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Dublin Traffic: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I have rural and Dublin roots.

Dublin Traffic: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I am happy to be living in Dublin for the last 25 years. Tá an Comhaontas Glas fíor-shásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. In recent months, commuters in the constituency of Dublin Rathdown, a constituency the Minister represents too, have been continually frustrated by the Luas green line which has overnight gone from a consistent, reliable service into...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. I was a post-primary teacher for 20 years and am a former member of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI. In my experience as a teacher I have worked side by side in the classroom with teachers who received unequal pay for the work they did. That was not right. It will remain an uphill battle for Government to recruit or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: Mr. Ó Ruairc mentioned in his presentation that 100,000 are on the register. How many of those 100,000 are teaching in schools today? For those who have left and wish to come back, I know the one dread in a teacher's life is if he or she has missed the deadline to renew his or her registration. It is quite laborious. Thankfully, it never happened to me but I saw what teachers had to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: May I reply to some of the comments made by Mr. Byrne?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I would like to make two short points. Mr. Mulconry summed up the strategy brilliantly. Principals are overstretched and under-resourced. We regularly hear young teachers saying they will never become principals. When they walk into the principal's office, they cannot see him or her because of all the paperwork. Mr. Byrne mentioned that many teachers are saying "No" to oral...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I fully understand that a principal would say no due to a shortage of teachers, and more principals are doing so. Are there enough examiners for the oral and practical examinations this year? Has that information been ascertained yet? A lot of the training of examiners takes place around now, and therefore principals should know how many people have volunteered to train as an examiner.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: No. I agree wholeheartedly with the statement made by Mr. Mulconry.

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: The Taoiseach mentioned the 2014 regulations but what about homes built before 2014? Are homeowners who bought prior to 2014 to be cast aside and forgotten? What about homeowners who have exhausted all legal remedies and who now need some form of State assistance. They are facing bills of up to €30,000. In the past, the State intervened in respect of private contracts in...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: The week before last, on promised legislation, I raised the plight of homeowners residing in defective buildings and their urgent need for State assistance. Their situation is so worrying - in some developments it is escalating - that I must raise it again today. I recently met with homeowners in my constituency of Dublin Rathdown who have received their first bills for remedial works that...

Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: The 2010 national pension framework stated people should be confident and secure about their expectations on retirement. The Government has committed to reforming the State pension system from 2020 onwards. Yesterday, I received an answer to a parliamentary question on this issue which states that the proposal will not be finalised until after a public consultation later this year. While I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seismic Surveys (15 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of contributions made by industry, including an organisation (details supplied) to the cost of the €20 million seismic survey conducted in June 2013 by the petroleum affairs division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7861/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Chair. I will ask my questions quickly in order that the witnesses have time to respond. I thank them for their presentations and commend them on the valuable work they do. I offer Dylan my congratulations on his recent success in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. As the Chair stated, we have heard further regrettable evidence of how the poor and marginalised...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: Therefore, it is the luck of the draw. One might arrive at a person who has had the training.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Mental Health Services: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: That is key because I was fearful it was a choice not to do so, but Dylan believes it is a lack of understanding and that is why training is needed for staff.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the new national investment plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood risk management plans developed under the catchment flood risk assessment and management programme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7764/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of a new scheme which would involve the State paying the cost of a teaching qualification as reported in the media (details supplied); if a similar scheme is envisaged for primary level teaching qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7771/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason recognised refugees are being requested to submit original national passports for citizenship applications in view of the fact that as recognised refugees they will no longer be in possession of their national passport but have been issued an Irish travel document; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (14 Feb 2018)

Catherine Martin: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no refugee resettlement program in Dublin to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7767/18]