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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance if banks here are compliant with Article 2(2) of the European Union (Payment Accounts) Regulations 2016 (details supplied). [30898/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Employment (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents of direct provision centres eligible to apply for the right to work under the EU (recast) reception conditions directive, 2013/33/EU. [30897/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Employment (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an asylum seeker who has been granted international protection self-employment permission may employ or enter into partnership with another asylum seeker; if this practice is restricted; if so, if this is compliant with the EU (recast) reception conditions directive, 2013/33/EU; and the relevant section that allows for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 676. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of the psychiatric day hospital in the primary care unit in Balbriggan; the area it serves; and the number of persons waiting to access its services. [30894/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 677. To ask the Minister for Health the capacity of the Ashlin Centre in Beaumont Hospital; the area it serves; and the number of persons waiting to access its services. [30895/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 823. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he received a communication from the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the identity requirements of asylum seekers to obtain a driver licence; and when this communication will receive a response. [30896/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 26:In page 12, to delete lines 23 to 29.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Minister likes to talk about facts but BirdWatch Ireland is just one of the science-based conservation organisations which she has refused to meet or to consult on this Heritage Bill. The facts are, regrettably, that last night in this Chamber, when members of that organisation were not here to defend themselves, the Minister accused their work of being a flagrant distortion of the facts...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I just happened to mention them.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: So the Minister should not accuse them of something.

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: In this section, the Government is determined to attack our hedgerows and the wealth of wildlife to which they are home. Our hedgerows act as linear forestry. They provide feeding for birds, insects and mammals. They are integral to biodiversity, pollination, nesting and future breeding. Bumblebees and wild honey bees will also suffer by extending the permitted times to slash and cut down...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 314. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the speed limits for electric bicycles will be increased from 25 to 30 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29591/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Data (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 315. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of the new intersection under construction on the M7 between junctions 9 and 10 outside Naas; if part of the cost is being met by developer contributions; and his views on whether the provision of this infrastructure will contribute to meeting the aims of the national planning framework. [29595/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Data (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning permissions for housing that were extended for five years on the basis of section 42A(1)(ii) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (details supplied) in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of housing units that were impacted, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: European Parliament Elections (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be a review of European election constituency boundaries following the provision of two extra MEPs to Ireland; the timeline for the undertaking of the boundary review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29593/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Conservation (4 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of offences that have been prosecuted in the past five years by Irish Water for breaches of section 54(2) of the Water Services Act 2007 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29594/18]

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 18:In page 12, to delete lines 8 to 13 and substitute the following:"(2) Notwithstanding section 40 of the Act of 1976, the Minister may make regulations to provide for derogations from the restrictions of section 40(1) of the Act of 1976 in order to permit the management of vegetation growing in any hedge or ditch for the purpose of ensuring public health and safety...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: To reply to some of the comments the Minister made, I appreciate that prosecutions have been taken under section 40 of the Wildlife Act which relate to the cutting of hedges during the closed periods. Not very many were taken but they happen. However, it is section 22 of the Wildlife Act which protects birds, their nests and eggs from mutilation and injury. That is the section the Minister...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: It is my privilege to represent the constituency of Dublin Rathdown but I was brought up in nature. I was brought up in rural Ireland, though stony grey soil it may have been. This is exactly why I share the grave concerns of wildlife and heritage organisations such as BirdWatch Ireland, the Hedge Laying Association of Ireland, the Irish Wildlife Trust, An Taisce and the Federation of Irish...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The other amendments are the physical alternatives. If the deletion of the entire subsection does not pass, this amendment would restrict the application of section 7(1) to only the part of section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976 that applies to the destruction of vegetation on uncultivated land. Otherwise, this section could be used to apply to land which is covered under the part of section...