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Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hedge Cutting Season
Catherine Martin
2204. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if specific guidelines have been produced on the legal requirements on the operators of hedge-cutting machinery working on or near public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33563/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hedge Cutting Season
Catherine Martin
2205. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the safe distance that should be kept between hedge-cutting machinery used on or near public roads and unprotected road users, such as pedestrians or cyclists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33565/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund
Catherine Martin
2607. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason a proposed road development in Naas, County Kildare, originally planned in 1992 may be funded by the local infrastructure housing activation fund as part of the proposed Naas inner relief road; the reason an outdated road development provides two of three options for the completion of the road; the reason the LIHAF funding for the road has been approved in view of the significant passage of time and the exponential increase in the population of Naas over the past 26 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33566/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hedge Cutting Season
Catherine Martin
2849. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the requirements on those who wish to cut roadside hedges for road safety purposes to identify if there are nesting birds in order to ensure that no works are carried out in such an area which might be in contravention of national law or the EU birds directive; the qualifications required of those carrying out inspections in cases in which inspections need to be conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34326/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hedge Cutting Season
Catherine Martin
2850. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, during the period of breeding and rearing, a licence will be required to carry out an inspection of hedgerows to determine if hedge cutting in that area would involve the disturbance of a wild bird on or near a nest containing eggs or unflown young; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34327/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hedge Cutting Season
Catherine Martin
2851. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the data that will be used to ensure that the provisions of sections 7(1), 7(2) and 8 of the Heritage Bill will not negatively impact breeding birds and other wildlife; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34344/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hedge Cutting Season
Catherine Martin
2852. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the baseline data and analysis upon which the regulations she plans to bring into force under sections 7(1) and 7(2) of the Heritage Bill will be based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34345/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Foreign Conflicts
Catherine Martin
70. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the deteriorating humanitarian and political situation in Nicaragua (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to Irish citizens in the country; if so, whether consular assistance will be made available to them; and if he will raise the matter with his counterparts in the European Union to request that the EU condemn the actions of the Nicaraguan Government against legitimate peaceful protest and the constraining of independent media from reporting on the atrocities being carried out. [31671/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Naturalisation Applications
Catherine Martin
207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the significant fee for persons to become naturalised here (details supplied); his plans to introduce a sliding scale of fees for the certificate based on an applicant’s length of stay here if the applicant is self-supporting at all stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31668/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Workplace Safety
Catherine Martin
293. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Carcinogens and Mutagens at Work Directive No. 2017/2398 that entered into force on 16 January 2018 will be transposed into law, thereby meeting the deadline for transposition in members states’ laws by 17 January 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31669/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Mental Health Services Provision
Catherine Martin
341. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health to outline his views regarding the crisis in mental health services in the south east; the way in which he plans to remedy the dangerous situation in the department of psychiatry at St. Luke’s Hospital, in which at-risk patients are sleeping on chairs due to overcrowding and lack of appropriate step-down outpatient facilities and waiting lists for psychology, child and adolescent mental health services and other services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31670/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Live Exports
Catherine Martin
540. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a recent report (details supplied) that a shipment of 3,000 live bulls is due to be exported to Libya; if all live exports will be suspended during the current heatwave in line with his Department’s policy of not allowing live exports during the months of July and August and in line with EC Regulation 1/2005 (Transport Regulations); and the reason these animals cannot be slaughtered here and exported on the hook and not on the hoof to Libya and other countries. [31738/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Live Exports
Catherine Martin
541. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cause of death of six bulls during transit to Libya in February 2018, in view of the fact that it appears these details were not recorded; and if the cause of death of all animals on such shipments will be recorded in future for openness and transparency. [31739/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Live Exports
Catherine Martin
542. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 29 May 2018, the penalties that were applied to those found in breach of the regulations. [31740/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Live Exports
Catherine Martin
543. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 29 May 2018, if future shipment sizes will be limited until he liaises with the French authorities to secure another suitable rest point in Cherbourg. [31741/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Road Traffic Legislation
Catherine Martin
616. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legal provisions that regulate the purchase, ownership and use of scrambler and quad bikes; his plans to legislate to provide for a minimum age of ownership, registration and effective deterrents for when they are used in non-legal situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31666/18]
Thu, 12 Jul 2018
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Home Loan Scheme
Catherine Martin
726. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of single person applications and combined person applications that have been made, accepted as valid and granted to date for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31667/18]
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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Traffic Management
Catherine Martin
494. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to amend section 96 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 in order to allow local authorities to provide school traffic wardens over Luas lines and other rail lines, and over private roads that have not yet been taken in charge by the local authority; his further plans he has to tackle the issue of dangerous Luas and railway crossings near schools at which local authorities are unable to provide school traffic wardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31376/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Banking Sector
Catherine Martin
179. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance if banks here are compliant with Article 2(2) of the European Union (Payment Accounts) Regulations 2016 (details supplied). [30898/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Asylum Seeker Employment
Catherine Martin
333. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of residents of direct provision centres eligible to apply for the right to work under the EU (recast) reception conditions directive, 2013/33/EU. [30897/18]