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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Okay, we will go with the recommendations. Our fourth petition is P000026/21, submitted by Mr. Fakhri Selmi on urgently supporting Tunisia in the Covid-19 crisis. The recommendations are that, first, the correspondence from the Department of Health be forward to the Department of Foreign Affairs along with a letter from the Joint Committee on Public Petitions on behalf of Mr. Selmi and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Is there anyone else? Is that agreed? Agreed. Our fifth and final petition for today is P000035/21, submitted by Ms Apoorva Gopinath, on restarting the issuing of visit visas. The recommendations are that, first, the correspondence from the Department of Foreign Affairs be forwarded to Ms Gopinath and second, that this petition be closed because at present, all restrictions have been...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (25 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Senator Murphy. Do any other members wish to speak? No. On my own behalf, we had a meeting of the Chairs yesterday evening and brought up the issue of extra sittings and the amount of work the secretariats do. We all appreciate the mountain of work they do. We share the secretariat with another committee and we have looked for another date. The agreement from yesterday evening...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Gannon and the Social Democrats for bringing this Bill before the House. As Deputy Ward said, Sinn Féin will support it. The standards and quality of teaching about health relationships and sex education in schools have varied for far too long. It seemed that the quality or manner in which these topics were discussed or taught in schools was primarily based on...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The Minister of State can speak of as many strategies, reports, reviews and working groups as he likes but the fact remains that for nearly a decade, successive Governments have withheld these schemes from a considerable number of people. If, as he says he does, the Minister of State shares our concerns, I urge him to speed up the process. We do not need another review. It is now nine...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: In 2011 and 2012, the then Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly, found the eligibility criteria for the motorised transport grant and mobility allowance were in breach of the Equal Status Acts. What did the then Government do? Did it improve access to the schemes, as any compassionate Government would have done? Did it do all it could to ensure people with a disability would not be grounded in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the Minister and appreciate he has looked at the report. It would be remiss of me not to refer to the report this committee published. The committee made a number of recommendations in regard to the issues that came to the fore. Those recommendations include the need for transparency in its governance as well as independence and gender balance on the board. Has anything been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Does the Minister know how much extra funding is being looked for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I appreciate welfare is on the agenda and I imagine it is was on the agenda before the television programmes exposed it all. Have there been improvements in both sectors since those television programmes aired? Is funding contingent on improvements being made in those sectors so that confidence can be brought back into both greyhound racing and horse racing? As I said, the Chair and I are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016: Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I appreciate the Minister has only had the report for the past couple of weeks. The welfare issue has been known for months and promises were made months ago. Has the Minister had any specific engagements with sectors to see what they have done ahead of getting any funding? Has the Department been in contact with them? If they have not improved welfare, I would stall the funding. As...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: When officials from the Department were last before us, I asked whether we knew which types of operator were not compliant with the European Union (Good Agriculture Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, or GAP regulations, and whether a line had been drawn in terms of how high-risk areas were targeted to ensure that there was no undue imposition on farms. I was told that, regarding...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The Minister is good.

Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Throughout my discussions with the Minister, he always has seemed to genuinely care about the survivors and to want to do the right thing by them. I will not deny that but unfortunately, it seems as though he is being prevented by his Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael colleagues in government from doing the right thing. Those parties have a desperate track record on this issue and they are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress being made in respect of the proposals contained within the Water Sector Transformation Policy Paper: Irish Water – Towards a National, Publicly Owned, Regulated Water Services Utility; the progress being made in resolving the issue of estates that are not being taken in charge; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 448. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a vacancy exists for an inspector of preschools and crèche in south County Tipperary; and if so, the length of time that vacancy has existed. [57567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 449. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of preschool and crèche inspections that have taken place in south County Tipperary in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. [57568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 620. To ask the Minister for Health if he has examined additional pathways to care through the use of Nenagh hospital in order to alleviate the demand on University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57188/21]

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: This is another one of the amendments on which I did not speak earlier as is the other amendment tabled by Deputy Collins. This is one of the amendments which I find it very hard to believe the Minister or the Department has taken seriously. The amendment is simple. The earlier amendment set a target of just €25 for the cost of lodging an appeal. Now, we are saying if someone...

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Everything is going well.

Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the Minister and his officials. I have only one thing to come back on, which we discussed over and over during the summer, because other speakers have covered the other issues. The issue I come back to is forestry. In May, we were told forestry and bio-energy had a total of €103.2 million. Now there is €7 million savings there. Is that not saying the licence...