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Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (30 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his plans to enact the human tissue Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26775/21]

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: We are all aware Covid has had an impact on every part of our lives and the issue of planning is no exception. Throughout the pandemic we have seen a delay in construction. At a time when our housing crisis is reaching peak levels, this delay has made an already terrible situation as far as housing availability is concerned even worse. Covid has definitely shone a light on the shortcomings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: There is still confusion on this issue. We are talking about a company that was contracted to the IFFPG for 15 years. The director of that company, in his statement, said that on or around the morning of 18 May 2021, he was telephoned by the CEO of the IFFPG and verbally informed that the contract with Walker Recycling Services Limited was terminated, with no reason given. Mr. Moloney,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I did not ask that yet. I am asking about the telephone call.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Would Mr. Moloney say that the IFFPG's termination of Mr. Walker's contract helped to shove his company into liquidation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: If 4 June was the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I imagine Mr. Moloney was thinking of terminating the Walker contract the last time he was before the committee. Yet, he made no attempt to make us aware of what was going on. Was the Department contacted about terminating the Walker contract? If it was, at what stage did Mr. Moloney contact the Department?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Was the Littleton facility in the minds of the IFFPG when the contract with the Walker company was being terminated?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: The company was not in liquidation on 18 May when the IFFPG representatives were before the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: If the change in the definitions of green and amber waste increases the cost, then how does terminating contracts with the likes of the Walker company make things any better?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: We are at another committee meeting with total confusion again about when all these telephone calls and terminations took place. We are going to be none the wiser leaving here. We have one report from Mr. Walker and Mr. Moloney is giving us a different definition. Which one are we to tell the public is the truth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Thank you, a Chathaoirligh. We will see what they have to say.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Walker for coming before the committee. What was his relationship with IFFPG like before 18 May or 4 June? Were there any disagreements between them? What reasons did it give him for terminating the contract?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Had there been any disagreements between Mr. Walker and IFFPG in the run-up to that date?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I must leave the meeting shortly because I will be speaking elsewhere. We all appreciate that 80% is a good rate of collection but 20% of plastics is a massive amount to leave sitting around. It is just not good enough. The officials told us that the Department is setting a target of 70% for the IFFPG every year but that company is still getting 100% of the levy. What would happen if I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I do not agree with Mr. McDonald. I have been working over the last week and I got someone to come to remove stuff for me. If he had left 20% or 40% of what I asked him to move in my front yard but, while I was away, my wife paid him 100% of the money, by God, I would be fairly angry when I got home for the weekend. It is time departmental officials started pushing a crowd like IFFPG, who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: Are departmental officials worried that the waste management infrastructure, including farm plastics and the recycling rate, is falling apart?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Collection and Recycling of Farm Plastics: Discussion (29 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank the Chair. I must leave the meeting to speak in the Chamber.

Veterinary Practice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I would like to be associated with Deputy Carthy's remarks about Deputy Cahill. He has been a very fair Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, of which I am also a member. I also welcome the Minister of State to the House. The network of Irish family farms has a unique and personal relationship with the country's vets. Our vets know the farms...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (24 Jun 2021)

Martin Browne: I understand there will be concerns among some who would favour the M20 route but many would not. The M20 plans as they are would create a bottleneck in Blackpool for example. There is also the fact the M24 route would adhere to the route now known as the N24 whereas the M20 would not, and would have to run off-line into greenfield sites. Surely the Government would recognise this is the...