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Committee on Public Petitions: Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman (11 May 2021)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that. Thank you. I call Deputy Brendan Griffin.

Committee on Public Petitions: Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman (11 May 2021)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Tyndall and his colleagues, Mr. Garvey and Ms Joyce, for coming here today, if only virtually. I hope they will be able to visit us again in person at some stage in the not-to-distant future. I think we all agree that the discussion was very beneficial and informative. It is very good to have people like the witnesses appear before us to give us a briefing like this and we can...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (11 May 2021)

Martin Browne: The next item on the agenda is any other business. Do members wish to make any final comments?

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (11 May 2021)

Martin Browne: I agree with the Senator. I raised and will raise again the issue with my party. I ask the three major parties to bring it up. It will be hard for Independents to solve the issue of gender balance but perhaps the three parties could do something. The fact that the committee is all male is something that crossed my mind on several occasions. It looks bad so I ask members from the various...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (11 May 2021)

Martin Browne: I echo Deputy Buckley's comments about the secretariat. It has been a massive help to me as Chairman and the committee so I say "well done" to it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Update on Direct Provision: The Ombudsman (11 May 2021)

Martin Browne: I have a couple of questions. New standards for the accommodation centres came into force this year. Have those standards improved things, in the opinion of the witnesses? To go back to 2011, Emily O'Reilly, the then Ombudsman, told the petitions committee that the administration of the law in regard to aliens or naturalisation is within the remit of most ombudsman offices in Europe but...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Martin Browne: My colleagues in Sinn Féin and I are committed to measures that benefit our environment and address the potential catastrophe of climate change. Nobody is immune to climate change. We see its consequences across the globe right now. Around the world, we see a migrant crisis that is due in part to climate change. We see water poverty, polluted seas and rivers and the desertification...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Scouting Ireland (5 May 2021)

Martin Browne: 431. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns of some smaller scouting groups that their financial reserves may be absorbed by an organisation (details supplied) to meet the legal responsibilities of the organisation arising from recent controversies; his views on these concerns among scouting groups that were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. They have stated that the Common Agriculture Policy subsidy regime needs to be urgently reviewed to ensure it protects biodiversity and soil carbon. Are they aware that the wording of good agricultural and environmental condition, GAEC, 2 has given rise to concerns about the agricultural status of the lands in question? What are their views on the role they see-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Martin Browne: -----and carbon-rich soil will play in future? Also, on pages 13 and 14 of the statement-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Martin Browne: -----An Taisce questions how Teagasc's climate mitigation projections could be credible in light of the evident failure, since 2012, of measures to offset the output of growth. The witnesses also stated that they have repeatedly attempted to engage with the State agency on a scientific basis without substantive reply. What is the working relationship between the two organisations? There is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan and its Implications for the Agriculture Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 May 2021)

Martin Browne: To come back to the difference between the two organisations and the measures both are taking to offset continued dairy expansion, is it the case that both are coming at the matter from a different point of view? An Taisce is coming at it from a conservation point of view and Teagasc is coming at it from a farming perspective. Is there a middle ground that both organisations can reach to...

National Autism Empowerment Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important matter. The challenges facing people with autism have been raised by Sinn Féin in this House on several occasions. Two years ago, we made a number of proposals for an autism strategy, including the need for a dedicated autism committee. We are back here again, however, pressing the Government to stop failing families across the...

Covid-19, Mental Health and Older People: Statements (29 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: I also add my congratulations to the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and her family on the birth of her baby this morning. I want to talk about isolation and to put two issues to the Minister of State. Since the restrictions came into effect last year, for many older people, particularly those in rural areas, their existing sense of isolation has increased, and their mental health has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (29 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of CAMHS teams operating in north County Tipperary; if one team is carrying out work in two areas in the area; the distribution of CAMHS teams across north County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on promoting tourism in towns in County Tipperary such as Cashel, Cahir and Tipperary; her further views on the need for investment in infrastructure that would entice tourists from tourism attractions such as the Rock of Cashel into the towns themselves; her plans to allow for the quick emergence of the tourism and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on making supports available to taxi drivers given the role they have played throughout the pandemic and the impact the pandemic has had upon their livelihoods; his views on suggestions (details supplied); if he plans to make a rescue package of supports available to the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Centres (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of plans for the tourist interpretative heritage centre in Cashel, County Tipperary; and if a location for the centre has been identified. [21663/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between social housing income limits in County Tipperary and neighbouring counties; and his plans to address this issue. [21585/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Apr 2021)

Martin Browne: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out a review of the school transport schemes in view of the difficulties many parents in rural Ireland have in securing spaces due to distance limits. [21586/21]