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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the deteriorating humanitarian and political situation in Nicaragua (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to Irish citizens in the country; if so, whether consular assistance will be made available to them; and if he will raise the matter with his counterparts in the European Union to request that the EU condemn...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the significant fee for persons to become naturalised here (details supplied); his plans to introduce a sliding scale of fees for the certificate based on an applicant’s length of stay here if the applicant is self-supporting at all stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31668/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Carcinogens and Mutagens at Work Directive No. 2017/2398 that entered into force on 16 January 2018 will be transposed into law, thereby meeting the deadline for transposition in members states’ laws by 17 January 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31669/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 341. To ask the Minister for Health to outline his views regarding the crisis in mental health services in the south east; the way in which he plans to remedy the dangerous situation in the department of psychiatry at St. Luke’s Hospital, in which at-risk patients are sleeping on chairs due to overcrowding and lack of appropriate step-down outpatient facilities and waiting lists for...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a recent report (details supplied) that a shipment of 3,000 live bulls is due to be exported to Libya; if all live exports will be suspended during the current heatwave in line with his Department’s policy of not allowing live exports during the months of July and August and in line with EC Regulation 1/2005...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cause of death of six bulls during transit to Libya in February 2018, in view of the fact that it appears these details were not recorded; and if the cause of death of all animals on such shipments will be recorded in future for openness and transparency. [31739/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 29 May 2018, the penalties that were applied to those found in breach of the regulations. [31740/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 543. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 29 May 2018, if future shipment sizes will be limited until he liaises with the French authorities to secure another suitable rest point in Cherbourg. [31741/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 616. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal provisions that regulate the purchase, ownership and use of scrambler and quad bikes; his plans to legislate to provide for a minimum age of ownership, registration and effective deterrents for when they are used in non-legal situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31666/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (12 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 726. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of single person applications and combined person applications that have been made, accepted as valid and granted to date for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31667/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I welcome and thank both Ministers for coming in today. On the 114 assistant psychologists and 20 psychologists who have recently been appointed, will the Minister outline how was that achieved and the recruitment process from advertisement to appointment? It seems it was a success. Last month, Professor Frank Murray, director of the national doctors training and planning division of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: It is a follow up to the question I asked about the 114 assistant psychologists and 20 psychologists. The Minister, Deputy Harris, has agreed to give me information on the recruitment process-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: -----but he referred to some already being in the system. Of the 114 assistant psychologists and the 20 psychologists, how many of them are new and were not in the system already? Otherwise, with the greatest respect, it is a form of massaging of numbers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister of State.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (11 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 96 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 in order to allow local authorities to provide school traffic wardens over Luas lines and other rail lines, and over private roads that have not yet been taken in charge by the local authority; his further plans he has to tackle the issue of dangerous Luas and railway crossings...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Chairman. I apologise for my absence but I had to attend another meeting. I read the submission in advance and I hope that I do not repeat anything that was said earlier. Pay inequality is at the heart of these issues. We will not retain teachers nor attract people to the profession as long as the injustice exists. It is simply is not right to have two colleagues teaching...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: It is putting more pressure-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: -----on teachers, who are so under-resourced and who are screaming for proper help for their students who are suffering from mental health difficulties. We are saying to those teachers that they have to take it on. I do not know that that is the right approach to take with teachers who are already so overburdened and under-resourced. Perhaps it is something the mental health committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I have one question I forgot to ask. Apart from subbing, what is the extent of the problem in special schools? It is not even a matter of substitute teachers but rather getting teachers in for full-year contracts. Is there a crisis in this regard in special schools?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The witnesses are not aware of any problem finding teachers for year-long contracts in special schools.