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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 2024.To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason that community recognition fund grants have yet to be awarded for 2024.[34160/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: 80.To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of a Bill for national cyber security; to outline its expected progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31920/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman (23 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: 480.To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to include Uisce éireann; if he will extend the remit of the Ombudsman to all companies in public ownership; if consideration is also being given to extending access to the complaints mechanism to prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31750/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: 1097.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the extension of the local authority home loan to include derelict properties; and when this scheme will be open for applications. [32233/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (23 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: 1271.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision is likely on a carer’s allowance application (details supplied) made on 20 May 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31615/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: 1794.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 11 July, to specify the resources, processes and services referenced, namely, the "additional resources and new processes and structures to integrate expertise and efforts are in place"; to specifically outline, as requested, the engagement with health services,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome everyone to the meeting. No apologies were received. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meetings of 3 and 4 July 2024. They have already been approved in a virtual private meeting, but we must do this for procedural reasons. Are they agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: I will read some formal notices. I remind members of the constitutional requirements that they must be physically present within the confines of the place which parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, to participate in public meetings. I will not permit members to participate where they are not adhering to this constitutional requirement. Therefore, any member who attempts to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: I will ask one or two questions before I let in other members. I note that Mr. Deering has said there is an inconsistency in how different local authorities deliver their services and deal with complaints, and as a result, we have developed a model complaint handling procedure. How is that working? Are local authorities receptive and collaborating?

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: The model has not been rolled out and launched.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: I asked that because some of the difficulties every public representative would get would concern the issue of the taking in charge of estates. There is the Department and Uisce Éireann.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: Every member will say how frustrating it is to deal with such matters. Has the public brought any of those kinds of incidents to the attention to the Office of the Ombudsman in terms of trying to deal with both a council and Uisce Éireann? I ask that because for ten or 12 years, there are estates that have been left in complete darkness with the roads not finished.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes. In 2021, the Office of the Ombudsman published the Grounded report, which outlined the lack of access to transport for people with disabilities. The Ombudsman stated in his report that he met officials from the Department of the Taoiseach on a number of occasions but he also said the "lack" of progress was nothing short of shameful. We had a disability strategy from 2017 to 2022 and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: Yet still the same problems.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: The Ombudsman believes we need to get an Department or Minister who will be directly responsible.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: I agree with the Ombudsman because at the minute the approach is one of pass the buck and blame someone else. I want to know about access to public buildings. My own town of Cashel has a gold star. It was not until I went around the town with your chaps, who are dead since, and may they rest in peace, that we found out, even after being awarded a gold star, how much more needed to be done....

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: Ms O'Shea has lodged a complaint and I will too. Ms O'Shea in contact with the Ombudsman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2022 and Related Matters: Discussion (11 Jul 2024)

Martin Browne: Work away, Deputy.