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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I know we are tight for time but I want to touch on the issue of concrete and I have listened to the Minister's comments on it so far. I hear a lot from the sector that there are new obligations and new levies but that the developed infrastructure is not there to support them to recycle or reuse construction materials. Does the Minister recognise this as a problem and a challenge and what...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: No apologies have been received. We will go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I wish everyone a good afternoon. I welcome everyone to our public meeting. I remind members of the constitutional requirements that they must be physically present within the confines of the place which Parliament has chosen to sit, namely, Leinster House, in order to participate in public meetings. I will not permit a member to participate where he or she is not adhering to this...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: In response to the petitioner Tusla has said that while HIQA does not place sanctions on Tusla, if it finds improvement must be made to service, it gets Tusla to complete a complaints plan which is followed up subsequently and inspection reports are posted on HIQA's website. I suggest we ask the petitioner for their response and go back to Tusla about the database. Did we ask about the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: The second petition is No. P00012/23 - “Justice [and] Safety” - C.J. Gaffney: We are calling on the Government to compensate us out of the European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) which was offered at our meeting in Brussels and confirmed by the documents and radio interview contained in the links below by Irish MEPs and senior EU officials, considering the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Someone needs to answer for the fact that this unsafe vessel was registered as safe in the first place when it clearly was not. This family have been let down apparently every step of the way by the system because we have another situation here in which the buck seems to be passed from one to another all over Europe. As the Deputy stated, we know there are boats out there that are of the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Do we go to the OPLA or do we go outside for legal advice?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Will we go to the OPLA first and see what advice it can give us? If not, it might be able to point us in the direction-----

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: It is crazy that everybody recognises the problems that are out there and the danger of involved but that no one seems to be prepared to move it on. As the Deputy stated at the outset, this whole family has been destroyed because of the lack of movement from anybody in this case. Is it agreed that we contact the OPLA? Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: No. P00028/24, entitled "My Petition to amend the Credit Union Act 1997. The Credit Union Act 1997 as amended. Section 56 B. Which covers the Nomination Committee of Credit Unions", is from Mr. Brian Gould. It states: My Petition is to amend the Credit Union Act 1997, Section 56 B which covers the Nomination Committee of Credit Unions. The Nomination Committee can block, stop a Credit...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: The recommendation is agreed. No. P00037/24, "Mandate life-saving measures for babies born at 22 weeks in all Irish hospitals", is from Miss Dympna Whelan. It states: On February 12, 2024, our daughter Bena-Blu was born at just 22 weeks and weighing only 420 grams. Despite the fact that she was alive and kicking, we were told that no life-saving measures would be taken because she...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: It is, and we send our thoughts to the petitioner. She is taking particular issue with the HSE's reference to best practice when, as she says, the weight of the baby was estimated as higher than was the case following birth. Also, the petitioner has an issue with what more could have been done in an accident and emergency environment. It is obviously distressing that at 22 weeks' gestation...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We will probably have a better idea where we can send the woman anyway.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: It is harrowing that the weight and those six days, as the petitioner says, seem to have been contributing factors. Is it agreed to do as proposed? Agreed. P00058/24, entitled Flawed Legislation relating to Pensions and Social Security, from Mr. Frank Moran, is to ensure the entitlement of the same-sex couples to benefit from an occupational pension scheme. Changes were made to Part VIIA...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We await a response from the Department. The petitioner appeared before the committee on 3 October. From speaking to him at the meeting, it was clear that there is a gap in respect of equal access to entitlement. This matter should be investigated and investigated as quickly as possible. We did say to the petitioner that we would do all we can. It was also suggested contact be also made...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: We await a response from the Department. We will have a better idea then ourselves of what that is. That concludes our consideration of public petitions this afternoon. I invite members of the public to submit petitions via our online portal, which is available at petitions.oireachtas.ie. A petition may be addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas on a matter of general public concern or...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: I would like to thank the clerk to the committee and the secretariat for all the work they do on our behalf. Their work is a massive help to us and to petitioners. We wish everyone the best.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Petitions Received (24 Oct 2024)

Martin Browne: Can the Deputy feed that through the secretariat or-----

Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2024)

Family Courts Bill 2022 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2024)

Helen McEntee: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to introduce the Family Courts Bill in this House today. Bringing this Bill before Dáil Éireann represents a major milestone on the path to achieving the commitment in the programme for Government to enact a Family Courts Bill to create a new dedicated family court within the existing court structure and provide...