Results 281-300 of 4,399 for speaker:Martin Browne

Pre-European Council: Statements (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Ahead of the previous European Council meeting, many contributors in the House warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences of the Israeli Government's planned incursion into Rafah. After an operation in which more 1 million people have been displaced, the Israeli Prime Minister expressed his hope that the ground operation in Rafah would be completed soon. He is moving on regardless....

Primary School Funding: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank the Independent Group for bringing this Private Members' business before us. A clear message was sent to us in the audiovisual room last week by primary school principals from across the country, including Tipperary: urgent action is needed immediately. A lack of support staff to give teaching principals the time they need, the lack of consistent funding schedules to aid school...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: 308. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis upon which site clearance grants under the RUS scheme was determined as reflecting a cost of €2,000 per hectare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26809/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: 309. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis upon which the climate action performance payment has been capped at €5,000; his views on how this cap does not reflect the additional cost incurred in removing older trees as opposed to younger ones; if he intends to review this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26810/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I know every effort is made by the HSE to keep it within the framework of the legislation. Will a simpler system be brought forward so that families like Natalia's and Natalia herself, who has lifelong complications, are not faced with an 80-page document, dozens of phone calls and over and back trying to source a medical card? Will the Minister...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I, too, extend my best wishes to the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, on his promotion to his new position. I am disappointed, however, that the Minister for Health is not present. I thought someone with responsibility in the area of health would be present. I have asked-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Medical Cards (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: So be it, but the Minister for Health has a habit of not appearing in the Chamber for Topical Issues, and this has been raised before. I have asked for this matter to be discussed because it is reflective of the difficulties that can be experienced by people with life-long conditions and their families. The constituent of whom I am speaking is a 17-year-old girl. When she was born she...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Cormac Devlin. The first item is the approval of the minutes of the private and public meetings on 12 and 13 June 2024. We have already approved them in the virtual private meeting but we must do this for procedural reasons. Are they agreed? Agreed. I will read some formal notices. I remind members of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: On the slabs being taken up, ground in Roscrea, in the Sean Ross mother and baby home, was scanned recently. It is possible to scan the ground now that would show where ground would have been disturbed. I know it is a different Department, but it is possible to scan the ground now. The slabs may have to come up but it is possible to scan the ground.

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I propose we do.

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: In the OPW's response to Mr. Doyle, it claimed: Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument and an iconic and much respected site in the context of the national independence struggle in particular. The fact that it is also a grave location adds a significant resonance to its penal and historical significance. There is a strong opposing view to the current campaign that believes the graves...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: They were opposing.

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Was that the only opposition?

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Like I said at the start, when you have that many family members and all the support that is there, one opposing view should not stop it. I agree with the other speakers. Why is the OPW there in the first place if it cannot make a decision on something that is under its remit? It should not have to go to the Taoiseach but I join Deputy Buckley in proposing that this committee should write...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: How big is that location?

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: It would not take too much to remove the slabs. Would the committee be happy if they were to remove some slabs and do scans or would the committee look for the whole site to be scanned? We think we know exactly where they are, in that corner of that relatively small yard. The logical thing to do with the scans will be exactly as the Cathaoirleach suggests, start off where we are pretty sure...

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: Is Mr. Lambert fairly confident from records that that is where they are, in that yard?

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: One last thing, 28 councils have given their support. Of the other councils, was there any common thread coming back from them? Was it maybe motions were not put to the councils?

Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)

Martin Browne: I cannot imagine why they would not pass it. Some 28 of the councils did. Maybe motions did not go in front of the councils to support it. I come back to the 92 relatives, the 28 councils and the 73 TDs and the amount of support. I propose, and Deputy Buckley might second it, that we, as a committee, write to the Taoiseach immediately, asking him to get involved. We do not want a generic...