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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (21 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of his recent correspondence to the President of the European Commission regarding European Union rules posing a significant threat to the ability to fund major projects in housing. [16952/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (21 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 323. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clarify his concerns regarding Eurostat's interpretation on public private partnerships in his correspondence to the President of the European Commission. [16953/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (21 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 572. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the responsibilities of the Minister of State at the Department of Defence who is based in the Department of the Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11434/16]

Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: Budget 2012 introduced perhaps the single most damaging cut to education, that is, the removal of ex quotaguidance counselling provision in second level schools. The Institute of Guidance Counsellors conducted an audit since then and it states that the current practice is "a portrait of inequality". One member of the institute described a wave of self-harm among teenagers that would alarm...

Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the Tánaiste's response and her personal observations about the value of guidance counselling, particularly in terms of mental health. The real value of a career guidance counsellor is that young people with issues in their family environment or personal issues can go to a counsellor and have a one-to-one session without any stigmatisation around the issue of mental health....

Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is not dedicated.

Leaders' Questions (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is not good enough.

Business of Dáil (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: On the first point, in terms of extending the Dáil time, I have no difficulty with it, but it may point to a need to examine the scheduling of today and whether one should have lengthened the day at the other end. We commenced today at 12 noon. I know that the Dáil reform committee has examined the issue, but there is a logic to reviewing it fairly quickly. For example, there is...

Business of Dáil (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: That is another day's work, a Cheann Comhairle, because written answers are being provided and we do not get the opportunity to have a face-to-face debate.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: In terms of the programme for Government, the Tánaiste will be aware that gardaí start on a salary of approximately €23,400. Last week, a number of Deputies across the House as well as Senators attended a presentation by the INTO on the starting salaries of young teachers and all of the difficulties the situation creates. In the programme for Government, there is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Employment Data (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the proposals he is considering to expand the scope of statistics being collected and reported relating to employment and wage levels beyond those required for OECD comparisons. [17336/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Employment Data (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Chief Whip for her reply. The question is to ask the Taoiseach the proposals he is considering to expand the scope of statistics being collected and reported relating to employment and wage levels beyond those required for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development comparisons. While extensive work has been undertaken by the CSO on employment and various...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Employment Data (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I welcome the reply and would be interested in the minimum wage quantum survey referred to by the Minister of State. She might indicate when Members can expect it to be completed. On the Minister of State's point regarding the sampling methodology, essentially the surveys she mentioned earlier such as the household quarterly survey, the earnings hours and so on all are sample-based surveys....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Care Services Staff (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I am disappointed that there appears to be an incapacity within the system to get the average working wage for child care workers. I note the reply suggests that because it is a broader social work category which the CSO examines, it is not in a position to look at child care work. That is poor from a policy formulation perspective. We are not in a position to identify officially, and with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Care Services Staff (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: The Minister of State is learning too quickly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Care Services Staff (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: It is masking the problem.

The Arts: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: I compliment Deputy Niamh Smyth on this very timely motion. I speak as a person who had my first interaction with the arts as a politician in the mid-1980s when I was a member of Cork Corporation. I served as chairperson of the arts committee at that time. I had wonderful interactions with the arts community and young artists in the city, including Triskel Arts Centre, Graffiti Theatre...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 245. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of detaining children in adult mental health units fully ceased in accordance with the promises made by the Government in their programme for Government in 2011; the progress made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 246. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the budget in 2015 that was allocated to mental health spending; the amount of that budget that has been used for staffing in mental health services to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Micheál Martin: 247. To ask the Minister for Health why child and adult mental health services is not extended to adolescents between 16 and 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/16]