Results 4,041-4,060 of 4,399 for speaker:Martin Browne

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 294. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the South Korean ambassador to Ireland in the past three months; and if so, the issues discussed. [43104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 445. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2021 if the budget for Garda youth division projects increased by 7.5%. [43105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 446. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to Garda human trafficking investigation and co-ordination unit as of 7 December 2020. [43106/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Private Security Authority (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has formally met with the CEO of an organisation (details supplied) since her appointment; and if so, when she will next meet the CEO. [43107/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 539. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which the next national recruitment campaign for dental nurses will commence. [43100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time spinal specialist nurses working in each of the paediatric hospitals in each of the past three years in tabular form. [43101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 541. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of recruiting seven extra clinical nurse co-ordinators for children with life-limiting conditions. [43102/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who requires an assessment at the National Rehabilitation Clinic, Dun Laoghaire to be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42506/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 175. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the valuable contribution that student nurses have made to the health system; the number of unpaid hours worked by student nurses since the beginning of March 2020; the cohort of student nurses in percentage terms who worked in Covid-19 related care; his views on whether the decision by many nurses to move abroad to work is due in part to some...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if financial assistance will be provided to the family of a child with special needs that have to pay for a seat on a private bus to take their child to school as there are no buses serving them for a school which is 6 km away. [42565/20]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: I welcome members to the first meeting of the new committee. I am delighted and honoured to have been appointed Chairman. I welcome all members of the third Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions. The committee's first task is to review its terms of reference and report to the Dáil and Seanad within three months. The committee has three main roles. First, all petitions...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: No.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: I think the protocol in the previous committees has been that a Government Member was Vice Chairman.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: I propose we hold the election at the next meeting. Expressions of interest can be submitted to the clerk to the committee. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: This is not on the agenda but instead of focusing on the newspaper articles to which Deputy Griffin alluded, I will seek the recording of my interview on Tipp FM, and we will come back to it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: It is not on the agenda and has not been flagged with the clerk before now. I am going to move on with the agenda-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: I have explained and have asked the Deputy, out of courtesy, to listen to the interview in order that we can return to it, and not to attribute to me comments that have appeared in print media. The matter is not on the agenda. We will now move to private session to continue with the agenda, which is what we are here for. The matter has not been flagged with the clerk or the committee up to now.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: We are going into private session-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: There is nothing under the carpet-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Martin Browne: We are asking the Deputy-----