Results 541-560 of 7,556 for speaker:Catherine Martin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 283. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide pre-exposure prophylaxis medication here, in particular, for groups that are at high risk of HIV infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40221/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 284. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with intellectual and or physical disabilities in HSE CHO 5 who are being PEG fed on an ongoing basis; and the longest periods of PEG feeding involved. [40234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 285. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in CHO 5 registered with intellectual disabilities; the funding allocated for services to them in 2017; and the breakdown of this funding between HSE direct spending and indirect spending through section 38 and 39 grants. [40236/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Data (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with intellectual disabilities under 65 years of age living in nursing homes in CHO 5. [40237/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 446. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1034 of 13 July 2017, if there is a policy on the emissions of greenhouse gases from development sites on peatlands, including degraded peatlands to which planning authorities should have regard when assessing proposals for renewable energy or other developments. [40238/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 461. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are taxation incentives to encourage companies to get their employees to use electric vehicles as company cars as opposed to petrol or diesel vehicles; if not, if incentives are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40214/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 462. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has calculated indicative costings for the DART expansion project along lines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40218/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 463. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all procurement of new diesel powered rail rolling stock will be hybrid in line with the vision for the long term electrification of rail services and the policy on reducing urban air pollution. [40239/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 464. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all procurement of new rail rolling stock will provide for increased space for carriage of bicycles in line with the policy as set out in the national cycle policy framework. [40240/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Programme Administration (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 465. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he plans to open the local authority swimming pool programme for new applications in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40241/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 487. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will implement a system whereby all child care providers in receipt of the new more affordable child care system will be required to place a cap on fees that they charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40219/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Proposed Legislation (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 492. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to bring forward legislation on improving the ability of walkers to access private land for recreational walking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40217/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Elections (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local election boundary commission will be formed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Elections (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 532. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to alter the terms of reference for the new local election boundary commission with regard to the number of councillors to be elected per ward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40211/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constituency Commission (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: 533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the recommendations of the Constituency Commission will be legislated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40212/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Breaches of Fire Safety Standards: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister for coming in to give a statement on such a serious issue. I have just a few questions. To reiterate what Deputy Byrne has said, why did it take so long to publish the reports? Why would a principal have to write to the Department seven times to ensure pupils' safety? Why was the Minister's Department so reluctant to give that information? Why did it take an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Breaches of Fire Safety Standards: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister but his responses, but I am not quite sure if the question most of us have asked about the delays has been answered. Why was the principal of the Educate Together school denied access seven times? What was the justification for it? I am not sure if we received an answer to that question. I refer to Western Building Systems. The Minister has said it may apply for...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: Tá an Comhaontas Glas fíorshásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. The Government lacks vision and strategic planning when it comes to the scale of the housing and homelessness crisis, which severely affects the most vulnerable in our society. I appreciate that the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is relatively new to his brief. However, his party and the...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: Ireland's pension gap has widened in the lifetime of this Government and the previous one. Women work outside home in fewer numbers with most getting paid less when they do. When it comes to retirement, women now typically have 37% less to live on than men. On 21 September the Taoiseach announced plans for a new pension strategy to be completed by the end of the year, including a five-year...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister but, with respect, it is hard for those women who have been denied their pension entitlements to take all that he has said at face value given that actions taken by this and the previous Government, rather than addressing the inequalities in the pension-pay gap, have only allowed them to deepen. In 2012, the previous Government introduced changes to the eligibility...