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Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: The housing capital budget under Rebuilding Ireland for 2017 was last week increased by the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, by €100 million to €1.4 billion. However, an answer to a recent parliamentary question confirmed that the total spend on additional social homes from all sources since 1 July 2016, in the form of acquisitions, Part V, local authority builds and approved...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: It is hard to believe the figures the Tánaiste is giving for next year when the figures the Government has given for this year show that, of a target of 2,284 houses, only 809 were delivered. There is a huge disconnect between the narrative and reality. The harsh reality is that 8,000 people are homeless. The tragic reality is that 3,000 of them are children and the stark objective...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: It is not working.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: There were 22 completions. That is a fact.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the introduction of a public bank model, similar to the German Sparkassen model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53550/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service Staff (14 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 644. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the fact that each educational welfare officer is assigned to an average of 50 schools; her plans to tackle this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51918/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 453. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the bus connect network review report; when the report will be published; and when it will be open to public consultation. [53126/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Data (12 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 481. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of senior practitioner social workers employed by Tusla; the number planned to be appointed in 2018; the estimated extra cost to Tusla per senior practitioner appointed; the contractual obligations of senior practitioners in comparison to both social work team leaders and professionally qualified social workers; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (12 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 482. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons engaging with aftercare services from either Tusla or a voluntary agency, by age and area. [53127/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Aftercare Services (12 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 483. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of persons engaged with aftercare services that are registered with homeless services. [53128/17]

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: I spoke earlier about this matter when I was speaking to section 21. The Green Party opposes section 33. It requires public servants who not covered by the pay agreement, as defined in section 3, to start making pension contributions at a lower wage threshold than everyone else. Táimid go mór i gcoinne é seo.

Public Services Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: The Bill before the House this evening is a missed opportunity to strive towards one of the most important underlying principles of fairness and justice in our society, the principle of equal pay for equal work. It is a fundamental undermining of this principle that any person should be paid considerably less for doing the same job simply because they started work after a certain date. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to prepare and publish a plan or nationwide scheme to assist home owners in the carrying out of remedial works to defective housing units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for the publication of the roadmap for out-of-hours access to mental health services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52579/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 50 to 100 commenced housing projects referred to by him in the Dáil Éireann on 13 July 2017 during the Second Stage debate of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2017; the location and proposed number of units of each housing project listed; the number of units completed at each site before...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of for completion certificates registered with the building control management system by local authorities to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52378/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Control Management System (7 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of for opt out once off single homes registered with the building control management system by local authorities to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (6 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a module on animal welfare and responsible pet ownership to the primary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51917/17]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: Chairman, I have a number of issues to raise but I can do so under the subheading rather than now. I concur with my colleagues on some of the issues they have raised.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (5 Dec 2017)

Catherine Martin: Apologies, I should have come in on subhead A03. In general, I cannot let the opportunity go without raising the issue, as the Chair has referenced, of equal pay for equal work. Our young teachers play a vital role. They are highly skilled, specialised classroom practitioners with significant far-reaching responsibilities for our children on a daily basis. They are being devalued. The...