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Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes, we will do that. If there is anything else we can help Dr. Muldoon with, we will follow it up.

Committee on Public Petitions: Ombudsman for Children's Annual Report 2022: Office of the Ombudsman for Children (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: We will suspend the meeting for five minutes to allow the witnesses to leave. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I propose that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and previous meetings may be 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. The first is petition No. P00033/21. It is from Mr. Cormac McKay and it is a call for a citizens' assembly on the Irish justice...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: To be fair to the petitioner, he is not against the policy change itself, it is just that families that have been living in Ireland, who have been contributing, will be affected by the new €39,000 limit. He is just asking that the Minister would look again at the proposal and would perhaps put in a clause addressing their case. Next is No. P00033/24, “Toxic Fumes on Aer...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Additional stuff came through last night. We have not had time to go through it so we will look at it and come back.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: No P00039/24, “Urging the Ombudsman and Workplace Relations Commission to Improve Their Own Accessibility Standards”, is from Mr. B. Hogan. This petition relates to a request for the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, and the Ombudsman to provide a detailed account of the training their staff receive in assisting individuals with disabilities to access their services. As...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: Right. 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. Next on the agenda is any other business. Do...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I second that. We speak at every meeting of the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes. We even had Leo back for today.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (9 May 2024)

Martin Browne: He and Martha, Barbara, Ciaran, Alex and all the other staff make our job easy. I thank them again.

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Ó Broin for tabling this motion. Each time the housing crisis is discussed in the House, the Minister tries to avoid his failures by producing misleading figures. How many affordable houses have been delivered under the local authority affordable purchase scheme in Tipperary? The answer is "None". At the same time, people are facing a rental market collapse, with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 485. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing numbers for the Cashel minor injuries unit for the years 2020 to 2023, inclusive, and to date in 2024, broken down by profession; to confirm whether the recruitment ban is resulting in departing staff not being replaced; if all departing staff are being replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 597. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed account of the work to be undertaken by the support team recently announced to address the current pressures on health services in the mid-west region; to provide any terms of reference under which they operate; to outline how their role relates to UHL, Ennis Hospital, St John’s Hospital and Nenagh Hospital individually; if the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 60. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the approach that parents of children with ARFID can take to secure the services needed to address the condition; how parents of children with ARFID are advised to secure the services needed in the absence of the condition not being included in the NICE guidelines for Eating Disorders (2017 or 2020 update); if he plans to identify and develop...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 65. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the difficulties of families of children with ARFID including a person (details supplied) to access a dietician and other relevant staff in areas where community teams lack such staff; the impact this and overall staff shortages has on the management of children with eating and feeding disorders; the difficulties that the families of such...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: What we must bear in mind when discussing this Bill is whether its provisions reflect the needs of survivors of institutional abuse. They are the ones whose lives were changed due to the conditions and treatment to which they were subject. We cannot forget that their lives have also been shaped by the disregard shown to them in the decades subsequent to their confinement in places like Sean...

European Union Migration and Asylum Pact: Motion [Private Members] (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: I would have been happy to allow Deputy Conway-Walsh speak for another minute if she wanted. As has been said, the Government is taking the wrong path here. The majority of measures in the EU's migration and asylum pact are not in Ireland's interests. Through its determination to bind itself to every element of this pact, the Government believes it can distance itself from its own...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application (details supplied) given that the required documentation as requested by the Department has been submitted. [19590/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 208. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on calls for the suspension of log imports from Scotland, in light of the most recent detection of the bark beetle; to outline the possibility that arises that the bark beetle may have been introduced here from produce imported from Scotland’s pest-free area; the biosecurity measures in place to prevent the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Species Policy (1 May 2024)

Martin Browne: 209. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details on the volume of spruce with bark present imported from Scotland in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19624/24]