Results 901-920 of 7,556 for speaker:Catherine Martin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care package scheme applications awaiting assessment by local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14311/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages applications in which home care started in each month of the past 12 months, by local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14312/18]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: Like the previous speakers said, the elephant in the room is pay equality. I understand there may be some moves towards that and I welcome the Taoiseach's comments yesterday on possible new talks on the issue. It is something that needs to be tackled with the utmost urgency. Are the Taoiseach's comments an indication that the Government is finally willing to commit to the principle of...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister for his response. I asked whether the comments made by the Taoiseach yesterday indicate that the Government is finally willing to commit to the principle of equal pay for equal work. The Minister mentioned that a review of career guidance posts is under way and suggested that students might be able to access vital information in other ways. Another aspect of the role...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: In subhead B, under the heading of skills development, there is an estimated substantial surplus for the national training fund, NTF. A review is being undertaken on the structure and direction of the NTF. Will the Minister indicate when that review will be completed and the impact it may have on the national training fund surplus? Under the equality budgeting and performance indicators, I...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: I raised the issue of female apprentices.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: If the Minister does not have it now, is it possible to forward to us information on whether the target of 145 for female apprentices was reached last year? I understand the Minister might not have the information to hand but I am interested in it.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: I welcome the increase in the allocation for higher education in subhead C4, but the fact remains it is simply not quite enough to address the needs of the higher education sector. With regard to subhead C11 on student grants and support, despite an overall increase in the budget attributed to the higher education sector this year, there has been a fall in the funding allocation under...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: My question is on the provision of physical education facilities in schools. I welcome the introduction of physical education as a leaving certificate subject. I find it remarkable, however, that not one request by a secondary school to build or operate a sports hall has been approved. How is a school expected to deliver PE at leaving certificate level on an equal footing with another...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: The new pilot programme for PE will consist of 80 schools. Can the Minister confirm whether all of those schools have a PE hall? It would be useful if the Department compared the educational experiences of children who attend schools that have a PE hall with a school or schools that have no PE hall. I ask the Department to make that comparison. In advance of the official roll out of the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: Is the Minister saying that a school in my constituency, for example, will be unable to execute the programme because it does not have a PE hall?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: Would a school need to already have a PE hall?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: That is the point I made, Minister.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: Will schools be audited?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Revised) (28 Mar 2018)

Catherine Martin: Will the Department conduct an audit to see which schools have a PE hall?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in locating a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if Dublin City Council has secured such a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the further steps that need to be taken for Ireland to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence; when Ireland will ratify it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16668/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Raised Bog Management Plan (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to explore new crop production techniques such as paludiculture by his Department since responsibility for this action under the national peatlands strategy was allocated to it and to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. [16675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, which found that both Germany and the UK were in breach of the public participation requirements of the Convention in respect of the transboundary consultations provided for in the decision to approve the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend postal voting rights to persons who are due to be abroad on holidays on 25 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16950/18]