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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: Is that the recipe for the best person? Undoubtedly some great people make it onto the boards but it comes down to politics, which is what I was querying. The board of management has to deal with who it gets. Sometimes they are brilliant. I was wondering if that has to be reviewed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: I acknowledge that. The work that schools do to encourage parents is never acknowledged. It is under the radar but I am aware that it happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: I apologise for having to leave after I ask my questions but I will look at the answers later. It states in the submission that the processes for which Caranua has time standards are met at an average of 90% of the time. Can Ms Higgins give us an idea of which processes these are and how Caranua comes up with these time standards? It also states that the number of complaints received was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: The language is of huge concern, considering Ms Higgins's role. The survivors are in their twilight years and have already been appallingly treated by the State. Such language does a huge disservice to them. I find it hard to believe the contention in the submission that Caranua is unaware of the reports of dissatisfaction on the part of many people in their dealings with the organisation,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25794/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25795/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 18 May 2017, when he expects that teaching will begin on this site; and the estimated timeline for the process for the school, including completing agreements, selecting patronage and building the school. [25799/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education Facilities (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 18 May 2017, the steps which will be taken to ensure adequate playing pitches and space for a secondary school built on the Harold's Cross greyhound stadium site, in view of the fact that there are no such facilities in the local area. [25800/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Graffiti Policy (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate funding for local authorities to help clean up graffiti (details supplied). [25797/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for his apparent intention not to provide for public participation in his plan to exempt large-scale peat extraction from the requirement to obtain planning permission; and the way in which this decision not to consult the public is consistent with Ireland's obligations under Article 8 of the Aarhus...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 381. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to run an outdoor infrastructure recreation scheme again in 2018 in view of the tight timeframe for applications to the 2017 scheme​. [25793/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (30 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 643. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the competitive call for project applications under the €40 million regional Action for Jobs fund will be announced. [25796/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Data (25 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools announced as new builds in 2012 that are still in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25105/17]

Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the communicative process, the system of review and the progressing and implementation strategy in place between himself and the forward planning section of the planning and building unit of his Department in relation to ministerial announcements of new schools and or major builds, especially in respect of the regularity, frequency, nature and...

Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: I seek clarity on the relationship between the Minister's office and the forward planning section of the Department in respect of the manner in which they communicate on the progress of announced new schools and major builds. This arises from the recent experiences of a number of schools in my constituency where the respective communicated experience with the Department has been immersed in...

Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: The nub of the question was on what happened following patronage and following the announcement. A concrete example of where there needs to be more oversight and communication between the Minister's office and the forward planning section is Ballinteer Educate Together national school, which was announced as a primary school in 2012. A deal was negotiated between the Department and St....

Priority Questions: School Accommodation Provision (24 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: It is not acceptable for a school to learn of the plans for it by social media or word of mouth and that has to stop. I ask the Minister to keep schools informed of progress. Is he aware of the problems making progress with new builds? Is this lack of communication happening throughout the country? Is the forward planning department vastly underresourced and does the Minister need to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bord na Móna (23 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the changes to the planning status of large scale peat extraction will be designed to ensure that there is no effective retrospective legalisation of extraction undertaken without environmental impact assessment. [24059/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Bord na Móna (23 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if changes to the planning status of large scale peat extraction will be designed to ensure that the carbon sequestration and storage functions of peatlands, important to achieving the goal of carbon neutrality for the land sector, will be promoted in a cost effective manner. [24149/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (18 May 2017)

Catherine Martin: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a mixed non-religious school for the site of Harold's Cross greyhound track recently purchased by his Department; if so, the timeframe for development; the general plans for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/17]