Parliamentary questions

Home Help Service Provision

Catherine Martin

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]

Home Help Service

Catherine Martin

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]

Hospital Services

Catherine Martin

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]

Childcare Services Provision

Catherine Martin

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]

Departmental Strategies

Catherine Martin

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]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Martin

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]

Traffic Management

Catherine Martin

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]

Light Rail Projects Status

Catherine Martin

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]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Catherine Martin

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]

Freedom of Information Data

Catherine Martin

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]

Proposed Legislation

Catherine Martin

277. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when his Department will table the required amendments to the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015; when the amendments will be enacted; when the Act will be commenced in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51666/19]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Catherine Martin

278. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to address the severe and ongoing shortage of available appointments for persons seeking to renew their visas with the INIS. [51667/19]

Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Administration

Catherine Martin

279. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing issue of INIS appointments being sold by third parties online to visa applicants; the measures being taken to prevent the activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51668/19]

Live Exports

Catherine Martin

489. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to review live exports of cattle to third countries by ship; and his further plans to introduce a moratorium on same in view of a recent disaster (details supplied). [51669/19]

Live Exports

Catherine Martin

490. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency plans in place in cases in which a live transport disaster such as recently occurred in Romania befalls a ship carrying live Irish cattle in view of the fact that the use of ships to transport live cattle is covered by Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 within and outside the EU for the full extent of the journey. [51670/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

494. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reports that officials from his Department have recently removed approximately 25 feral goats from the herd in the Scalp area of Kiltiernan, County Dublin; his plans to manage the population of the herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51771/19]

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Martin

553. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the analysis he or bodies under his aegis with responsibility for transport such as the National Transport Authority have carried out of the potential contribution to decarbonisation of transport which could be made by small and lightweight electric vehicles including electric bicycles, tricycles, cargo bikes and small cars; and the consideration he has given to encouraging such small and light electric vehicles which appear to be excluded from his policies to electrify transport systems. [51770/19]

Park and Ride Facilities

Catherine Martin

554. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of car parking spaces at the Luas park and ride facility in Carrickmines, Dublin 18; the equivalent number of spaces at the Red Cow; the number of parking fines levied by or on behalf of Luas at each car park during 2018; the number of parking fine refunds granted at each in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51772/19]

Public Transport Expenditure

Catherine Martin

207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned expenditure in each of the next five years for new projects in public transport (details supplied); and the definition of new roads used in the statement, for example, if it includes the widening of existing roads. [50525/19]

Employment Rights

Catherine Martin

234. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the practice of certain retailers conducting searches of employees when they are leaving their workplace at the end of their shifts; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50523/19]