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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to deliver the carer’s guarantee; if he plans to address the situation in which the funding for the guarantee has gone into the HSE service plan rather than to family carers; his views on the way this manner of distributing the carers guarantee can create an inconsistency of funding when the varying needs of different areas of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Programme for Government (29 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 207. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the delivery of the National Carers Strategy which is included in the Programme for Government; and the reason the National Carers Strategy is not progressing. [46939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the funding available to persons with lived experience who work alongside HSE personnel in co-facilitating recovery workshops has been reduced since responsibility was given to Mental Health Ireland; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that only two persons engaged in this work in south County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to reduce the number of step-down facilities in smaller communities across Ireland. [46941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 210. To ask the Minister for Health if he foresees a situation in which health and step-down facilities in local communities could be closed due to changes in spatial requirements in facilities brought on by Covid-19 infection prevention requirements; and if so, the factors that would be taken into account when deciding to upgrade or close these facilities. [46942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (29 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 211. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expand on the comments made by the Minister of State with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People that as many as 350 beds could be lost in district hospitals and step-down facilities in the near future; the rationale for the comments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46943/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I congratulate Deputy Cahill on bringing the Bill before us. I have always firmly believed that if things are not broken there is no need to fix them. A comment was made about a shortage of vets. Do we have a shortage of vets in the country? As far as I was aware, we did not. There is also an issue with the supply of medicines. If there is, we may need to look at how things are being...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made to date in reviewing the income eligibility for social housing supports in each local authority area; and when the review is likely to conclude. [46417/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 167. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will visit Knocklofty House, Clonmel to view the state of disrepair of the structure; and if progress has been made in identifying a way to address the damage that is occurring to this heritage-rich structure. [46418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 829. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists participating in the dental medical card scheme in County Tipperary in 2019 and 2020. [46752/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 852. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences that have been issued for non-commercial, amenity tree planting under section 22 of the Forestry Act 2014. [46357/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 853. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of landowners that have been prosecuted for planting without a licence under summary conviction or conviction on indictment. [46358/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Education Policy (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the latest publication by the OECD which places Ireland at the bottom of a list of 36 OECD countries in terms of the amount of GDP being invested in education; his plans for improving this record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45603/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 70. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is satisfied that contracting authorities are conducting an appropriate level of due diligence in view of recent public procurement audit failures associated with Covid-19 related purchases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the reason that Ireland failed to provide data on class sizes to inform the OECD Education at a Glance report 2020; her views on comments by an organisation (details supplied) that having 20% of pupils in classes of 30 or more is a national embarrassment; her plans to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Elections (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 237. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grades of local authority employees who are permitted or disqualified from standing for local elections; and the relevant legislation in which this is outlined. [45804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Schemes (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a reduced fee for birth certificates provided to organisations for disadvantaged and socially excluded persons such as an organisation (details supplied) on behalf of housing applicants has ceased. [45817/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Housing Schemes (23 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons local authority housing applicants must continue to provide birth certificates with their applications in view of the fact that social protection applicants do not have to produce birth certificates because her Department can access them itself; and if she will give consideration to enabling local authorities to...

Residential Tenancies (Tenants' Rights) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Sinn Féin will support the Bill. We thank the Labour Party and Deputy Bacik for bringing it forward. However, we believe it could go further in a number of ways given the crisis situation in which people now find themselves. We are living with the consequences of the failure Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael led Governments to put citizens' welfare above that of vested interests....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 255. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the lack of mental health beds; his further plans to ensure that persons in need of secure psychiatric beds are not left in the criminal system due to a lack of availability of these beds; his views on such a case in County Tipperary in which instructions for bail could not be given to a person due to the fact there were no secure...