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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I had a meeting recently with Concept Dairy. It has a particular focus on technology and information sharing to ensure that farmers can benefit from transparency when deciding on whether to enter contracts. Is the information that is available to farmers who are deciding whether to enter into the contracts significant? Are the hedging and de-risking tools that were mentioned used when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that, but just for transparency, in the opinion of the witnesses, is the information that is out there sufficient for farmers to make these decisions? I am not asking them to comment on any individual case but the overall situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fixed-Milk Price Contracts: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: Gabhaim buíochas, a Chathaoirligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: Yes, just to welcome the guests.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: At this stage, everything has probably been covered. The question of getting information came up earlier. We know here in the committee how hard it is to get information. One cannot get a proper resolution when the Department will not even admit that it is partly to blame for ash dieback even coming into the country. We met a person - I will not name him - during the year. On 26 June 2020,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: We understand some of the frustration with which Mr. White is dealing. It has come up and been raised repeatedly. The witnesses have also called for improvement in phytosanitary security by the forestry service if we are to prevent any other diseases coming in. What kind of feedback is Mr. White getting on that to ensure that we do not finish up with something else being brought in by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: Does Mr. White have confidence that this will take place going forward, whereby the safeguards will be there to protect us from the likes of that? The ash is destroyed at this stage for no other simple reason than people were not listening or people were not doing their job. Can the public feel safe that those kinds of measures will prevent anything else like that from happening again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ash Dieback and its Impact on the Private Forestry Sector: Discussion (22 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: Finally, from talking to other people in the forestry business, we hear that the forestry service never actually provides an update regarding the status of any application. Some people told us that they have been battling with a slow response from the forest service through one application or another for the last four years. They say that the forestry service never provides them with an...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: The disjointed approach towards the accident and emergency unit in Navan hospital sums up the misdirected approach the Department and the HSE takes towards the provision of emergency care. The Government has been attempting to shut down the service in Nenagh for years under the small hospitals framework. The Minister of State, Deputy English, asked us to listen to doctors and experts. The...

Proposal for a Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence: Motion (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the proposal for a directive to combat violence against women and domestic violence. It is important that progress is continually made in responding to violence against women but it is also important to ensure we have a range of supports for victims that are comprehensive and accessible. The key elements of the proposal include: first, the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be available to council tenants in County Tipperary; the reason that no information has been forthcoming despite it being due to come into effect from 1 February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32376/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Data Protection (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal basis that enables her Department to share information such as mobile phone numbers with third party companies such as Turas Nua; if permission to do so needs to be sought before passing on those details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: 609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the impact on the social protection payments of a person if they outline the measures they are taking to secure employment rather than engaging with Turas Nua and or JobPath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clients that received a service under the HSE’s Self Harm Intervention Programme by CHO in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the average wait time; the average number of sessions per client; the average age per client; the average cost per session; the number of WTE staff members employed in 2021; the outcome measurement of the programme; and his...

Annual Transition Statement: Statements (15 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: While reading through this annual transition statement, I went to the section on forestry because I have represented many foresters during my time in Leinster House. One of the first things I read was that "Forests will play an important role in meeting EU emissions reductions targets during the 2021 to 2030 period". The statement goes on to note, as we all know, "The Climate Action Plan...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (15 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: One of the biggest things the Minister of State could do is actually listen to the sector and try to engage with it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (15 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I am raising this issue for a number of reasons. The first is the fact that workers on the ground within our horticultural sector feel as though decisions on access to horticultural peat have been seen as a done deal. It is felt as though now that the furore over the issue has abated, the Government feels as though it is business as usual and the sector has been left to pick up the pieces...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Horticulture Sector (15 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State. In her response, she said that an estimated 17,600 people are employed in the sector. If the Government would only listen to the sector, it would realise that it is putting those working in the sector at risk of losing their jobs because of the price of importing peat from 3,000 miles away. As a member of the Green Party, I do not know how the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome our guests. It is great news about Tipperary racecourse. I am not sure if its opening date was clarified earlier. Is it to be finished by 2024, with the first races to take place by 2025?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Priorities for Horse Racing Ireland: Discussion (15 Jun 2022)

Martin Browne: The opening statement refers to amenities other than those relating to race day activities. Is that something the HRI will be doing or will another organisation be doing it? What is envisaged in that regard?