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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1681. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the conditions under which private foster placements are used by the Child and Family Agency; the number of private placements used by the Child and Family Agency in 2015 and 2016 broken down by local social work office, in tabular form; and the additional cost of these placements over the cost of a Child and Family Agency foster carer....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Abuse (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1682. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of specialist interviews relating to child sexual abuse completed jointly by social workers and Gardaí for 2015 and 2016, broken down by area and year. [41472/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of social workers in the Child and Family Agency that have completed training to conduct joint Garda specialist child sexual abuse interviews since 2010; the number of those that are still employed at social worker grade in the Child and Family Agency; and the total number of joint social work and Garda specialist child...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1690. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children leaving care in 2015 and 2016 broken down by area, in tabular form; the number that had a completed after-care plan; the number that had an allocated after-care worker in the Child and Family Agency; and the number with an allocated after-care worker from outside the Child and Family Agency. [41838/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (17 Jan 2017)

Catherine Martin: 1691. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons aged between 18 and 21 years of age that left care at 18 years of age and are now homeless. [41839/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: What are the suggestions of the other organisations on how an opt-out would work? The spotlight has not sufficiently been put on the discrimination children with special educational needs experience when it comes to school entrance. It is appalling and is happening regularly. There may be six secondary schools in an area and there is a practice whereby principals tell parents to go to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: I thank the deputations for their presentations. We are all in agreement that we cannot continue with things as they are. Under something changes, the quality of education in Ireland - something we have always been proud of - will plummet. I have concerns similar to those raised by other members in respect of access. I taught in a DEIS school for 16 years and I have seen the joy when...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: It is great to hear all three of the presenters today. While there may not be consensus here on how education should be funded, everyone would be in agreement that the three presenters are wonderful ambassadors for the youth of the country. I say, "Well done," on a fantastic presentations and how they care for the future generations. The concerns I expressed earlier were particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: I thank Mr. Richard Kennedy for his presentation. As with my colleagues, I would like clarity on his position on income contingent loans. I have concerns, as I say every time we discuss the Cassells report, about equality of access to education and these income contingent loans. We could lose our most skilled graduates to emigration because if they emigrate they will probably not be chased...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Sector (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with the RTE board or management about cuts in children's programmes and the outsourcing of same. [38623/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he envisages a long-term future for the burning of biomass in electric power generation. [38624/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (6 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide a response to parents of the children of a school to be closed (details supplied) regarding the future of the school site to be shared among two other schools; his plans to assist parents in finding local school places for their children displaced by the closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38438/16]

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: Ba mhaith liom a rá don Teach seo anocht go bhfuil an Comhaontas Glas fíor-shásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. I commend Deputy Kenny on bringing this Bill before the House, which I will support. The Green Party has long called for appropriate legislation to decriminalise the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and our recent submission to the national drugs...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: I thank the Minister for coming. He referred to a saving of €24 million on primary teachers' salaries. That indicates that there is room to further address the issue of pay inequality in the teaching profession. There is quite an increase of €100 million in capital expenditure. Was there a huge underestimation of how much would be needed to complete projects? There is...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: On that concern I raised, there is a feeling that what happens when both second-level schools and primary schools are announced is the staff go off into one Department but those who are designing the second-level schools never talk to those who are designing the primary schools, and then there is a massive problem. I was talking to a planner recently and that is the view.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: My issue was not about the type of second-level schools or parents' preferences. There is a huge concern that, a few years down the road, there will not be enough second level schools in the constituency which I represent. I wonder if this is reflected in other constituencies. Primary schools are badly needed because of population growth but when children who are now in junior and senior...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 51. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the locations of the Garda stations have been agreed, decided or identified in respect of the Government commitment to reopen six Garda stations in the programme for a partnership Government; if not, is there a timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37985/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 52. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent industrial dispute involving the gardaí has caused a delay in the reopening of six Garda stations, as committed to by the Government in the programme for a partnership Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37986/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering any relief measures to address the problem of persons and families with low cash incomes who may be forced to lose their homes in the context of the abolition of the dwelling house exemption in part 5 of the Finance Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37928/16]