Results 921-940 of 7,556 for speaker:Catherine Martin

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

Catherine Martin: 1626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay. [16669/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1673. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assessment, priority ranking, indicative costs, duration and exact scope of research required, which was to be developed by her Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, in respect of eight areas of peatland research to be pursued under the national peatlands strategy. [16670/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I do not know where to start. I thank the delegates for attending. Table 3 screams at me, as I am sure it does for everyone. As Mr. Condon stated, ten of the 16 posts are in child and adolescent psychiatry in places such as Cork, Sligo-Leitrim, Carlow-Kilkenny, Donegal and Longford-Westmeath. We are failing the children affected and their families. Everyone agrees that there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Is there anything we can do about that process of waiting for CAAC to meet? Does it need to meet more than ten times a year? Would that speed up the process? I see that psychiatry has one of the highest percentages of non-permanent consultant posts, at 20%. Why is this? What differentiates mental health from other branches of medicine? Professor Frank Keane's report mentioned that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: It is like a roller-coaster. We are brought back to where we started. How does that compare to international best practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Professor Murray agrees and has said before that it may need to be reviewed. What is frustrating is that it seems to take coming into this meeting to see that it needs to be reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Has Professor Murray started the review on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: When will that conclude? Is there a timeline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Deputy Buckley raised the retirements that are coming down the line and Professor Murray said we can do better in anticipating retirement and that we should probably ask people if they are considering retiring or to give a year's notice. I cannot believe we are not doing that already. It is not rocket science, with all respect. It is an unnecessary failing that can be avoided.

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Tá an Comhaontas Glas sásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. Today, the people of Ireland do not have trust in the most essential and basic of State services, the health service. The stories we have heard in the past two weeks are beyond shocking. It is a harrowing and frightening fact that women have been treated in such a way. The heartbreaking stories of Vicky...

Mandatory Open Disclosure: Motion (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Minister must restore confidence in the programme. It is critically important that confidence in such a vital service is restored as a matter of urgent priority.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the policy of capping the grant for ancillary service staff for primary schools, that is, caretakers, cleaners and so on, at 500 students; the way in which this impacts on primary schools with significantly larger student populations; the number of primary schools that have a population of more than 500 students; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site or specific community in which he plans to locate a school (details supplied) has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of patronage diversity at second level in the Cabra, Phibsborough and Dublin 7 school planning area particularly for parents that seek a non-denominational education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21142/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contingency plans to address future shortages of phosphorus in view of Ireland’s dependence on mined and imported phosphorus to meet commercial fertiliser requirements have been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for setting the number of councillors to be returned to Cork City Council at 31 in the terms of reference to boundary committee no. 2 in view of facts (details supplied). [21145/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for their detailed presentations. I have questions for each and every one of them. What do they consider to be, or how do we define, age-appropriate materials? How do we ensure that they are not delivered too late or too early? What exactly is their advice on this and how it should be done? Ms Byrnes spoke of the use of facilitators in delivering sexual health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Incidental inspections could be considered in this context as the whole-school evaluation is every few years.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Animal Welfare (16 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if wardens in the Phoenix Park are sufficiently trained to euthanise an injured deer in the event of an accident; the way in which this process operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (16 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the capitation grant to €200 per pupil for primary schools; the timeline in relation to same; his further plans to increase the capitation grant to match the costs of running a primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/18]