter has been drafted and will be sent, along with a copy of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our fifth petition is No. P00022/21, from Mr. Neil Copland, stating that we "Require more than a simple Majority to enact legislation that restricts the personal liberty of the population as a whole." The secretariat advises that correspondence from the Office of the Attorney General is not forwarded to Mr. Copland and the committee instead waits until a further response has been provided....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our final petition is No. P00025/21, on the "Request for a feasibility study on 'The Dublin Loop' underground tunnels and multipurpose adaptable autonomous electric vehicles", from Mr. Cormac McKay. The secretariat advises that correspondence from Ms Anne Graham, chief executive officer of the National Transport Authority, NTA, be forwarded to the petitioner and the committee deem this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal. A petition may be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest in relation to our legislative powers or the issuing of a public apology. Do members have any final comments under any other business?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: No, there is no update. We will ask to secretariat to write to Westmeath County Council - it is not Meath County Council - to ask for an update before our next meeting.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: The committee is adjourned until Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 11 a.m. for a virtual private meeting. This will be followed by a public meeting at 12.30 p.m., when we will meet the Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the unprecedented number of scam phone calls and texts that are being received by persons at present; the efforts being made by his Department to address these scams; his views on the actions that can be taken by the phone and communications companies to address this disruption; the discussions that he has...

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Sinn Féin will support the Bill. We thank the Labour Party and Deputy Bacik for bringing it forward. However, we believe it could go further in a number of ways given the crisis situation in which people now find themselves. We are living with the consequences of the failure Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael led Governments to put citizens' welfare above that of vested interests....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticultural Industry: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (21 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: As Senator Daly pointed out, many of the questions have been asked already. To see a shipment of just under 4,000 tonnes of peat come into the country at the weekend was crazy. As Deputy Carthy said, it is not just about 200 trucks in Ireland because another 200 trucks had to load that product over in Latvia and it also travelled 3,000 miles by sea. All sectors of Irish horticulture will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy: Women in Agriculture Stakeholders Group (21 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the new group and it is brilliant to see. I totally agree with what Ms Crowley has just said. Education is vital for all of this to change. It is not just about changing attitudes in the farming sectors. Attitudes need to change right across the board. I just want to put it out there in response to Deputy Leddin's remarks that I believe Tipperary is leading the way in that we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the lack of mental health beds; his further plans to ensure that persons in need of secure psychiatric beds are not left in the criminal system due to a lack of availability of these beds; his views on such a case in County Tipperary in which instructions for bail could not be given to a person due to the fact there were no secure...