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Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank an Teachta Ó Broin for bringing this Bill to the House and for his continuing work on the issue of housing. The current state of the rental market means we must do whatever we can to ensure as much supply as possible is available to the thousands of individuals and families who are in immediate need of accommodation. That is why we have brought forward a Bill that simply calls...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (24 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details regarding the parent consultation clinic invitations, which are being sent to parents by children’s disability network teams; if the purpose of the parent consultation clinic is to develop individual family service plans; when the parent consultation clinic was developed; the stakeholders that were involved in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (24 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 616. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to expand the availability of the freestyle libre device for persons with diabetes in Ireland. [25937/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (26 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 23. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulty that is being experienced in securing a locum doctor who will provide full-time cover at the minor injuries' unit in Cashel; if the issue of locum payment is acting as a disincentive when seeking to fill posts such as this; if he intends to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26879/22]

Transport, Accelerating Sustainable Mobility: Statements (31 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Before I start, I also want to express my disgust that the Minister for Transport came in here for 20 minutes and then scooted off again, leaving the Minister of State to take the flack. The buck stops with the Minister for the shambles that went on at Dublin Airport. I welcome the opportunity to address the issue of transport and air my views on some of the recent developments. I start...

Adaption Grants for Older People and People with a Disability: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: Much like the outdatedness of the housing assistance payment, which has no bearing on current rental costs, the upper limit on the housing adaptation grant has remained the same for 13 years. It no longer has any bearing on the actual costs that many people in my constituency of Tipperary face. The annual rate of construction inflation hit 13.4% from January to December 2021. In Tipperary,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: In April this year, 63 adults were confirmed to be homeless in County Tipperary, which is up 32 since April of last year. The number does not include children. The monthly figures have been increasing steadily over the past year and local authorities are coming under increased pressure to assist those individuals and families. For the entirety of last year, Tipperary County Council stated...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: Sinn Féin realises that the way in which wardships of court operate needs to be reformed, but the manner in which the Bill is being brought forward, with particularly tight timeframes, goes against the spirit of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Under Article 4.3 of the convention, disabled people have a right to be consulted on policy and on the laws that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (31 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social workers in recognition of their frontline work during the Covid pandemic; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28111/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Family Agency (31 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 783. To ask the Minister for Health if TUSLA social workers are entitled to the pandemic bonus payment as is the case in respect of HSE social workers in recognition of their frontline work during the Covid pandemic if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28110/22]

Higher Education Investment and Costs: Statements (2 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I am nearly embarrassed to start talking now about Tipperary without mentioning Carlow. For counties like Tipperary, there has been some positivity on the third level education front. This provides the opportunity to study closer to home, if that suits the course people have chosen or have been accepted for and is more than welcome. The fact, however, that the technological universities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: There is no follow-up from the Department side, other than working with-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I will get in touch with the local authorities. Are local authorities hooked up to any of the various microchip databases? Not all databases can be checked online. Some are manual and people have to phone the companies concerned. Would it be easier if everything was digitised and amalgamated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: The Departments of Rural and Community Development and Agriculture, Food and the Marine and local authorities are all involved in this area to some extent. Are the limitations of their remits clear? In addition, the Department of Rural and Community Development stated that it was in contact with the Department for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about transferring some responsibilities in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Statistics from the Department indicate Tipperary has 1.5 dog wardens. We have the longest and largest inland county, so is there an opinion or rule-of-thumb ratio for how many dog wardens a county should or is advised to have? The Cathaoirleach knows we had two and one went out sick and has only been replaced, to the best of my knowledge, with half a post. It is crazy because I know there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: They are full-time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: That is a little over one per county.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: It is the chief executive of the county council who decides.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 and the Control of Dogs Act 1986: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank the witnesses. I will come back in if there is enough time.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (2 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: 31. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a staffing shortage in fostering assessment teams in the south-east; the average length of time it takes to complete an assessment; if he will compare this comparison with target times; if he will provide details on approved staffing levels across all disciplines involved in the fostering assessment...