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Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018 is about to come before the select committee for detailed scrutiny. I seek clarity on the Government's position on ending oil and gas exploration. Last Friday, the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment tweeted the following: "The number and capability of exploration...

Order of Business (3 Jul 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, is the relevant Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I will get straight into it as I want to ask as many questions as possible. There are 179 whole-time equivalent posts in NEPS. If there are 3,000 primary schools and more than 700 post-primary schools, it seems this would be an incredible workload. How does that compare with other jurisdictions with education psychologists? Ms Tansey indicated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Early Intervention and Talk Therapy: Discussion (27 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: Is Ms Tansey confident of getting to 238 by 2021?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (27 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Waterways Ireland has introduced a new set of permits blocking persons living aboard their boats from continuing to do so; her plans to increase the number of mooring points for houseboats on the Dublin canals and basins; and the reason canal dwellers are being removed from their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank everyone for their presentations and for sharing their experience and knowledge of this area. The Education (Admission to Schools) Bill, which just passed through the Dáil and is now before the Seanad, gives the Minister the power to compel the school to open a special class in a school through a process that is begun by the NCSE. That is slightly different from the calls...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: On the issue of the closing of the school, I was curious as to how Ms Corr envisages training taking place. Can it be done over two days, when the school is closed, or can the Department issue a directive to schools that it should be done on the two days before school commences again after the holidays? That could apply to every single person working in a school community.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Advanced Skills Teachers and Special Classes in Mainstream Schools: Discussion (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: I am thinking of post-primary because that is the area I have experience in. Teachers have to work 167 days, and if they work certain days it can impact on their holidays. Training could be carried out during the year. Schools could allocate two days in October or November. I presume that training would apply not just to teachers and SNAs but also to caretakers and office staff.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Investment Bank Loans (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 125. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down from the European Investment Bank; the date of commencement; the repayment schedule; the interest rate and purposes of each loan in tabular form; and his plans to allocate additional funding for the provision of social housing from the EIB. [27963/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site for a school (details supplied) was purchased at the site on the southern end of the Ballycullen Road, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27479/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the commencement of building for a school (details supplied) when he expects planning permission to be applied for and the school to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27964/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021 that fall under his Department’s remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27976/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Management (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in the roll-out of red light running cameras in Dublin city other than at the junction of Benburb Street and Blackhall Place; the timeline for progress; the proposed locations for a further roll-out; and the number of different types of vehicles found breaking the traffic signals in the past year for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on each action outlined in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27974/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 461. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the ESB is no longer rolling out new charging infrastructure in the form of charging points for electric vehicles; the measures he is putting in place to remedy this; and the funding amounts and timelines for same. [27965/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 468. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the per capita waste management and enforcement staff numbers in the EPA and waste officers in local authorities here compared to the UK, Germany, Sweden and Belgium. [27962/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 494. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital and current funds made available for walking and cycling investment in each of the past five years; the amount of funding he plans to make available in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27966/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Data (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 495. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the payments made from the green public transport fund. [27967/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 496. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of his Department’s involvement with the rollout of eCall (details supplied). [27968/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (26 Jun 2018)

Catherine Martin: 497. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has undertaken a review of the national cycle policy framework; and if so, if he will provide a copy of same. [27969/18]