Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Children in Care

Catherine Martin

1691. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of young persons aged between 18 and 21 years of age who left care at 18 years of age and are now homeless. [41839/16]

Broadcasting Sector

Catherine Martin

66. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any discussions with the RTE board or management about cuts in children's programmes and the outsourcing of same. [38623/16]

Alternative Energy Projects

Catherine Martin

67. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he envisages a long-term future for the burning of biomass in electric power generation. [38624/16]

School Closures

Catherine Martin

142. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide a response to parents of the children of a school to be closed (details supplied) regarding the future of the school site to be shared among two other schools; his plans to assist parents in finding local school places for their children displaced by the closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38438/16]

Garda Station Closures

Catherine Martin

51. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the locations of the Garda stations have been agreed, decided or identified in respect of the Government commitment to reopen six Garda stations in the programme for a partnership Government; if not, is there a timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37985/16]

Garda Station Closures

Catherine Martin

52. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the recent industrial dispute involving the gardaí has caused a delay in the reopening of six Garda stations, as committed to by the Government in the programme for a partnership Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37986/16]

Tax Code

Catherine Martin

55. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he is considering any relief measures to address the problem of persons and families with low cash incomes who may be forced to lose their homes in the context of the abolition of the dwelling house exemption in part 5 of the Finance Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37928/16]

Gender Proofing of Policies

Catherine Martin

69. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps, having regard to the high rates of discrimination which transgender students experience in the education system, his Department is taking to ensure that all schools and third level institutions have an explicit anti-transphobia policy, that all teachers and educational staff receive appropriate training on the way to sensitively engage with transgender students, that all schools and third level institutions respect and reasonably accommodate students’ preferred gender, that all schools and third level institutions actively prevent and investigate transphobic peer abuse and peer violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37927/16]

Parent and Student Charter

Catherine Martin

70. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the new parent and student charter Bill will include departmental guidelines for schools to address the need to honour a parent's constitutional right for their child to opt out of faith formation during the school day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37929/16]

Legislative Reviews

Catherine Martin

109. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Social Protection if, when a review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 is commenced in September 2017, members of the transgender and intersex communities and those that provide services directly to transgender persons, particularly transgender youth and non binary persons, will be represented in the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37926/16]

Post Office Network

Catherine Martin

37. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the Minister with responsibility for the An Post network; if she has a strategy for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37393/16]

School Closures

Catherine Martin

59. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a recent issue in Dublin-Rathdown whereby parents and staff at two schools recently learned of closures and relocations via social media and press reports; if there is a process whereby those impacted by school closures, builds or relocations, namely, parents, teachers, staff, community and local elected representatives, are given up-to-date information on any such closures, builds or relocations before this information is published on social media or the press; if there is a process, the details of same; if it will be followed through in future; if no process is in place, his plans to implement one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35187/16]

National Training Fund

Catherine Martin

62. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the national training fund has a current surplus of €272 million projected to the end of 2017; the reason this surplus is not being applied to the crisis in higher education funding if part of its purpose is to provide skills to prospective employees and to facilitate life-long learning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35186/16]

School Closures

Catherine Martin

138. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 120 of 2 November 2016, if he will provide the list of local schools which was supplied to the trust of a school (details supplied) referenced in the parliamentary question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34138/16]

Public Sector Staff Remuneration

Catherine Martin

206. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing the pre-January 2011 pay scales for all post-December 2010 entrants to all public service recruitment grades; if he will provide a comparison of the salaries and allowances of each post-December 2010 public service recruitment grade with its pre-January 2011 equivalent, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34143/16]

School Costs

Catherine Martin

104. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a survey by a charity (details supplied) and the findings in relation to the costs to parents in preparing children for school and their suggestions to deal with same; the way he will respond to the findings and suggestions of this survey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33972/16]

School Staff

Catherine Martin

137. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason he has signalled his intent to financially penalise a specified cohort of teachers to which supervision work is not applicable as it does not form part of their conditions and terms of employment and work expressly undertaken and agreed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33418/16]

Respite Care Services

Catherine Martin

341. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the number of respite beds reserved exclusively for persons with dementia provided for in south Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33482/16]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Catherine Martin

397. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting for an operation for a period of time well outside the expected timeline for same; the reason these delays occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33765/16]

Electric Vehicles

Catherine Martin

487. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is only one low emission electric vehicle commercially available here from the UK which is also wheelchair accessible; his plans to encourage the availability and purchase of low emission electric vehicles for taxi purposes in view of the fact that his Department's policy is to provide new taxi licences only for wheelchair accessible vehicles in order to create a more wheelchair accessible taxi fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33764/16]