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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (12 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an estimated completion date for the review of income eligibility for social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49217/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (12 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to provide additional funding for the inclusion of ASD classrooms in a school (details supplied). [49423/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (12 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 476. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to amend the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 to address the current barriers to both parents in families who have children via surrogacy to have an equal legal relationship with their children as those enjoyed by families who do not need to use surrogacy; and the status of the ongoing work on preparing the Assisted Human Reproduction...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paramedics employed by the National Ambulance Service, by county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [49421/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 527. To ask the Minister for Health the number of National Ambulance Service ambulances, by county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form [49422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (13 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to provide student accommodation for those attending the Technological University of the Shannon, Midlands Midwest; the plans in place to deal with the limited capacity of technological universities to borrow in order to build their own student accommodation; if a study to determine the capacity and capacity...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I do not know if we are living in the same country at all. I have listened to the passionate plea of Deputy Durkan. He is rolled out at the end of debates all of the time. Fair play to him, he is a likeable rogue. Fine Gael puts him out there to defend the Government at the very end but to borrow his boxing analogy about those outside the ring, perhaps it is time for this Government to...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: That was a nice political broadcast for the Fianna Fáil Party

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to ensure that Leader funding will be maintained at the current level as part of Ireland’s Common Agriculture Policy Strategic Plan. [50157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Employment Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department plans to have completed its examination of the Department of Social Protection proposal in relation to community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50239/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank our guests for attending the meeting. They stated that the nitrates action programme is important for improving water quality and meeting the water framework objectives. The fourth NAP, however, has not protected the water from nutrient pollution from agriculture. The EPA supports the fifth NAP, which it believes will help to tackle the failure of the fourth one. It says the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: Okay. There are other members who wish to contribute so I will leave it at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion (13 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses from the two Departments. The key factor is ensuring optimum soil fertility by balancing nutrition and minimising sediment losses in the environment. Legislation is being developed to allow this to be adopted. What about farmers who want to avail of a good price on fertilizer? Will this inhibit their ability to shop wisely? Under the enforcement reform,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the members to our virtual public meeting this afternoon using Microsoft Teams. We have apologies from Senators Craughwell and Warfield. The Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, and the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Senator Mark Daly, have appealed to everybody in the parliamentary community to continue to follow public health advice, wear a mask and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: The second item on the agenda is consideration of public petitions. We have nine petitions for consideration this afternoon. Summary notes and replies from Departments and other bodies were circulated to members. The question is that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and the previous meeting may be published and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: We can discuss it. Is there anything contained in the summary that was circulated that caught the Senator's eye?