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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: Yes. There is a letter gone. To think there is €7 million savings and we discussed it over and over at the committee during the summer. The licence system is a busted flush. It is frustrating for us in the committee so I can only imagine what it is like for farmers. As Deputy Fitzmaurice and others said, we are trying to encourage others to plant. The way it is going, there is...

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: Just a quick one. In his opening statement, the Minister mentioned looking at ways to re-engage farmers so that they see forestry not as a displacement but as being complementary to their farming enterprise. Could the Minister give us an idea of what he has in mind there? On the TAMS payment. I note the Minister is seeking to use the €3.3 million in savings from the 2021...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I am raising this issue on behalf of the survivors of mother and baby homes and county institutions across the country, who are outraged, deeply upset and insulted at the provisions made in the redress scheme that the Minister has published. To be frank, the redress scheme announced this week is an exercise in exclusion rather than compassion. I have been contacted by a number of survivors...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Residential Institutions (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The Minister and I, and other Members, have met survivors. I assure him that whether they were there for one day, five months and 29 days or six months and two days, all these people were affected exactly the same by being separated from their families and decades of trying to get answers from the governments. This sliding scale effectively tells them that their forced separation and...

Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill. Sinn Féin will be supporting it. It is not before time that we see the 2001 Act being updated. To go 20 years without updating it is far too long. It must be noted that these amendments were originally introduced in 2018. Pre-legislative scrutiny was completed in January 2019. It has been a very slow process. I hope that will not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I understand that, but people should be able to rely on the Passport Office to communicate effectively with them, answer their questions and give them confidence that they have a reasonable prospect of getting their passport either on time or at least by the target issue date. They have been told that right throughout the online tracking system. Some people for whom I have been making...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: The case of first-time passports has been a particular problem. I am aware of a case in which a mother had applied for her child's passport, only to be told more than nine weeks later there was no guarantee the child's passport would be issued. That warning came three days before they were supposed to go on holidays. Three other children were involved and there was much crying. This is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average length of time it is currently taking to process passport applications and issue passports; when he plans to increase the number of representations Oireachtas Members can make per week on behalf of persons; his views on requests for further information being issued to applicants in close proximity to the estimated date of issue...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: Given the inconvenience people have been experiencing in regard to passport applications, it would be remiss of me not to get clarity on the changing situation. I have four quick questions for the Minister in this regard. Will the Minister tell us the average length of time it is now taking to process passport applications? Is he aware of requests for further information being issued to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vacant Properties (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA properties in Tipperary town; the number of IDA properties that have been sold in the town in the past five years; and the number of vacant IDA properties in Tipperary town. [56706/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason improvements to rail services have not been referenced in the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan; and the plans of the NTA regarding rail services in the context of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. [56703/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the strategic rail review will be completed; if the review will take into account a review of the timetables on the Limerick Junction, Waterford and the Limerick to Ballybrophy services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56704/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final report of the working group on the use of peat moss in the horticultural industry will be published; the reason for its delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56820/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 325. To ask the Minister for Health his views on developing an entirety of life pathway for survivors of strokes; the work that has been carried out in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56702/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 354. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department records figures pertaining to the number of greyhounds referred to foster centres included on the panel of service providers since the introduction of the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system in January 2021; and if so, if he will provide these figures. [56818/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: 355. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of further information requests issued in relation to forestry licence applications in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56819/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I am glad that the Minister of health, Deputy Donnelly, will not oppose the Sinn Féin motion. The Taoiseach recently told me that the current ambulance system is the optimal one. Why am I, then, being repeatedly told that the system is broken? The automated computer system wrongly prioritises need. Take the case of a two-year-old child with a respiratory illness whose call was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: ----- after a three-year course. As I said to the Taoiseach last week somebody is going to die and this review is going to be way overdue.

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Bacik and the Labour Party for introducing this Bill to the House. Every one of us has a part to play in reducing emissions, for example through identifying and purchasing products that have a lower carbon footprint or choosing to implement changes to our everyday habits. Every effort we make as individuals is worthwhile, and we should remain committed to these measures....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Sequestration and Storage in Agriculture: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Martin Browne: I will have to leave soon for which I apologise. I welcome the guests. Teagasc is due to tell us what to do in order to maintain the forest carbon sink autonomous management, including reducing the itinerary and increasing the rotation age. However, it points out that the latter could lead to a short-term timber deficit of between 20% and 50% up to 2030. This is likely to worry the sector...