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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...if they have a need for the property in question. Once it is confirmed the property is surplus to requirements, the following process applies. Such properties are initially offered to the Land Development Agency, LDA, and, thereafter, to other State entities listed on the State property register. Finally, if there is no interest expressed by other State entities, the property is placed...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...for the management of the public healthcare property estate and, as I mentioned, as of 29 February a total of 183 vacant properties were at various stages. To ensure the optimal use of State land, the HSE has developed property protocols for the acquisition and disposal of property that are in line with the Department of public expenditure's circular. Recently, the HSE has been very...

Accommodation for International Protection Applicants: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...a new life in a new country with all the hardship that entails. Since January 2022, the Department has brought over 200 additional properties into use to accommodate those who arrive in Ireland seeking international protection. I wish to pay credit to the Department's officials. They are invisible and they are criticised quite a lot but they are working constantly to try to bring...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ..., and me for the development of projects that will help communities, we will certainly look at them. They will be rigorously analysed, assessed and evaluated. Big projects on substantial areas of land, as mentioned by the Deputy, need the backing of the local authority as well. We work well with local authorities to get projects like that off the ground and completed. We welcome good...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Joe O'Brien: ...law and establishes “the advancement of human rights” as a recognised charitable purpose under Irish law for the first time. The provisions in sections 5 and 6 are intended to strengthen the broader regulatory landscape, including enabling the Charities Regulator to enter into administrative co-operation arrangements with other relevant bodies. Section 7 includes a number...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...the RSS review coming to its closing stages, we need to keep everything on the board in terms of how to keep life in the scheme going forward because it does amazing work. We want to keep small farmers on the land and it is a key way of doing that. Those are some initial responses.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Discrimination (7 Nov 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...which are available to all staff online. The HSE is working with partners such as the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland to strengthen supports for staff coming from outside Ireland to ensure a soft landing, an effective orientation and induction, and to enhance local supports available to staff, particularly in the first weeks of their employment in the HSE. With regard to the...

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

Joe O'Brien: ...seeing the impact of the walls, the barriers, the fences, the airport-like checkpoints and suffocating restrictions on movements; the permit systems; the demolition of homes; the illegal confiscation of lands; the ongoing building of illegal settlements; the detention of children by the IDF; the standard harassment of civilians; and the killing of civilians without any or adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (10 Oct 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...in the provision of services to charities, including the authorising of appointments of new charitable trustees, the framing of schemes of incorporation, authorisation of Cy-Près schemes and disposition of lands held upon charitable trusts. The table below sets out the annual budget allocation for the Charities Regulator, from 2021 to 2023 inclusive. All funding allocated during this...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (26 Sep 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...the practical difficulties that the pay differential is creating. I think they should be paid more and, within government, we believe they should be paid more. We have gone through the WRC process to land on an agreed figure. We are at an impasse at the moment, which is unfortunate, and I would urge everyone back to the table. These services are crucial and we need to recognise their...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...the main urban centres. I am pleased my roles at three Departments each give me the opportunity to contribute something positive towards rejuvenating and helping maximise the potential of rural Ireland. At the Department of Rural and Community Development I oversee various community work strands, including the social inclusion and community activation programme, which is effectively...

Seanad: Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Second Stage (27 Apr 2023)

Joe O'Brien: ...is intended to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Finally, among the amendments provided for in Part 15 are those amending the Immigration Act 2004 to ensure that permissions for non-nationals to land or be in the State can be renewed or varied without the holder of the permission having to make application for renewal in every case, and inserting a new section 5A into the Arbitration...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...be part of a review group. I will be meeting the chair of that group next week. We want to look at going back to basics and the initial logic relating to the RSS, which was to keep small farmers on the land but also to keep them engaged with the community. We want to see if there are other ways we can do that. We will get that process started, hopefully, before the end of this year....

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...comments. We would be wise to take the wisdom of the broadest group of stakeholders we can when looking at RSS because I want to go back to basics and see what we can do to keep small farmers on the land.

National Parks and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan: Statements (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...this hugely important piece of work, which was a key commitment for the Green Party in the programme for Government. Our biodiversity and natural world have not been valued and protected in Ireland in the way they should have been in the past. The Government has changed that and the renewal of the NPWS is a big part of that change. The natural world is under increasing pressure...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Traveller Community (22 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Brien: ...50:Greater supports should be provided to social enterprises - these could include a community asset transfer policy to enable community organisations and social enterprises to make a request for land and buildings from local authorities and other public bodies. An additional funding stream should be established for CSP places for Traveller Projects particularly for new start up social...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Agricultural Shows (2 Mar 2022)

Joe O'Brien: I thank the Senator for raising the very important matter of funding for agricultural shows. Agricultural shows are a great celebration of all that is good about rural Ireland. They provide a welcome boost for local economies and attract visitors to support our rural communities. Aside from the contribution they make to the rural economy, agricultural shows also provide a great outlet for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (7 Dec 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...are large housing estates and the facilities, including community centres, were not put in when they were built. The first thing to do is to see whether the local authority can provide a piece of land to get things going. Securing land is often where projects start and get moving.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (5 Jul 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...has been allocated up to 18 additional staff through this funding, and I understand the necessary recruitment processes are under way. The Department of Transport is also working with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and the NTA to develop a national cycle network which will ensure investments are focused efficiently, which should outline the cycling routes currently available,...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Apr 2021)

Joe O'Brien: ...tax have a progressive impact on the most vulnerable, those contributing to a just transition. Climate action can lead to warmer homes, cheaper and healthier ways of travelling and ways of using land to produce food without damaging the planet. Locally generated and owned energy has significant potential to bring communities together and tackle disadvantage. Climate action can be an...