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

Martin Browne: Is Option B agreed? Agreed. No. P00043/23 is a request for a meeting on the bilateral agreement between the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and Egyptian Government officials regarding child abduction. The petitioner is Ms Mandy Kelly. This petition is a request by an Irish mother to have a meeting between the Department of Foreign Affairs officials and Egyptian Ministry officials...

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

Martin Browne: Ms Kelly met the Tánaiste on 21 November. The advice is that she engage with the legal system in Egypt and begin legal proceedings there. She has been told that the Department of Foreign Affairs cannot interfere in private legal matters. In the Department's view, this would best be done by appointing a lawyer in Egypt and engaging with the legal system there. The Department has...

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

Martin Browne: It is not their problem. The families who have sought to have the remains of their five relatives exhumed are just being sent around in circles all the time.

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

Martin Browne: We want to find out which of the three is responsible for it. We will write to the National Graves Association as well to let it know what is going on. Is that agreed? Agreed.

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

Martin Browne: The same to you Deputy.

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: I also commend the Independent Group on bringing the motion to the floor. It is timely we are discussing this on the same morning an agreement seems to have been reached at a global climate summit that nearly lost credibility due to the attitude adopted by some states. If we look at the main stories that emerged from the climate summit, we see the encapsulation of the key problems that have...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (13 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 189. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recommendations of the independent review group into his Department’s response to ash dieback disease are to be implemented; the progress made in assessing his Department’s response to these recommendations; when a decision is likely to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55670/23]

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: Just over a year ago, when we were discussing similar matters, the homelessness figures were in the region of 11,000. They now stand at 13,179, including 3,911 children. Those figures are conservative. In June, July and August, 208 people presented to Tipperary County Council as homeless. At the beginning of September, 57 adults and 25 children were using the emergency accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria for the pandemic special recognition payment; and the grounds on which a distinction between home and residential care assistants in an organisation (details supplied) can be made. [54262/23]

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: This is one of the lengthiest Bills to face the House and I can understand why. Our planning system is beset with issues that delay the process and cause much-needed environmental and commercial projects to time out. This frustrates and causes undue hurdles for communities that are faced with challenges of all types, whether through developments or the impact of climate change. The...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: The Minister has just shown that the Government's maths are the reason we are in this crisis. This morning, in reply to Deputy McDonald, the Taoiseach spoke about 4,000 new homeowners. In less than 12 hours the Minister has brought that figure up to 5,000. We will have the problem solved by the end of the week if that keeps going. The yearly increase for new tenancies in Tipperary has...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an application for the carer's allowance by a person (details supplied) was rejected despite them providing full-time care to two older neighbours [53725/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (5 Dec 2023)

Martin Browne: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people per county approved for homecare by the HSE but currently left without care due to the inability of the private providers to fulfil the hours; and his plans to address the lack of care assistants that is causing this shortage. [53724/23]

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I will read some formal notices. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that they 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 this constitutional requirement. Therefore, any member...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I invite the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, to make his opening statement.

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I do not think the Minister of State will get anyone who will disagree with him there. They are part of our heritage and it is why we want to continue this and come to a solution where we do not lose any more. As was said before, you can travel all around the country and it is something that really sticks out in a town or village. The last thing we want to see is them falling away because...

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Does the Minister of State see any opportunities within the directive to adopt legal provisions protecting the general good in their territory? It references increasing the supply of affordable insurance coverage for a given risk. Has that been examined fully in the context of the directive?

Committee on Public Petitions: Reform of Insurance for Thatched Heritage Buildings: Discussion (30 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: Can the Minister of State give the committee an account of any discussions she has had with the insurance industry specifically on thatched buildings compared with other insurance?