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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition 19/22 is from Mr. Joseph Guerin. The committee secretariat advises the petition is deemed inadmissible, as per committee Standing Orders, and the secretariat will notify the petitioner of our decision. Do members have views on this?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition 24/22, on a 100% redress compensation scheme for victims of defective concrete blocks and aggregate and not a grant, is in the name of Ms Mary Morrison. This petition is about houses that are affected by defective blocks and aggregate such as mica and pyrite. The petitioner has concerns about the proposed Government redress compensation scheme and questions about planned...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: To make the committee aware, there is also a petition before the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs on this matter and legislation is in the pipeline. Is it agreed?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition 43/21, on supporting access to employment for non-EEA PhD students' spouses, is from Mr. Fernandos Ongolly. This petition was brought to the attention of the Department of Justice by the committee secretariat. The Department has responded by stating that non-EEA nationals who wish to come to Ireland to work are generally required to seek an employment permit first, following which...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Petition 2/22, "Homelessness is Cancer - blocked up houses are not a cure", is in the name of Mr. Eamon Broughan. This petition was submitted on 28 January and relates to a housing estate in Kildare where houses were bought by the county council several years ago and have been blocked up since. The committee secretariat contacted Kildare County Council about the petition three times but did...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I take it that that is agreed. That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or an issue of public policy. No. 4 on our agenda is any other business. Would...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I echo that. Coming in today, I did not know what we were facing into. I found it very interesting to hear all the views from Cork and Kildare up to Roscommon. I thank the secretariat for all the work it has done for us.

Garda Síochána (Compensation) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (17 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that the purpose of this Bill is to reduce waiting times and the costs that are associated with claims for malicious injuries to a member of An Garda Síochána in the course of their work. It must be noted that current backlogs in the High Court have resulted in some cases taking as long as four years to progress from the initial phase to its conclusion. When legal...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Services (17 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State for discussing this matter with me today. I am talking about the funding needs of the great service that is provided by the Irish Community Air Ambulance. As the Minister of State will be acutely aware, the service provided by the Irish Community Air Ambulance has saved many lives and prevented injuries sustained by people from becoming life changing. Whenever...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Services (17 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that the Minister of State is taking this matter on behalf of the Minister. The reply written for the Minister stated, "I reassure the House that the Government is strongly committed to supporting the strengthening and reform". We are being told the Minister did not even respond to the service for a couple of months when it asked him first, although he did eventually come back...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 660. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1554 of 26 April 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of staffing vacancies within CDNTs in CHO 3 and CHO 5 based on professional disciplines. [24234/22]

Subsidies for Developers: Motion [Private Members] (18 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and the Social Democrats for bringing the motion before the House. It gives us the opportunity to speak for the thousands of families that the failed policies of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over the years have locked out of housing. Tipperary has witnessed a house price increase of 14.3% year on year, according to the latest daft.iereport, but it does...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (18 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 12 May 2022, if he will provide further details on the study into issues with insuring thatched premises; the way that owners of thatched properties can become involved in the study; the progress that has been made to date in the study; if there is a deadline by which the study...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Patient Safety Office’s feasibility study into remunerating service user family member carers; if this study involves the service users, family members, carer's and supporters engaging in services in resource centres such as a centre (details supplied); the date this study is likely to conclude; if service users, family...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Senator Buttimer. The Ceann Comhairle, Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl, and the Cathaoirleach, Senator Mark Daly, have published a Covid-19 code of conduct for the parliamentary community, March 2022. Face masks should continue to be worn when people are moving around the campus and during the meeting except when speaking. This will help to reduce the risk of Covid-19...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on a Ban on Herbicides in Public Areas: Discussion (12 May 2022)

Martin Browne: They are shown how much to mix.

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Martin Browne: The plans the Minister of State has announced in the strategic plan for the NPWS are to be welcomed insofar as they constitute a commitment to expanding funding and service as the need for an agency that is fit to play its part in our collective response to the biodiversity emergency, as the Minister of State has put it. The establishment of the new directorates within the NPWS is welcome...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (19 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions that are in place to address the delay in providing NCT appointments (details supplied); and if he plans to provide an extension for those effected by the delay. [25490/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Martin Browne: My question is for the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. On Friday, 8 April, staff at the minor injuries unit in Cashel were told the unit would be closed from the following Monday because of the inability to replace a doctor who had left because of the low pay. After hearing this, we made inquiries. Fair play to the HSE in that we were told the unit would open fairly quickly,...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Journalists are our eyes and ears when it comes to the many conflicts across the world. They have an important role not just in reporting what is going on in these conflicts, but also in dissecting the cause of the hatred or economic opportunity that prompts or prolongs conflict, or examining how certain conflicts are used for purely economic gain, bigotry or discrimination. Many regimes...