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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I am confident that the management will do all it can to maintain the existing levels of service there. It is committed to advocating for the community locally and for the service demands to meet people's needs. We need, however, to hear the same commitment come back from the Government on this. The Minister mentioned primary care centres. I have brought up several times here, as we have...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (9 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I will make one last point about home care. I have a situation in Carrick-on-Suir involving a family, a man and a wife, depending on their neighbour for home care. She has applied since May and cannot even get an answer back as to whether or not that family can have home care. If I give the Minister the details, will he look into it for us? That family is depending on a neighbour who is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 52. To ask the Minister for Health the level of additional core expenditure for new developments, excluding funding for carryover and otherwise maintaining existing levels of service, which has been allocated to the Nenagh medical assessment unit for 2024 to increase capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49065/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: On 25 October, when pre-European Council meeting statements were being discussed, the Taoiseach noted that the death toll in Gaza at the time was 5,000. The government of Israel has been moving quickly since then and attacking the Gaza Strip at such a rate that the number of deaths as a result of the bombardment of Gaza is now in excess of 10,000. It is precisely because of this rapid...

Home Care Workers and Home Support Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (8 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank the Labour Party for bringing the motion to the House. I welcome the opportunity to discuss the work done and the challenges faced by our home care and home support workers in the face of a Government that speaks about the importance of community care but fails to invest in the way it should. The Government's underfunding of the health service has been met with dismay by service...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the impact that the slow progress being made in the taking in charge of housing estates is having upon the environment in situations whereby the developer-provided infrastructure, including wastewater treatment plants, are malfunctioning; if his Department has communicated with the Department of Environment,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 975. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any plans to provide alternative appointments for children whose physiotherapy appointments in Cashel have been cancelled due to staffing issues; if additional staff cannot be provided in Cashel, if the HSE will be able to temporarily provide appointments in neighbouring areas until the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Nov 2023)

Martin Browne: 1368. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made in assessing the suitability of sites at Palmers Hill, Cashel and land to the rear of St. Patrick's for the community nursing unit, originally planned for St. Patrick's, Cashel. [48808/23]

Joint Committee on Disability Matters Report: Motion (26 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I am happy to speak on this motion. I congratulate the Joint Committee on Disability Matters on all the work it has done. I want to note how fast problems are increasing when it comes to the challenges faced by children in need of disability services. This report was published in February. At that time, the HSE had confirmed that an average gap of 28% existed in respect of vacant...

Road Safety: Statements (26 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: This House will be well aware of the tragedies we have seen on the roads of County Tipperary during the last couple of months, with seven people dying over the space of a few days in August. We have had accidents since. The two accidents in August got national headlines, but I send my condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones. It has been a terrible time in Tipperary and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 263. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for excluding childminders who provide the ECCE curriculum from the core funding flat-rate allocation that crèches providing the same care can avail of; and if his Department has plans to make any other funding available to childminders who provide the ECCE curriculum. [47179/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (26 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 264. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress in drafting new regulations for childminders; and if his Department can provide figures on the number of registered childminders it has consulted as part of the consultation process. [47180/23]

Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: For the past two years, Sinn Féin has been warning the Government that our electrically pricing system is dysfunctional. It is not working for the people but is clearly working for the companies which, through extended Government inaction, have made eye-watering profits off the backs of ordinary families. This has been allowed to continue right through until one part of the legislation...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I wish to raise how the Government expects to entice people to use public transport as an alternative to their cars when it does not make any attempt to make it attractive to people. In particular, I raise this in light of what can only be described as Transport Infrastructure Ireland's opposition to installing bus shelters. Take my town of Cashel, which more than 400,000 people visit every...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: -----and to install shelters there?

Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I thank Deputy Connolly for bringing this motion to the floor of the House. We are living in a world where it appears that the consequences of warfare can appear less important than the alliances that were formed in light of the way things have happened with unconditional support. This is a time when the sound bite overrides and deliberately obscures the real consequences of the actions...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on progressing with a sense of urgency the N24 roads project, in light of numerous collisions on the N24, on both the eastern and western sections; if he has discussed the matter with Transport Infrastructure Ireland recently; if consideration will be given to reprioritising the N24 road project as a road safety measure; and...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: At a time when trolley numbers at University Hospital Limerick, UHL, regularly achieve record figures it is beyond belief that funding for the HSE is becoming what some at the health committee meeting today described as "constrained". In this scenario "constrained" suggests that the scenes of absolute chaos we have seen at UHL or any other hospital with overcrowding pressures will not...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak on the Finance (No. 2) Bill. There were many measures that could have been taken in budget 2024 to relieve some of the burdens currently experienced by families. Unfortunately, opportunities were wasted. While there were some welcome measures included in the budget that had been highlighted as urgent by Sinn Féin, there were other measures...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: I welcome everyone to the meeting. Apologies have been received from Deputy Higgins. We have been notified that Deputy Cannon will substitute for her. The minutes of the private and public meetings of 28 September 2023 and 5 October 2023 have been agreed in private, but we must agree them in public for procedural reasons. Are they agreed? Agreed. I remind members of the constitutional...