Parliamentary questions

Public Transport Fares

Catherine Martin

567. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the changes to Luas fares in each of the years since 2012, in tabular form; the reason for increases in the fares; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8194/19]

Planning Issues

Catherine Martin

668. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation which would give local authorities power to address a situation in which a resident's right to light is blocked from neighbouring trees when these trees are on private land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8316/19]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Catherine Martin

108. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful prosecutions made arising from the use of data from the pilot scheme of red light running cameras in Dublin city at the junction of Benburb Street and Blackhall Place; the period in which these cameras were operational; and his future plans for such cameras. [7496/19]

EU Programmes

Catherine Martin

167. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland participated in the DEMOCOPHES pilot biomonitoring project but did not continue on to the EHBMI-HBM4EU human biomonitoring initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/19]

EU Programmes

Catherine Martin

168. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland is not monitoring the level of chemicals in the population via the EHBMI-HBM4EU human biomonitoring initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/19]

Health Products Regulatory Authority

Catherine Martin

183. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the ongoing supervision the Health Products Regulatory Authority carries out for parallel import products, particularly regarding repackaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7583/19]

Road Toll Data

Catherine Martin

225. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the income and costs associated with the barrier-free tolling on the M50; the number of vehicles passing the tolling point in each of the past five years by vehicle type; and the number evading the toll. [7497/19]

Road Safety

Catherine Martin

226. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans and timescale for implementing variable speed limits on the M50. [7498/19]

Road Network

Catherine Martin

227. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale for adding an extra lane to the M3-N3 between Clonee and the M50 in view of the resultant increase in traffic this would generate on the M50. [7499/19]

Public Transport Data

Catherine Martin

228. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of payments made from the green public transport fund. [7500/19]

Pension Fund Data

Catherine Martin

229. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value and asset spread of the CIÉ pension fund; and if it is adequate to cater for the demands placed on it. [7501/19]

Dublin Bus Fleet

Catherine Martin

230. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average age of the Dublin Bus fleet in each of the past five years. [7502/19]

Bus Éireann Fleet

Catherine Martin

231. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to purchase fully electric public transport vehicles in 2019. [7503/19]

Traffic Regulations Implementation

Catherine Martin

232. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to legislate or regulate for the use of cameras by local authorities, An Garda Síochána or others in enforcing traffic regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7504/19]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Catherine Martin

235. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his capital expenditure for the calendar year 2018 from January to December, excluding expenditure by Transport Infrastructure Ireland under the heading of B3 - Road Improvement, Maintenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7553/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Martin

237. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if landscape architects have worked on the BusConnects core bus corridor designs. [7586/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Martin

238. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of trees to be planted in each of the BusConnects core bus corridor designs. [7587/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Martin

239. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the public seating proposed for each of the BusConnects core bus corridor designs. [7588/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Martin

240. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rain gardens or other sustainable urban drainage elements proposed for each of the BusConnects core bus corridor designs. [7589/19]

Autism Support Services

Catherine Martin

82. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for autism units in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5830/19]

Statutory Instruments

Catherine Martin

174. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assessment carried out before signing SI No. 4 of 2019 European Union (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Peat Extraction) Regulations 2019, of the impact of the regulations on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands in line with the national peatlands strategy. [5883/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Catherine Martin

175. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands he anticipates over the lifetime of the national mitigation plan, the national energy and climate plan and the all-of-Government plan on climate disruption. [5884/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Catherine Martin

176. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the data available on the marginal abatement costs of reductions in greenhouse gas emissions from peatlands; and the volume of emission reductions possible at each cost level. [5885/19]

Road Improvement Schemes

Catherine Martin

183. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to local councils to improve road conditions and road safety outside schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5829/19]

Cycling Policy

Catherine Martin

184. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with councillors (details supplied) to discuss the issue of cycling safety and infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5831/19]

General Practitioner Data

Catherine Martin

391. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner full-time equivalents for the past three years by county and year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5319/19]

School Accommodation

Catherine Martin

113. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) will not have enough classrooms in September 2019; if preparations have been made for the provision of new prefabricated classrooms to be operational for September 2019 to cater for the new incoming junior infant class; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4489/19]

School Patronage

Catherine Martin

114. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the reconfiguration process for primary school patronage; the number of primary schools that have had their patronage changed to date; the number that will change in the next two years; and if the target of 400 by 2030 will be met. [4490/19]

Fur Farming

Catherine Martin

217. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an immediate ban on fur farming will be introduced here on animal welfare and ethical grounds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4466/19]

Election Management System

Catherine Martin

275. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to move the writ for the European and local elections simultaneously thus allowing the period for poster erection to be run jointly for each election. [4491/19]

Local Government Reform

Catherine Martin

276. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the cities for which plebiscites on the creation of a position of directly elected mayor will be run on 24 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/19]

Constitutional Amendments

Catherine Martin

277. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the topics on which constitutional referenda will be held on 24 May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4493/19]

International Conventions

Catherine Martin

282. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps Ireland has taken to ensure that effect is given to the provisions of the Espoo Convention which requires that the party of origin shall ensure that affected parties are notified of a proposed activity that is likely to cause a significant adverse transboundary impact as early as possible and no later than when informing its own public regarding that proposed activity in view of circumstances (details supplied). [4622/19]

Cancer Screening Programmes

Catherine Martin

433. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the status of the review of 335 positive BRCA results that were processed at Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; his plans to review the 3,500 negative results; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4313/19]

Gas Exploration Licences

Catherine Martin

51. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy in relation to the facilitation of new LNG facilities. [3263/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Catherine Martin

102. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he plans to announce the allocation of special education teachers for the 2019-2020 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3519/19]

Gaeltacht Policy

Catherine Martin

72. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to reinstating the Gaeltacht grant at third-level to student teachers. [2745/19]

Tax Yield

Catherine Martin

112. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance the revenue obtained each year from the parking levy on employee car parking in key urban areas to dissuade use of the private car for commuting purposes as provided for under action 8 of the smarter travel transport policy for Ireland 2009-20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2574/19]

Tax Reliefs Application

Catherine Martin

147. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if applications for the tax saver ticket scheme can be opened all year around to members of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/19]

Health Services Provision

Catherine Martin

396. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a mother and baby group provided in a centre (details supplied) was ended; if this was due to a lack of financial resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2562/19]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Martin

397. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the decision not to undertake a catch-up programme of meningitis B vaccinations for children who had not received it prior to the roll-out of the vaccination scheme will be reconsidered in view of the recent spate of deaths from meningitis B; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2566/19]

Vaccination Programme

Catherine Martin

398. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a catch-up programme of meningitis B vaccinations for children that had not received it prior to the roll out of the vaccination scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2567/19]

Gender Recognition

Catherine Martin

399. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the policy that acknowledges the need to meet the physical and psychological needs of transgender persons; the supports being offered; and the long-term resources being identified in policy terms to bring about such supports. [2568/19]

Abortion Services Provision

Catherine Martin

400. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health when he plans to bring forward legislation for safety or exclusion zones around hospitals and primary care centres which provide terminations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2578/19]

Live Exports

Catherine Martin

489. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for at least two unscheduled stoppages of a vessel (details supplied). [2582/19]

Live Exports

Catherine Martin

490. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether allowing the continued exportation of farm animals to non-EU countries, in which animal welfare standards do not conform to those found here or the rest of the EU and in which they may be subject to inhumane treatment and slaughter, is compliant with the aim of his Department for Ireland being recognised for its high animal welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2583/19]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Martin

506. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to roll out fast-charging infrastructure for electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2575/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Catherine Martin

512. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if directions to public bodies under section 15(2) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 have been issued by his Department or other Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2564/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Catherine Martin

513. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the local authorities that have notified his Department under section 4(13)(a) or (b) of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 of their intention to adopt or their adoption of climate change mitigation measures; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2565/19]

Public Transport Expenditure

Catherine Martin

544. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding made available and drawn down for cycling measures in 2017, 2018 and projected for 2019 under programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2569/19]