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Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
347. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of animals and the species that will be used in a large animal test facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10771/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
348. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the foreseen testing purposes for the use of animals in a large animal test facility (details supplied) other than those already outlined; the definition of new animal model systems; if the development of new lines of genetically-modified animals for research purposes is foreseen; if the creation of genetically-modified animals that are able to carry specific human diseases is foreseen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10772/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
349. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention or that of the HSE have been drawn to and whether it is considering the human relevant humane alternative approaches to pharmaceutical and other testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
350. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the success rates of animal experimentation and testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
351. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has taken into consideration his responsibility to promote the development and uptake of alternatives to the use of animals under article 47 of Directive 2010/63/EU for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. [10775/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
352. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the animals in a test facility (details supplied) will be sold on to other facilities here or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10776/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
353. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the locations in which medical device preclinical trials are being carried out here in view of the comment in a tender (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10777/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Animal Welfare
Catherine Martin
354. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical devices tested on animals here each year; the percentage of tests legally required by the EU; the number of tests that lead on to human clinical trials; the success rates of the tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10778/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Tender Process
Catherine Martin
355. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the expected cost of a project (details supplied); the expected cost of the feasibility report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10779/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Prospecting Licences
Catherine Martin
416. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all town lands in which a prospecting licence for minerals exploration has been granted or renewed between 2011 and February 2019; and the details of all town lands in which a prospecting licence is to be granted or renewed. [10547/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Energy Policy
Catherine Martin
417. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a policy on importing fracked shale gas in view of the recent ban on fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10549/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Energy Policy
Catherine Martin
418. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy on building new fossil fuel infrastructure; if past support for LNG infrastructure will be reassessed in view of the recommendations of a recent report by an organisation (details supplied) and increasing climate court cases here, in Europe and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Mining Licences
Catherine Martin
419. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the public consultation processes in place for mining objections; if further mining will be permitted in areas where a community has expressed its opposition to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Public Transport Subsidies
Catherine Martin
469. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the subsidy for Dublin Bus is calculated; if it is based on the number of buses advertised that is intended to be run rather than the number of buses that are actually run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10507/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Ports Development
Catherine Martin
473. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the sale of the Port of Cork property at Custom House Quay, Cork, (details supplied) by the Port of Cork company of which he and the Minister for Finance are the sole shareholders; if transfer of ownership has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Bus Services
Catherine Martin
481. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing public transport issues in County Limerick particularly with regard to the bus service and its lateness and incorrect real time information both at bus stops and through the app; his plans to tackle the issue; if County Limerick is to receive a BusConnects plan; if so, the timeframe for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility
Catherine Martin
589. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the period of residence in a house is a criterion for having a stair lift installed by the council as in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason necessity is not the determining factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10476/19]
Tue, 5 Mar 2019
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Planning Issues
Catherine Martin
591. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider making regulations requiring a person signing a consent form for a planning application on their land to provide contact details in order that the council can contact them to ascertain if the consent is genuine or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/19]
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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Pensions Reform
Catherine Martin
207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the pensions of pre-2020 entrants will be affected by the move to a total contributions approach in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/19]
Wed, 27 Feb 2019
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Pensions Reform
Catherine Martin
208. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a calculator for the total contributions pension will be in place via the Pensions Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9783/19]