Results 7,061-7,080 of 7,556 for speaker:Catherine Martin

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 986. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1641 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34845/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: EU Directives (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1039. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his departmental remit to transpose directive 2014/52/EU (details supplied) will be provided for; the timeframe for when such provisions are expected to be initiated; the basis on which these provisions will be introduced; if provisions related to the 2014/52/EU...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1029. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of residents excluded from having brown bins in each local area authority under Regulation 3(3)(b) of S.I. No. 191/2015; if his Department has plans to amend this statutory provision to ensure all residents have access to brown bins; and if not, if his Department have plans to provide alternative composting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1030. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, in view of the current negotiations in Brussels on the EU waste directives, the Government supports the following measures: a 65% target for recycling of municipal solid waste by 2030 binding minimum requirements on extended producer responsibility including full cost coverage and modulated fees, separate targets...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Nuclear Plants (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1031. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will report on the recent meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention including the position Ireland took on the findings of the implementation committee of the convention on the proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. [34822/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Nuclear Plants (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1032. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position Ireland took at the recent meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention on the environmental impact assessment of proposals to extend the lifetimes of nuclear plants currently reaching the end of their originally envisaged periods of operation. [34823/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: International Agreements (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1033. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the priorities for the forthcoming meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention. [34824/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1034. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the provisions in place and the further provisions anticipated regarding wind energy and solar energy developments to ensure that where such developments are sited on peatlands, including degraded peatlands, they form part of a strategy to minimise total carbon emissions from the relevant peatlands, noting that in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1035. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to bring to the European Council the proposal that Ireland should, as a result of our anticipated failure to meet our 2020 greenhouse gas emissions target for the non-traded sector, have a higher target in subsequent years than we would have if we meet our target; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1036. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the detail of the submission made by his Department to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the mid-term capital review to ensure that the review results in a capital investment programme consistent with Ireland's EU level targets for 2020, proposed targets for 2030, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1037. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position Ireland is taking on the Commission's proposal that accounting for wetland management be optional for the 2030 climate target, the analysis that has been taken to inform that position and if it is consistent with the commitments to peatland rewetting and restoration in the national peatlands strategy....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: International Agreements (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1038. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention compliance committee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1040. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 1779 of 20 June 2017 the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34855/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Drug and Alcohol Testing (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1041. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide information and clarity to persons living with chronic pain regarding the introduction of the preliminary drug testing measures under the Road Traffic Act 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34843/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis that has been done and the steps he has taken on foot of that analysis to ensure that the transport elements of the mid-term capital review result in a capital investment programme consistent with our EU level targets for 2020, proposed targets for 2030, the obligations of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1173. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1934 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Benefit (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1244. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the increasingly precarious nature of part time work, she will review the regulations regarding the number of days in which a recipient of jobseeker's benefit who works part time must be available for work for a full day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34819/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1245. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 2040 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34856/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: EU Directives (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1333. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his department to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU introducing substantial amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2011/92/EU will be provided; the timeframe for such provisions to be initiated (details supplied); the basis on which these...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Guidelines (13 Jul 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will produce guidelines for the assessment of the climate impact of renewable energy developments on peatlands, including degraded peatlands, as requested by Friends of the Irish Environment. [34825/17]