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Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I have no doubt we will be returning to it. We need to keep doing what we can as a committee to get this resolved because from the word go, from when the petition came in, this is all part of our heritage. If we start losing it, it is going to be a massive loss to the country. I would say that is a bigger risk to our economy than insurance companies having a small bit of a loss. The...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: For any stakeholders with thatched properties looking in on this, what could Ms Murdock say to them to allay their fears that their business might go down because they cannot get insurance, or that they would have to take the thatch off their family home because they cannot get insurance? We have heard it from petitioners. What could Ms Murdock say to them?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: The same question is for the Alliance for Insurance Reform.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: On behalf of the committee, I thank both organisations for coming in. It has been informative and I have no doubt we will be back again, and either the witnesses or someone else in the sector will be back in front of this committee. We will now suspend the meeting to allow witnesses to leave the room.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: We are resuming in public session. We have six petitions for consideration today. No. P00008/23 is a petition to stop legal netting of Atlantic salmon in Castlemaine Harbour from Mr. Daniel Brosnan. At the committee's meeting on 15 July, it was agreed by the committee that the correspondence from the inland fisheries division of the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the members of the secretariat who do Trojan work on our behalf.

Capital Supply Service and Purpose Report Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I also welcome the opportunity to discuss the Bill and thank Deputy Shanahan and the Regional Group for bringing it the House. It deals with transparency and how public money is used, what funding is distributed for capital projects and how that funding is used. It includes a requirement that each Minister will report annually on large capital expenditure in his or her Department five years...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that childcare providers are being asked to produce separate sets of accounts to meet the requirements of Tusla and Pobal as set out in legislation; and if he plans to simplify the process for providers. [52667/23]

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: There is no doubt that many people here and across the country were stunned last week when the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs announced his intention to abolish the triple lock. I am sure that many of the Tánaiste's own party members were also shocked at the revelation, given that the Fianna Fáil 2020 general election manifesto gave a commitment to fully maintaining...

Policing, Protests and Public Order: Statements (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Right now, a five-year-old girl is fighting for her life. I know everyone here has that young girl, her family and the other children in Thursday’s attacks at the front of their minds. We thank those who stopped the attack. What happened afterwards on Thursday evening should not have occurred. Those who took part represent only a small minority. Control of the situation was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the role that the Ryder Cup has played in securing his support for progressing the Adare bypass road with more urgency; if he is comfortable that commercial interests such as this should play such a role in progressing such projects; if projects such as the N24 project and the bypass of Tipperary town are at a disadvantage, given this...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given to enabling homeowners to apply for grants or other financial supports to assist in repairing or replacing malfunctioning septic tanks; if consideration is being given to households requesting a local authority for an inspection of systems where there is concern at their effectiveness; if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of septic tank inspections that have been carried out on a national basis by county in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the targets for inspection, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52505/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda recruits who passed through Templemore Garda Training College in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 430. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an optimum number of gardaí per 1,000 inhabitants; if so, the number, by rank; the ratios currently in place, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the requirement within ACRES that plants provided to farmers must be of Irish origin or Irish provenance is sustainable, given the small number of retailers and nurseries and so on, that can provide for this across the range of plants in question; if he is satisfied that this narrow requirement does not exclude...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is considering restricting the importation of certain raw wood products such as unsawn timber from areas where the bark beetle Ips typographus has been identified; the measures that are in place or are being considered to prevent the arrival of the bark beetle into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information on how to identify trees that have ash dieback and need to be removed for public safety has been issued to landowners; if not, whether there are plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52487/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 467. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a mechanism for private providers to indicate their willingness to participate in the provision of services for children post-assessment of needs in situations where the health service is unable to do so in an adequate timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52456/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (28 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 652. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an account of developments in mental health services in County Tipperary in 2023 in comparison with the existing services in 2022; the planned developments for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52508/23]