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Social Welfare (Liable Relatives and Child Maintenance) Bill 2023: Second Stage (18 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: Data from the 2022 survey on income and living conditions shows that those living in one-adult households with children under 18 years were among the groups most likely to experience enforced deprivation, at over 43% compared to nearly 18% of the population as a whole. The treatment of child maintenance payments within the Department of Social Protection as means, and the requirement to make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her Department’s responsibility for a building (details supplied) which was subject of a fire on 3 January 2024; the progress made to date; the status of plans to refurbish the building for other purposes; the estimated timeline to bring the property back into use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1341/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: 806. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to use modular housing to tackle the housing crisis, or to change the planning rules around this type of housing. [1214/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: 1233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered the recent Bord Bia study “Market Potential for Irish Sheep Milk”; if he plans to act upon any of the recommendations contained within that report; if he acknowledges that there are opportunities available within the sheep milk sector if supported through many of the measures outlined; if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (17 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: 1647. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE posts provided for the Substance Misuse Team in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the number of vacancies at the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1120/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: We will now go into private session.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: I remind members of the constitutional requirement that members must be physically present within the confines of the place in which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where he or she is not adhering to the constitutional requirement. Therefore, any member who attempts to participate...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: That was agreed at our previous meeting. The petitioner was waiting for the reply from the ombudsman. Has she received a reply?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: The petitioner was not satisfied with the reply given by the ombudsman, which suggested that the financial sanction could deplete the resources used to operate the system in which it operates and that, rather than sanction Tusla, a system of continuous improvement would bring about corrections to failings outlined by HIQA. The petitioner says the continuous improvement is not designed to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: We will get the reply back from the ombudsman and give it to the petitioner.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: Would we be better off bringing in the group first to hear its concerns and solutions again before we bring in the ombudsman?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: We will invite the group in and they can put their case to us. We will have their side of it before we ask the ombudsman to come before us. Is that agreed? Agreed. I will ask the secretariat to organise to invite the group in as early as possible in the new year. We will put this matter on the work programme. We will listen to their side of it.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: Petition No. P00024/23 is "Electric Scooter Safety, Standards and Requirements". This is from Mr. Alexander-Marckus Edwards and relates to the recent press releases which state that powered personal transportation, PPT - in other words, electric scooters - should conform to a weight limit, including battery, and a power limit of 500 W and 25 kg respectively. The petitioner alleges that...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: There has already been correspondence with the petitioner to which he has replied. The secretariat received the petitioner’s response to the correspondence from the Department of Transport via JCPP-r-1307/2023, appendix B, on 20 October 2023. The petitioner believes that the Department of Transport's considerations do not consider the inherent dangers of riding an electric scooter or...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: The petitioner is going against what the Deputy is saying. In summary, the petitioner believes it is safer for electric scooters to be heavier with shorter stopping distances. He argues that it is safer if they are more powerful, as it reduces the chances of the scooter getting stuck on a pothole, have wider wheels to avoid tram tracks and are faster to avoid getting hit by a car when a...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: We could invite him to appear before us for half a session for a debate on scooters. We can divide a meeting into two halves - one with this petitioner and possibly the second half with the Department.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: Will the Deputy propose that we invite the petitioner to appear before the committee early in the new year and put his case? We can invite the Department to appear before us as well in the second session. Is that agreed? Agreed. Petition No. P00030/23 is "Create a walking and cycling greenway on the closed railway from Sligo to Athenry" from Mr. Brendan Quinn. This petition relates to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: The secretariat received a response from Galway County Council regarding an update of the state of the greenway because, as the Deputy noted, there are two sides to it. Galway County Council does not want to go into it until the all-Ireland strategic review is completed because there is a push from one side to have a greenway and a push on the other side to reopen the railway corridor in the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: We will go with the recommendations if members are happy to do so. We need to get the petitioner before us in the new year. Petition No. P00043/23 is the "Invincibles Reinterment Campaign" from Mr. Aidan Lambert. The National Graves Association is requesting that the Government oblige the Office of Public Works to carry out the necessary excavation works to recover the remains of Joseph...