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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work being carried out to monitor and maintain water quality in the Lee catchment area in County Cork especially with regard to the prevention of human and animal waste entering the river catchment and the treatment of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7770/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Chair. I will ask my questions quickly in order that the witnesses have time to respond. I thank them for their presentations and commend them on the valuable work they do. I offer Dylan my congratulations on his recent success in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. As the Chair stated, we have heard further regrettable evidence of how the poor and marginalised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: Therefore, it is the luck of the draw. One might arrive at a person who has had the training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: That is key because I was fearful it was a choice not to do so, but Dylan believes it is a lack of understanding and that is why training is needed for staff.

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: The 2010 national pension framework stated people should be confident and secure about their expectations on retirement. The Government has committed to reforming the State pension system from 2020 onwards. Yesterday, I received an answer to a parliamentary question on this issue which states that the proposal will not be finalised until after a public consultation later this year. While I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of contributions made by industry, including an organisation (details supplied) to the cost of the €20 million seismic survey conducted in June 2013 by the petroleum affairs division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7861/18]

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: The week before last, on promised legislation, I raised the plight of homeowners residing in defective buildings and their urgent need for State assistance. Their situation is so worrying - in some developments it is escalating - that I must raise it again today. I recently met with homeowners in my constituency of Dublin Rathdown who have received their first bills for remedial works that...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Taoiseach mentioned the 2014 regulations but what about homes built before 2014? Are homeowners who bought prior to 2014 to be cast aside and forgotten? What about homeowners who have exhausted all legal remedies and who now need some form of State assistance. They are facing bills of up to €30,000. In the past, the State intervened in respect of private contracts in...

Dublin Traffic: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I have rural and Dublin roots.

Dublin Traffic: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I am happy to be living in Dublin for the last 25 years. Tá an Comhaontas Glas fíor-shásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. In recent months, commuters in the constituency of Dublin Rathdown, a constituency the Minister represents too, have been continually frustrated by the Luas green line which has overnight gone from a consistent, reliable service into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I was a post-primary teacher for 20 years and am a former member of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI. In my experience as a teacher I have worked side by side in the classroom with teachers who received unequal pay for the work they did. That was not right. It will remain an uphill battle for Government to recruit or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: Mr. Ó Ruairc mentioned in his presentation that 100,000 are on the register. How many of those 100,000 are teaching in schools today? For those who have left and wish to come back, I know the one dread in a teacher's life is if he or she has missed the deadline to renew his or her registration. It is quite laborious. Thankfully, it never happened to me but I saw what teachers had to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: May I reply to some of the comments made by Mr. Byrne?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I would like to make two short points. Mr. Mulconry summed up the strategy brilliantly. Principals are overstretched and under-resourced. We regularly hear young teachers saying they will never become principals. When they walk into the principal's office, they cannot see him or her because of all the paperwork. Mr. Byrne mentioned that many teachers are saying "No" to oral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I fully understand that a principal would say no due to a shortage of teachers, and more principals are doing so. Are there enough examiners for the oral and practical examinations this year? Has that information been ascertained yet? A lot of the training of examiners takes place around now, and therefore principals should know how many people have volunteered to train as an examiner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: No. I agree wholeheartedly with the statement made by Mr. Mulconry.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (22 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the cycle to work scheme to self employed persons and those that self-assess their taxes; the estimated cost of such an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9103/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (22 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to increase the allowance under the cycle to work scheme for those purchasing e-bikes; the estimated cost of such an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9104/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Stations (22 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 30 January 2018, the date on which the Office of Public Works plans to serve notice to vacate the premises of Stepaside Garda station; if the assessment of Stepaside Garda station has not commenced, the date it will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9145/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sheep Welfare Scheme Funding (22 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 164. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the source from which funds for the sheep welfare scheme in 2017 and 2018 were reallocated; and the value for money criteria used when assessing the allocation of such funds. [9106/18]