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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: The HSE owns two fields on Palmer's Hill but has told the Minister that site is not accessible by road and it will not be built on. The HSE is about to purchase another field adjoining that, which is a waste of money.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: I only answered the question I was asked.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Good afternoon. I welcome you all to our public meeting this afternoon. We have received apologies from Deputy Cormac Devlin. The first item on the agenda is the approval of minutes from our previous meeting. The question is whether we approve the minutes of the private and public meetings on 7 and 8 February 2024. They already have been approved at the virtual private meeting but we...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Next on the order of business is our engagement with Mr. C.J. Gaffney, petitioner and witness supporting petition No. P00012/23 entitled, "Justice and Safety." Before we start, I wish to explain some limitations to parliamentary privilege and the practices of the Houses as regards reference witnesses may make to other persons in their evidence. The evidence of witnesses physically present...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Do any of the other witnesses wish to speak before we go to members' questions?

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Does Mr. Delaney wish to say a few words before questions are asked?

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: I assure the witnesses that the committee will try to do as much as we can to move Mr. Gaffney's case forward. It is scandalous that there has not been some resolution over that period of time. People's lives are at risk when they go to sea. Health and safety must be a high priority. Mr. Delaney touched on this. How did the Dutch and Germans keep passing that type of boat as safe, and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Petition on Justice and Marine Safety: Discussion (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Are those kind of books given by an independent entity or from a department?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Next on the agenda is consideration of public petitions. I propose that the petitions considered by the committee at this meeting and previous meetings may be published and that the replies from the Departments and other bodies may also be published. Is that agreed? Agreed. We have five petitions for consideration today. The first is P00021/21, which deals with taking in charge and...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: The recommendation is that the petition be closed in line with the petitioner's request. I thank the petitioner for engaging and being happy with the petition process and I thank Tipperary County Council for its assistance. We will look for an update from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Irish Water every three months. Do members have any views? Is that agreed?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: I thank Mr. Coskeran. I know him well; he is from my county. We built up a good relationship with Tipperary County Council, which I think we should retain. Perhaps we should do the same with other councils as well. There are something like 860 estates throughout the country that are in the same sort of situation that Mr. Coskeran and his family were caught up in. It would be a good...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: No. P00021/22 relates to the Kiltimagh water scheme and is from Mr. Tom Carney, who claims: We are a village of about twenty families in Kiltimagh co Mayo. The age ranges between twelve months and nights eight years old. We have never had a drinking water supply in our village. We started back in 2012 working with mayo council. Fast forward finally getting funding for a water supply to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: The right to water is a fundamental one. It is hard to believe that this community is going through this experiences and is struggling to resolve its case. Hopefully, we can have the same kind of feedback from and correspondence with Mayo County Council and get a similar result to what which we achieved with Tipperary County Council. No. P00040/23 relates to 17 years being the legal age...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: The only thing we should mention is the issue of road safety, given the higher number of fatalities on the roads last year, when there were record numbers, and the number we have had already this year. No. 00045/23, entitled "Accept our Cash", is from Mr. Peter O'Donoghue. According to Mr. O'Donoghue: Today, more and more businesses and organisations in Ireland are implementing a policy...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: If it is cash, yes.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: The correspondence from the petitioner will be forwarded to the Department and to the Central Bank and we will get a reply back. Is that agreed?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: That concludes our consideration of public petitions for this afternoon. I wish to invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or interest or on any issue of public policy.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Under any other business, Deputy Buckley wishes to raise the issue of authorised and unauthorised developments on waterways in Ireland.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Yes. The recommendation is that the committee issues a further reminder to the ten local authorities that have not responded to the committee's initial request.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Martin Browne: Sorry, there are eight local authorities that have not responded.