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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for their detailed presentations. I have questions for each and every one of them. What do they consider to be, or how do we define, age-appropriate materials? How do we ensure that they are not delivered too late or too early? What exactly is their advice on this and how it should be done? Ms Byrnes spoke of the use of facilitators in delivering sexual health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Incidental inspections could be considered in this context as the whole-school evaluation is every few years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the policy of capping the grant for ancillary service staff for primary schools, that is, caretakers, cleaners and so on, at 500 students; the way in which this impacts on primary schools with significantly larger student populations; the number of primary schools that have a population of more than 500 students; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site or specific community in which he plans to locate a school (details supplied) has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of patronage diversity at second level in the Cabra, Phibsborough and Dublin 7 school planning area particularly for parents that seek a non-denominational education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21142/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contingency plans to address future shortages of phosphorus in view of Ireland’s dependence on mined and imported phosphorus to meet commercial fertiliser requirements have been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Members (15 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: 584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for setting the number of councillors to be returned to Cork City Council at 31 in the terms of reference to boundary committee no. 2 in view of facts (details supplied). [21145/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: I do not know where to start. I thank the delegates for attending. Table 3 screams at me, as I am sure it does for everyone. As Mr. Condon stated, ten of the 16 posts are in child and adolescent psychiatry in places such as Cork, Sligo-Leitrim, Carlow-Kilkenny, Donegal and Longford-Westmeath. We are failing the children affected and their families. Everyone agrees that there is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Is there anything we can do about that process of waiting for CAAC to meet? Does it need to meet more than ten times a year? Would that speed up the process? I see that psychiatry has one of the highest percentages of non-permanent consultant posts, at 20%. Why is this? What differentiates mental health from other branches of medicine? Professor Frank Keane's report mentioned that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: It is like a roller-coaster. We are brought back to where we started. How does that compare to international best practice?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Professor Murray agrees and has said before that it may need to be reviewed. What is frustrating is that it seems to take coming into this meeting to see that it needs to be reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Has Professor Murray started the review on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: When will that conclude? Is there a timeline?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2018)

Catherine Martin: Deputy Buckley raised the retirements that are coming down the line and Professor Murray said we can do better in anticipating retirement and that we should probably ask people if they are considering retiring or to give a year's notice. I cannot believe we are not doing that already. It is not rocket science, with all respect. It is an unnecessary failing that can be avoided.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in locating a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if Dublin City Council has secured such a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16667/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence Policy (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the further steps that need to be taken for Ireland to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence; when Ireland will ratify it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16668/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: National Raised Bog Management Plan (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to explore new crop production techniques such as paludiculture by his Department since responsibility for this action under the national peatlands strategy was allocated to it and to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. [16675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, which found that both Germany and the UK were in breach of the public participation requirements of the Convention in respect of the transboundary consultations provided for in the decision to approve the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Postal Voting (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1497. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to extend postal voting rights to persons who are due to be abroad on holidays on 25 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16950/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commencement of Legislation (17 Apr 2018)

Catherine Martin: 1626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay. [16669/18]