Parliamentary questions

Planning Issues

Catherine Martin

2943. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the person he has appointed to the group to review the operation and effectiveness of the strategic housing development provisions of the planning code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33782/19]

State Examinations Data

Catherine Martin

281. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools in the past five years which have offered the option to study leaving certificate applied in tabular form; and the percentage of students completing post-primary education who chose leaving certificate applied in the period. [31191/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

380. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31395/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

381. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that were recorded as incidents. [31396/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

382. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019 that were recorded as crimes. [31397/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

383. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the type of abuse experienced by the alleged victim, that is, physical, financial and so on in reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in numbers or percentages . [31399/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

384. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in the context of coercive control and psychological abuse since the introduction of the Domestic Violence Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31400/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

385. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána that were over 50 years of age in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31401/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

386. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána that were over 25 years of age in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31402/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

387. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána who were experiencing the abuse from their partner in a same-sex relationship in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31403/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

388. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána identified as being from the LGBTQIA community and which were experiencing domestic abuse from a family member due to their sexuality in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31404/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

389. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána which were women in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31405/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

390. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged victims of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána which were men in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31406/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

391. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged perpetrators of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána which were women in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31407/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

392. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of alleged perpetrators of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána which were men in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31408/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

393. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the type of abuse reported, that is, physical, sexual, financial, honour-based violence, psychological, forced marriage and so on of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31409/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

394. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the relationship between the victim and perpetrator under headings (details supplied) based on the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31410/19]

Crime Data

Catherine Martin

395. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of victims considered disabled, physically or intellectually, of the reports of domestic abuse made to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [31411/19]

Fire Safety Regulations

Catherine Martin

403. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to upcoming changes to the furniture and furnishings (fire safety) regulations of the UK (details supplied); if she has liaised with UK officials on the findings of their 2009 research and 2014 consultation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30639/19]

Fire Safety Regulations

Catherine Martin

404. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to reassessing fire safety regulations for domestic furniture in view of environmental and health concerns relating to flame retardants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30640/19]

Housing Issues

Catherine Martin

943. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will enter negotiations to acquire lands (details supplied) for public housing in view of the high levels of homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30638/19]

Childcare Services

Catherine Martin

52. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her Department will carry out an assessment of the impact of the forthcoming national childcare scheme on lone-parent families. [30421/19]

Coastal Erosion

Catherine Martin

171. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the OPW expects to agree a template and parameters for a coastal monitoring programme (details supplied). [30399/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Catherine Martin

172. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of submissions made in response to the Phoenix Park Visitor Experience Strategic Review; when these will be collated; the process that will be taken from here on; if there will be further public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30401/19]

Abbey Theatre

Catherine Martin

333. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made to ensure that Travellers, those in rental accommodation and those in mortgage arrears, can access the better energy homes scheme for those on fuel allowance. [30400/19]

Building Regulations

Catherine Martin

423. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the submissions received relating to TGD F of the building regulations and the documents constituting his consideration of the submissions will be put on his Department's website. [30398/19]

Smarter Transport

Catherine Martin

86. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to promote car sharing to reduce demand for car ownership; and if projections are available for the extent of such ownership models. [29509/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Martin

90. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement a phased approach to the BusConnects programme; and the timeline for the next phase of the consultation. [29510/19]

Immigration Data

Catherine Martin

308. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children that received deportation orders in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29874/19]

Immigration Data

Catherine Martin

309. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of children successful in receiving humanitarian leave to remain in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29875/19]

Cross-Border Health Services Provision

Catherine Martin

431. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the necessary legislation has been put in place here and in the United Kingdom to guarantee cross-Border health arrangements such as patients accessing healthcare in Northern Ireland under the cross border directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29624/19]

Organ Transplant Services

Catherine Martin

432. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the two flow cytometers used by the National Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics Service for Solid Organ Transplantation in Beaumont Hospital have been replaced to date in 2019 as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29625/19]

National Children's Hospital

Catherine Martin

433. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the building of a private clinic in the new national children's hospital. [29626/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Martin

434. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29627/19]

HSE Staff

Catherine Martin

435. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if new entrant management employees in the HSE have an induction period on joining; if so, if the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29628/19]

HSE Staff Recruitment

Catherine Martin

436. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that new medical entrants to the HSE are required to work unpaid induction periods; his views on whether this is a barrier to the recruitment and retention of essential medical staff here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29629/19]

Broadcasting Charge

Catherine Martin

48. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is considering in order to provide provisions of additional and more secure funding streams for public service broadcasting and other local media here. [28481/19]

Renewable Energy Generation

Catherine Martin

51. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has commissioned an analysis on the sustainability of the use of biomass material in co-fired power stations. [28482/19]

Tax Code

Catherine Martin

109. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance his views on ticket taxes, kerosene levies and value added tax,respectively, on air travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28404/19]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Catherine Martin

169. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) with special needs who will be five years of age in July 2019 and has no appropriate school place for September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28385/19]

Schools Building Contractors

Catherine Martin

173. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the construction of the permanent building for a school (details supplied) in view of the fact that planning permission has been granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28437/19]

Prison Inspections

Catherine Martin

207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to address the lack of published inspection reports on closed prisons by the Office of the Inspector of Prisons since 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28406/19]

Prison Inspections

Catherine Martin

208. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there are delays in completion of investigations into deaths in prison custody by the Inspector of Prisons; if there are delays in the publication of reports on such investigations; if so, the number of reports awaiting to be published; and the reason for these delays. [28407/19]

Assisted Human Reproduction Services Provision

Catherine Martin

243. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health his plans to enable persons seeking to undertake IVF treatment to defray some of the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28434/19]

Common Fisheries Policy

Catherine Martin

261. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason civil society groups have been excluded from the annual fisheries negotiations between Norway and the EU, including Ireland; if he will make representations to ensure that civil society is included in the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/19]

Common Fisheries Policy

Catherine Martin

262. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that nine out of 16 TACs for shared stocks in 2019 decided during the Norway-EU fisheries consultations exceed ICES scientific advice; and if he will request the EU Commission to consult with Norway with the ICES TAC advice serving as an upper limit in line with the principles of good governance of the CFP Article 3 and the CFP target of sustainable rates of fishing by 2020 in view of the evidence. [28409/19]

Waste Disposal

Catherine Martin

296. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take to reduce the amount of plastic and other packaging waste that consumers are forced to take with them in supermarkets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28438/19]

Transport Policy

Catherine Martin

302. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures is he considering to incentivise a move towards more environmentally friendly HGVs such as Euro 6 engines (details supplied); and if the grants and scrappage schemes are being considered. [28470/19]

Road Projects

Catherine Martin

322. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the initial feasibility assessment of possible routes for a potential N3 to N4 link road project; if a copy will be provided when it is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/19]

Road Safety

Catherine Martin

323. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the RSA study on the road safety of e-scooters; the timeframe for the publication of the study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28439/19]