Results 101-120 of 873 for speaker:Martin Browne in 'Dáil debates'

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: Read it all.

Nursing Home Care: Motion [Private Members] (27 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I hope the Minister replays his multiple mom and pop statements later. Has he listened to any of the people in the Public Gallery who are telling him that they are losing beds and their sector is in trouble? I welcome the chance to speak on this issue because it has been clear for some time that, as the population has aged, the cost of doing business has increased and the funding model...

Apprenticeship and Further Education and Training: Statements (22 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: Only last week, I referred to how apprentices were excluded from the national minimum wage. I make no apologies for repeating that. In speaking about apprenticeships, we are speaking about workers, including the workers of the future. We are also speaking about what it means to work and the conditions one should expect in the workplace. Furthermore, we are speaking about the value that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I want to raise the untenable situation of community pharmacists as they remain subject to the cuts imposed due to the financial crisis. They are the only sector in healthcare who remain in this position. Given the acknowledgement of the great service provided by them during the pandemic and generally in light of lengthy GP waiting lists I have asked the Minister to fully and openly engage...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (20 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: As I said earlier, this is nothing we have not heard before from the Minister. The only thing that is different, which I have in front of me from the Minister and the NTA, is there were only 54 prosecutions last year. In his reply, the Minister of State said that this figure has gone up to 65 fixed penalty payment notices and 146 prosecutions. I do not know who is doing the maths in the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Taxi Regulations (20 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I know the Minister of State is present on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan, so I thank him for that. Since I was elected to this House in 2020, taxi operators have consistently outlined to me that their livelihoods are in serious trouble due to illegal operators. I have tabled many parliamentary questions to the Minister over the past couple of years concerning the...

Education Costs: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: The current cost-of-living crisis is having a profound effect on many families. Inflation is having an impact on how far family budgets can stretch. While measures to reduce inflation have been taken, primarily by the ECB through interest rate hikes, they are adding to the outgoings for mortgage holders. For those renting, the costs are significant and in many cases bear little relation to...

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: This is a year of anniversaries. Thirty years ago, homosexuality was decriminalised, 40 years ago a march from Liberty Hall to Fairview Park took place, which led to the first Dublin Pride parade in the same year, and 50 years ago, in 1973, the sexual liberation movement was established in Trinity College, laying the groundwork for transformative change. A lot of progress has been made in...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: We should have a round of applause after that.

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: The document we are speaking about here is heavy on ambition, but unfortunately it lacks detailed timelines and some aspects of it appear to ignore key elements of what a rural community needs. Listening to some of the Government Members sitting across from me, I wonder if we are living in the same country at all. To give the Minister credit, there are areas that have benefitted, but there...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Paul Murphy and People Before Profit for introducing this legislation. This is an issue on which Senator Gavan has been campaigning for some time. He has done a massive amount of work. To discriminate against some people in society with sub-minimum rates of pay, which is what we are discussing, goes against the principle of equal pay for equal work. Such discrimination...

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: Hear, hear.

Retained Fire Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I also want to welcome firefighters, especially the Tipperary boys, the Tipp boys, here today. They should not have to be here. I was talking to a retained firefighter this morning whose family has a history of being in the fire service. He told me that the tradition ends with him, because it is not viable anymore for his son to become involved. This sums up what we are talking about,...

Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Jun 2023)

Martin Browne: I also extend a welcome to the President of the Parliament of Cyprus and her delegation. I hope the effectiveness of this Bill will be reviewed in the near future, and regularly, so that we do not face another scenario where new ways are found to sell nicotine products to children. It would be useful to have regular reviews of this Bill so that, as legislators, we can keep on top of this...

Respite Care Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 May 2023)

Martin Browne: I do not have long so I will not delay. A mother in County Tipperary is caring alone for her son who has very specific needs, including an uncommon disease involving abdominal deficiencies alongside autism spectrum disorder. In the past she has had to cancel her own appointments because she cannot find anyone suitable to look after her son. The typical response we are all used to hearing...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (24 May 2023)

Martin Browne: What about reimbursement?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Martin Browne: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 May 2023)

Martin Browne: He is telling the truth.

Targeted Investment in the Health Service: Motion [Private Members] (17 May 2023)

Martin Browne: I welcome the motion tabled by the Independent Group. We hear a lot from the Government about care in the community being a way to take pressure off acute hospitals and emergency departments. I have no issue with this. There are communities, some of them in Tipperary, that shudder to hear the excuse of providing care in the community when centres that do precisely this are targeted for...

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Martin Browne: The launch of the European Year of Skills is designed to put skills centre stage, helping people get the right skills for quality jobs and helping companies, in particular small and medium enterprises, and to address skills shortages in the EU. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science website outlines the key features of the OECD skills strategies...