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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: It is not populism. I do not need the €100.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I was going to bring up a particular issue, but having listened to earlier remarks from the Tánaiste I do not believe he or anybody on the Government benches realises how low and middle income families in this country are struggling. They have no experience of it. I hear Members opposite say that they get it and they understand it, but they do not. I will give an example. A couple of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: They see that we are getting €100 and millionaires are getting €100. It will assist those couples in the short term, but long-term it does nothing at all for them.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: The Tánaiste and the Members opposite need to realise they do not understand what is going on out there in real life.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: It is not.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I know that and I do not need the €100.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made ascertaining the level of horticultural peat stock available to growers; and if his Department has commissioned experts to provide free advice to those wishing to achieve regulatory compliance for extraction of horticultural peat on sub-30-hectare bogs for supply to the domestic horticulture industry. [7076/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: 399. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available for persons diagnosed with avoidant, restrictive food intake disorder; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which persons living outside of CHO4 are unable to access the services provided to address this condition and as a result, a family has been left with no option but to secure such services for children under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (10 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: 400. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a child diagnosed with avoidant, restrictive food intake disorder by CAMHS being denied cognitive behaviour therapy due to the fact that they are under 12 years of age. [7153/22]

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: The purpose of the CCPC is to have the consumers at the centre of its work, to act on their behalf and to protect them from anticompetitive measures that will ultimately have a negative effect on them. This is the case for individual consumers as well as businesses and by extension, the economy as a whole. For this protection to be effective, the CCPC needs to have powers that will deter...

National Minimum Wage: Motion [Private Members] (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I regularly encounter people who are working, and working hard, yet it is not paying off for them. They are still facing the difficulties we are becoming too familiar with these days, such as difficulties in meeting their housing payments each month, paying insurance costs to get them to and from work, paying for childcare and the list goes on. However, an increasing problem is how low...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have applied for funding under the once-off Covid-19 minor works funding of €17 million for post-primary schools; and the number of schools that were successful in their application by county. [6962/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome our guests. We have met Dr. Moore and Mr. Hickey before. The sector we are talking about is struggling to deal with paperwork, red tape and so on as it is, and farming is so difficult these days. Will the suggestions the witnesses are presenting us with result in farmers having to wade through a raft of further regulations, or is there a way in which the benefits of good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: Ms Clerkin mentioned the value of hedgerows allowed to mature. Am I right in saying it is like forestry in that the ability to sequester carbon is dependent on the age of the species involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I take it the point being made is that replacing the hedgerows with new ones is setting back sequestration.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: It was stated that between 2,000 km and 6,000 km of hedgerows are being taken away every year. Why are the figures so vague? As they are so vague, are we even getting true figures on the benefits of new hedgerows?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Hedgerows, Carbon and Biodiversity: Hedgerows Ireland (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: Dr. Moore has worked for the past number of years with Irish Rail about hedges. Has there been any improvement in that respect?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I have some questions for the witnesses from Environmental Pillar. We have discussed organics in the past and we have heard that 2% of all agricultural land in Ireland is under organic production compared with 8.5% in the rest of Europe. The Minister has set a target of 7.5% by 2027, which is already around the EU average. If we are going to start playing catch-up in that area, will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: I have a few questions for BirdWatch Ireland. Ms Duggan said that 2% to 5% of the €9.8 billion in Irish CAP money to address biodiversity matters is very weak and more funding is needed. What kind of target or how much of that €9.8 billion would be needed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Draft Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan 2023-2027: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Martin Browne: Ms Duggan also spoke in her opening statement about the wild bee species. We all accept they are at risk of extinction. Will she give us an indication of the seriousness of the issue? Is it too late for some of them at this stage? Are they gone?