137. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has signalled his intent to financially penalise a specified cohort of teachers to which supervision work is not applicable as it does not form part of their conditions and terms of employment and work expressly undertaken and agreed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33418/16]
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
480. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason it is not possible to split the early childhood care and education, ECCE, grant between two service providers for all parents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32690/16]
345. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the retirement of a staff member at a hospital has resulted in the freezing of funding for treatment for a person (details supplied) despite the fact that the person was already approved to have the treatment; his plans to restore this funding and, if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32839/16]
142. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the transfer of undertakings directive and regulations, TUPE, apply in the instance of his Department taking over a campus (details supplied); and if his Department, as a result of it taking over the campus, now has an obligation under this regulation to the primary school teachers who have now been put at risk under a redundancy process. [32704/16]
120. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 100 children aged between five and 12 years are expected to be without a school place in the Dundrum area following the sudden closure of a school (details supplied); if so, his plans to find school places for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32820/16]
20. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that less than 1% of the capital spend in transport is devoted to pedestrian and bicycle facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32787/16]
17. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to regulate to allow for reduced payment at tolling points for low emission electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32788/16]
85. Deputy Catherine Martin asked 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]
66. Deputy Catherine Martin asked 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]
123. Deputy Catherine Martin asked 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]
9. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on providing a telephone line for a school (details supplied) in order that it can receive the free broadband package under the schools broadband initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29902/16]
599. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the application details for the sports capitation grants will be announced; when the decisions awarding the grants will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29583/16]
558. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national electric car network; the number of fast charge points there are here; the number currently not functioning; the approximate average time for repair for a given charge point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29580/16]
427. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he is considering adding Alzheimer's disease to the long-term illness scheme; if he will consider liaising with the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to investigate the institution of a scheme for free of charge or subsidised public transport for those on the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29584/16]
426. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the average length of time a person would be waiting to secure a wheelchair; if there is variation in the length of time waiting to secure a wheelchair in different areas across the country; if there are delays in the provision of this service at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29579/16]
136. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SUSI is providing funding to students at only certain QQI-approved private third level colleges; the supports he intends to provide to low-income students and parents financially impacted by this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29582/16]
135. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if degree courses (details supplied) are run in collaboration with private for-profit providers; if eligible students on these courses are receiving both their SUSI maintenance grants and registration fees with departmental approval; the amount of fees paid to these private for-profit providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29581/16]
98. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Martin den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cén fáth a síleann sé gur leor bunchéim sa Ghaeilge chun obair aistriúcháin a dhéanamh ar son an Stáit, agus cén fáth nár mhaith leis go mbeadh cáilíocht chreidiúnaithe ó Fhoras na Gaeilge, a fhaigheann maoiniú ón Stát, de dhíth ar aistritheoirí chun a léiriú gur féidir leo aistriúchán ar ardchaighdeán a dhéanamh, cé go bhfuil ag éirí go maith leis an chóras seo faoi láthair; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28967/16]
97. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Martin den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cad é an plean atá aige le tacaíocht a thabhairt do mhúinteoirí atá ag obair i scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta agus nach bhfuil muinín acu as a gcuid Gaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28966/16]
96. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Martin den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna cad é an plean atá ag a Roinn le dul i ngleic leis an ollfhadhb atá ann faoi láthair maidir le múinteoirí a sholáthar don Ghaelscolaíocht, go háirithe ar leibhéal na meánscolaíochta; an bhfuil iniúchadh déanta ag a Roinn ar an soláthar múinteoirí i ngach ábhar sna scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí Ghaeilge ar an dara leibhéal chun na heasnaimh atá ann sna scoileanna faoi láthair agus a bheidh ann sa mheántéarma agus san fhadtéarma a aithint (agus an méadú a thiocfaidh ar líon na scoileanna agus ar líon na ndaltaí sna blianta atá romhainn á chur san áireamh); an bhfuil plean ag a Roinn le dul i ngleic leis na heasnaimh sin sa ghearrthéarma, sa mheántéarma agus san fhadtéarma; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [28965/16]
435. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to implement a catch-up programme for the meningococcal B vaccine, similar to that which was provided in the UK; if access will be provided to children born before 1 October 2016 to this vaccine free of charge as part of the primary childhood immunisation schedule; if not, whether his Department plans to financially assist parents seeking to get older children vaccinated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28438/16]
242. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the area, Barnacullia, Sandyford, County Dublin, is in the schedule for the roll-out of rural broadband and when it is due to be completed. [27680/16]
859. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an address (details supplied) is in the schedule for the roll-out of rural broadband, and if so, when it is due to be completed. [27027/16]
858. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an address (details supplied) is in the schedule for the roll-out of rural broadband; and if so, when it is due to be completed. [27025/16]
462. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person responsible for tracking the implementation of the sustainable development goals; his plans to support the implementation of the sustainable development goals relevant to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24896/16]
99. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average time period between when a refugee or person with subsidiary protection makes an application for family reunification and the arrival of their family into the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26710/16]
1948. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the person responsible for tracking the implementation of the sustainable development goals; his plans to support the implementation of the sustainable development goals relevant to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24901/16]
1765. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the person responsible for tracking the implementation of the sustainable development goals; his plan to support the implementation of the sustainable development goals relevant to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24911/16]
960. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs her plans to deliver policies and incentives to engage the private and business sector in supporting culture, through philanthropic support of the traditional arts, strategic partnerships and shared synergies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24894/16]
959. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will consider creating an enabling environment for digitisation of archives and records across all levels in the State, including cultural institutions, Government bodies, educational institutions and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24893/16]
958. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the way in which she plans to create an environment where the cultural sector can be supported through multiannual budgeting to allow a more strategic and sustainable focus, particularly among the State's cultural institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24892/16]
957. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will set benchmarks for investments in culture and heritage that put Ireland alongside our European counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24891/16]
956. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs if she will consider creating a vision and learning structure at primary school level to ensure that every child is exposed to engagement with the built and natural heritage around them and that they graduate from primary school with a sense of cultural history and knowledge of key elements of natural heritage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24890/16]
853. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the steps he will take to contribute to making the recommendations of a recent report (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same report states such changes are essential not only to alleviate the current hardship but also to reduce the likelihood of a new escalation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26187/16]
841. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person responsible for tracking the implementation of the sustainable development goals; his plans to support the implementation of the sustainable development goals relevant to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24905/16]
469. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has recently been informed that funding is not available to commence its building project even though the previous Minister confirmed that building would commence in 2016; the reason this project has been delayed relative to other projects that were given a similar commitment by the previous Minister; when building at the school will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25830/16]
416. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has analysed the provision of primary school places in an area (details supplied) in view of the construction of large new housing estates; if his Department has been in touch with Fingal County Council regarding reserving a new site for a primary school in the draft Fingal development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25126/16]
415. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the pilot programme commenced by his predecessor on the implementation of the National Council for Special Education, NCSE document, delivery for students with special educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25125/16]
383. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the temporary location for a school (details supplied) is outside the catchment area of the school; the temporary location options which were considered for the school; the length of time he expects the school to be housed on this site; the progress which has been made in finding a site for the building of a permanent structure for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24452/16]
378. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the main scheme non-pay allocation to Dublin and Dún Laoghaire education board which has been capped at 2012 levels; if he is aware that student numbers have increased by 3,000 since this point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24365/16]
17. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests made for prostitution offences between each of the years 2008 and to date in 2016, by offence type, county, gender and age group in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24456/16]
856. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the Dublin region panel of enterprise champions has not been announced, while all other regional enterprise champion panels have been in place for six months; when this announcement will be made; the person who is overseeing the Dublin Action Plan for Jobs in the absence of an enterprise champion; her views that Dublin will be disadvantaged as a result of this absence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23734/16]
106. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance when Ireland's net contribution is made to the European Union; if Ireland's recently announced gross domestic product for 2015 figure will impact this either directly or indirectly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23171/16]
95. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the way sex workers will be decriminalised by measures in Part IV of the sexual offences Bill while still retaining sanctions for a person working together with another for safety and criminalising solicitation under the Public Order Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23292/16]
161. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the grades at which new entrants to the Civil Service have been recruited in each of the years from 2010 to 2016 to date; and if the overall staffing level at each of these grades has diminished or increased over that period of time. [21441/16]
84. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who agreed to voluntary repatriation under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date in tabular form; if they were asylum-related or non-asylum related; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21414/16]
83. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders signed under section 3 of the Immigration Act in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; if they were asylum-related or non-asylum related; the numbers of these enforced and the number of these subsequently revoked under section 3 (11); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21413/16]
82. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted leave to remain on humanitarian grounds under section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; if they were asylum-related or non-asylum related; the number of such applications pending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21412/16]
81. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of non-European Economic Area nationals registered with the Garda Síochána National Immigration Bureau since 2013 by immigration stamp category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21411/16]