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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: We have ten petitions for consideration today. The first is No. P00042/21, from Ms Joanna Curtis, which is about saving the services at the Owenacurra centre in Midleton, County Cork. The clerk received an email from the petitioner thanking the committee for all of its support, seeking advice on how to close the petition given that the Owenacurra centre is going to be rebuilt. Two homes...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: ...a heartfelt thanks, as well as to everybody out there, Joe Public, the media and everybody else. I am not going to name names because I will leave somebody out. The beauty of this - and this is what makes me so proud of being part of the petitions committee, and I said it a long time ago here - is that it is lastchance.com for people to have their voices heard and to raise genuine...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: ...not; it broke my heart to read it twice this week. Petition No. P00009/23, on reform of the Irish mental health services, is from Mr. Eoin O'Sullivan. This petition has three parts. First, that without delay counselling, psychotherapy and psychological services are deemed an eligible expense for tax relief in line with other health expenses, thereby reducing costs and giving more...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes, there is a lot of stuff between the Department here, the secretariat and the European Ombudsman on that. Next is petition No. P00026/23 regarding equal opportunities for HSE counselling positions, from Ms Áine Daly. This petition relates to the exclusion of the National Association for Professional Counselling and Psychotherapy members from the eligibility criteria for...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Pat Buckley: As I have stated previously, this is not a political committee. It gives credit where credit is due. I read recently about the roll-out of oral contraception, whether it is at a supermarket, a sweet shop, a chemist, a pharmacy or wherever. There is a stipulation that it can only be paid for with cash. I know this is very unusual, but it is a good step. At the moment, as soon as a Ryanair...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: ...area. We will wait for the petitioner to come back to us. P00046/23 is on reducing the age of candidacy for all elections to 18 years of age. The petition is from Mr. Cillian Fraher. It states that in order to create a more diverse and inclusive but well-represented society, it would be in order to have discussions on the matter of reducing the age of candidacy for all elections in...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: Petition No. P00048/23, stop the eviction of Doon men's shed, from Mr. Tom Richardson. A convent in Doon that was publicly funded closed in 2016. In 2018, Doon men's shed started in a space from the nuns at a nominal rate. Ballyhoura Rural Services took over trusteeship for free two years later. It was to continue the nuns' charitable work under the auspices of the Charities Regulator....

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Martin Browne: The correspondence indicated that the SEC is responsible for the operation, delivery and development of State examinations and for the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations, RACE. It stated that set out in an attached appendix was detailed information by the SEC about the extensive range of supports available for students with special educational needs who are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

Tim Lombard: This is international best practice. Dyslexic kids need time to compute and read. There was an interesting presentation by representatives of the Dyslexic Association of Ireland in the audiovisual room three months ago, which the Chairperson attended. They outlined their primary goal in the next few months is to see can the examination board change its view regarding how dyslexic kids are...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (25 Jan 2024)

The joint committee adjourned at 3.53 p.m. until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 7 February 2024.