94. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the estimated full year cost of restoring all allowances to new entrant teachers which were abolished in 2012 and 2013 has been collated; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22838/18]
616. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the strategic housing development legislation incorporated in the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 permits An Bord Pleanála to overrule local authority development plans; the relationship between this process and the statutory authority and responsibility vested in local councillors in developing such plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/18]
615. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if it was intended that strategic housing development, SHD, legislation would be used for such large scale residential developments on lands which were zoned for institutional and community use; if he has considered amending the SHD legislation to exclude lands on which residential development is only open for consideration and not the primary zoning objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22578/18]
547. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of public playgrounds maintained by each local authority nationally in tabular form. [22581/18]
232. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in view of expert reports that hare numbers have significantly reduced here, she will consider a suspension of all hare hunting and use of wild hares in coursing in order that the population can regrow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21643/18]
127. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when the family reunification humanitarian assistance programme will be launched; the reason the programme was not launched in April 2018 as had previously been indicated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21640/18]
98. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish the minor works grant on a permanent basis in view of the uncertainty experienced by schools with the minor works grant being announced at a later date each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21520/18]
97. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore the capitation grant to €200 per pupil for primary schools; the timeline in relation to same; his further plans to increase the capitation grant to match the costs of running a primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21519/18]
89. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if wardens in the Phoenix Park are sufficiently trained to euthanise an injured deer in the event of an accident; the way in which this process operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21641/18]
584. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason for setting the number of councillors to be returned to Cork City Council at 31 in the terms of reference to boundary committee No. 2, in view of facts (details supplied). [21145/18]
463. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if contingency plans to address future shortages of phosphorus in view of Ireland’s dependence on mined and imported phosphorus to meet commercial fertiliser requirements have been examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/18]
270. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of patronage diversity at second level in the Cabra, Phibsborough and Dublin 7 school planning area particularly for parents who seek a non-denominational education for their children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21142/18]
269. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a site or specific community in which he plans to locate a school (details supplied) has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21141/18]
268. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the policy of capping the grant for ancillary service staff for primary schools, that is, caretakers, cleaners and so on, at 500 students; the way in which this impacts on primary schools with significantly larger student populations; the number of primary schools that have a population of more than 500 students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21140/18]
1673. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the assessment, priority ranking, indicative costs, duration and exact scope of research required, which was to be developed by her Department and the Environmental Protection Agency, in respect of eight areas of peatland research to be pursued under the national peatlands strategy. [16670/18]
1626. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay. [16669/18]
1497. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to extend postal voting rights to persons who are due to be abroad on holidays on 25 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16950/18]
1201. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland will support the findings and recommendations of the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee, which found that both Germany and the UK were in breach of the public participation requirements of the Convention in respect of the transboundary consultations provided for in the decision to approve the development consent for the nuclear power project in the UK, Hinkley Point C (details supplied); if attempts by the UK, the EU, other parties to the Convention and the nuclear lobby to undermine and weaken these findings of non-compliance which may occur at the September 2018 meeting of the parties to the Convention will be resisted; if not, the basis for the State's decision; the person or body that will represent Ireland at the upcoming Aarhus meeting in Montenegro from 11 to 14 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16671/18]
1130. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that have been taken to explore new crop production techniques such as paludiculture by his Department since responsibility for this action under the national peatlands strategy was allocated to it and to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. [16675/18]
585. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the further steps that need to be taken for Ireland to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combatting violence against women and domestic violence; when Ireland will ratify it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16668/18]
471. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in locating a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if Dublin City Council has secured such a site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16667/18]
192. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of home care packages applications in which home care started in each month of the past 12 months, by local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14312/18]
191. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of home care package scheme applications awaiting assessment by local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14311/18]
661. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 7 March 2017, the result of her Department's examination of the designation for protection of the untouched areas of high bog at Mayne, County Westmeath (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/18]
660. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the ongoing archaeological monitoring that has taken place during each of the past ten peat extraction seasons along the routes of two 3,000 year old ancient trackways discovered at Mayne, County Westmeath in 2006 (details supplied). [13869/18]
629. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will commence section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13868/18]
615. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that An Bord Pleanála ruled in 2013 that the peat extraction at a location (details supplied) is unauthorised and that the High Court recently confirmed that finding in a case taken by the peat extraction company against An Bord Pleanála; and the steps his Department will now take under the development control frameworks to ensure that the unauthorised peat extraction, which has caused and continues to cause the loss of archaeological heritage, is ceased. [14345/18]
531. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be provided on the funding status of phase 4 of the Royal Canal greenway; the requirements that need to be undertaken in order for this section to proceed to planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13863/18]
471. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cows and calves killed at a location (details supplied) during Storm Emma; the recommendations he will make in relation to such sites funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/18]
470. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the animal welfare standards for calves transported on the temporary ship brought in to replace a ship (details supplied) to transport calves to France following reports that three of four drivers could not be accommodated on this replacement vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13894/18]
469. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the assurances that will be provided to ensure that calves exported to the EU mainland receive adequate rest, food and water throughout their journey; if an investigation is being carried out on the 108 calves killed in the recent crash in the Netherlands; the improvements that will be made to prevent this from recurring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13893/18]
447. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the monitoring or accountability of services in place for persons with intellectual disabilities that attend day services in training centres or day centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14143/18]
387. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of approved home care package scheme applications waiting allocation of carers by local health office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13867/18]
312. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to reforming the Garda vetting process to remove the need for multiple applications by persons who are in a number of organisations that require Garda vetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13866/18]
311. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that submitted multiple Garda vetting applications in respect of different organisations they were involved with which require Garda vetting in each of the years 2015 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13865/18]
310. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vetting applications that were submitted in 2015, 2016 and 2017; the number that were fully processed in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13864/18]
266. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a site for a new school (details supplied) will be purchased and publicly announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13862/18]
112. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Taoiseach the policy of his Department when contracting advertorial type content on the national planning framework or the national development plan regarding the inclusion of negative comment or criticism of the framework or plan in the advertorial type content that was contracted. [11392/18]
111. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on advertorial type content during the tenure of each previous Taoiseach; the month and year that each such advertorial was published; and the cost in this regard in each instance. [11391/18]
1101. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in developing a bespoke database designed for the results of archaeological work in Bord na Móna’s peatland as recommended in the 2031 review of archaeological survey and mitigation policy relating to Bord na Móna peatlands since 1990. [12962/18]
1100. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made in developing an overarching research framework for future archaeological works since the 2013 review of archaeological survey and mitigation policy relating to Bord na Móna peatlands since 1990. [12960/18]
1099. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made since the review of archaeological survey and mitigation policy 2013 relating to Bord na Móna peatlands since 1990 in integrating archaeological and palaeoenvironmental datasets on site specific and inter-regional scales which is required to make a determination of the contribution this work can make to palaeohydrology, climate change and human activity. [12959/18]
1098. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made since the review of archaeological survey and mitigation policy 2013 relating to Bord na Móna peatlands since 1990 (details supplied). [12958/18]
1097. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of preliminary reports and final reports for archaeological investigations on peat excavation sites received by her Department in each year since 2012; and the number of reports of each type still outstanding for each year in tabular form. [12957/18]
1096. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of preliminary reports and final reports for archaeological investigations on peatland sites received by her Department in each year since 2012; and the number of reports of each type still outstanding for each year in tabular form. [12956/18]
919. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for the provision of a new public library in Stillorgan, County Dublin as included as a project in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12952/18]
881. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the capacity and frequency of Luas services; if more trams will be purchased in addition to the 73 that will be in circulation by the end of May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12947/18]
847. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if asylum seekers are allowed to hold an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12227/18]
816. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the M50 Dublin Port south access project contained in the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the proposed route, projected cost and timeframe for delivery; the relationship of same to the previously proposed Dublin eastern bypass plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11794/18]