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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has examined community sponsorship models such as the UN community sponsorship initiative as a format that could be used to expand Ireland's capacity to respond to the current Syrian refugee crisis; the reason he would or would not introduce such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to reintroduce the Syrian humanitarian admission programme to expand Ireland's capacity to respond to the Syrian refugee crisis; the reason he would or would not reintroduce such a programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of extra funding being allocated to local authorities in advance of the Syrian resettlement programme; the areas to which funding is being allocated, for example, housing, English classes, rural development and community development by year and local authority, in tabular form; if this funding is coming from the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if extra funding is being provided to community groups in areas in which Syrian refugees are being resettled under the Syrian resettlement programme; the number of months in advance of and after the arrival of refugees funding is being allocated; the breakdown of funding by year, name of community group, type of community...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged with community groups on the ground in local authority areas in preparation for the Syrian resettlement programme, refugee protection programme and other departmental programmes dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis; if his Department or local authorities are being encouraged to engage with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Migrant Integration (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has discussed refugee integration as an aspect of rural development policy with the Departments of Housing, Planning and Local Government and Rural and Community Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41804/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of extra funding and resources being allocated to his Department in preparation for the Syrian resettlement programme and other programmes dealing with the Syrian refugee crisis; the areas to which funding is being allocated by year, section of his Department and type of resource, in tabular form; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 422. To ask the Minister for Health the long term policy and funding strategy for the care of adults with intellectual disabilities particularly in scenarios in which close relatives are no longer able to provide care. [41767/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if he has satisfied himself with the quality of record keeping, archiving and recording of case histories at a facility (details supplied); if he has further satisfied himself with the level of continued professional development available to and availed by all staff; if he has satisfied himself with the communication with persons by electronic, telephone...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 503. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the sectoral adaptation plans adopted in accordance with the national climate change adaptation framework since the framework was published in 2012; and the locations in which the sectoral plans can be accessed. [41768/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 504. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to put in place an electric vehicle charging point in Leinster House. [41781/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on altering the rules of the road to reflect the advice provided to drivers in the Netherlands (details supplied). [41776/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 623. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to release funding to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council for the refurbishment of a group of maisonettes which are almost entirely unoccupied at St. Laurence's Park, Stillorgan, County Dublin. [41769/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the significant amount of bureaucracy confronting local authorities that wish to construct housing (details supplied); if this process has been simplified over the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41770/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Migrant Integration (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has requested local authorities to develop their own migrant integration strategies as envisaged by the national migrant integration strategy published by the Department of Justice and Equality earlier in 2017. [41802/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Migrant Integration (3 Oct 2017)

Catherine Martin: 626. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional funding under a programme his Department oversees has been provided to local authorities and local community groups in areas in which refugees have been resettled under the refugee protection programme; and if so, the amount of funding allocated by local authority and community group. [41803/17]

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister but, with respect, it is hard for those women who have been denied their pension entitlements to take all that he has said at face value given that actions taken by this and the previous Government, rather than addressing the inequalities in the pension-pay gap, have only allowed them to deepen. In 2012, the previous Government introduced changes to the eligibility...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: Ireland's pension gap has widened in the lifetime of this Government and the previous one. Women work outside home in fewer numbers with most getting paid less when they do. When it comes to retirement, women now typically have 37% less to live on than men. On 21 September the Taoiseach announced plans for a new pension strategy to be completed by the end of the year, including a five-year...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: Tá an Comhaontas Glas fíorshásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don rún seo. The Government lacks vision and strategic planning when it comes to the scale of the housing and homelessness crisis, which severely affects the most vulnerable in our society. I appreciate that the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, is relatively new to his brief. However, his party and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Breaches of Fire Safety Standards: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister for coming in to give a statement on such a serious issue. I have just a few questions. To reiterate what Deputy Byrne has said, why did it take so long to publish the reports? Why would a principal have to write to the Department seven times to ensure pupils' safety? Why was the Minister's Department so reluctant to give that information? Why did it take an...