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Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: In October 1874, one of the first monuments to be taken into the care of the State was the Rock of Cashel, which dominates the skyline of my town of Cashel and which contributes in no small part to the economy of the town and the surrounding area. Visitor numbers alone bear testimony to this. Over 170,000 people were recorded as having come through the doors of the rock by the middle of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: We are talking about the N24, not the tenant in situscheme.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the Minister of State for taking this matter, although I had thought the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, might do so. This issue has been raised repeatedly by me and other Tipperary Deputies. It relates to the Tipperary town bypass, which was first promised 40 years ago. Anybody who knows the town can see how it is absolutely choked up with heavy traffic throughout the town. All the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: I appreciate that not every project can get funding, but we are talking about small money to progress this project. The people of Tipperary and its surrounds have been struggling for too long. As I said, there have been 40 years of successive Governments telling them they will get a bypass. This is all for the sake of an additional €2.25 million, a pittance in the current climate....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: There was no one objecting. We have been looking for this for 40 years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: Where will they go?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: Where will they go?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: It is simple. The Tánaiste should answer the question.

Courts Bill 2023: Second Stage (19 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: In a report published by the European Commission last year Ireland was ranked as the worst country in Europe concerning judicial resourcing at 3.27 judges per 100,000 people in 2020. To say this was below the European average is to be kind. The truth of the matter is that the European average is 17.6 judges per 100,000 people. There is a real deficiency there. I am also reminded of the...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: I also thank Deputy Cian O'Callaghan and the Social Democrats for bringing forward the motion. The number of residential properties recorded as vacant in December 2022 was 83,662. That is a significant stock of unused properties and if the correct incentives to dissuade people from allowing their properties to sit idle were in place it would go some way to addressing the housing shortage in...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (18 Apr 2023)

Martin Browne: I wish to send best wishes to Ambassador Aidan O'Hara and his family for what they have gone through. At the Committee on Public Petitions earlier this year we discussed with the European Ombudsman various reports, among which was noted the changing world within which the EU operates and the response of the EU institutions to those changes. However, troubling issues remain, such as what...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Defend the truth.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: They do not having anything.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: The Government might want that but it is not happening.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Because you did not buy his book.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: They do not care and that is the problem.

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Sinn Féin could not in all conscience allow the Government to end the eviction ban without doing what we can in the interest of renters across County Tipperary and the whole country to change the Government's mind. If we cannot change the mind of the Government or backbenchers, we must look to the Independents who propped up the Government last week. I use the word "Independent" very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (23 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Gobshite.

Reform of Carer's Allowance Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Harkin and the Independent Group for bringing forward this motion. As a result of the policies of this Government and the previous Government, we are living in an age where carers can be classified as underpaid or very badly paid. Despite the fact that carers take the pressure off the hospital system to the tune of €20 billion per year, the best they can expect from...

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Martin Browne: Let us remember the many cases when the Government was pressed by the Opposition to take numerous measures in the interests of the hard-pressed public at a time of high inflation and general global turbulence. With regard top mineral oil tax, referred to in section 2, the reduced rates of 21 cent per litre of petrol and 16 cent per litre of diesel are due to continue until the end of May, at...