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Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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School Curriculum
Catherine Martin
249. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to make history a compulsory subject for the junior cycle curriculum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39972/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Teacher Training Provision
Catherine Martin
250. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to providing persons who have a postgraduate qualification in primary school teaching with the option of a streamlined postgraduate programme in post-primary school teaching in order that those looking to retrain would not have to duplicate modules already undertaken. [39976/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Catherine Martin
251. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow special needs assistants to take unpaid leave for the purpose of undertaking teaching practice when retraining as primary or secondary school teachers. [39977/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Special Educational Needs Staff
Catherine Martin
252. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made to allow special needs assistants who are qualified as primary school teachers to work as full-time learning support teachers in post-primary schools with benefits and leave. [39978/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Education Policy
Catherine Martin
253. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the introduction of best practice guidelines for schools on the use of restraint or intervention when responding in circumstances in which students pose an immediate threat of harm to themselves or others; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39980/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Catherine Martin
357. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for the appointment of mediators engaged in the CervicalCheck mediation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39515/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Cancer Screening Programmes
Catherine Martin
358. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the qualifications the mediators engaged in the CervicalCheck mediation process are required to hold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39516/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Public Transport Data
Catherine Martin
543. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the data available to him in regard to regular overcrowding of commuter buses, trams and trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39981/18]
Tue, 2 Oct 2018
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Housing Data
Catherine Martin
638. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the spend on housing units under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39973/18]
Thu, 27 Sep 2018
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Commencement of Legislation
Catherine Martin
93. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will commence the provisions of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018. [39270/18]
Wed, 26 Sep 2018
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Flood Relief Schemes
Catherine Martin
119. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consultant tendering process that was followed by the Office of Public Works to award the contract for the lower Lee flood relief scheme. [38959/18]
Wed, 26 Sep 2018
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Flood Relief Schemes
Catherine Martin
120. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the assessment of the Office of Public Works on the feasibility of a tidal barrier did not include the location outlined by a company (details supplied) in its alternative proposal. [38960/18]
Wed, 26 Sep 2018
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Flood Relief Schemes Expenditure
Catherine Martin
121. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expenditure on the Bandon flood relief scheme. [38961/18]
Wed, 26 Sep 2018
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Flood Relief Schemes
Catherine Martin
122. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the independent cost controls in place for works carried out by the Office of Public Works; and the cost controls that have been utilised on the lower Lee flood relief scheme. [38962/18]
Wed, 26 Sep 2018
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Flood Relief Schemes
Catherine Martin
123. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is a gap between the costing of independent experts of between €120 million and €180 million for a tidal barrier and the OPW's report costing of €1 billion for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38963/18]
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Garda Operations
Catherine Martin
207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on Garda actions surrounding the removal of occupiers from a location (details supplied); if the wearing of balaclavas by members of An Garda Síochána is lawful or appropriate in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38313/18]
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Probate Data
Catherine Martin
213. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the waiting time for probate to be considered once submitted to the Dublin Probate Office's principal probate registry; if the office is fully staffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38431/18]
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Bioenergy Strategy Publication
Catherine Martin
401. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1146 of 21 March 2017, the reason the timescale for public consultation in quarter 2 of 2017 was not met in regard to the strategic environmental assessment of the national bioenergy plan, which was drafted in 2014 and has remained in draft form since; the reason the timescale for public consultation in early 2018 which he set out in Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 13 December 2017 was not met; the reason the timescale for public consultation in summer 2018 which he set out in Parliamentary Question No. 1048 of 12 June 2018 was not met; and when the strategic environmental assessment of the draft national bioenergy plan will be put to public consultation. [38345/18]
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Energy Efficiency
Catherine Martin
404. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has achieved an annual rate of energy-efficient renovation for Government buildings of 3% as required by EU Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency; his plans to extend this to schools, libraries and community facilities, municipal or other public buildings; if the national energy efficiency targets have been set for local or central Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38441/18]
Tue, 25 Sep 2018
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Energy Efficiency
Catherine Martin
405. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the cost of achieving an annual rate of energy-efficient renovation for Government buildings of 6%, as guided by the principles of EU Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency, has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38442/18]