Results 41-60 of 4,149 for speaker:Martin Browne
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: In the OPW's response to Mr. Doyle, it claimed: Kilmainham Gaol is a national monument and an iconic and much respected site in the context of the national independence struggle in particular. The fact that it is also a grave location adds a significant resonance to its penal and historical significance. There is a strong opposing view to the current campaign that believes the graves...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: They were opposing.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: Was that the only opposition?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: Like I said at the start, when you have that many family members and all the support that is there, one opposing view should not stop it. I agree with the other speakers. Why is the OPW there in the first place if it cannot make a decision on something that is under its remit? It should not have to go to the Taoiseach but I join Deputy Buckley in proposing that this committee should write...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: How big is that location?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: It would not take too much to remove the slabs. Would the committee be happy if they were to remove some slabs and do scans or would the committee look for the whole site to be scanned? We think we know exactly where they are, in that corner of that relatively small yard. The logical thing to do with the scans will be exactly as the Cathaoirleach suggests, start off where we are pretty sure...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: Is Mr. Lambert fairly confident from records that that is where they are, in that yard?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: One last thing, 28 councils have given their support. Of the other councils, was there any common thread coming back from them? Was it maybe motions were not put to the councils?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: I cannot imagine why they would not pass it. Some 28 of the councils did. Maybe motions did not go in front of the councils to support it. I come back to the 92 relatives, the 28 councils and the 73 TDs and the amount of support. I propose, and Deputy Buckley might second it, that we, as a committee, write to the Taoiseach immediately, asking him to get involved. We do not want a generic...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: We will follow that up on the behalf of our guests. Hopefully, there will not be a wait of another 11 years and we will get a decision or commitment from the Taoiseach before a general election is called, which could happen at any time at this stage.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: Does anyone have questions? There are no members online. Are Deputies Ó Snodaigh and Buckley happy?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: This discussion has been very beneficial and informative for the members who were here today. As I have said, we will work on behalf of our guests. I hope we will get a response. I thank Mr. Lambert and Mr. Whelan for outlining their side of things.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: Do our guests wish to make a closing statement or comments before we suspend the meeting for five minutes?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: They should be the priority.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Invincibles Reinterment Campaign: National Graves Association (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: We will suspend for five minutes to allow the witnesses to leave.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: I propose that 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?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: We have four petitions for consideration today. First, No. P00013/24, "Justice and recognition for the state-abused", is from Mx Corwyn Bertrand-Fuchs and states: I want recognition for those abused in the state-run homes. I want a public apology and the last abusive children's home still open closed. Separate public petition underway. The secretariat wrote to the Department of...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (20 Jun 2024)
Martin Browne: The second petition, No. P00033/24, "Toxic fumes on Aer Lingus flights - Severe and increasing danger to public health and safety - Urgent", is from Mr. Thomas O'Riordan and states: On the 5th of June 2023, whilst operating as a Captain on an Aer Lingus flight I was poisoned by toxic fumes and rushed to Beaumont hospital by emergency ambulance, where I stayed for five days. I had reported...