Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Catherine Martin

196. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if transgender young persons or advocates and representatives from the transgender community have been invited to input into the governance committee for the development of the transgender youth clinic to replace a clinic (details supplied); if not, his plans to make such an invitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12475/19]

Climate Change Policy

Catherine Martin

524. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 539 of 16 October 2018, the terms of reference for the report on just transition due in early 2019 as mentioned by an official at the Joint Committee on Climate Action meeting on 17 September 2018; and the date for the likely completion of the report. [11473/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Catherine Martin

94. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed temporary location of a new primary school (details supplied); the length of time the school will be in temporary accommodation; the status of securing a permanent site for the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11349/19]

Abbey Theatre

Catherine Martin

37. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the next steps following on from the 2017 schools energy efficiency pilot in terms of a wider schools energy retrofit programme, particularly regarding the timeline for the deep retrofit of further schools and the number of schools he plans to be deep retrofitted; if he has engaged with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the possibility of introducing a feed-in tariff for micro-generated renewable energy and the benefits this would have for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10914/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Catherine Martin

316. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of deaths that have occurred in homeless accommodation units in each of the years since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11211/19]

Homeless Persons Data

Catherine Martin

317. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of deaths that have occurred in homeless family hubs in each of the years since 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11212/19]

Passport Applications Administration

Catherine Martin

110. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it states under an item (details supplied) that a citizen who wishes to have a new passport following a name change must have two documents dating back two years from the point of application proving that name; the reason a public services card that was issued less than two years prior to date of application may be accepted as one of the documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10552/19]

Pharmaceutical Sector

Catherine Martin

315. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if proposed regulations to reduce the use of pharmaceutical assistants nationally will be clarified; the expected number of job losses nationally among the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10504/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Martin

319. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if there is a speech therapist in a location (details supplied); if not, the reason therefore; when a speech therapist will be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10560/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Catherine Martin

320. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who applied for an assessment of needs in March 2017 has only received notice from the HSE in February 2018; his plans to improve the waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10561/19]

Home Care Packages

Catherine Martin

340. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) who was granted four additional hours of homecare assistance per week in October 2018 is still waiting for the assistance; when they will receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10763/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

347. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of animals and the species that will be used in a large animal test facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10771/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

348. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the foreseen testing purposes for the use of animals in a large animal test facility (details supplied) other than those already outlined; the definition of new animal model systems; if the development of new lines of genetically-modified animals for research purposes is foreseen; if the creation of genetically-modified animals that are able to carry specific human diseases is foreseen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10772/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

349. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention or that of the HSE have been drawn to and whether it is considering the human relevant humane alternative approaches to pharmaceutical and other testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10773/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

350. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the success rates of animal experimentation and testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10774/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

351. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he has taken into consideration his responsibility to promote the development and uptake of alternatives to the use of animals under article 47 of Directive 2010/63/EU for the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. [10775/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

352. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if the animals in a test facility (details supplied) will be sold on to other facilities here or abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10776/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

353. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the locations in which medical device preclinical trials are being carried out here in view of the comment in a tender (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10777/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

354. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of medical devices tested on animals here each year; the percentage of tests legally required by the EU; the number of tests that lead on to human clinical trials; the success rates of the tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10778/19]

Tender Process

Catherine Martin

355. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the expected cost of a project (details supplied); the expected cost of the feasibility report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10779/19]

Prospecting Licences

Catherine Martin

416. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all town lands in which a prospecting licence for minerals exploration has been granted or renewed between 2011 and February 2019; and the details of all town lands in which a prospecting licence is to be granted or renewed. [10547/19]

Energy Policy

Catherine Martin

417. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a policy on importing fracked shale gas in view of the recent ban on fracking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10549/19]

Energy Policy

Catherine Martin

418. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the policy on building new fossil fuel infrastructure; if past support for LNG infrastructure will be reassessed in view of the recommendations of a recent report by an organisation (details supplied) and increasing climate court cases here, in Europe and internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/19]

Mining Licences

Catherine Martin

419. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the public consultation processes in place for mining objections; if further mining will be permitted in areas where a community has expressed its opposition to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/19]

Public Transport Subsidies

Catherine Martin

469. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the subsidy for Dublin Bus is calculated; if it is based on the number of buses advertised that is intended to be run rather than the number of buses that are actually run; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10507/19]

Ports Development

Catherine Martin

473. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the sale of the Port of Cork property at Custom House Quay, Cork, (details supplied) by the Port of Cork company of which he and the Minister for Finance are the sole shareholders; if transfer of ownership has taken place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/19]

Bus Services

Catherine Martin

481. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing public transport issues in County Limerick particularly with regard to the bus service and its lateness and incorrect real time information both at bus stops and through the app; his plans to tackle the issue; if County Limerick is to receive a BusConnects plan; if so, the timeframe for delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10800/19]

Housing Adaptation Grant Eligibility

Catherine Martin

589. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the reason the period of residence in a house is a criterion for having a stair lift installed by the council as in the case of a person (details supplied); the reason necessity is not the determining factor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10476/19]

Planning Issues

Catherine Martin

591. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will consider making regulations requiring a person signing a consent form for a planning application on their land to provide contact details in order that the council can contact them to ascertain if the consent is genuine or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/19]

Pensions Reform

Catherine Martin

207. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the pensions of pre-2020 entrants will be affected by the move to a total contributions approach in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9782/19]

Pensions Reform

Catherine Martin

208. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a calculator for the total contributions pension will be in place via the Pensions Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9783/19]

Pensions Reform

Catherine Martin

209. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to create a clear and easy-to-read page on www.welfare.ie outlining the persons who will be affected by the changes and the meaning of those changes for their expected pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9784/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Catherine Martin

421. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the neurology waiting list in Tallaght Hospital over the past three years by the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9633/19]

Air Quality

Catherine Martin

472. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is in breach of the EU emissions ceilings directive on emissions of NOx and the related World Health Organization, WHO, limits for clean air; and if so, his plans and timescale to address same. [9118/19]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Martin

473. 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. [9119/19]

Departmental Schemes

Catherine Martin

474. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the scholarship schemes operated by his Department; the criteria for the award; the amount of the award; the number of awardees for the dates for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9120/19]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Martin

475. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff in his Department who work in communications, climate action, oil and gas exploration, regulation issues, environment and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9121/19]

Air Quality

Catherine Martin

476. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when new air quality monitoring will be rolled out in Dublin city; the type of gasses, pollutants and so on that will be measured (details supplied); the number of stations that will be provided; if real time information will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9122/19]

Citizenship Applications

Catherine Martin

127. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to review the cost of obtaining Irish citizenship with a view to reducing the cost for adult non-widows, widowers and surviving civil partners of Irish citizens in view of the fact that it is prohibitive for many potential applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8722/19]

Public Sector Staff Retirements

Catherine Martin

239. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if those in the public sector who were set to retire at 65 years of age would be entitled to jobseeker's allowance until they reach 67 years of age in view of the changes to the compulsory retirement age in December 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8725/19]

Social and Affordable Housing

Catherine Martin

245. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 8 November 2018, the status of the cost rental housing project at a location (details supplied); if the project has gone to tender; the estimated completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8524/19]

Schools Building Projects Status

Catherine Martin

256. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when the planning permission process will be started for new prefab buildings at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8322/19]

School Accommodation

Catherine Martin

257. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative arrangements which will be made for the education of students in a school (details supplied) in the event that the planning permission process for new prefab buildings at the school is not started in time to allow the prefabs be ready for new students in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8323/19]

Road Traffic Offences Data

Catherine Martin

297. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fines issued to cars parked on pavements since 2012 in each county and city council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/19]

Drugs Payment Scheme Administration

Catherine Martin

433. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health if he will address an anomaly in the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8318/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

486. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a centralised point that records all actions taken under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 in general and specifically regarding notices, charges, prosecutions, convictions and sentences; if so, the location of this centralised system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8319/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

487. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of charges, prosecutions, convictions and sentencing for each offence under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 since its inception; the number of served notices under the Act; the requirements under the notices; the outcome of these notices by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8320/19]

Animal Welfare

Catherine Martin

488. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cases initiated under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 since its inception in the event that there is no centralised collection point of actions taken under the Act; the outcomes of these cases by notices, charges, prosecutions, convictions and sentences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8321/19]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Catherine Martin

529. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the relationship between the national mitigation plan, the national energy and climate plan and the all-of-Government action plan on climate disruption. [8315/19]

Air Pollution

Catherine Martin

530. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a public information campaign encouraging motorists not to idle their engines at level crossings due to the additional environmental pollution and carbon emissions this creates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8317/19]