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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reserve surplus in the national training fund; the projected reserve surplus year-on-year over the next five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet and engage with representative committees (details supplied) which represent stakeholders from schools and wish to engage productively with his Department to avoid the closure of two schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for a new secondary school in Midleton, County Cork has been assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will have an ASD unit in place for second-level students by the commencement of the 2020-2021 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44922/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Availability (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that pharmacies are experiencing a shortage of certain types of medication, particularly Micardis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44923/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Brexit Preparations (5 Nov 2019)

Catherine Martin: 613. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to prevent medicine shortages in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44924/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 60. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to change the VAT rate on food supplements as previously reported; the engagement he has had with business and civil society on such an increase in view of the potentially negative impacts on small businesses, persons with disabilities and other groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43922/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has identified a permanent site for the new secondary school which is planned for the Blanchardstown village and Blanchardstown west planning areas; when the school will open; if the school will initially be in temporary accommodation; if so, the location of the temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects and timeframes covered by the expenditure of €9 million on greenways and €146 million on other cycling infrastructure which was mentioned recently. [43928/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities Funding (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated by his Department towards cycling infrastructure and cycling projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43923/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Funding (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding available to connect greenways to local towns they pass close to along their routes. [43929/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry Regulations (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the consideration national policy has given to the differential impacts of aviation emissions on the climate depending on the time of day and year when they are omitted; and the actions taken or under consideration by his Department or agencies under his aegis to reduce the climate impacts of aviation emissions by taking the time of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects to which LIHAF funding has been allocated and not drawn down, in full or in part, in addition to the amount involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43924/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to reallocate LIHAF funding not drawn down; and if so, the details of same. [43925/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks Projects (24 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 360. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans with respect to the creation of a Liffey valley national park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43927/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (23 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a schools building project request by a school (details supplied) to go to tender for special classes for ASD; the timeline for a decision to be made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (22 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make a change to the eligibility criteria for the SUSI grant to deal with situations such as that of a person (details supplied); the measures he plans to undertake to improve the fairness of the SUSI grant eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (22 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is planned to have an ASD unit in place by the start of the 2020/2021 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43192/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: 231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing the project in view of the fact that planning permission was granted in December 2018 and construction is not due to commence until quarter 2 of 2020 and in further view of the fact that the school has been more than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Apprenticeships: Discussion (22 Oct 2019)

Catherine Martin: I thank the delegates for their presentations. As a former secondary school teacher, I am very interested in this issue. I worked in a DEIS school which offered a leaving certificate applied programme to children who were very suited to apprenticeships. Sometimes I believe the success that can lie ahead for those who pursue apprenticeships is not widely known and that that message is not...