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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and current funds made available for walking and cycling investment in each of the past five years; the amount of funding he plans to make available in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27966/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the payments made from the green public transport fund. [27967/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of his Department’s involvement with the rollout of eCall (details supplied). [27968/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken a review of the national cycle policy framework; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [27969/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Smarter Transport (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken an annual review of the Smarter Travel policy as provided for in the document itself; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [27970/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 499. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects funded by the National Transport Authority's sustainable transport measures grant programme for the greater Dublin area in each of the relevant local authorities in 2017; the amount spent in each local authority on specifically walking or cycling projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27973/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 515. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to outline the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 that fall under her Department’s remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27977/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 that fall under her Department’s remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27975/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank everyone for their presentations and for sharing their experience and knowledge of this area. The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill, which just passed through the Dáil and is now before the Seanad, gives the Minister the power to compel the school to open a special class in a school through a process that is begun by the NCSE. That is slightly different from the calls...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: On the issue of the closing of the school, I was curious as to how Ms Corr envisages training taking place. Can it be done over two days, when the school is closed, or can the Department issue a directive to schools that it should be done on the two days before school commences again after the holidays? That could apply to every single person working in a school community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: I am thinking of post-primary because that is the area I have experience in. Teachers have to work 167 days, and if they work certain days it can impact on their holidays. Training could be carried out during the year. Schools could allocate two days in October or November. I presume that training would apply not just to teachers and SNAs but also to caretakers and office staff.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Waterways Ireland has introduced a new set of permits blocking persons living aboard their boats from continuing to do so; her plans to increase the number of mooring points for houseboats on the Dublin canals and basins; and the reason canal dwellers are being removed from their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I will get straight into it as I want to ask as many questions as possible. There are 179 whole-time equivalent posts in NEPS. If there are 3,000 primary schools and more than 700 post-primary schools, it seems this would be an incredible workload. How does that compare with other jurisdictions with education psychologists? Ms Tansey indicated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: Is Ms Tansey confident of getting to 238 by 2021?

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 is about to come before the select committee for detailed scrutiny. I seek clarity on the Government's position on ending oil and gas exploration. Last Friday, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment tweeted the following: "The number and capability of exploration...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, is the relevant Minister.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: It is my privilege to represent the constituency of Dublin Rathdown but I was brought up in nature. I was brought up in rural Ireland, though stony grey soil it may have been. This is exactly why I share the grave concerns of wildlife and heritage organisations such as BirdWatch Ireland, the Hedge Laying Association of Ireland, the Irish Wildlife Trust, An Taisce and the Federation of Irish...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The other amendments are the physical alternatives. If the deletion of the entire subsection does not pass, this amendment would restrict the application of section 7(1) to only the part of section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976 that applies to the destruction of vegetation on uncultivated land. Otherwise, this section could be used to apply to land which is covered under the part of section...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: To reply to some of the comments the Minister made, I appreciate that prosecutions have been taken under section 40 of the Wildlife Act which relate to the cutting of hedges during the closed periods. Not very many were taken but they happen. However, it is section 22 of the Wildlife Act which protects birds, their nests and eggs from mutilation and injury. That is the section the Minister...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 18:In page 12, to delete lines 8 to 13 and substitute the following:"(2) Notwithstanding section 40 of the Act of 1976, the Minister may make regulations to provide for derogations from the restrictions of section 40(1) of the Act of 1976 in order to permit the management of vegetation growing in any hedge or ditch for the purpose of ensuring public health and safety...