Parliamentary questions

Road Safety

Catherine Martin

475. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents involving cars and pedestrians at a location (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17351/19]

Building Control Management System

Catherine Martin

559. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of progress to achieve the objectives set out in the motion on building standards, regulation and homeowner protection passed on 22 June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17396/19]

Fire Safety

Catherine Martin

560. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he has undertaken a review of the number of apartment blocks nationally that may be affected by inadequate fire safety works within the buildings; if not, his plans to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17397/19]

National Parks

Catherine Martin

33. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an assessment has been undertaken into the cause and extent of damage caused by recent fires in Killarney National Park. [16741/19]

Marine Institute

Catherine Martin

43. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the person or body responsible for conducting post-mortems on whales found dead on beaches; if an analysis has been conducted as to the cause of the recent spate of deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16742/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Catherine Martin

174. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the additional funding required for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16230/19]

Schools Facilities

Catherine Martin

213. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a private room will be provided in relation to breastfeeding breaks for registered teachers in recognised primary and post-primary schools (details supplied); and his plans to include special needs assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16346/19]

Visa Applications

Catherine Martin

287. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to tackle the issue of high costs for visa processing for family members of Irish citizens who wish to visit Irish family members here and particularly those costs associated with cases in which applicants have previously visited for similar reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16762/19]

Fibromyalgia Support Services

Catherine Martin

361. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to including fibromyalgia on the long term illness scheme; the findings if such consideration was given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Catherine Martin

621. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 127 of 12 March 2019, when the internal review of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16231/19]

Home Loan Scheme

Catherine Martin

622. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the councils which have used all funding available to them under the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme in tabular form; if further funding will be made available to those councils; if so, when funding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16232/19]

Social and Affordable Housing Expenditure

Catherine Martin

633. 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 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/19]

School Patronage

Catherine Martin

127. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the patronage process will be opened for the new secondary school for Greystones and Kilcoole which was announced in April 2018 and is to be opened in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15594/19]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Martin

128. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a planning application for a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 15 will be submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15600/19]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Martin

129. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding the building project for a new school (details supplied) in Dublin 15; if capital funding has been ring-fenced; when the new building will be open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15601/19]

Human Rights

Catherine Martin

171. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support a binding UN treaty on business and human rights; if he has provided feedback on the current zero draft of the treaty published on 16 July 2018 by the open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights; if he will be participating in upcoming consultations organised by the chair-rapporteur of the working group; and if he will be encouraging the EU to participate with a negotiating mandate in the fifth session of the OEIGWG. [14039/19]

Human Rights

Catherine Martin

172. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be attending and engaging in the fifth intergovernmental meeting of open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights in Geneva in October 2019. [14040/19]

Office of Public Works Properties

Catherine Martin

265. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of car parking spaces controlled by the Office of Public Works in Dublin 7 and 8; the Department or other body that leases them; the number of spaces available for free use; the locations of same; the number rented; and the price paid to the State for same. [13726/19]

ERASMUS Programme

Catherine Martin

381. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that Irish students domiciled in Northern Ireland will have access to Erasmus programmes here and elsewhere after 2021; if Irish students can study in the UK after 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13721/19]

ERASMUS Programme

Catherine Martin

382. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that students living here but domiciled in Northern Ireland will have access to Erasmus programmes after 2021; if Irish students can study in the UK after 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13724/19]

National Educational Psychological Service Staff

Catherine Martin

399. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of unpaid primary school psychologists in employment; the policy in relation to recruiting unpaid positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13883/19]

After-School Support Service Provision

Catherine Martin

401. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider passing legislation, regulations or guidelines thatwould encourage primary schools to make space available to private or community operators to provide afterschool care facilities in primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13928/19]

School Enrolments

Catherine Martin

403. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in securing a secondary school place for boys in the Clontarf, Dublin 3, area; the reason a school (details supplied) is not a feeder school for a secondary school in view of the fact that it is a short walking distance from the primary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14046/19]

Parental Leave

Catherine Martin

426. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the two extra weeks paid leave for parents of a child in the child's first year announced in budget 2019 will be implemented in November 2019; if so, if it will be backdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13927/19]

General Practitioner Services Provision

Catherine Martin

858. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons living in Skerries cannot register with general practitioner services in the town due to the lack of capacity; the way in which he plans to address the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13719/19]

Mobility Allowance

Catherine Martin

859. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health when a new allowance will be established to replace the mobility allowance that ceased six years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13720/19]

Water Fluoridation

Catherine Martin

860. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of the review of the expert body of the study, entitled "Prenatal Fluoride Exposure and Cognitive Outcomes in Children at 4 and 6 to 12 years of age in Mexico". [13727/19]

HSE Staff Data

Catherine Martin

893. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of unpaid assistant psychologists working in the HSE; the policy of the HSE on recruiting unpaid positions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13882/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Catherine Martin

895. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the Rotunda Hospital will move to a new location at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; if so, when the process will commence and be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13929/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Catherine Martin

896. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the projected cost for the relocation of the Rotunda Hospital to Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; the amount by which this has increased since the move was first announced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13930/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Catherine Martin

897. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the increase in the cost of the national children's hospital will result in delays to the proposed move of the Rotunda Hospital to a new location at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13931/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Catherine Martin

898. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health when the building of the new satellite unit of the national children’s hospital at Connolly Hospital will be completed; when the unit will open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13932/19]

Hospital Staff Recruitment

Catherine Martin

899. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if there have been problems in recruiting staff for the new satellite unit of the national children’s hospital at Connolly Hospital; if this is causing a delay in the opening of the unit to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13933/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Martin

904. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if an assessment of needs form must be submitted before a child receives an early intervention assessment through the HSE; if this is made clear to parents when presenting at their general practitioner or seeking information online; if the HSE has considered creating a step-by-step guide to accessing early intervention services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14029/19]

Psychological Services

Catherine Martin

905. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 13 November 2018, if a replacement has been provided to cover the maternity leave. [14030/19]

Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Catherine Martin

906. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time equivalent speech and language therapists in the HSE by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14031/19]

Hospital Consultant Contracts

Catherine Martin

909. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of surgeons active here that are suitably qualified to perform the complex surgery often required to treat endometriosis. [14036/19]

Data Protection

Catherine Martin

910. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason appointments to the consent declaration committee are behind schedule; the steps he is taking to nominate a committee chair; when this nomination will take place; and when committee members will be nominated. [14037/19]

Health Research Board Funding

Catherine Martin

911. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will strengthen research capacity here in women's health allowing his Department or related agencies such as the Health Research Board to apply for funding for researchers working in women's health in view of Ireland's 72% success rate in a fund (details supplied). [14038/19]

Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage

Catherine Martin

912. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason frontotemporal dementia is not on the long-term illness scheme; his plans to review the illnesses that qualify for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14042/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

945. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of charges, prosecutions, convictions and sentences under sections (details supplied) of the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 since inception by section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13935/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

946. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the largest fine levied and the longest prison sentence imposed to date under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13936/19]

Live Exports

Catherine Martin

999. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a ship (details supplied) was permitted to carry livestock from Greenore to Turkey on 7 March 2018, 10 April 2018 and 9 May 2018 despite the certificate of approval of livestock vessel having expired on 17 February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/19]

Air Quality

Catherine Martin

1038. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans and timelines for making air quality data available to the public in an accessible manner as is the case with a network (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the EPA’s air quality data is difficult to navigate and has significant gaps in data availability between the ending of the historical data measuring periods and the 14 day recent timeline periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13722/19]

Departmental Reports

Catherine Martin

1049. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the terms of reference for the report on just transition due in early 2019 (details supplied); and the date for the completion of the report. [13934/19]

Light Rail Projects

Catherine Martin

1116. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the low frequency of peak-hour trams serving Broombridge on the Luas green line; and his plans to increase the frequency. [13723/19]

Commencement of Legislation

Catherine Martin

1417. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the planned establishment of the office of the planning regulator, which was scheduled for January 2019; and if the office will be dealing with complaints from the public. [13718/19]

Local Authority Housing Provision

Catherine Martin

1418. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the steps he is taking to reduce the amount of underoccupancy in local authority stock, such as offering incentives, a furniture or redecoration grant to tenants to right-size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13725/19]

Capital Assistance Scheme

Catherine Martin

1425. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeline of the renovation of a property (details supplied); if measures are being taken to resolve the funding issues in relation to the renovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14028/19]

Brexit Issues

Catherine Martin

195. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the arrangements in place for transgender young persons to continue their care with a clinic (details supplied) via the treatment abroad scheme in the event of a no-deal Brexit: if they will be covered by another arrangement with the NHS in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12474/19]