Parliamentary questions

National Parks Projects

Catherine Martin

360. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans with respect to the creation of a Liffey valley national park; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43927/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Martin

118. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a schools building project request by a school (details supplied) to go to tender for special classes for ASD; the timeline for a decision to be made on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/19]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Catherine Martin

199. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make a change to the eligibility criteria for the SUSI grant to deal with situations such as that of a person (details supplied); the measures he plans to undertake to improve the fairness of the SUSI grant eligibility criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43156/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Martin

202. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is planned to have an ASD unit in place by the start of the 2020/2021 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43192/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Martin

231. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing the project in view of the fact that planning permission was granted in December 2018 and construction is not due to commence until quarter 2 of 2020 and in further view of the fact that the school has been more than 20 years without a permanent building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43561/19]

Budget 2020

Catherine Martin

41. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if additional core funding has been provided for the third level education sector in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42439/19]

Budget 2020

Catherine Martin

43. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding provided for higher level student supports in budget 2020, in particular for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42440/19]

Online Safety

Catherine Martin

56. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the introduction of legislation for a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42274/19]

Tax Reliefs Data

Catherine Martin

128. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 17 September 2019, the number of properties that have been converted from purpose-built student accommodation to private rented accommodation following the end of the ten-year stipulation under section 50 of the Finance Act 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42202/19]

National Educational Psychological Service Data

Catherine Martin

230. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of assessments completed under the scheme for the commissioning of psychological assessments for the 2018-19 academic year for which the certification of completion of assessment forms has been submitted by school principals between 4 September 2018 and 30 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42192/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Martin

231. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there has been a delay in tendering for the building contract for the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact it received planning permission in the middle of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42195/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Martin

232. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the tendering process for a school (details supplied) will take place; when the tender will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42196/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Catherine Martin

233. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be put in place for a school (details supplied) while it is awaiting the building of its permanent school, given the delay in commencing the tendering process for the new school building and the fact that it is under pressure to leave its temporary accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42197/19]

Rail Network Expansion

Catherine Martin

561. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the progress of the feasibility study of high speed rail between Dublin and Belfast, Dublin and Limerick Junction and Cork; if an evaluation of its economic benefits against improvements to existing line speeds will be carried out against relevant appraisal processes and value-for-money tests required under the public spending code which according to the national development plan published in early 2018 was to commence within a year. [42198/19]

Rail Network Expansion

Catherine Martin

562. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the feasibility studies for improvement to rail infrastructure that have been carried out in the past five years; and if copies of such studies will be made available. [42199/19]

Rail Network Expansion

Catherine Martin

563. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the feasibility studies for improvement to rail infrastructure being carried out or about to commence; and if copies of the terms of reference for such studies will be made available. [42200/19]

Rail Network Expansion

Catherine Martin

564. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned feasibility studies for improvement to rail infrastructure to be carried out in the next five years; and if documents giving details of areas the studies are to cover will be made available. [42201/19]

Tenancy Protection Scheme

Catherine Martin

643. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce regulations to provide for a deposit retention scheme under section 61 of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015; the timeline for same; if not, the reason therefor; the measures he is taking to strengthen tenants’ rights in respect of deposits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42203/19]

Departmental Bodies

Catherine Martin

662. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the creation of a national night-time culture steering committee in her Department; the membership of the committee; the expected frequency of meetings; the envisaged ongoing relationship with the pilot night-time culture groups in Dublin and Cork; the need for the inclusion of balanced input from rural and smaller urban centres; the terms of reference of the work of the committee; the expected policy and legislative remit of the committee; the need for public consultation; and the expected timeline of the committee’s work. [42193/19]

Cultural Policy

Catherine Martin

663. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the planned national survey of venues for night-time cultural activity; the expected format of the survey; the methodology of the survey; if there is a need to include the views of venue users in the survey; the types of venues envisaged to be surveyed; and the expected timeline for completion of the survey [42194/19]