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Committee on Public Petitions: Election of Vice Chairman (17 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I now invite nominations for the position of Vice Chairman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Annual Reports of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman: Press Ombudsman (17 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Feeney. The freedom of the press is of vital importance to the proper functioning of any democracy for the enhancement of critical thinking, the exchange of ideas and to hold those in positions of privilege and power to account. What we have seen throughout the pandemic is local publications in all our areas that have gotten into trouble. They have had to temporarily lay off...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (17 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I agree with the Senator. I also thank the clerk of the committee and all the staff. The amount of work that goes on behind the scenes is not seen. On my behalf and on that of the committee, I thank them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I cannot get over some of what Mr. Kirby said in his opening statement. When I read about the three types of artificial insemination I thought it was almost a set-up. Could any member of the public here carry out any of those three artificial insemination procedures, which are illegal in the UK?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: It is crazy to think that I could decide tomorrow morning to carry out any one of those three procedures and there would be no comeback against me. Is most of the abuse of these dogs, of designer breeds as they have been described, being carried out not by the owners of puppy farms but by backyard breeders, to borrow a term used to describe them by a woman from my home town of Cashel? In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: Are some of unregulated clinics moveable? Are those chancers operating unregulated clinics from trailers, which they can move around and, if so, has any of them been apprehended? In terms of what Senator Daly mentioned, I accept that some of the medicines come in but are some being brought in for vets or whatever? Is there a tracing system for these medicines? If so, has a regulator been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: How common was the problem prior to the surge in this practice in the past 18 months? When did PetBond draw the attention of the Department to the issue? How did the Department respond? When did PetBond lobby the Government about this matter? Can Dr. Kirby explain why it has taken so long to either revisit or change the legislation in terms of ear cropping?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013: Post-Enactment Scrutiny (Resumed) (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: The Department had given the impression that the dogs with cropped ears were being exhibited at shows and so on. Has Dr. Kirby a view with regard to sanctions that could be put on people who are running these shows if they regularly have dogs with cropped ears showing up? If they are not in place currently, are there any sanctions he would like the Department to bring in to stop the display...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome our guests. The opening statement of Hemp Federation Ireland forecasts that developing a hemp industry in Ireland will have an immediate and lasting environmental impact and that an indigenous hemp industry has the potential to create 80,000 rural jobs, according to a report from Teagasc. What is that based on? What kind of jobs are entailed within that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: One of the key questions regarding the resistance to opening up the industry is based on the THC presence. Is that based on scientific concerns or is it an over-zealous attitude towards the presence of THC? Products with even a tiny amount of THC are banned. What do the witnesses think is holding the industry back from opening up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: Ms Allen has probably already answered my next question. Is it up to individual countries to determine the permissible level of THC in a product? Who has the primary decision-making capacity in that regard? Is it individual governments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: What is involved in the process of securing a licence which would entitle the farmer to the basic payment scheme? Is it worth the farmer's trouble to try to get that licence?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I have two quick questions; I am aware that others want to get in. In trying to secure finances and grants, the representatives have met resistance from Enterprise Ireland and when trying to get LEADER funding and so on. Will they give us an idea of how much resistance is out there and at what level?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: Has the sector engaged with Departments regarding the contribution hemp may make to climate mitigation measures and retrofitting through insulation? Is there potential to cut down on imports for retrofitting through the use of hemp?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: There has not been any engagement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Development of the Hemp Sector in Ireland: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: The Chairman is from mid-Tipperary and so we said we would get into the west.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I recently raised the issue of the lack of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in Carrick-on-Suir and to be honest, the discussions I have had with the Department on the matter since have been unsatisfactory. There seems to be an attempt to overestimate the number of spaces available at neighbouring schools. I want to talk about Sacred Heart Primary School in Roscrea, which had an...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide funding to local authorities to enable them to contribute to the non-water infrastructure of housing estates that are yet to be taken in charge; his views on whether local authorities should be able to partially take charge of housing estates that have developer-provided infrastructure in order to cater...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (1 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 353. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider increasing the funding that is available to local authorities to take in charge developer provided water services infrastructure estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11259/22]