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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (27 Nov 2018)

Catherine Martin: 527. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if consideration is being given to providing funding to a service (details supplied) in order that the service can remain open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (27 Nov 2018)

Catherine Martin: 604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way in which the Land Development Agency will interact with councils and local communities during the development process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48845/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Impact Assessments (27 Nov 2018)

Catherine Martin: 611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 24 May 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the decision (details supplied) of 16 October 2018; and his plans to ensure that the relevant cross-boundary consultation provided for in the EIA Directive and the Espoo Convention are put in place without further delay. [49074/18]

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Martin: Táim sásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. I am delighted to support the Bill and I commend the ongoing work of Senator Bacik, who has long been a champion of women's rights, on introducing it. While there has been much change in society over the past few decades and many barriers to gender equality have been broken down, this does not mean we can afford to be...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Nov 2018)

Catherine Martin: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure that audio announcements of upcoming stops are in full operation on all public transport vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49652/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide relief for local property tax for older persons in areas in which land prices have increased significantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50565/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full year cost of the increases to the standard rate cut off point to €50,000 over the next five years (details supplied). [50692/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Facilities (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made contact with a club (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if not, if the club has made contact with his Department with respect to providing sports facilities for a new school; if the availability of such facilities will be considered when deciding the location in which to permanently locate the school; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Data (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 587. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis in the taxi fleet as an absolute number and as a percentage of the overall taxi fleet; the actions he is taking to increase the number of wheelchair accessible vehicles in the taxi fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50544/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 595. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to privatise Bus Éireann route 133; the timeline for the commencement of the operation of such a route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50693/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 596. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when initial works will take place on the DART upgrade of the Maynooth M3 Parkway commuter line; when a planning application will be submitted; when works will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 597. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to seek current or capital budgetary allocations to support local authorities and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to implement noise reduction measures as identified in the Dublin agglomeration noise action plan 2018 to 2023 which is being drafted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50744/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 722. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has researched the amount it would cost to end the use of schools as polling stations and use other venues instead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50750/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Election Management System (4 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 723. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has conducted research into holding referendums and elections on weekends rather than on weekdays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 237. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 9 October 2018, if further testing of the population for the presence of environmental chemicals will be undertaken; the nature of these chemicals; if men will be included in the cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51161/18]

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: David Attenborough's words at COP24 earlier this week echoed around the world when he stated that the collapse of our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the horizon. Regrettably the Government is full of announcements and plans and we have seen very little real action. Senior Ministers cannot even be bothered to turn up for these statements. It shows their...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Invasive Plant Species (6 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 22. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place for tackling invasive species such as Japanese knotweed, Himalayan balsam and gunnera tinctoria; and the role of his Department in managing the control of invasive species. [51156/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (6 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department has with the revision of the Common Agricultural Policy; and the process by which the EU Council of Ministers will address the design of the new CAP system. [51157/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: The key message coming from COP 24 is that climate change is moving faster than we are and that we have to catch up before it is too late. However, Ireland is actually going backwards. Our commitments require us to reduce our emissions by 1 million tonnes per year, but instead they have increased by 2.1 million tonnes per year. Yesterday we got our latest climate change report card, the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: I am certainly not saying that the national development plan on its own will solve climate change. It certainly will not do so when it has not even been climate-proofed, which is the main point. The EPA's recent report states that emissions have decreased. I am glad the Taoiseach accepts that this is due to the mild winter. Another reason is the reduction in fuel tourism because of...