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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: The final petition is No. P00035/23. It is to stop the Government's proposal to cull 200,000 cows and it is from Alfie Hollingsworth. This petition concerns the culling of 200,000 cows to combat climate change and meet their climate deadlines of reducing agriculture emissions by 25% by 2030. The petitioner feels this is a bad, and at the very least unnecessary, idea. The petitioner...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: That is why the recommendation is to send the petition to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is probably more suited to that committee.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: Like I said, if we have agreement we will send the petition to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is probably more suited to it than to this committee.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: We will forward it to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I would like to 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...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I agree. By the looks of it, these developments are going on. As Deputy Buckley says, this is public money, but the waterways also belong to the public. We do not have any proof and that is why we are asking if it is okay for the secretariat to write to the councils. Each council can come back to us and say what is going on in each county.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: Would the committee be happy with that? Right. We will do that so and we will come back to the issue at a later date.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Home Help Service (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department plans to address the lack of home care capacity as in the case of a person (details supplied). [45977/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: The actions of Hamas on 7 October were unacceptable and must be condemned by all. The response from Israel must also be condemned because the actions we have seen against 2.5 million people in the largest open-air prison cannot be described as defensive. People are dying in their thousands, yet what we hear on the international stage appears to fall short of appearing like preparations for...

Driving Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the Rural Independent Group for tabling the motion today. Like many other Deputies, I have been contacted by many people who say the situation facing people awaiting driving tests has gone so far that it is now holding them back from planning their lives. I will focus on the impact it is having on people in rural Ireland, who do not have the luxury of regular bus or train services...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance if any progress has been made to make insurance for thatched properties more affordable; if he will outline the meetings that have taken place between his Department and the insurance sector on the matter; if there are any further actions his Department considers may be open to it to address the high cost of insurance apart from promoting fire prevention...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2024 (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for excluding invalidity benefit from the bonus announced in Budget 2024; and her views on whether this is justified, given the rising cost of living. [45433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 218. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to the increased cost of running animal welfare and animal rescue organisations as preparations are made to allocate animal welfare grants to various organisations; if increases in funding in line with the additional costs incurred by these organisations are being considered; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 266. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that have been taken since 2020 to improve capacity within community health services in the mid-west to take pressure off the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the reasons that such measures have been unable to avoid the high number of presentations at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if research has been carried out by his Department to ascertain the impact that waiting lists are having on the effectiveness of antibiotics which in many cases are being prescribed repeatedly due to the length of such waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 268. To ask the Minister for Health if the provisions of Budget 2024 will see an increase in services for people with eating disorders; if he has made any provision for the development of a specific model of care for avoidant restrictive food intake disorder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 269. To ask the Minister for Health if certain workers (details supplied) are to receive the pandemic bonus; the reasons for not receiving it to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 450. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current CDNT WTE posts vacancies across CHO5, broken down, in tabular form, according to each of the 12 teams; the number of those vacancies that are administrative posts; and the actions that are being taken to address those vacancies. [44705/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to increase bus capacity on the route fromBirdhill to Newport, County Tipperary (details supplied). [44598/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current CDNT WTE vacancies across each of the 12 teams in CHO5; the number of administrative posts vacant; and the actions that are being taken to address those vacancies, in tabular form. [44545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current difficulties facing many parents in accessing school bus routes (details supplied); and if she plans to address the lack of capacity in the school bus service. [43694/23]