Parliamentary questions

School Accommodation Provision

Catherine Martin

204. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to expand capacity at a college (details supplied) and the associated timelines; if the modular classrooms due for March 2020 are to cope with the current overcrowded conditions; his further plans for expansion beyond 2020. [47636/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Martin

205. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of his Department on providing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and the planned timeline for delivery of a permanent school. [47637/19]

State Examinations

Catherine Martin

206. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if all the examiners of the 2019 leaving certificate papers were qualified teachers and registered with the Teaching Council. [47638/19]

School Fees

Catherine Martin

207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures put in place to ensure that schools are abiding by section 9 of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 regarding the prohibition of application fees; if there are schools in contravention of this section; the action that should be taken by a person whose attention has been drawn to a school acting in contravention of this section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47639/19]

Cycling Facilities Funding

Catherine Martin

559. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected spend on urban cycling as a percentage of the total capital expenditure recently announced for his Department in budget 2020; the amount of the €114 million that will be spent on urban cycling measures, excluding greenways, BusConnects measures and active travel such as walking; the amount of the €114 million will be spent in the next financial year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47632/19]

Greenways Development

Catherine Martin

560. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new greenway projects funded through his Department through the National Transport Authority will be designed around a path width of at least four metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47633/19]

Cycling Facilities Provision

Catherine Martin

561. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the plans of the National Transport Authority to set up a dedicated office to concentrate on delivery of cycling infrastructure in the greater Dublin area; if it will provide support to Dublin City Council or to the other Dublin local authorities; if it will be providing staff resources only or if it will also provide funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47635/19]

Childcare Services

Catherine Martin

583. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures she will take to ensure that the level of remuneration received by childcare practitioners in crèches reflects the level of responsibility they hold as carers and educators; the further steps she can take to make careers in the field of childcare increasingly attractive to new and existing practitioners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47634/19]

State Examinations Appeals

Catherine Martin

78. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that sat their leaving certificate in 2019 that had their appeals fee refunded subsequent to a successful re-check of an exam paper. [46964/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Catherine Martin

110. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to arrange for the provision of crèche facilities on the site for a new primary and post-primary school (details supplied) alongside the schools in view of the need in the area for childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46728/19]

Schools Data

Catherine Martin

207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that are not designated feeder schools to a post-primary school; the way in which he plans to ensure that primary schools are each a designated feeder school to at least one post-primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46591/19]

Direct Provision System

Catherine Martin

211. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the access persons living in direct provision have to further and higher education with their local education and training boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46597/19]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Catherine Martin

390. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health when the report on the fair deal scheme for nursing homes will be published. [46592/19]

Departmental Strategies

Catherine Martin

596. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Ireland was represented at the European peatland strategy workshop in Bonn on 28 and 29 October 2019; if so, the Departments or agencies in this regard; if Ireland supported the attendance at the workshop of civil society representatives; and if so, the organisations in this regard. [46587/19]

National Children's Hospital

Catherine Martin

146. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the form of insulation materials being used in building the national children's hospital; and if they are fully compliant with standards required for fire safety in buildings over eighteen metres in height [45855/19]

Bord na gCon Expenditure

Catherine Martin

167. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the new care fund of Bord na gCon was set up; the initiatives and programmes the new fund will cover; the amount spent on each initiative and programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45858/19]

Cycling Facilities Funding

Catherine Martin

192. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 October 2019, the details of the allocated €91 million to the two principal active travel funding programmes under budget 2020; the specific projects it is planned to cover; and the breakdown between walking and cycling. [45856/19]

Cycling Facilities Funding

Catherine Martin

193. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 October 2019, the breakdown of the €48 million towards the two principal active travel funding programmes; and the projects covered. [45857/19]

National Training Fund

Catherine Martin

229. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reserve surplus in the national training fund; the projected reserve surplus year-on-year over the next five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44590/19]

Schools Amalgamation

Catherine Martin

249. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to meet and engage with representative committees (details supplied) which represent stakeholders from schools and wish to engage productively with his Department to avoid the closure of two schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44920/19]