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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of his Department on providing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and the planned timeline for delivery of a permanent school. [47637/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the examiners of the 2019 leaving certificate papers were qualified teachers and registered with the Teaching Council. [47638/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Fees (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures put in place to ensure that schools are abiding by section 9 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 regarding the prohibition of application fees; if there are schools in contravention of this section; the action that should be taken by a person whose attention has been drawn to a school acting in contravention of this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 559. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected spend on urban cycling as a percentage of the total capital expenditure recently announced for his Department in budget 2020; the amount of the €114 million that will be spent on urban cycling measures, excluding greenways, BusConnects measures and active travel such as walking; the amount of the €114 million...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Development (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 560. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new greenway projects funded through his Department through the National Transport Authority will be designed around a path width of at least four metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47633/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 561. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the plans of the National Transport Authority to set up a dedicated office to concentrate on delivery of cycling infrastructure in the greater Dublin area; if it will provide support to Dublin City Council or to the other Dublin local authorities; if it will be providing staff resources only or if it will also...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (19 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 583. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will take to ensure that the level of remuneration received by childcare practitioners in crèches reflects the level of responsibility they hold as carers and educators; the further steps she can take to make careers in the field of childcare increasingly attractive to new and existing practitioners; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Examinations Appeals (14 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that sat their leaving certificate in 2019 that had their appeals fee refunded subsequent to a successful re-check of an exam paper. [46964/19]

Provision of Accommodation and Ancillary Services to Applicants for International Protection: Statements (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: This is Ireland in 2019; this is direct provision. Direct provision is parents sharing bedrooms with their children, it is kitchens running out of food and it is hotel signs stating, “Use the back stairs and do not enter public areas." This is Ireland; this is 2019. To say direct provision is appalling, or to say that it is a disgraceful way to treat human beings, does not...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (13 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to arrange for the provision of crèche facilities on the site for a new primary and post-primary school (details supplied) alongside the schools in view of the need in the area for childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46728/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that are not designated feeder schools to a post-primary school; the way in which he plans to ensure that primary schools are each a designated feeder school to at least one post-primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46591/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Direct Provision System (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the access persons living in direct provision have to further and higher education with their local education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46597/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 390. To ask the Minister for Health when the report on the fair deal scheme for nursing homes will be published. [46592/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Strategies (12 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 596. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Ireland was represented at the European peatland strategy workshop in Bonn on 28 and 29 October 2019; if so, the Departments or agencies in this regard; if Ireland supported the attendance at the workshop of civil society representatives; and if so, the organisations in this regard. [46587/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the form of insulation materials being used in building the national children's hospital; and if they are fully compliant with standards required for fire safety in buildings over eighteen metres in height [45855/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Expenditure (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new care fund of Bord na gCon was set up; the initiatives and programmes the new fund will cover; the amount spent on each initiative and programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 October 2019, the details of the allocated €91 million to the two principal active travel funding programmes under budget 2020; the specific projects it is planned to cover; and the breakdown between walking and cycling. [45856/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 October 2019, the breakdown of the €48 million towards the two principal active travel funding programmes; and the projects covered. [45857/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: I have met many people about this matter. In early 2017, people in the Beacon South Quarter in my constituency brought this to my attention and I have been working with them. Since then, many other developments in Dublin Rathdown have made it public but I am aware of others that have not made it public because they are afraid to. I welcome the formation of the Construction Defects Alliance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Latent Defects: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: On this issue, I met the Minister of State, Deputy English, well over a year ago to discuss the Beacon South Quarter. It was agreed at that meeting that he would meet with Beacon South Quarter representatives. I emphasise that both the Department and the Ministers need to engage with this issue, in order that they can see the real life experiences and stress involved. I pointed out to the...