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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Capitation Grants (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: Ba mhaith liom gach rath a ghuí ar an Aire ina ról nua. I wish the Minister well in his new role and thank him for engaging so positively with the joint committee earlier on the important topic of mental health promotion in our schools. This question relates to the capitation grant, which was increased by 5% in the recent budget. The primary and secondary school capitation grant...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Capitation Grants (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: I appreciate that the previous Minister, Deputy Bruton, had to consider which of the many issues he faced he should prioritise. Schools have been pleading for capitation increases for many years. The increase in the recent budget was something, but it was very small. Capitation grant funding is still well below where it was in 2010. It is hardly surprising that the INTO has described it...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Capitation Grants (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: I appreciate the Minister's commitment. Along with my colleagues on the joint committee, I will hold him to it because actions speak louder than words. The committee held a specific summer school on school costs in September. The impacts of diminished capitation grants are twofold. First, principals are continually stretched beyond the beyond in order to make the most of the money they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: Guím gach rath ar an Aire ina ról nua. Tá súil agam go dtuigeann sé go bhfuil infheistíocht, seachas costais, i gceist leis an oideachas. Tá súil agam freisin go n-aithníonn an tAire, mar iarmhúinteoir, luach ár múinteoirí atá ag mothú éadóchasach faoi láthair. I wish the Minister of State well and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: In 20 years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister. I apologise but I must leave to attend a meeting with the Ceann Comhairle on the mindfulness initiative. I might ask a question and then I have to dash but I will check the answer later. On the counselling that has been tried and tested, we are not talking about career counselling but specifically counselling. I would love to know how it is being tried and tested,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools: Minister for Education and Skills (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (18 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the analysis of the accommodation and condition reports regarding the school buildings element of the pilot school building inventory (details supplied) carried out in County Kildare; his plans to expand this element of the inventory for the rest of the country, particularly in the context of accurately identifying the...

Nomination of Member of the Government: Motion (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a site for a school (details supplied) will be purchased and publicly announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made with regard to locating a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if Dublin City Council has been directed to actively engage with landowners with a view to securing such a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Legislation (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 288. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of discussions of the high level task force on quads and scramblers which his Department is participating in with the Dublin local authorities; the number of times it has met; the initial recommendations it is bringing forward; if it is recommending legislative changes regarding Garda seizure powers; if the task...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme Data (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 391. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a catch-up programme of meningitis B vaccinations for children who had not received it prior to the roll-out of the current vaccination scheme; the estimated cost of such a catch-up programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41966/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the terms of reference for his Department's report on just transition due early in 2019 as mentioned by an official from his Department at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action on 17 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the data available in regard to regular overcrowding of commuter buses, trams and trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41901/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Urban Development (16 Oct 2018)

Catherine Martin: 567. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the United Kingdom regarding shared space guidance in the public realm; his plans to make changes in Irish guidance to reflect this, such as modifying the design manual for urban streets and roads and other design guidance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41902/18]

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

Catherine Martin: Monday's report was obviously not a wake-up call for Government. In Cork, all that the Government has agreed is to expand the road network. To return to my main question, the national development plan is not a plan to achieve a low-carbon economy and it is not fit for purpose. This is my main question today to the Minister. Will he admit it is not fit for purpose? No strategic...

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

Catherine Martin: Where are the figures? We cannot see them if they are not there.