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Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: Coming back to that flooding and what the Deputy said, if businesses have doubled or tripled the prices of flood defences, it is a shame on them.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: It is disgraceful that they are making profits on people's misery. We all know they are in business but exploiting people who are in those kinds of situations is a shame on them.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: As there are no other issues that members wish to raise, the committee will adjourn until 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, 26 September when we will meet first in private session.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (19 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in the absence of a person (details supplied) getting a visa renewal on time for their honeymoon, arrangements are possible for documents to be provided for entry to South Africa; if, in the absence of the renewal being issued, they can return to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37143/24]

Childcare: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: I commend Deputies Kerrane and Funchion on putting this motion together and bringing it to the House. Despite the lack of a coherent message or plan from the Government parties about the structure of childcare going forward, Sinn Féin’s policy and its plans are clear and costed and are designed to address the immediate needs of parents and the sector. The system, as it is...

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: It is three minutes each.

CJEU Judgment in Apple State Aid Case: Statements (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: Last week, Fianna Fail, Fine Gael and Labour councillors and some independents in County Tipperary voted in favour of increasing the tax on family homes in Tipperary through the local property tax, LPT. Yet, these same parties were the ones that opposed the payment of Apple billions that were due to our State when this country was reeling from the disastrous effects of the financial crisis,...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 566. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the adequacy of the current reconstitution and underplanting scheme in light of the identification of the pseudips mexicanus, known as the Monterey pine engraver, alongside the larch beetle in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36834/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 569. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preventative measures that were in place prior to the discovery of the larch beetle in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 570. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the preventative measures that were in place prior to the discovery of the Monterey beetle in Clare and Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36838/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 571. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the locations where the larch beetle and the Monterey beetle have been discovered in Ireland; the restrictions that have been placed in Ireland on the certification and other use of timber sourced from those locations and the requirement and impacts this will have on local foresters; the supports to be put in place to assist in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 567. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the data that informed his Department’s site clearance funding under the reconstitution and underplanting scheme; the methodology his Department used in assessing that financing as being sufficient and appropriate to cover the different needs of different forests and woodlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (18 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 568. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasoning behind the decision not to implement specific recommendations of the ash review; to provide that detail, per recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1101.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made in the establishment of local community safety partnerships (LCSPs); when it is expected that LCSPs will be established; to outline the focus that each LCSP will be able to place on a local electoral area basis, apart from the wider local authority area; to provide an update on the progress of establishing...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1481.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts made to avert a vacancy in the position of children’s disability network manager at Clonmel children’s disability network team prior to the departure of the holder of that position; the progress made in the recruitment of a replacement; to outline the system and staff in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1737.To ask the Minister for Health the provisions he foresees being taken to address the backlog in care at University Hospital Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh, St. John's and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital due to the deferral of inpatient, day surgery, outpatient appointments and other scheduled services; how the deferral of these services will not contribute to disimproved patient outcomes; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1738.To ask the Minister for Health to outline, following the deferral of inpatient, day surgery, outpatient appointments and other scheduled services at University Hospital Limerick, Ennis, Nenagh, St. John's and Croom Orthopaedic Hospital, the measures to be taken to address the backlog created; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34519/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1746.To ask the Minister for Health to outline the restrictions that can prevent graduates of dentistry at Queen’s University Belfast from working in Ireland; the measures that are being taken to address any such instances; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[34599/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1759.To ask the Minister for Health when a decision will be made regarding the continuation of an agreement whereby dentists who graduate from the UK can apply for registration here through automatic recognition, given that the current arrangement ends with the inclusion of graduates who have completed their qualification before 31 December 2024; if he is aware that the uncertainty for 2025...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (9 Sep 2024)

Martin Browne: 1834.To ask the Minister for Health if the locum doctor who is taking over from a doctor (details supplied) will provide services for the same hours as were previously provided by the previous doctor; to outline the hours that the new locum will be available; if a recruitment process is underway; if so, the progress made with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.[35271/24]