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Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that, Senator Buttimer. I call Deputy Buckley.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Ms Gibney. Would Mr. O’Dwyer or Professor Lynch like make any quick statement?

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Does Professor Lynch want to make a comment?

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I invite Mr. Kirwan, member of the Law Society human rights and equality committee, to make his final contribution.

Committee on Public Petitions: Direct Provision Policy and Related Matters: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: We all agree that today's discussion has been beneficial and informative. On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for coming here today, even if it was only virtually. We will continue our discussions with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O'Gorman, at a subsequent meeting. I hope the witnesses will be able to visit Oireachtas...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: The next item on our agenda is the consideration of public petitions. We have six petitions for consideration this afternoon. Summary notes and replies from Departments and other bodies were circulated to members. I propose that the petitions considered by the committee at today's meeting and the previous meeting are published, and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our first petition is No. 00005/21 entitled "Defective blocks - the systemic failure justification" by Ms Ann Owens. The secretariat advises that the correspondence from the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, is forwarded to Ms Owens. It advises that the Committee on Public Petitions consider this matter further once the work of the working group is complete. Do members have any views on...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our second petition is No. 00006/21 entitled "The right to marry" by Mr. Colm O'Keeffe. The secretariat advises that the correspondence from the Department of Justice has been forwarded to Mr. O'Keeffe and that it has advised him that there are no plans to amend the law to provide for the indissolubility of any marriage. The secretariat further advises that the committee deems this petition...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our third petition is No. P00016/21, from Carles Pujol, concerning the international investigation on the terrorist attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils. The secretariat advises that the correspondence from the Department of Foreign Affairs, along with a copy of the letter received on 30 August 2019, is forwarded to Mr. Pujol and that the committee deem this petition closed as this is a matter...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our fourth petition is No. P00020/21, from Ms Philomena Geoghegan, stating "Why we need to dispel old illogical lunacy laws in Ireland, and which have been amended and repealed. This is not enough. They need to be put beyond use by being dispelled. They are the epitome of injustice." The secretariat advises that a letter has been drafted and will be sent, along with a copy of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our fifth petition is No. P00022/21, from Mr. Neil Copland, stating that we "Require more than a simple Majority to enact legislation that restricts the personal liberty of the population as a whole." The secretariat advises that correspondence from the Office of the Attorney General is not forwarded to Mr. Copland and the committee instead waits until a further response has been provided....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Our final petition is No. P00025/21, on the "Request for a feasibility study on 'The Dublin Loop' underground tunnels and multipurpose adaptable autonomous electric vehicles", from Mr. Cormac McKay. The secretariat advises that correspondence from Ms Anne Graham, chief executive officer of the National Transport Authority, NTA, be forwarded to the petitioner and the committee deem this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal. A petition may be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest in relation to our legislative powers or the issuing of a public apology. Do members have any final comments under any other business?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: No, there is no update. We will ask to secretariat to write to Westmeath County Council - it is not Meath County Council - to ask for an update before our next meeting.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: The committee is adjourned until Thursday, 30 September 2021 at 11 a.m. for a virtual private meeting. This will be followed by a public meeting at 12.30 p.m., when we will meet the Ombudsman, Mr. Peter Tyndall.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (16 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the unprecedented number of scam phone calls and texts that are being received by persons at present; the efforts being made by his Department to address these scams; his views on the actions that can be taken by the phone and communications companies to address this disruption; the discussions that he has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (15 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I also thank the Minister of State for her reply. The HSE informed me, through a parliamentary question, that it has not been successful in getting a GP for a single-handed practice in Templemore. In that same reply, the HSE all but admitted that it wants to see all GP services delivered through a single clinic. As Deputy Cahill said, a single practice, or everything in one setting, is not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (15 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I echo the words of Deputies Lowry and Cahill. The people of Templemore are angry that the HSE seems to be ignoring them for some reason. Some 700 patients are being transferred from one practice to another that is already at capacity. This will lead to trouble and is just not good enough. I know from other Deputies and the people of Templemore that the HSE has not communicated what is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Action Programme: Discussion (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: Go raibh maith agat, Cathaoirleach. I have a quick question for each of the organisations and I will ask the questions in order. If the closed period for the slurry spreading is lifted, as proposed, does Mr. Cullinan have any idea how many farms would be in a position to store slurry, while complying with the new regulations on slurry storage? What would be the impact on the tillage sector...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Sep 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the officials back again. It is like groundhog day at this stage. As other speakers have said, it is becoming embarrassing to have to keep coming back to such meetings to hear the same thing over and over again. I do not know what way it is going to finish up. I can assure Mr. Gleeson and Mr. Hayes, who answered Deputy Carthy, that targets will not be met this year and if the...