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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Curriculum Reform: Discussion (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: I refer to the Department addressing the trend of schools opting out of offering the leaving certificate applied. In the reform of the leaving certificate, we cannot continue with a one-size-fits-all approach. We need to serve all our students. The leaving certificate applied needs to be reformed but it can be brilliant. Some students excel in it. It suits them. To avoid a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Curriculum Reform: Discussion (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: It does not clarify the situation. No one is saying that there is not a place for the leaving certificate applied. The problem is that due to league tables, certain schools are not offering it to their students because they feel they can shed them to other schools. It is definitely an epidemic in Dublin. Schools are recommending to students to go to a school down the road which offers the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Dáil na nÓg Delegate Report 2015: Discussion (21 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: Like my colleagues, I commend the witnesses. They are fine ambassadors for the youth of our country. Our country is in good hands with them coming along. I wish to raise one or two questions. Regarding the well-being of our students, I alert our witnesses to the fact that last September this committee published a report on promoting positive mental health in our schools, which contained...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: The witness said the HSE had invested significantly. Could I have that figure? Can the witnesses provide a breakdown of expenditure on out-of-area placements and agency staff in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 please? Can I have a breakdown of last year's mental health expenditure in CAMHS, general health and old age psychiatry by community health care organisation? If there is no time to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: Will the division please provide a breakdown for the 2018 mental health budget, including the 2018 development funding? Will the witnesses let me know how and why these areas were identified for investment? The 2017 HSE mental health operation plan commits to reviewing existing out-of-hours services, exploring ways to improve 24-7 crisis intervention arrangements and considering pilot...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: In that case, if my last question is being moved to next week, I will ask a different question on funding. Could I have a breakdown of expenditure in the following areas in the past three years: mental health and intellectual disability, dual diagnosis of addiction and mental health difficulties, mental health services for people experiencing homelessness, and mental health services for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: I am also concerned with working towards a national view. We need a national view. What exactly does Ms O'Connor mean when she says the HSE is working towards the national view? It worries me that the witnesses are saying that services within schools are a matter for the Department of Education and Skills because there is a huge problem with the lack of joined-up thinking. There is a need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: There is also the question of agency staff from 2013 to 2017.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Funding and Budgeting of Mental Health Services: Health Service Executive (22 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: Is there a timeframe for the breakdown the witnesses are going to provide to us? Will we have it for next week? Will it include mental health and intellectual disability dual diagnosis, homeless and minority groups? The witness has said that information is not readily available today, which beggars belief. With respect, when they were coming in to this committee dealing with funding, did...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 146. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Office of Public Works plans for use of the site of the Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum, Dublin 14, when the facility is moved to the new national forensic mental health hospital in Portrane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (28 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 575. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans for the provision of a 24-7 refuge for victims of domestic violence in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown; if so, the timeframe for the development of this refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has assessed the need for an autism spectrum disorder specific special school in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50752/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in receipt of the home tuition grant in the Dublin 15 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50753/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); if it is to be transferred to the responsibility of the City of Dublin Education Training Board; if so, when this will occur; if educational courses for persons with either physical or intellectual disabilities will be provided there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50754/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress towards establishing community policing teams in each division as referenced in the Garda modernisation and renewal programme 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Information and Communications Technology (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the status of the project to enhance network access to rural Garda stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50748/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the status of on the Garda mobility strategy as referenced in the Garda modernisation and renewal programme 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50749/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Administration (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status and timeframe of the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the independent review of the aquaculture licence process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50862/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Licence Administration (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 375. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department is implementing recommendations 8.3(1), 8.3(2), 8.3(3) and 8.3(4) of the review of the aquaculture licence process on public notice; if they are not being progressed, the reason therefor; when they will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50863/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Impact Statements (29 Nov 2017)

Catherine Martin: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of environmental impact assessments, EIAs, he has commissioned for aquaculture licences in 2014, 2015 and 2016; the water bodies to which these EIAs applied; if this information publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50864/17]