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Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Road Tolls
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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School Closures
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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School Closures
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Hospital Services
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Catherine Martin
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]
Thu, 27 Oct 2016
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School Closures
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 26 Oct 2016
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School Closures
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Payments
Catherine Martin
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]
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
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Broadband Service Provision
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Electric Vehicles
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Sports Capital Programme
Catherine Martin
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]
Thu, 6 Oct 2016
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Catherine Martin
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]
Thu, 6 Oct 2016
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Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
Catherine Martin
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]
Thu, 6 Oct 2016
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Cáilíochtaí Aistriúcháin
Catherine Martin
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]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Vaccination Programme
Catherine Martin
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]