1418. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in line with the vision for the long-term electrification of rail services and Government policy on reducing urban air pollution, all procurement of new diesel-powered rail rolling stock will be hybrid, that is, capable of electric operation in circumstances in which the rail is electrified. [36671/17]
1321. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1034 of 13 July 2017, if there is a Government policy relating to the emissions of greenhouse gases from development sites on peatlands, including degraded peatlands to which planning authorities should have regard in assessing proposals for renewable energy or other developments. [36670/17]
1248. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to bring to the European Council the proposal that Ireland, as a result of anticipated failure to meet the 2020 greenhouse gas emissions target for the non-traded sector, should have a higher target in subsequent years than it would if the target was met; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this will make the State a problem country for European climate policy. [35068/17]
218. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the analysis that has been done and steps he has taken on foot of that analysis to ensure that the mid-term review of the capital plan results in a capital investment programme consistent with Ireland's EU level targets for 2020, proposed targets for 2030 and the obligations of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, including the national transition objective and the Paris Agreement. [35069/17]
1341. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 2289 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34857/17]
1334. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the guidelines for the definition of "affordable housing"; the way in which he came to the conclusion that housing is affordable; the ratio of affordable to social housing under Part V; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34839/17]
1333. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his Department to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU introducing substantial amendments to the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive 2011/92/EU will be provided; the timeframe for such provisions to be initiated (details supplied); the basis on which these provisions will be introduced; if provisions related to the 2014/52/EU have already been made by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34835/17]
1330. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will produce guidelines for the assessment of the climate impact of renewable energy developments on peatlands, including degraded peatlands, as requested by Friends of the Irish Environment. [34825/17]
1245. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 2040 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34856/17]
1244. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in view of the increasingly precarious nature of part-time work, she will review the regulations regarding the number of days in which a recipient of jobseeker's benefit who works part time must be available for work for a full day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34819/17]
1173. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 1934 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34848/17]
1115. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis that has been done and the steps he has taken on foot of that analysis to ensure that the transport elements of the mid-term capital review result in a capital investment programme consistent with our EU level targets for 2020, proposed targets for 2030, the obligations of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, including the national transition objective, and the Paris agreement. [34832/17]
1041. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to provide information and clarity to persons living with chronic pain regarding the introduction of the preliminary drug testing measures under the Road Traffic Act 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34843/17]
1040. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1779 of 20 June 2017 the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34855/17]
1039. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his departmental remit to transpose directive 2014/52/EU (details supplied) will be provided for; the timeframe for when such provisions are expected to be initiated; the basis on which these provisions will be introduced; if provisions related to the 2014/52/EU have already been made by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34836/17]
1038. 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 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34834/17]
1037. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position Ireland is taking on the Commission's proposal that accounting for wetland management be optional for the 2030 climate target, the analysis that has been taken to inform that position and if it is consistent with the commitments to peatland rewetting and restoration in the national peatlands strategy. [34829/17]
1036. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the detail of the submission made by his Department to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the mid-term capital review to ensure that the review results in a capital investment programme consistent with Ireland's EU level targets for 2020, proposed targets for 2030, the obligations of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 201,5 including the national transition objective and the Paris Agreement. [34828/17]
1035. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to bring to the European Council the proposal that Ireland should, as a result of our anticipated failure to meet our 2020 greenhouse gas emissions target for the non-traded sector, have a higher target in subsequent years than we would have if we meet our target; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this is placing Ireland as a problem country for European climate policy; and the steps he will take to meet our climate targets (details supplied). [34827/17]
1034. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the provisions in place and the further provisions anticipated regarding wind energy and solar energy developments to ensure that where such developments are sited on peatlands, including degraded peatlands, they form part of a strategy to minimise total carbon emissions from the relevant peatlands, noting that in the absence of action to ensure this is done, the degraded peatlands could emit more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than the renewable energy development would save. [34826/17]
1033. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the priorities for the forthcoming meeting of the parties to the Aarhus Convention. [34824/17]
1032. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position Ireland took at the recent meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention on the environmental impact assessment of proposals to extend the lifetimes of nuclear plants currently reaching the end of their originally envisaged periods of operation. [34823/17]
1031. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the recent meeting of the parties to the Espoo Convention including the position Ireland took on the findings of the implementation committee of the convention on the proposed new nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset. [34822/17]
1030. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if, in view of the current negotiations in Brussels on the EU waste directives, the Government supports the following measures: a 65% target for recycling of municipal solid waste by 2030 binding minimum requirements on extended producer responsibility including full cost coverage and modulated fees, separate targets for preparation for reuse of municipal solid waste, waste prevention targets, and a packaging reuse target of 10% by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34821/17]
1029. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of residents excluded from having brown bins in each local area authority under Regulation 3(3)(b) of S.I. No. 191/2015; if his Department has plans to amend this statutory provision to ensure all residents have access to brown bins; and if not, if his Department have plans to provide alternative composting options to these residents. [34818/17]
986. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1641 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34845/17]
985. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for consultation on the draft legislative provisions for his Department to transpose Directive 2014/52/EU (details supplied); the date on which such provisions are expected to be initiated; the basis on which these provisions will be introduced; if provisions related to the 2014/52/EU have already been made by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34837/17]
932. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health further to parliamentary question number 1314 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34844/17]
454. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the timeframe for management plans to be published for Glenveagh, Burren, Connemara and Ballycroy national parks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34838/17]
450. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the existence of a one acre derelict site to the west of the Arbour Hill Prison in Dublin 7 bounded by Cavalry Row to the west and Palatine Square to the north; his plans to make it available for housing purposes to the local authority or the private sector; if the Irish Prison Service has plans to develop the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34833/17]
449. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to complaints made against staff of the Balseskin direct provision reception centre; if Garda investigations have been undertaken over incidents in the centre; if charges have been laid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34817/17]
448. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Garda will engage in the joint EU-Israeli LAW-TRAIN project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34816/17]
354. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) to facilitate its move to a campus and ensure the school has the required information technology provision for September 2017. [34874/17]
353. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the technical assessment of a site to the principal of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34873/17]
352. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary Question No. 540 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Deputies who applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34851/17]
351. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has sought legal advice on the constitutionality of his plans to alter religious discrimination in school admissions announced in the Committee on Education and Skills in July 2017; the details of that advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/17]
350. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the fact that one in four children is overweight or obese; his guidelines for the provision of green space for urban schools in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34841/17]
349. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his policy and preparations for the fact that there are currently 345,550 secondary school pupils here, excluding post-leaving certificate, PLC students, and 583 secondary schools, excluding PLC courses, and that according to the Department of Education and Skills this figure will increase (details supplied); his plans to increase school places and ensure the provision of green space for these schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34840/17]
265. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 387 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34850/17]
241. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 20 June 2017, the number of former TDs that applied for board positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34847/17]
111. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 20 June 2017, the number of former Members who applied for board positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34846/17]
17. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the way in which his Department is progressing the affordable housing scheme which was agreed as part of the Poolbeg LAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33395/17]
221. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for the reopening a Garda station (details supplied); the number of gardaí that will be based there; the number of hours and days per week the station will be opened; if this information is not available, when these decisions will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33421/17]
830. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the European Commission was in contact with Ireland regarding the changes to section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 made in section 28 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 in advance of or subsequent to the enactment of the 2016 Act; and if so, the content of such communications. [32745/17]
829. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason the changes to section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 made in section 28 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 have not yet been commenced. [32744/17]
828. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason behind the changes to section 42 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 made in section 28 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. [32743/17]
694. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to safeguard the route alignments through Finglas at which there is a real danger that dwellings may be constructed on the proposed alignment of a Luas extension (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32740/17]
569. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the Council's approach in using the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea's maximum sustainable yield advice rule (details supplied) is in line with the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea's advice, in view of the fact that it recommends stricter, narrower ranges if the plan does not include a requirement to follow its maximum sustainable yield rule; his views on following the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea's advice to use stricter ranges in the North Sea multi-annual plan if no requirement to follow its maximum sustainable yield rule is added; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32308/17]
568. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which he defines the best available scientific advice (details supplied); his views on whether such advice should be peer reviewed and made publicly available in a timely manner, in advance of decisions by the Council in the interest of transparency and stakeholder access to information and in view of the fact that dialogue with stakeholders has proven to be essential for achieving the objectives of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy, as outlined in preamble 65 of Common Fisheries Policy Regulation 1360/2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32307/17]
567. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there are populations of harvested stocks falling outside Article 2.2 of Regulation 1380/2013 (details supplied); if so, if he will identify the stocks in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32306/17]