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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2019
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 to provide for the establishment of thermal efficiency standards for rented accommodation, for the testing of rented accommodation for radon, for the remediation of rented accommodation with high concentrations of radon; and to provide for related matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2018
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Coimisiún Náisiúnta um Thrasdul Cóir or, in the English language, the National Just Transition Commission to oversee the bringing together of workers, communities, employers and government in social dialogue to drive the plans, policies and investments needed for a fair transformation to a low-carbon economy; to require the preparation, by certain prescribed bodies, of just transition plans; to provide for the conferral of other functions on the said body; to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 November 2018
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as An Coimisiún Náisiúnta um Thrasdul Cóir or, in the English language, the National Just Transition Commission to oversee the bringing together of workers, communities, employers and government in social dialogue to drive the plans, policies and investments needed for a fair transformation to a low-carbon economy; to require the preparation, by certain prescribed bodies, of just transition plans; to provide for the conferral of other functions on the said body; to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 December 2017
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Derelict Sites Act 1990 to increase the levy placed on derelict sites; to ensure the register of derelict sites compiled by a local authority is made publicly available on the local authority's website; to ensure protection for the rights of homeowners who have moved into residential care and own a derelict site; to amend the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to extend the definition of a "vacant site" to include sites below 0.05 hectares; to ensure the documents associated with the entry of a site onto the register of vacant sites are made publicly available on the local authority's website; to increase the vacant site levy in each subsequent year; to increase the scope of the levy to include properties in negative or low equity; and to provide for related matters
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017
Bill entitled an Act to create a planning condition that enables local communities to invest in a renewable energy project; to create a new prescribed class of development to which such a planning condition can be attached; and to provide for other related matters
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 November 2017
Bill entitled an Act to prohibit the issuing, renewal, reinstatement, or extension of any licence or other exploitation rights for the exploration, extraction, production or prospecting of all forms of petroleum onshore or offshore and to provide for related matters.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 June 2017
Bill entitled an Act to provide for a ban on single-use non-compostable cups and other tableware and for the introduction of deposit and return schemes for beverage containers
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 March 2017
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 November 2016
Bill entitled an Act to provide for the election of a Mayor for the Local Government Areas of Dublin City and the counties of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin; to provide for the establishment of a body to be known as the Regional Authority of Dublin, or in the Irish language, Údarás Réigiúnach Bhaile Átha Cliath; to confer certain functions on the said Mayor and on the said Authority including functions under the Waste Management Act 1996, the Planning and Development Act 2000, the Local Government Act 2001 and certain other enactments; for that purpose and other purposes to amend those enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 June 2016
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
170. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration that has been given to expanding the entitlement of a home school liaison officer to schools which are disadvantaged but have not yet been designated DEIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10535/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2020
222. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to introduce a standardised online learning platform and supports for families that are home schooling their children in the event that primary schools do not fully open in September 2020 or are forced to close again if a second wave of Covid-19 occurs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10819/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
232. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the consideration given to students who have studied a subject outside of school and who, therefore, do not have a teacher to give them a calculated grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8933/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
233. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if English language teachers have been included in the Covid-19 working group for the English language education sector; the consideration given as to the way in which the English language schools will reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8934/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
234. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a roadmap to get children with special needs to return to school exists; his plans for the July provision to continue in summer 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8935/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
235. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the issue of some educational training boards seeking recoupment of overpaid food and travel allowances during the lockdown period from their students; the reason ETBs are requesting this refund in view of the precedent that exists for food and travel allowances to be paid to students whether they are on or off campus and the difficulties faced by many students during the ongoing crisis; the measures he is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8936/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
236. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions he has put in place for primary and post-primary students to return to school; if he has considered reducing the number of children in classrooms; his plans to issue guidelines to parents and schools on the way to continue social distancing during school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8937/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 June 2020
237. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site has been identified for the new secondary school for the Greystones and Kilcoole planning area, County Wicklow, (details supplied); if the permanent site is in the ownership of his Department; if not, when the school will open on its permanent site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8938/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 13 May 2020
973. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of progress and a projected timeline for implementation of action No. 31 of the Climate Action Plan in relation to the need for a support scheme for the solar PV microgeneration scheme to ensure that persons can sell excess electricity they produce back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4203/20]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
132. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance his plans to extend the terms of the cycle to work scheme to cover pedal-assisted e-bikes and increase the eligibility financial limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53710/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
146. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of car parking spaces controlled by the Office of Public Works in Dublin 1, 2, 7 and 8; the number commercially leased; and the annual income from same. [53708/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
147. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the draft Phoenix Park visitor experience strategic review; if his attention has been drawn to the degree of public opposition to some of the changes proposed in the document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53718/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
168. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the outcome of the patronage process for the new secondary school in Goatstown, Dublin 14 due to open in 2020 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53606/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
169. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the permanent school buildings for the recently opened primary and the post-primary school (details supplied) to be opened in September 2019 in an area will be included in the recently announced contract tenders for new school buildings; if not, when the contract tender for the permanent buildings for these schools is likely to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53607/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
174. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and the timeline for the commencement of the building of a new school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53707/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
175. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is provided for integration projects undertaken with primary or secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53715/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
176. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body that will own the school building and the school site for a school (details supplied) on the Phoenix Park site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53719/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
213. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ensure the Courts Service provides a detailed breakdown of road traffic offences in an open format that would allow for the analysis of trends over date and by region in view of the fact that the absence of such data may be inhibiting evidence-based policy formation in achieving road safety goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53712/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
214. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for the future of Arbour Hill Prison, Dublin 7 and the possible rehousing of long-stay prisoners; and the details of the prison population by years served in Arbour Hill. [53713/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
215. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is provided for integration projects undertaken with primary or secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53716/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
309. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been allocated the necessary home help hours in order to return home but has been informed that the funding is not available for the hours; his plans to tackle the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53625/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
310. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of occurrences of home help hours being awarded without the funding in place to deliver the hours in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53626/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
311. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the previous time resources were increased to the stoma colorectal clinical nurse specialists service in Crumlin Children’s Hospital; the resourcing for the service in the past five years in tabular form; his plans to adequately fund the service in view of the ongoing demands on the service which have resulted in children and their parents experiencing long delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53627/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
312. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 13 November 2019, if he has engaged with the Department of Education and Skills to explore the provision of crèche facilities in the development of a permanent school building for two schools (details supplied) in view of the need for childcare places in Goatstown, Dublin 14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53628/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
373. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to implement the National Positive Ageing Strategy in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53598/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
387. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital expenditure by his Department from 1 January to 31 August 2019 under headings (details supplied); and the projects funded under B8.1 Smarter Travel and Sustainable Urban Transport, in tabular form. [53599/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
397. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his plans for the installation of further red light running cameras in Dublin city at Blackhall Place, Con Colbert Road and Queen Street; and when the enabling legislation will be updated. [53709/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2019
398. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed extension of the Luas green line from Broombridge to Finglas; if a station will be provided at Royal Canal Park and Pelletstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53717/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
112. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of e-scooters that have been confiscated by gardaí in the past 18 months in tabular form, by month and by Garda division. [52308/19]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2019
113. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests received in each of the years 2017, 2018 and to date 2019; the number in each year that were delivered on time, the number in each year that were delivered with an extended deadline; and the number in each year that were not delivered within deadline. [52309/19]