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Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I have a couple of questions. It was stated earlier that will be extensive consultation and engagement with as broad a range of stakeholders as possible, including young people with special educational needs, their families and representatives. The SEC is finalising the terms of reference. What timeframe is it looking at to finish that?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Does the Department look at the exam scores for those who get assistance compared with those who do not? To be certain if something is working, I presume this would inform the process in the future. Will the witnesses outline if it is included in any of the assessments that are done?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: That would all be part of other assessments that have been done throughout the process?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Does the Department's role extend to examining the demand for assistance with State examinations? From our experience as Oireachtas Members, work appears to be needed in the area of the allocation of special educational needs. Does the Department collect data? What kind of data would it be? How is it conveyed to the SEC?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reasonable Accommodation for Dyslexic Students in State Examinations: Discussion (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank Ms O'Callaghan, Ms Feeney and Mr. Dolan for coming in to speak to us today. It has been informative.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: The next item is the consideration of public petitions. I propose that the petitions that are considered by the committee at this meeting and during previous meetings are published and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies may also be published. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have four petitions for consideration today, the first of which is P00021/24, which is titled "4...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes. The responses from both Departments have indicated that now is not the right time. It might be worth following up with them about whether they have considered when the right time would be. Also, to run a pilot programme like this, one would probably need more follow-up than just the likes of the public body because there would be fundamental changes. Are the recommendations agreed?...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: The correspondence from the Department of Finance clearly states that there may be a misinterpretation of the relevant parts of the Credit Union Act on behalf of the petitioner. I suggest that we await the petitioner’s response in case a more detailed analysis of the Act is required. Is that agreed? Agreed. Next, we will deal with P00029/24, which is titled "Ireland, Open up an...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: The Department of Justice has no plans to establish such a programme for people from Sudan joining family members here but it is open to people affected who have been here to apply for a visa. We will wait to hear the response from the petitioner once they receive the correspondence. Is that agreed?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Petition No. P00030/24, entitled "Request for Oireachtas Investigation into IHREC Funding Allocation", was submitted by Mr. Brian Hogan. This petition relates to the funding allocation and potential conflicts of interest regarding the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC. Under the 2022 gross Estimate provision for Vote 25, the IHREC received Exchequer funding of €7.614...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions for this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or on an issue of public policy. We will move on to any other business. Do members have...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (16 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Before we go, I thank Leo Bollins for stepping in for Martha Dowling for the past couple of meetings. I wish Martha all the best. She is recuperating from a cold. I also thank Alex Alino, Barbara Hughes, Ciaran McConway and all of the rest of the secretariat staff who do a great deal of work here on our behalf. As we say at the end of every meeting, "Thank you and well done".

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and progress being made in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21783/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: It is dependent on the 96-bed unit being finished.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: As I mentioned earlier in the Chamber, plans have been announced to repurpose the new community care nursing unit in Nenagh. The decision to change it from a public facility to a privately run stepdown facility, in order to take pressure off UHL, is a prime example of robbing Peter to pay Paul and moving the deckchairs around. Again, it is the elderly in the area who will suffer. It...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: On the Minister of State's last point, 50 patients will come from UHL to the new unit. Twenty patients in the existing St. Conlon's facility are waiting to move into the kind of facility that the Minister of State is talking about. They will be left in the old St. Conlon's. I did not give the impression that HIQA turned down St. Conlon's. All I said was that HIQA had previously reported...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I accept that "rejected" is probably the wrong word. They have been told the unit is not fit-for-purpose anymore. I do not want my parents or other people having to walk on unsafe floorboards in a nursing home. I want them to have toilets in their room and visitors not having to sit on beds. If hoists have to be used for elderly people, I do not want lockers and so on to have to be...

Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion [Private Members] (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I want to speak on the Government’s appalling attitude towards the elderly in this country. I am speaking against the backdrop of the suggested repurposing of the new community nursing home in Nenagh as a step-down facility to take the pressure off University Hospital Limerick, caused by Government failures. I am also speaking in the wake of the repurposing of St. Brigid’s...

Progressing Special Education Provision: Statements (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter because only last weekend there was a public demonstration organised by parents who are continuing to encounter significant difficulties in getting school placements for their children. Every year, we come across the same range of challenges facing parents who are seeking a suitable school place for their children. The reason for this is a...