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Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 53:In page 17, line 1, after “school” to insert “not aided by the Department of Education and Skills”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: As my colleagues have said, we are certainly not seeking that discrimination of any sort would creep into the school system. We want to protect the rights of those who have a reasonable level of fluency at home, but we also want to make sure we protect the educational rights of those who speak Irish as a home language, especially children with special educational needs who have Irish as a...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister for agreeing to do so.Táim ag súil le bheith ag obair le chéile chun Gaeilge líofa a chothú agus a chaomhnú.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 45:In page 15, line 29, to delete "school." and substitute the following:"school, and (c) a school which teaches through the medium of Irish, and which gives priority in its admission policy to students who speak Irish as a home language, the admission statement of the school shall include a statement that the school does not discriminate in relation to the admission of...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I move amendment No. 42:In page 15, line 21, after “school”, to insert “not aided by the Department of Education and Skills”.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I would like to ask the Minister about amendment No. 49, which seeks to provide that a school will have to admit a student seeking admission to the school "including, where appropriate" a student seeking admission to a special class in the school. I wonder how that will work in practical terms. Will this provision not leave the door open to some discrimination? I ask the Minister to...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: How do we define what is "appropriate" in the context of admission to a special class?

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Okay.

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: On my amendment, if the Minister insists on religious instruction taking place during the school day, he will definitely need to set guidelines. I have worked in schools. I do not know how many the Minister has been in while religious instruction is happening. It happens on an ad hocbasis and is simply not good enough. It is not fair on students, teachers or parents. It is a timetable...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (30 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I have tabled amendments Nos. 89 and 104 in this group. Amendment No. 89 would require the Minister to provide guidelines for schools on how they should put in place age-appropriate alternatives for children who do not wish to attend classes in religious instruction, The Minister must set minimum standards for the nature of exemptions for students who do not want to attend classes in...

Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I welcome the Minister's amendments because they go some way towards addressing the baptism barrier. It is imperative, especially in the new Ireland in which we live, that we adopt a consistent and non-partisan policy response to this difficulty, which has gone on for too long. Like many other Deputies, I have repeatedly called for the inequality of the baptism barrier to be addressed. I...

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents, Rights and Protection) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Green Party is happy to support the Bill before the House this evening. I commend Sinn Fein and Deputy Ó Broin on bringing it forward. This Bill seeks to expand the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 to apply to students living in student accommodation. It is not a complicated issue and seeks to extend rights to students, which they should not...

Education (Admission to School) Bill 2016: Report Stage (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: As the Minister will be aware, I put forward a series of amendments on Committee Stage to allow the National Council for Special Education to compel a school to open an ASD unit. This amendment is not as strong as what I proposed but I welcome the move in the right direction. I would agree with other Deputies who have spoken. The mechanism the Minister is adopting is vague and convoluted. ...

Referendum of 25 May: Statements (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: What occurred this weekend was a truly remarkable seismic shift in our society and a historic maturing in our country. Tens of thousands of people around the country campaigned, canvassed, told their stories and had difficult conversations with loved ones and they delivered a "Yes" vote. The people of Ireland spoke with a clear voice that, no matter the difficulties or decisions facing our...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to violations of EU transport regulations by trucks transporting livestock from Rosslare (details supplied); if his Department is carrying out an investigation into these alleged violations; if sanctions will be imposed upon the companies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23413/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 22 February 2018, the status of the investigation into the compliance with EIA agriculture regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23414/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Railway Stations (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 553. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of a new train station at Pelletstown, including funding; if delays in the provision of funding could see planning permission for the station expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23415/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Traveller Education (29 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for a specific Traveller employment strategy in view of the high levels of unemployment in the Traveller community identified by Census 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23416/18]

Report on Building Standards, Building Controls and Consumer Protection: Motion (24 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I welcome this report from the Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government. Many of the issues it covers and many of the actions it suggests were also included in a motion on building standards and homeowner protection tabled by the Green Party that was passed by the Dáil last June. I commend all the members of the committee on their work on this report, as well as all the...

Pay Inequality in the Public Service: Statements (Resumed) (24 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak again in this House on pay inequality in the public service. I appreciate that it is a complicated issue, rather than an easy one, but it is now 2018, seven years since the first new entrants to the public service were put on a different pay scale than that of their older counterparts. Some new entrants have been doing the same work for less pay...