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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 543. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he had prior knowledge that the audio recordings of mother and baby homes survivors’ accounts were to be deleted; if so, when he was informed; if the details of same will be provided; if there is a mechanism to recover those recordings; his views on the importance of those accounts in providing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 544. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason many survivors have yet to receive their copies of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; his knowledge of the circumstances that led to some aspects of the report being leaked to the media; his views on the detrimental impact that these issues as well as the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of survivors of mother and baby homes he has contacted since the publication of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes; his plans to make contact with those who have yet to be contacted; if he plans to meet with a group (details supplied) regarding further...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 546. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration will be given to providing free travel passes to all survivors of mother and baby homes in conjunction with medical cards and other supports. [6756/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 921. To ask the Minister for Health when pharmacists and pharmacy workers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine. [7260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 935. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with concerned persons in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary regarding the decision to repurpose St. Brigid’s Hospital; and the cost analysis that led to the decision to repurpose the hospital rather than invest in bringing it up to the standard it is claimed it did not meet. [7328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (10 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 1025. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports available for mushroom growers and the nursery sector who will be affected by the end of horticultural peat harvesting. [7084/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products: Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: The witnesses said that the UK allows its suitably qualified persons to issue prescriptions for a limited range of the prescription-only medicine products. However, Ireland did not choose this route in 2007 when the current directive became law. Instead, it relied on derogation to Article 34(3) relating to the evidence of the restrictions. Could the witnesses expand on that? Are they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulation on Veterinary Medicinal Products (Resumed): Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (9 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: I will ask the same question I asked earlier but I asked it at the wrong time. The claim is that Regulation (EU) 2019/6 precludes availing of the derogation that has been in place here for years. I take issue with that based on legal advice with which we have been issued. Is it not the case that an offer was made in 2011, years before Regulation (EU) 2019/6 existed, to further upskill the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: This Government made commitments to survivors of the mother and baby homes but the audio testimonies they gave have suddenly been deleted. I can tell the Tánaiste how this has affected one of the survivors; it is only one story and every Member in the House would have heard similar stories from other survivors. When the lady in question read her so-called testimony in the written...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: They feel that if the records were not sealed-----

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: Throughout the course of this pandemic the Government has made a habit of prolonging uncertainty for as long as it can. Since 6 January Sinn Féin has called for the existing rates of the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, to be extended to give workers some certainty, and for the supports that have been in place to continue. The Government, in its usual way, delayed and delayed in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans in place to enable businesses that have been closed for extended periods of time due to Covid-19 restrictions to reopen in a manner that takes into account their changed financial situations; his plans to assist these businesses to reopen in a manner that will meet the changed business landscape that will result from the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact he has made with Bus Éireann regarding the planned cessation of X8 expressway bus links in County Tipperary; his views on this decision in the context of plan to reduce carbon emissions; his views on this decision in view of the poor level of rural transport available to persons; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contact he has made with Bus Éireann regarding the planned cessation of X12 expressway bus links in County Tipperary; his views on this decision in the context of his plan to reduce carbon emissions; his further views on this decision in view of the poor level of rural transport available; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if travellers coming into the country via ports or airports and who have to restrict their movements will be provided with secure transport from the airport to their residence or accommodation in order not to risk the spread of Covid-19 on public transport. [5960/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if travellers coming into the country via ports or airports who have to restrict their movements will be provided with secure transport from the airport to their residence or accommodation in order to avoid risking the spread of Covid-19 on public transport. [5961/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Placement Programmes (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for social care students who undertake placements as part of their courses (details supplied). [5075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 796. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that have been taken to address the backlog in dental treatment for public patients; and his plans to clear the backlog. [5608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (3 Feb 2021)

Martin Browne: 797. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many families are unable to get dental treatments such as braces through the public systems due to extraordinary waiting lists (details supplied); and the supports available for those facing private medical bills as a result of the failure of the public healthcare system. [5609/21]