Results 621-640 of 7,556 for speaker:Catherine Martin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to implement the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills report on positive mental health in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training Provision (25 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reinstate support for student primary school teachers that are attending mandatory Gaeltacht courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45008/17]

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: Tá an Comhaontas Glas sásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. Last Thursday's "RTÉ Investigates: Nightmare to Let" presented a stark and appalling reality of renting in Ireland in 2017. It was a shocking surprise to many but, to many others, it was not a surprise at all. To anyone who has been searching for a place to rent, renters who spend days, weeks, months...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to amend the conditions of the home renovation scheme to make it available to apartment owners, especially those carrying out repair work to remedy defective construction in their buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46397/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce relief from local property tax for house and apartment owners dealing with the consequences of defective construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46398/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if an interdepartmental committee is still in operation examining the possibility of taxing civil servants' car parking as a benefit in kind; the length of time it has been in existence; when it last met; the outcomes that have resulted; his plans to introduce such a scheme; and the estimated amount of revenue that could be realised by such a measure....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Electric Vehicles (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 273. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the mileage rate payable for 100% electric vehicles; if this rate is consistent with climate action goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46443/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 294. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the opening hours of St. Mary’s Abbey, Dublin 7; and his plans to increase the opening hours in order to promote more tourism in Dublin’s north inner city. [46439/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools with autism units in Dún Laoghaire; if these autism units are located in boys' schools, girls' schools or co-educational schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46449/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of site access negotiations for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46948/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in Dublin 16 did not qualify for a school bus in view of the fact that it was moved to a new site at a campus in Churchtown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason parents of students at a school (details supplied) in County Dublin have not been contacted regarding their application for a school bus; if the school is eligible for a bus; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46950/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Healthy Living Strategies (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are departmental guidelines for the provision of snack and drink vending machines in primary and secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 461. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the civil war in Yemen with that country’s diplomatic representatives; if he has discussed it at European level; and the measures he will take on this issue. [46441/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Youth Diversion Projects (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Question No. 152 of 17 February 2017, the status of the new Garda youth diversion project service delivery model which has been introduced in County Kerry; if the evaluation has been undertaken; if it will give rise to similar models being introduced in other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Programme (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 935. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to bring all animal-related legislation under the responsibility of one department rather than three separate departments as currently is the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46435/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 936. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce regulations under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 to ban wild animal circuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46436/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1036. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date and costs of the partial construction of unfinished motorways (details supplied); if the proposed motorway service stations at these locations are due to go ahead; the date on which they will open; the cost-benefit analysis carried out; his views on their appropriateness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46437/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1037. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide a pedestrian bridge from the Ashington estate, Dublin 7 across the Royal Canal towards Broombridge Luas station; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that for a person to access the station it requires a three kilometre detour for a journey that could be only a few hundred metres in length. [46440/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (7 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1038. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the options for improving rail services and investing in rail infrastructure outside the greater Dublin area in view of the commitment in the national low carbon transition and mitigation plan to improve rail services and to invest in rail infrastructure. [46442/17]