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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant maxillofacial surgeons attached to Nenagh Hospital in 2020 and 2021; and if this number will be increased. [62969/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant paediatric cardiologists at University Hospital Limerick in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [62970/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1448. To ask the Minister for Health the details concerning his decision to permit a nursing unit (details supplied) to continue accepting patients and residents for 2022; if this extended opening period will last until a decision on funding under the National Development Plan is formalised; the length of time patients and residents both new and existing admissions can expect to stay in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1449. To ask the Minister for Health if he has discussed the need for a National Development Plan funding for a facility (details supplied) with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; if not, if he will consider doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1882. To ask the Minister for Health when student nurses will be paid their pandemic placement grant for 2021 (details supplied). [2241/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target volume of forestry licences his Department plans to issue in 2022; and the target figures by category. [1267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences that are awaiting assessment at the start of 2022 in chronological order and by licence type. [1268/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ownership of Shelbourne Park and the reported issues with ownership of the underground kennel area will be clarified. [1964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1992. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the €2,255,872 spent on animal welfare by Greyhound Racing Ireland in 2018, the €2,174,090 spend in 2019 and the €1,764,569 spend in 2020, categorised in relation to racing regulation, welfare, laboratory, integrity and governance. [1965/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 1993. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Greyhound Racing Ireland laboratory has the capability to test blood and hair follicle samples; if so, the cost of such tests; and the number of such tests carried out in 2020 and 2021. [1966/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 2005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licence applications issued broken down for Coillte and private (details supplied) from May to December 2019 and for the entirety of 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2099/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regeneration Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Martin Browne: 2048. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the process involved in identifying successful applications under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund category 2 as announced on 2 January 2022; the way successful applications are identified and decided upon; the reason three projects identified for Tipperary town were not deemed suitable; and if she will make a statement on...

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: I concur with Deputy Gannon that it is unacceptable that the Minister has not stayed in the Chamber to listen to the statements. It would be remiss of me not to welcome some of the Government Deputies but they have gone again. Last week when we were in committee they did not stay in the Chamber for their slots and we missed ours. In the new year, it would be good if Government Deputies...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of existing residential housing units that have been acquired by real estate investment trusts and Irish real estate funds in each of the years 2018 to 2020; his views on whether the tax advantages provided by both tax structures are justified with the respect to the acquisition of existing dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: Can the Minister of State tell this House the number of existing residential housing units that have been acquired by REITs and real estate funds in each of the years from 2018 to 2020? I would also like the Minister of State’s views on whether the tax advantages provided by the tax structures for both are justified with respect to the acquisition of existing dwellings, given the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Real Estate Investment Trusts (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: The Minister of State will be aware that the CSO residential property price index report for October was published today. It shows that house prices across the State have risen by 13.5% annually. Families cannot afford to buy homes. As I have already told the House this week, there are families in Tipperary whose landlords have given them notice. They are looking to a rental market that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: I accept the Minister of State has met the insurance companies but he will forgive me if it seems like a kid-glove approach to the sector that has prevented community events from taking place during the summer and for the past 12 months. It has made driving, which is a necessity, costly. It is not a luxury anymore. The public thinks the Minister of State is being too soft on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of progress made under the action plan for insurance reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62370/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: I also want to wish the Minister best wishes for Christmas before we all fall out. I ask for an update on progress that has been made under the action plan for insurance reform. We hear a lot about reductions in personal injury awards. What effect is that having on insurance policies?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (16 Dec 2021)

Martin Browne: Given the 40% reduction in personal injury awards since the new personal injuries guidelines came into effect, reductions should have been passed on to members of the public and organisations and businesses that need them. Instead of reductions, the businesses in the entertainment sector are under huge pressure right now and have seen hikes in their premiums. Public liability insurance...