Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Customs and Excise Controls

Micheál Martin

27. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if officials have been requested to assess the technological options for the Border separate to and in the absence of custom checks for certain goods. [40816/19]

Paediatric Services

Micheál Martin

213. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 29 May 2019, if the locum diabetic paediatrician planned for recruitment for July 2019 has commenced; if not, the reason therefore; when the matter will be corrected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40627/19]

Diabetes Strategy

Micheál Martin

214. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the plan by the HSE for the transfer of 100 adolescents to adult diabetic services in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40628/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

1. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with US Vice President, Mike Pence; and if the ramifications of a hard Brexit on the island of Ireland were discussed. [37405/19]

Brexit Issues

Micheál Martin

137. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has discussed security in the Border region with Prime Minister Johnson recently. [39896/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

3. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Prime Minister Johnson; the issues that were discussed; and his plans to hold additional meetings and or engagements. [37403/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he discussed the Operation Yellowhammer paper with Prime Minister Johnson when they met or since 9 September 2019. [37688/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

11. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken with Prime Minister Johnson since he met him in the United States of America; and the issues that were discussed regarding Brexit; if a written proposal will come from the UK to the EU in the near future. [39892/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

18. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which education policy is discussed; and when it last met. [39893/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

107. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his UN speech on climate change. [39634/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

108. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee meetings he held in September 2019. [39635/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

113. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mrs. Arlene Foster, the leader of the DUP and the issues that were discussed. [38507/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

114. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the number of Cabinet committee meetings he has held since the 2019 summer recess. [38508/19]

Cabinet Committee Meetings

Micheál Martin

115. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on Cabinet Committee B, Social Policy and Public Services. [38509/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

122. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on media reports (details supplied) regarding informal discussions in relation to replacing the backstop; if he or persons on his behalf held informal discussions with Mr. Juncker or Mr. Barnier; and when he expects a written proposal from the UK Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson regarding his proposals. [38504/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

123. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to other EU leaders regarding Northern Ireland being a special economic zone within both the UK and the EU in view of reports (details supplied) in the media which covered the upcoming meeting between the British Prime Minister, Mr. Boris Johnson and Chancellor Angela Merkel. [38506/19]

Brexit Issues

Micheál Martin

140. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if policy notes recently released under freedom of information regarding memos in his Department in relation to the rainy day fund and its uses being specifically for force majeure events and not being utilised as a Brexit mitigant is policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39596/19]

Climate Change Policy

Micheál Martin

157. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the hypothecated fund will be realised; and the way in which fuel poverty will be protected when carbon taxes are introduced. [39634/19]

School Services Staff

Micheál Martin

184. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he and his Department plan to address the imbalance of salaries, annual leave and pension rights for school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39268/19]

School Services Staff

Micheál Martin

185. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he and his officials have engaged with a union (details supplied) that represents school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39269/19]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Micheál Martin

240. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the possibility of increased crime, smuggling and fraud in Northern Ireland and at the Border region was discussed during his most recent meeting with his UK counterparts; and his plans to deal with same. [38505/19]

Direct Provision System

Micheál Martin

242. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the families in direct provision centres are there on a voluntary basis in view of the comments by the Taoiseach on a television programme (details supplied); if many have applied for HAP to allow them to be accommodated outside centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39270/19]

Direct Provision System

Micheál Martin

243. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a reduction in the number of adults or families that live in direct provision centres since the rules to allow them to work have been changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39271/19]

Asylum Applications Data

Micheál Martin

244. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time it takes to review and assess asylum applications for those families being accommodated in direct provision centres on a long-term basis; if changes have been introduced to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39272/19]

Direct Provision System

Micheál Martin

245. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of legal cases that are ongoing for those families that are still being accommodated in direct provision centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39273/19]

Medicinal Products Reimbursement

Micheál Martin

309. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for approval for new drugs; the way in which this compares to other OECD or EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39267/19]

HSE Staff

Micheál Martin

330. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the number of inspections that EHOs have undertaken of service stations; if they are inspected as regularly as restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39356/19]

Climate Change Policy

Micheál Martin

451. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the commitments made by Ireland on climate change at the UN Climate Action Summit. [39631/19]

Departmental Funding

Micheál Martin

649. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the role her Department has in the allocation of grant assistance to a centre (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39544/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

43. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with Mrs. Arlene Foster of the DUP and the topics discussed relating to Brexit and the Northern Ireland Assembly. [38841/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

44. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the way in which he responded to Mrs. Arlene Foster regarding her comments on the constitutional position of unionism when they met to discuss Brexit on 18 September 2019. [38843/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

57. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU ministers discussed extending the longer period of transition by consent instead of a hard Brexit on 31 October 2019. [38266/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

58. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there have been written proposals circulated from Prime Minister Johnson in relation to alternatives to a disorderly Brexit. [38267/19]

Brexit Negotiations

Micheál Martin

59. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the request made by the Prime Minister of Finland to the UK to submit its written alternatives on Brexit to the European Commission and Council by 30 September 2019; if the matter was discussed with him beforehand; and his views on same. [38842/19]

VAT Rate Application

Micheál Martin

73. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a guidance issued by the Revenue Commissioners in May 2007 that advised that food supplements were allowed to be supplied at a zero VAT rate as they were defined under the Value-Added Tax Act 1972. [38222/19]

Eurozone Issues

Micheál Martin

76. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance his views on the suggestions by his EU colleagues to revamp the eurozone fiscal rules; if the matter is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Micheál Martin

119. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on his meeting with the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38836/19]

Duty Free Sales

Micheál Martin

120. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he has discussed the introduction of duty free in the event of a hard Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38837/19]

School Accommodation Provision

Micheál Martin

152. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital projects planned to provide extra places in schools for pupils with special needs; if the waiting times for such projects are double the waiting time for building mainstream schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38838/19]

Suicide Prevention

Micheál Martin

245. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the way in which he will collect improved data and research on suicidal behaviour as outlined in the National Office for Suicide Prevention Annual Report 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38227/19]

Home Help Service Provision

Micheál Martin

262. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health if additional home help hours will be provided to a person (details supplied). [38338/19]

Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data

Micheál Martin

371. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in each health area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38839/19]

Hospital Waiting Lists Data

Micheál Martin

372. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health the most recent waiting list and waiting times for children waiting for scoliosis surgery in Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38840/19]

Ministerial Correspondence

Micheál Martin

494. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if communication has been recently received from a group (details supplied); if she has received a report carried out by it outlining difficulties dealing with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38494/19]

Ministerial Correspondence

Micheál Martin

495. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has discussed a group (details supplied) with Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38495/19]

Departmental Funding

Micheál Martin

561. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the funding and staging of the procurement process of the new convention centre in Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38322/19]

VAT Rate Application

Micheál Martin

56. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance the status of the VAT proposals on food supplements in view of the publication of the tax strategy group papers in summer 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/19]

VAT Rate Application

Micheál Martin

57. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Finance if he or his officials received correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) on VAT on food supplements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37966/19]

Compensation Schemes

Micheál Martin

89. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to compensate victims of sexual abuse in day schools in view of the findings of the report of a person (details supplied) published in July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/19]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Micheál Martin

6. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if he has spoken to or met the leader of the DUP, Mrs. Arlene Foster, recently; and if not, his plans to do so. [37408/19]