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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Arts Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on giving some arts instructors such as dance teachers educational status to offer them the opportunity to open to the public when restrictions are eased. [11936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 531. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are supports available for persons in receipt of social welfare payments to pay for the cost of gym memberships or fitness equipment (details supplied). [11095/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 718. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the works to upgrade St. Anthony’s unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the capacity, role and specifications of the upgraded unit; the purpose the original building will serve once patents are transferred to the upgraded facility; if the establishment of the new unit will have any impact on service provision at St....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 727. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to approve medicines for the treatment of hyperemesis gravidarum for medical card patients and the drug payment scheme (details supplied). [11034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 759. To ask the Minister for Health if two premises (details supplied) that were due to be established in Clonmel and Nenagh, County Tipperary are still to go ahead; if he will clarify the comments made by the director of communications for the premises that all services for County Tipperary will be provided from the Thurles premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11139/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: 760. To ask the Minister for Health when a premises (details supplied) in County Tipperary is due to open. [11141/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. The report by the IFA referred to the threat of flooding to adjacent land and the water table at local level. It stated these would present a risk to health and safety and farm machinery and asked the working group to keep local farmers informed. Lack of communication with the stakeholders is a thread that seems to run through every committee meeting with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: Deputy Carthy raised one of my issues. I raised another issue earlier but I do not think it was answered. Have Bord na Móna or the Department given any indication that they will set up local working groups? It seems from this meeting and from all the reports that everybody is in agreement that setting up local working groups is the way to take this forward. Have Bord na Móna or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: I have two quick questions. I refer to rewetting and the impact on adjacent lands. Dr. Wilson made reference to the community living in Abbeyleix where flooding of lands has not happened, but at the same time he admits that there are issues surrounding the Shannon area where industrial extraction has taken place. Can he offer any solutions to those communities? What engagement has he had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: My questions are not directly on the issue of rewetting so, if the Chairman does not mind, I will let in Deputy Guirke, who has been waiting to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

Martin Browne: Before we go, could the witnesses provide us with an email address to which we could submit questions outside the issue of re-wetting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rewetting of Peatland and its Impact on Farmers: Discussion (2 Mar 2021)

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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: I raise the commitment in the programme for Government to reduce our carbon footprint. A lorry recently crashed in Shannonbridge and I have been informed that it was later discovered that the truck in question was carrying a consignment of wood pellets that had been imported all the way from Australia. I have sat in the Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine listening to how the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (25 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the issue of the delay and cancellation of driver theory tests (details supplied). [10648/21]

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: I congratulate the Social Democrats on tabling the motion. I will begin by speaking about one survivor who gave her testimony to the commission of investigation. She is one of the survivors who did not recognise her testimony in the written report, she is also one of those whose testimony was said to have been deleted and she is among those who strongly dispute the commission's claim that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of additional staff that have been recruited to National Cyber Security Centre in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if further staff will be recruited later in 2021. [9774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance the yield from the life assurance exit tax in 2019 and 2020; and the forecasted yield in 2021. [9775/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on claims by the live arts sector that the €50 million funding made available to the Arts Council excludes many artists; and her views on the case of a person within the arts sector who had to obtain a loan from a family member due to the fact they cannot afford to let the insurance on their band's van lapse....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on giving some arts instructors, such as dance teachers, educational status, to offer them the opportunity to open to the public when restrictions are eased. [9941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (24 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated cost of recruiting seven additional ecologists and wildlife inspectors at grade 3, and four district conservation officers for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, in tabular form. [9776/21]