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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Government Reform (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Martin: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the cities for which plebiscites on the creation of a position of directly elected mayor will be run on 24 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Constitutional Amendments (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Martin: 277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the topics on which constitutional referenda will be held on 24 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: International Conventions (30 Jan 2019)

Catherine Martin: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps Ireland has taken to ensure that effect is given to the provisions of the Espoo Convention which requires that the party of origin shall ensure that affected parties are notified of a proposed activity that is likely to cause a significant adverse transboundary impact as early as possible and no later than when...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Data (5 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 391. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner full-time equivalents for the past three years by county and year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5319/19]

Healthy Homes Bill 2019: First Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 to provide for the establishment of thermal efficiency standards for rented accommodation, for the testing of rented accommodation for radon, for the remediation of rented accommodation with high concentrations of radon; and to provide for related matters. The Green...

Healthy Homes Bill 2019: First Stage (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for autism units in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statutory Instruments (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assessment carried out before signing SI No. 4 of 2019 European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Peat Extraction) Regulations 2019, of the impact of the regulations on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands in line with the national peatlands strategy. [5883/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands he anticipates over the lifetime of the national mitigation plan, the national energy and climate plan and the all-of-government plan on climate disruption. [5884/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the data available on the marginal abatement costs of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands; and the volume of emission reductions possible at each cost level. [5885/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to local councils to improve road conditions and road safety outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5829/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (6 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with councillors (details supplied) to discuss the issue of cycling safety and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5831/19]

Nurses and Midwives Industrial Action: Statements (7 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: Like many people, including other Members, I am proud to have family and close friends who are nurses. I am the daughter of a midwife and the sister of a neonatal nurse and am acutely aware of the incredible work nurses do. I was delighted to join them on the picket line in Tallaght today because the work they do is among the toughest and most vitally important work undertaken by any group...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: Can I ask a question? The Taoiseach did not answer-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: While I understand the only item of legislation the Department has been asked to addressed relates to the SUSI grant, my questions relate more broadly to Brexit. What efforts is the Department making to ensure Irish research will be multipolar and international? All of the presentations in the Brexit and Horizon Europe workshop proceedings mentioned that the issue of researcher mobility was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister of State for her reply but my question was not about apprenticeships but more specifically about the green economy. This is happening abroad and I wonder what we are doing in Ireland. People are mostly being trained in retrofitting skills and green build activities abroad, so what are we doing in Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: A very obvious issue on which we do not need to do any research is that there is a lack of engineers and retrofitters. We should be leading on the green economy and with Brexit-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: I am talking specifically about retrofitting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: Good. I will keep saying it, with the greatest respect to the Minister of State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Catherine Martin: I congratulate the Minister. Like Deputy Funchion, I will refer to his question about the strategic direction he wants the education and training sector to travel in over the next three years. I would say that it should be one that has equality at its heart. I agree with Deputy Funchion about equality of access and opportunity for our students, but we also need to address the elephant in...