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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a farmer whose land has been left unworkable due to Bord na Móna rewetting neighbouring bogland is entitled to financial compensation.. [12265/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (3 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to applicants being refused mortgages on houses in estates due to the fact that they cannot be taken in charge by local authorities due to the lack of an agreement between Irish Water and local authorities on the transfer of developer provided water and wastewater infrastructure; the actions...

Proposal for a Council Decision on Hate Speech and Hate Crime: Motion (9 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: According to the UN, there has been an alarming spike in online and offline speech in recent years. In examining the reasons for this, the UN has said that this rise can be linked to changes in the social, economic and technological environment and to Covid-19 and Internet use. For the European Commission, only the identification of hate speech and hate crime as a new and distinct area of...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: This Bill brings to light a number of points. First, it reminds us that the Covid pandemic is not over yet, and that families, households and businesses are still being affected by the threat and the effects of the virus. It also reminds us that the pandemic is never far away, and that we must maintain a state of readiness for any further complications that may lie ahead. Yet, the way...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the reluctance of some local authorities to take charge of housing estates containing developer provided water infrastructure based on the distance from the DPI infrastructure to the local public connection; his views on whether additional funding should be made available for such instances; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (9 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 352 of 1 March 2022, if a local authority can refuse to take over responsibility for the roads and footpaths, public lighting and open spaces following a request to do so by the majority of dwellings owners at least four years since the expiry of planning permission; if so, the situations...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 84. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that his Department does not hold data on a year-to-year basis regarding developments that have been taken in charge; his views on whether it would be appropriate to reconsider this stance given the number of estates nationally that are not receiving any assistance for their needs; and if he will make a statement...

Financial Resolution: Excise (9 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Judging by what the Government plans to implement today, it is obvious that it is still intent on continuing with the relaxed attitude to addressing the crisis that families and businesses are facing right now. There is one particular identifier when it comes to this Government. It will hold out until the last minute, and when an action needs to be taken, it will always stop short of doing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I raise this issue because it concerns another example of difficult circumstances in which many people, whether they are carers or not, find themselves. It relates to the inability of people who care for a loved one to pay for the additional electricity consumption that caring for someone requires. As the Minister of State will be aware, many people find it easier to keep on top of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: As I predicted, the Minister of State rattled off figures from the budget and mentioned some of the other measures the Government has brought in, but carers have told me, and I have no doubt they have told him too, that the measures are not enough for them. I told him about the video I received. That family's electricity bill has jumped from €197 to €349 in five months, so a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Family Carers Ireland says it is not enough.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: The Government needs to realise that these families save €20 billion a year. What would happen if they withdrew the service they provide tomorrow morning?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Payments (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: It is not enough.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (10 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 186. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to address the rising fuel costs (details supplied); and the measures he plans to introduce to reduce fuel costs. [13625/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: It will come as no great surprise that I rise to discuss the assessment of needs and disability services for children with special needs. I do this on behalf of many families across County Tipperary who are at their wits’ end in trying to get timely access for their children. The seriousness of this situation is conveyed on a daily basis in Tipperary, with parents getting in touch...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: There is no doubt, both in here and outside, that we have been lambasted with statements that early intervention is required. I know from parents, teachers and so on that this is not happening. I am glad to hear that the Minister of State is not happy with the SOP. What is being done about the matter? The Ombudsman had a go at the HSE and the High Court has ruled against it. Why the...

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for bringing forward this Bill. The types of acts it seeks to address are repugnant in the extreme and indicate the ease with which some people are ready to take whatever advantage they can of the desperation others experience in trying to secure a home. When I read these revelations, published in the Irish Examiner, words failed me. The fact that some...

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the fact this Bill has been published and that progress has now been made on setting standards around accessing rights when it comes to IVF, surrogacy and the complex matters connected to them. This is a positive development and is welcome for many families. We must ensure it is subject to careful examination as it makes its way through the Oireachtas in order that we do full...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (22 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been an update from his Department to local authorities in relation to the connection to the local area and the need to live in the community aspect of planning policy, in view of the increase in remote working and the Government's stated aim to encourage remote working in rural communities. [14809/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (22 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 352. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been any update from his Department to local authorities in relation to the connection to the local area aspects of planning policy and the need to live in the community aspects, in view of the rising cost of housing and the chronic lack of supply, which are forcing persons away from areas they would otherwise...