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Written Answers — Department of Health: An Garda Síochána (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 640. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the pressure being put on members of An Garda Síochána to respond to calls for help from young persons with mental health issues or suicidal ideation. [15894/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of rooms at accident and emergency departments that are specifically for the use of patients presenting with mental health issues. [15895/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 62. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he foresees any change in the implementation of the White Paper on ending Direct Provision in view of the Ukrainian crisis. [15104/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 35. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Department of Health to address the difficulties children are experiencing in accessing a timely assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15103/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. I apologise, as I had to attend another meeting during the first part of this one. I have seen the system in operation. It reduces methane emissions by 54%. That is a big number. The delegates are saying the system increases the nutrient value of slurry. Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, we have all seen the price of fertiliser shoot up. Anything that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Would the €30 million to €40 million, which is what EASYFIX proposes for a dedicated emissions fund, be based on performance alone or on installation and other measures associated with the system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Exploring Technologies and Opportunities to Reduce Emissions in the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (24 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I have seen the rubber mats around the country. Do the witnesses know what percentage of farmers are using this system? Do they have a breakdown of that by county?

Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022: Second Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the fact this Bill has been published and that progress has now been made on setting standards around accessing rights when it comes to IVF, surrogacy and the complex matters connected to them. This is a positive development and is welcome for many families. We must ensure it is subject to careful examination as it makes its way through the Oireachtas in order that we do full...

Ban on Sex for Rent Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan for bringing forward this Bill. The types of acts it seeks to address are repugnant in the extreme and indicate the ease with which some people are ready to take whatever advantage they can of the desperation others experience in trying to secure a home. When I read these revelations, published in the Irish Examiner, words failed me. The fact that some...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: There is no doubt, both in here and outside, that we have been lambasted with statements that early intervention is required. I know from parents, teachers and so on that this is not happening. I am glad to hear that the Minister of State is not happy with the SOP. What is being done about the matter? The Ombudsman had a go at the HSE and the High Court has ruled against it. Why the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: It will come as no great surprise that I rise to discuss the assessment of needs and disability services for children with special needs. I do this on behalf of many families across County Tipperary who are at their wits’ end in trying to get timely access for their children. The seriousness of this situation is conveyed on a daily basis in Tipperary, with parents getting in touch...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. I am fairly disappointed. We have been sidelined by Ministers coming in but some of the answers that we have got, especially Deputies Carthy and Michael Collins earlier, have been very evasive. It does not sit right with me. The opening statement said Bord na Móna has indicated to the Department officials that it is willing to assist in any way it can to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Should it be the case that peat that is suitable for mixing is mixed by current suppliers to produce a growing medium that is of value to growers? Is Bord na Móna willing to supply this? Again, it reads as though we are back in January. Again, what Bord na Móna has actually done for the sector? I would also be interested to know what proportion of the just transition fund is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Right, okay. On a related matter, I have heard concerns over recent weeks that milled peat is being taken from Kildare to Athy, where it is being bagged for a UK multiple that is operating there. Will Mr. Breen confirm whether that is the case? Is some of that to do with the 2,000-tonne stock that Deputy Carthy and others have been speaking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Is any of what is being bagged and shipped from Kildare to Athy being offered to Irish growers or to Irish people in the industry, or is it all going out of the country to the UK multiple, or is it going out of the country and coming back in to be sold to Irish growers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: It is not being offered Irish growers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I return to what I am being told, which is that it is impossible to get Bord na Móna on the phone. What is the situation there? What can be done to improve that for Irish growers? We are here now in March. I think it was Deputy Fitzmaurice who said that work needed to be done ASAP. It is nearly the growing season again. If our growers cannot get in contact with Bord na Móna in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: I raise the issue because it is in Bord na Móna’s own opening statement: “the independent expert will also work with suppliers, Bord na Móna and growers to ascertain whether any other peat would be of interest or value to growers”. The growers are telling us they cannot even contact Bord na Móna to engage with it. As I have said, we are coming to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticultural Peat Supply and Willow Scheme: Bord na Móna (23 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. I have to go to another meeting but I will try to come and get in again.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Planning Framework (22 Mar 2022)

Martin Browne: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there has been an update from his Department to local authorities in relation to the connection to the local area and the need to live in the community aspect of planning policy, in view of the increase in remote working and the Government's stated aim to encourage remote working in rural communities. [14809/22]