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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We would not doubt that the people in Cork would come back to us straightaway. That is agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: The Senator will get full agreement from all members. The clerk and the secretariat staff do an unbelievable amount of work for us. Do members wish to go into private session to discuss Owenacurra or are we planning to have a meeting during the recess?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We are not sure if Senator Buttimer would even be able to hear if we go into private session because that thing is back on his screen again.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We can hear you at this stage, but we are in public session. If we go into private session-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Everyone else is gone. There would only be the two of us if we went into private session.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We can try to organise a private meeting next week.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We will try to have a private meeting next week to discuss Owenacurra if we can find a date and time that suits everybody.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: I send everybody best wishes for the summer holidays. If they are going abroad, bring us back something.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We will have two sets of witnesses with us to speak on two separate issues. Petition No. 00025/22 from Mr. Paddy Lynn concerns adding chefs to the critical skills list now to save Irish hospitality. Mr. Lynn and Mr. Khairul Nizam Bin Nayan will speak on this petition. Later in the meeting, we will address petition No. 00042/21 from Ms Joanna Curtis, which is concerned with saving the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Lynn. Is the shortage of chefs an issue throughout the EU? If not, is it the language issue to which Mr. Lynn referred that prevents them from coming to Ireland?

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: In Mr. Lynn's statement he said that the expert group on future skills needs made no mention of the hospitality sector. Has he any thoughts as to why it did not? It seems like it should be at the top of the agenda.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: It is cross-committee, yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Adding Chefs to the Critical Skills List Now to Save Irish Hospitality: Discussion (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: We will suspend the meeting to allow the witnesses to leave and to bring in the next witnesses.

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petition on Saving the Services of the Owenacurra Centre in Cork: Discussion. (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Before we ask Dr. Kelleher to make a final comment, I thank Ms Curtis for bringing this petition to us. Deputy Buckley referred to having petitions from 600 families. It is easy to get caught up in numbers and pins stuck in boards and maps, but behind every number and every pin is a family member like Dr. Kelleher's aunt. The top level of the HSE needs to start recognising that and that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Consideration of Public Petitions Received (7 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I would like to invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, which is available at 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. Today's submissions and petitions are perfect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Hopefully we do this time. I again thank the witnesses for coming. Coming back to what Deputy Carthy was speaking about, have concerns been raised about cartel-like behaviour with the CCPC? Has it been brought to the attention of the CCPC? If so, how did it act? What evidence does it require to investigate these allegations? Previously, the CCPC more or less demanded that farmers should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: Roughly, how many complaints or allegations did the CCPC get?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: If that many people and stakeholders involved in this are coming forward with complaints and allegations, and Mr. McHugh said there was not enough evidence there to take it further, the CCPC staff must be the only people in the country that think that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: However, more than 100 people came forward-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Discussion (6 Jul 2022)

Martin Browne: The CCPC cannot fine a company if it is not investigating it in the first place. The CCPC cannot just go in and fine a company without actually investigating it. Mr. McHugh said the office must have a suite of interventions available to it that will address breaches at different times and have different effects. What does he have in mind that may not be included? Can he expand on his...