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Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Before any other member comes back in, I have a few things I would like to bring up. As I said earlier, I was contacted about three quarters of an hour before this meeting. The Secretary General's opening statement mentions that current residents have a right to expect quality service and we must ensure that it is functioning to meet their needs during the transition period. I do not doubt...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I understand the Secretary General cannot speak about individual cases and I would not expect it. However, previously records were released on how many died in these centres and the causes. That did not identifying an individual case or the area. It seems strange that kind of reporting stopped two years ago. I know the Department is not involved in what I spoke about earlier in regard...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Has the Secretary General come across people in these centres who are afraid to report? The Ombudsman raised the issue that there was a fear among some people that there would be repercussions if they made complaints against centres. Has the Secretary General come across that? He said he was aware of the instance I mentioned about people being fed out of a bag and investigated it. Has he...

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Does any member wish to put anything more to the Department? No. I invite the Secretary General to make any final comments he wishes to.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Thank you Secretary General. This discussion has been very beneficial and informative. On behalf of the committee I would like to thank the Secretary General, Ms Baxter and Ms Quinn for meeting us today, if only virtually. We will continue our discussions with the Department of Justice about the management of the asylum application process at subsequent meetings. I hope that at that stage...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The next item on the agenda is consideration of public petitions. We have six petitions for consideration today: P00009/21 and P000023/21, P000018/21, P000019/21, P000034/21 and P000037/21. Summary notes and replies from Departments and other bodies were circulated to members. Is it agreed that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and at the previous meeting be...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Thank you Deputy Buckley. I support your call there. To correct you, I think it was Mr. Jamie Forde Kelly's petition that was before the previous committee, and not Mr. Barrett's. This has been going on since the last Government was in office and, as you said, concerns were raised that work is still going on. Despite the work the secretariat and others have put into this, I find it very...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I agree with Deputy Buckley. This committee and the staff have been very lenient with these authorities because the European practise is that if you have not heard anything back after three months, you start an investigation. We are four months down the road, trying to get information or even a response from them. We will get the secretariat to write to them, inviting them in. We will...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Agreed. The third petition is P000018/21, submitted by Mrs. Alexandra Koster, on prioritising urgent environmental issues and enforcing actions against non-adherence to environmental laws and regulations. The updated recommendation as of 19 November 2021 is that, first, permission be sought for Mrs. Koster to borrow the response of the Department of the Environment, Climate and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (11 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The recommendations are agreed. That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or on an issue of public policy. Next on our agenda is any other business. Would members like to make...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vacant Properties (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA properties in Tipperary town; the number of IDA properties that have been sold in the town in the past five years; and the number of vacant IDA properties in Tipperary town. [56706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason improvements to rail services have not been referenced in the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan; and the plans of the NTA regarding rail services in the context of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. [56703/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the strategic rail review will be completed; if the review will take into account a review of the timetables on the Limerick Junction, Waterford and the Limerick to Ballybrophy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the working group on the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry will be published; the reason for its delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 325. To ask the Minister for Health his views on developing an entirety of life pathway for survivors of strokes; the work that has been carried out in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department records figures pertaining to the number of greyhounds referred to foster centres included on the panel of service providers since the introduction of the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system in January 2021; and if so, if he will provide these figures. [56818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of further information requests issued in relation to forestry licence applications in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56819/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Throughout my discussions with the Minister, he always has seemed to genuinely care about the survivors and to want to do the right thing by them. I will not deny that but unfortunately, it seems as though he is being prevented by his Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael colleagues in government from doing the right thing. Those parties have a desperate track record on this issue and they are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: In 2011 and 2012, the then Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly, found the eligibility criteria for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance were in breach of the Equal Status Acts. What did the then Government do? Did it improve access to the schemes, as any compassionate Government would have done? Did it do all it could to ensure people with a disability would not be grounded in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The Minister of State can speak of as many strategies, reports, reviews and working groups as he likes but the fact remains that for nearly a decade, successive Governments have withheld these schemes from a considerable number of people. If, as he says he does, the Minister of State shares our concerns, I urge him to speed up the process. We do not need another review. It is now nine...