Results 181-200 of 873 for speaker:Martin Browne in 'Dáil debates'

Health (Amendment) (Dual Diagnosis: No Wrong Door) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I commend Deputies Ward and Gould for this Bill. It provides for something that has been missing for far too long. We need only ask the voluntary organisations that try to fill the gaps left by the State. They will describe the level of demand they have for the services they provide in the area of combined addiction and mental health and how the State does not provide for it adequately....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I am not sure. I thought the Minister for Health was going to be here. He knows the situation. I am not having a go at the Minister of State but it is a joke that we are here again asking questions of a Minister for Health who has not appeared. The Minister of State has confirmed that it is a 60-bed unit. This reply states that it may be built on the existing site or on a new site. That...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: What did it get wrong?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: In the response to the parliamentary question, there is no mention of the other site raised in the reply the Minister of State has given me today.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I know. I appreciate that. I said that. It is a disgrace that the Minister has not turned up again.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (16 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I am raising this matter because of the lack of clarity I received in reply to a parliamentary question about a 60-bed unit that was supposed to be built in St. Patrick’s Hospital, Cashel. We were told the money for the project was ring-fenced years ago. The response I received to that parliamentary question moved to discuss a 50-bed unit. I received an amended reply today that has...

Civil Defence Bill 2023: Second Stage (15 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak to this Bill. Our Civil Defence is highly regarded in every community. They are our neighbours and our family members. The amount of work they put into the Civil Defence is unimaginable and often overlooked. Tipperary Civil Defence, covering north and south Tipperary, has carried out amazing work all over the county, especially during the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: It is the Government's policies that are referred to in this report.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: If we assist with the students' rental situation the Minister will also assist with the wider problem, to some extent by taking the pressure off it. By its very nature, however, this kind of accommodation must be affordable. I am not talking about providing some affordable accommodation or restricting it to SUSI recipients. I am referring to all beds being offered at an affordable rates....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: The renters are being punished for the landlords not being registered with the RTB.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on student accommodation projects at advanced stages of planning that remain undeveloped due to a lack of agreement on Government support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6950/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I will go back to where we are with accommodation for college students. The Minister announced towards the end of last year that funding had been released for 667 of the 3,000 remaining undeveloped sites. I accept that he said earlier to Deputy Conway-Walsh that he met with representatives from these colleges. When can we see progress on this? Dublin City University, DCU, has planning...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the Minister's response but the plan is a stopgap measure that still falls way short. Like I said, 667 out of 3,000 is a start but it is still does not come anywhere near what is actually needed in places like Waterford, Cork and Dublin. They have been left out of it. We are seeing the consequence of decades of underinvestment and now demand is outstripping supply. At least...

Veterinary Medicinal Products, Medicated Feed and Fertilisers Regulation Bill 2023: Second Stage (14 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister for the opportunity to speak on the Bill. A derogation that would have allowed for responsible persons to continue to dispense some veterinary medicinal products, VMPs, without a veterinary prescription was not availed of by the Government. As the Minister knows full well, it led to a lengthy debate on the future of the role of the responsible persons under the new...

Emergency Housing Measures: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank Labour for tabling this motion. Despite me pointing it out in the Chamber a number of times, the fact that the number of people who are classed as homeless is an under-representation remains unchanged. If the Government's figures are based on those who fit the criteria to be considered homeless by local authorities, it is falling short of the mark. In Tipperary alone, the county...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: The Labour Party is in government now.

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: Recent attacks on members of An Garda Síochána and other instances in which gardaí have been engaged in crowd control, given heightened tensions at certain events in recent times, have reinforced the case for body cameras to be deployed and used. We are talking about enhancing the ability of gardaí to effectively and safely carry out their duties, which include ensuring...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: I am raising the issue of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, ARFID. I have raised the issue of young Riain from County Tipperary before. He cannot get proper treatment within the health service.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: Sorry. I am speaking about ARFID and about Riain, a boy from County Tipperary whose case I have raised previously. He cannot get proper treatment within the health service, but he is not alone. More families are presenting with their own accounts of difficulty in accessing services, or even a pathway to treatment. Many get shoved from pillar to post between child and adolescent mental...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Feb 2023)

Martin Browne: Will the Minister of State meet the families?