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Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: For many years, we saw our bogs as a resource to be exploited. We did not understand their value as natural and archaeological heritage, flood regulators and carbon sinks protecting our climate. We were not unique. Most European countries have damaged most of their peatlands. Some, such as the Netherlands, have gone from having enormous expanses of peatland to having almost no bogs left....

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: With Deputy Shortall, yes. The Green Party broadly welcomes many aspects of the Bill before the House and commends the Minister and the previous Seanad on all the hard work they invested in it. We are particularly pleased to see the proposed new criminal offences to protect children against grooming, new measures to protect them from online predators, new and strengthened offences to tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate to allow for reduced payment at tolling points for low emission electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32788/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that less than 1% of the capital spend in transport is devoted to pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32787/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 100 children aged between five and 12 years are expected to be without a school place in the Dundrum area following the sudden closure of a school (details supplied); if so, his plans to find school places for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32820/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the transfer of undertakings directive and regulations, TUPE, apply in the instance of his Department taking over a campus (details supplied); and if his Department, as a result of it taking over the campus now has an obligation under this regulation to the primary school teachers who have now been put at risk under a redundancy process....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retirement of a staff member at a hospital has resulted in the freezing of funding for treatment for a person (details supplied) despite the fact that the person was already approved to have the treatment; his plans to restore this funding and, if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: 480. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason it is not possible to split the early childhood care and education, ECCE, grant between two service providers for all parents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32690/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I thank Ms Griffin for her presentation. I have been crossing off questions as they have been asked, she will be glad to hear, as there were a good few. I welcome and acknowledge the substantial work that has gone into this new model and indeed into the report on ASD. When it comes to children with special educational needs there is, unfortunately, the element of schools cherry-picking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I was not suggesting it as a reaction. I have been a teacher and know of students who would opt to avail of such a space because, perhaps, a canteen environment might not suit them. I was not suggesting quiet spaces be used for time-out or as punishment but rather that they be available where a child has identified a need for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: The document refers to the provision of training for the whole school community. That is welcome as it is essential that the view is not taken that only teachers should provide learning support.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: The implementation group might also look at the position for leaving certificate applied students because many schools have adopted a policy under which students will only gain work experience one day per week. It is vital that children on the autism spectrum have support available one day every week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: A question on the definition was not answered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Aontaím leis an Teachta Nolan. We were neither informed nor invited. It is highly regrettable that the stakeholders, who have been putting the pressure on and who contributed, were not advised that this is happening. It is not the first occasion something such as this has happened. We were not invited to the launch of the action plan either. Do we agree that we will write a letter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Do we also agree to include in the letter that we are seeking a meeting? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Committee (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: The chances of getting a meeting in the near future are slim, but we will make the request. We will also express our regret and seek information on and invitations to future events.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (27 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time his Department has been in discussions with a school (details supplied) regarding taking over a campus; and if these discussions and negotiations included representatives from both the primary and secondary schools. [32460/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (26 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for schools (details supplied) following the recent acquisition of the campus by his Department; if he will provide a timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32169/16]

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tOchtú Leasú a Aisghairm) 2016: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Repeal of the Eighth Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: The Green Party welcomes the Bill because, as a nation, we must have the courage to deal with this issue. Women should not have to steal away from their country to access a safe medical procedure and no woman’s life should ever be put in unnecessary danger. Ultimately, the Legislature must bear responsibility for the ongoing endangerment of the health and safety of women. On a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments (19 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: 123. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will start releasing money for privately funded operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/16]