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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 480. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital and current allocation to his Department in 2020; and the amount spent of both to date. [33701/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 530. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department has put in place for sports clubs and groups such as marching bands that have rent on halls and related costs to pay but have been closed for the majority of 2020; and if there is assistance available to these clubs to ensure they are not forced to close for good. [32736/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 672. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the post of Irish ambassador to Latvia will be filled on a permanent basis. [33702/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 934. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance to €180 for children aged between four and 11 years and to €325 for children aged over 12 years. [33703/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 999. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to situations in which persons have been informed that they have lost their SUSI grant entitlements due to the fact that they have been forced to receive Covid-19 payments due to losing their jobs due to the current restrictions; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that they have been told they...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 1146. To ask the Minister for Health the detail of the individual costs involved in the €700,000 refurbishment of St. Michael’s unit in Clonmel, County Tipperary. [32407/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 1416. To ask the Minister for Health the number of scoliosis surgeries carried out on children to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33698/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Social Care Professionals (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 1417. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2021 of increasing the annual general practitioner training intake to 280 places. [33699/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: 1418. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and physiotherapists working in the public health services within County Tipperary in each of years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [33700/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. We are all in agreement that the forestry industry is in trouble and that the system is not delivering and needs complete reform. All of this means our timber mills are running out of time. The afforestation programme is close to being on its knees. The witnesses mentioned the backlog in licenses. Apart from the slow pace in the Department in terms of how it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Nov 2020)

Martin Browne: Mr. Gowran's submission states protective forest zoning may be part of the solution. What kind of acreage is he talking about in that regard? On ash dieback, we were told at our previous meeting that ash is gone. It is good to hear somebody else with something different to say to us. Mr. Gowran mentioned a figure of 5%, which can be built upon. What solution has he for rebuilding our...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: I have been contacted by Scoil Áine Naofa and others which have expressed their extreme disappointment at the Government commitments to class size reductions for Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, schools. They are rightly unhappy that the commitment to class size reductions only applies to DEIS band 1 senior schools. DEIS band 1 junior and vertical schools are not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: We have broached the incredibly important subject of domestic violence previously. I raised the matter with the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, during the week. It seems to me that €400,000 is a relatively small increase in funding for the incredibly important work of various organisations to tackle domestic abuse and care for those affected. Does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 14. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on whether an additional €400,000 in additional funding will be sufficient for organisations and groups responding to increased service demands from persons impacted by domestic abuse Covid-19 restrictions; if consideration is being given to tailoring the methods used to prevent and to deal with instances of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: Is the additional €400,000 in funding significant for organisations and groups responding to increased violence and demands from persons affected by domestic abuse during Covid-19 restrictions? Will consideration be given to tailoring the methods used to prevent or deal with incidents of domestic violence crime now that additional funding for this has been allocated to the Minister's...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 21. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if community Gardaí will be increased in view of the additional budgetary allocation for her Department; the methodology that would be used to do so in view of the fact that the incidence rates of particular types of crime can vary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32026/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (22 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in County Tipperary that have been awarded funding as part of the SEAI warmer homes scheme in 2020. [32258/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: Today, we are deciding whether people who went through horrors we cannot imagine will be allowed to access information about how their lives were changed forever. That is not right and should never have been necessary because what happened in this country's mother and baby homes should never have happened. It did happen, however, and was allowed to under the eye of successive Governments....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (20 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to improve the services for victims of domestic violence; his views on increasing the roll-out of these services in view of the increase in instances of this crime during the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Domestic Violence Services (20 Oct 2020)

Martin Browne: What plans does the Minister have to improve services for victims of domestic violence? What are his views on rolling out these services in view of the increased incidence of this kind during the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown and will he make a statement on the matter?