1781. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if employees of his Department, including Met Éireann employees, have attended the meetings of a group (details supplied); and if so, if they have reported back to his Department on the proceedings of the meetings of the group. [28063/17]
1780. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding can be made available through the environment fund as had previously been done or through other funding sources to local authorities to help clean up graffiti in their area. [28059/17]
1643. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if employees of his Department, including Met Éireann employees, have attended the meetings of a group (details supplied); and if so, if they have reported back to his Department on the proceedings of the meetings of the group. [28062/17]
1642. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1172 of 2 May 2017, if he will provide the evidence to demonstrate the difference among EU member states, in view of his statement (details supplied); the information as to which member states he is referring to; and the way in which standards and legislative codes of practice here are higher. [28057/17]
825. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in service; the number in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28069/17]
824. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the future domestic steps which need to be taken in order for Ireland to ratify the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence; when Ireland will ratify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28068/17]
823. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications received under the 2004 student probationary extension; the number of those which were successful; the top five nationalities of applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28067/17]
822. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international students registered with the Garda National Immigration Bureau between 2005 and 2011; the top five nationalities in each year; the respective numbers of registrations of each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28066/17]
821. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will define self-catering facilities in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28065/17]
820. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when self-catering facilities will be in operation in a centre (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28064/17]
734. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 22 February 2017, if he has received the report on Garda stations; if so, his plans to identify the six Garda stations committed for reopening in the programme for partnership Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27036/17]
556. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 30 May 2017, the estimated timeframe for the process for the school building; and when he expects that teaching will begin on this site. [28060/17]
467. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a project on a school (details supplied) will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26992/17]
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
104. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if in establishing a new regulatory regime for large scale peat extraction he will ensure that this new regime is consistent with the ruling of the European Court of Justice in Commission v. Ireland C 215/06 particularly in view of the impermissibility of granting retrospective consent for a development requiring an environmental impact assessment. [26324/17]
643. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the competitive call for project applications under the €40 million regional action for jobs fund will be announced. [25796/17]
381. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to run an outdoor infrastructure recreation scheme again in 2018 in view of the tight timeframe for applications to the 2017 scheme. [25793/17]
247. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason for his apparent intention not to provide for public participation in his plan to exempt large-scale peat extraction from the requirement to obtain planning permission; and the way in which this decision not to consult the public is consistent with Ireland's obligations under Article 8 of the Aarhus Convention. [25798/17]
246. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will reinstate funding for local authorities to help clean up graffiti (details supplied). [25797/17]
199. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 18 May 2017, the steps which will be taken to ensure adequate playing pitches and space for a secondary school built on the Harold's Cross greyhound stadium site, in view of the fact that there are no such facilities in the local area. [25800/17]
198. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 18 May 2017, when he expects that teaching will begin on this site; and the estimated timeline for the process for the school, including completing agreements, selecting patronage and building the school. [25799/17]
131. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25795/17]
130. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25794/17]
102. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools announced as new builds in 2012 that are still in temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25105/17]
34. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the communicative process, the system of review and the progressing and implementation strategy in place between himself and the forward planning section of the planning and building unit of his Department in relation to ministerial announcements of new schools and or major builds, especially in respect of the regularity, frequency, nature and duration of such meetings between him and the section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/17]
281. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if changes to the planning status of large-scale peat extraction will be designed to ensure that the carbon sequestration and storage functions of peatlands, important to achieving the goal of carbon neutrality for the land sector, will be promoted in a cost-effective manner. [24149/17]
278. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if the changes to the planning status of large-scale peat extraction will be designed to ensure that there is no effective retrospective legalisation of extraction undertaken without environmental impact assessment. [24059/17]
277. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been consulted by the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on proposed changes to the planning status of large-scale community extraction; and if he has provided his views in response regarding the impact such changes could have on the carbon sequestration and storage functions of peatlands. [23700/17]
245. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Coillte has stopped afforesting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23695/17]
187. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if progress on the provision of a pedestrian and cyclist route along the railway across the Broadmeadow estuary is being delayed due to a lack of resources in the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and the NPWS's response to the draft proposal and natural impact assessment. [23697/17]
145. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to change the planning status of large-scale peat extraction; and the public consultation he plans to undertake on proposed changes. [23699/17]
144. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the staffing levels of each local authority compared to 2012. [23698/17]
115. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a mixed non-religious school for the site of Harold's Cross greyhound track recently purchased by his Department; if so, the timeframe for development; the general plans for the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23696/17]
213. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has received a report on the external evidence review to inform the parameters of a revision of A Vision for Change; if he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23417/17]
40. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to seek a review of the UNCHR policy in relation to resettlements of refugees here and in other countries with respect to the policy of deprioritising of children with long-term illnesses for resettlement in view of a recent report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22410/17]
585. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department is planning for the possibility of up to €5.5 billion in fines in 2030 if the State does not meet its climate targets (details supplied); the way in which his Department has been liaising with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to same, particularly with reference to the national mitigation plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18968/17]
445. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the availability of trained interveners for persons that are deafblind; and his further plans to increase availability of and accessibility to early intervention from a deafblind specialist for persons with congenital or acquired deafblindness. [21788/17]
241. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to commence section 28(1) of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016. [21792/17]
209. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans following the recently concluded consultation on school admissions; his further plans to publish the results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21789/17]
157. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance the number of relevant employees entitled to make a claim for relief under the special assignment relief programme who have made a claim for tuition fees for each year of operation, in tabular form; and the total value of such claims for each year of operation. [21791/17]
156. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons claiming relief under the special assignment relief programme for each year it has been in operation, in tabular form; the total value of tax relief on income granted for each year it has been in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21790/17]
84. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the economic analysis which underpins the climate targets he has set out. [21897/17]
1430. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide funding for the construction or assistance of new community creches for the Clonskeagh area, in view of the changing demographics and the current pressure on child care services in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19366/17]
1172. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will suspend the export of live cattle to countries outside the European Union until such time as an investigation can be carried out into the recent revelations of poor conditions and cruel treatment of cattle at the final destination in view of animal welfare and disease control concerns; his views on whether instituting this suspension poses a serious threat to the reputation of the farming industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19497/17]
1171. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide sufficient funding to an organisation (details supplied) to recruit enough inspectors to cover all 26 counties as recommended by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine in its report on the welfare of equines in January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19496/17]
1170. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions initiated under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 since its introduction in March 2014 by category (details supplied); and the number of these initiated prosecutions which have been finalised in court with respect to the categories. [19495/17]
1140. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the grant aids, incentives and other supports which are currently available to persons and organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19714/17]
770. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her views on "The Moore Street Report - Securing History", presented to her by a group (details supplied) on 29 March 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20824/17]
506. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if planning authorities, under the planning Act or lobbying Act, are required to record details of consultations or discussions with landowners, developers or public representatives in respect of proposals to zone lands in relation to which the discussions happen separately to the process of written submissions on draft development plans. [20837/17]