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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (19 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be a recruitment campaign for an Garda Síochána before the end of 2021. [50743/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: That was a nice political broadcast for the Fianna Fáil Party

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I do not know if we are living in the same country at all. I have listened to the passionate plea of Deputy Durkan. He is rolled out at the end of debates all of the time. Fair play to him, he is a likeable rogue. Fine Gael puts him out there to defend the Government at the very end but to borrow his boxing analogy about those outside the ring, perhaps it is time for this Government to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures being taken to ensure that Leader funding will be maintained at the current level as part of Ireland’s Common Agriculture Policy Strategic Plan. [50157/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Employment Schemes (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: 97. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department plans to have completed its examination of the Department of Social Protection proposal in relation to community employment supervisors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50239/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the members to our virtual public meeting this afternoon using Microsoft Teams. We have apologies from Senators Craughwell and Warfield. The Ceann Comhairle of the Dáil, Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, and the Cathaoirleach of the Seanad, Senator Mark Daly, have appealed to everybody in the parliamentary community to continue to follow public health advice, wear a mask and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: The second item on the agenda is consideration of public petitions. We have nine petitions for consideration this afternoon. Summary notes and replies from Departments and other bodies were circulated to members. The question is that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and the previous meeting may be published and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: We can discuss it. Is there anything contained in the summary that was circulated that caught the Senator's eye?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: That is correct.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: We agreed that the information would be sent to the petitioner for comments and views and that we could then revisit the matter.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: The fourth petition is No. 19/21, concerning a ban on the advertising of all fossil fuel and hybrid vehicles on all Irish media, and comes from Mr. Cormac McKay. The recommendation is that the correspondence from the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland, ASAI, be forwarded to the petitioner for comment. Do members have any views? Is it agreed that we will send that information to the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I have no problem asking representatives of Irish Water to come in and explain the situation. Mr. Coskeran and the estate concerned had an agreement with the county council in 2004, before Irish Water came into being. Do we need to get something from the council to explain what happened in 2004 and what was agreed between the two parties at the time or are committee members happy for us to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: I will ask the secretariat to write to both parties. Do we need to invite Mr. Coskeran in as well or should we just deal with the county council and Irish Water first, give their replies to Mr. Coskeran and let him make a submission to the committee thereafter? Would committee members be happy with that approach? We will do that. I will ask the secretariat to write to both the county...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of the public's petitions for this meeting. I invite members of the public to make submissions via our online portal. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest in respect of their legislative powers or on an issue of public policy. Moving on to any other business, would members like to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: Has the Deputy anything in mind for getting the word out there more?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Martin Browne: According to the secretariat, it is similar to the level in previous years. We can get the figures for the next meeting and have the matter on the agenda. We will discuss it and see if there is a way of getting the message out to the wider public.