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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority: Chairperson Designate (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I welcome Mr. Horgan and thank him for his presentation. The previous chief executive, Mr. Tom Boland, retired in July. I believe his replacement announced that she would only be staying on for a few months. It is a key position. Is Mr. Horgan aware of plans to fill it? The Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Richard Bruton, appeared before the committee a few weeks ago to brief us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority: Chairperson Designate (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Has Mr. Horgan a contingency plan in place in case there is a holding period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority: Chairperson Designate (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I might pursue that with Mr. Horgan at a later stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority: Chairperson Designate (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Institutions flagged as borderline and their future are of concern to me, particularly if they are underwater.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority: Chairperson Designate (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Institutional and sectoral progress.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority: Chairperson Designate (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I move:That the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills asks the Minister for Education and Skills to move quickly to put in place a plan B to protect those students who might lose out on 10% of their grade in English due to the ongoing dispute between the ASTI and the Government. Recently, the Minister for Education and Skills appeared before the committee and said that he could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I have moved my motion. I will not be supporting the amendment because it seeks to remove the action which I believe is needed to protect the children and to signal to the Minister that he needs to ensure they do not lose the 10%. I am aware that the talks are ongoing but I believe the Minister needs to put a contingency plan in place. On the point regarding the undermining the integrity...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: In terms of procedure, when does one withdraw an amendment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I do not want the motion, as amended, being sent to the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: What is before us now is a completely different animal to the motion I put forward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: Is that down to me?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: State Examinations: Motions (13 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I wish to put on the record that I will withdraw it but the reason being the amendment has completely turned the motion on its head and would put the dispute front and centre, which is not needed. My motion was about putting the child, that is, the children suffering as a result of the dispute, front and centre. For the record, I am withdrawing the motion because the nature of it has...

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: No.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: I am taking four and a half minutes and Deputy Healy is taking three minutes.

Funding for Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: For the past six years the education system in this country has been slowly strangled. It has been called a managed decline by some of those presiding over it. Education is fundamental to the progress of any country. It allows us to innovate, will attract businesses, encourage job creation and enhance our reputation globally. As the Labour Party motion has rightly identified, budget 2017...

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]

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 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]

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]