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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Regulation (18 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: 199. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the point at which parents are entitled to know that a childcare facility they are using has been failing to meet Tusla standards to such an extent that it has been placed on the critical list; her views on whether parents should be entitled to know that a childcare facility is being placed on this list as soon as this occurs; and if she...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for attending and presenting. The financial pressure on students is extraordinary. We could deal with each question and each aspect of the SUSI programme individually, but that would fundamentally be to miss the bigger picture, that being, underinvestment in the core funding of third level institutions by the Government. We should not ignore that in our discussions...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: Is Mr. Connolly saying that it can be challenged in respect of the shortest and most direct route? Can it be challenged when a student cannot get to college until 1.25 p.m. and will miss vital lectures? Is this a reason for challenging it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: Is there any way of reviewing it so it is not just about distance but about access to education? The reason the person is going to college is to attend lectures but what if the transport is not there or if it is there but the student misses his or her lecture? Should that not be the full point and a reason to include-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: We therefore need the Minister to change those guidelines. We need the Department to acknowledge it might be an idea to follow the student and the access to education, rather than transport that will not get that student to college on time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: I raised the dependency criterion. Again, we need to go the Minister to point out that this does not reflect reality.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Costs: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. As Deputy Ó Laoghaire has said, issues related to going back to school put immense stress on many vulnerable families. This should never be the case if we claim to have free education. Schools should never have to ask parents to fund their basic running costs. Government must fund schools appropriately. This could start in primary...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Costs: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: I am sorry for interrupting, but I was not asking for an oral report from the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. I was just referring to the struggles it faces. The State needs to give more support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Costs: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: Is that happening? I was not condemning the society. It can only be commended on the work it does.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if asylum seekers are regarded as international students for the purposes of third level fees; if so, his plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34685/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that provide leaving certificate applied level that have had subject key assignments externally inspected since the introduction of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (6 Sep 2019)

Catherine Martin: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to commence section 7 of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018. [36118/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools in the past five years which have offered the option to study leaving certificate applied in tabular form; and the percentage of students completing post-primary education who chose leaving certificate applied in the period. [31191/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that were recorded as incidents. [31396/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that were recorded as crimes. [31397/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the type of abuse experienced by the alleged victim, that is, physical, financial and so on in reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in numbers or percentages . [31399/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in the context of coercive control and psychological abuse since the introduction of the Domestic Violence Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31400/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána that were over 50 years of age in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31401/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (11 Jul 2019)

Catherine Martin: 386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána that were over 25 years of age in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31402/19]