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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) was rejected despite them providing full-time care to two older neighbours [53725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people per county approved for homecare by the HSE but currently left without care due to the inability of the private providers to fulfil the hours; and his plans to address the lack of care assistants that is causing this shortage. [53724/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I will read some formal notices. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they must be physically present within the confines of the place in which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where he or she is not adhering to this constitutional requirement. Therefore, any member...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I invite the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to make his opening statement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I do not think the Minister of State will get anyone who will disagree with him there. They are part of our heritage and it is why we want to continue this and come to a solution where we do not lose any more. As was said before, you can travel all around the country and it is something that really sticks out in a town or village. The last thing we want to see is them falling away because...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Does the Minister of State see any opportunities within the directive to adopt legal provisions protecting the general good in their territory? It references increasing the supply of affordable insurance coverage for a given risk. Has that been examined fully in the context of the directive?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Can the Minister of State give the committee an account of any discussions she has had with the insurance industry specifically on thatched buildings compared with other insurance?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Has the Minister of State received any indication that they may move to something like that?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I will ask just one quick question before I let Senator Murphy in. The Minister of State, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, said there are 2,000 of these properties. Have we any indication since we spoke last as to how many of them have open fires still? The petitioners will tell us that even those who have no open fires and have heat pumps installed are still seeing no reduction in their premiums....

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I have two quick questions. I am conscious of the time but this is a topic I imagine we will be coming back to at a later date. We did not have enough time within the hour. The group that tried to set up a thatched insurance scheme has 320 members but needs 1,000. Is there any way the Government could help the group in setting up a scheme of that kind? If the petitioner were here in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: On behalf of the committee and myself, I thank the Ministers of State, Deputies Carroll MacNeill and Noonan. This meeting has been very beneficial. I recognise the amount of work they and their staff have done and I compliment them on what has been achieved since this time last year. As I have said, I imagine we will be coming back to the topic again at a later date. I hope as much work...

Committee on Public Petitions: Visit of Kenyan Delegation (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: On behalf of the committee, I welcome the delegation from the Parliament of the Republic of Kenya. Céad míle fáilte; a hundred thousand welcomes. I hope they have found their visit in the past two days to be useful. I invite H.E. Mr. Michael Mubea Kamau, ambassador of the Republic of Kenya, to address the committee.

Committee on Public Petitions: Visit of Kenyan Delegation (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: On behalf of the committee, I say to His Excellency that we have found yesterday and today to be informative. It was a pleasure to meet the delegation and have the discussion about our petitions committee and how the Kenyan one is set up. As Deputy Buckley said, we made history in meeting a delegation from another petitions committee. As Deputy Higgins said, it is interesting to hear about...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: We will now continue our consideration of petition No. 00036/21, which is on seeking reform of insurance for thatched heritage buildings and on related EU Commission correspondence. On behalf of the committee, I extend a warm welcome to the representatives from the Alliance for Insurance Reform: Mr. Brian Hanley, CEO; and Mr. Peter Boland, board member. I also welcome the representatives...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I apologise. I should have said sorry to the witnesses at the start. The delay in the first session with the delegation from Kenya put us an hour behind. I thank Ms Murdock.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Mr. Boland wishes to contribute on that matter.