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Maternity Leave and Benefit: Motion [Private Members] (5 Apr 2017)

Catherine Martin: I move:"That Dáil Éireann: notes that:— a premature baby is a baby who is delivered at less than 37 weeks gestation; — 1 in 16 women in Ireland will deliver a premature baby; — according to figures from the Economic and Social Research Institute and the Central Statistics Office, over 4,500 babies are born prematurely in Ireland every year, which in 2014 was...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (23 Mar 2017)

Catherine Martin: The Government must be much more active in helping create these new jobs in the renewable sector. Facilitating the movement of people into the sector while achieving our climate targets and fair and full employment in this country are indelibly linked. This is incredibly important for areas like the midlands, which currently has more than 3% greater unemployment than the rest of the...

Hospital Waiting Lists: Statements (9 Feb 2017)

Catherine Martin: ...fhualaingt an othair. Monday's "RTE Investigates" served as a harsh reminder of what we have known for so long: our health system is broken and remains broken. The problem is that not only the present Government but consecutive Governments continue to be reactive to problems by responding in a short-term way to the latest serious inadequacy, acting like a fire-fighting service...

Cannabis for Medicinal Use (Regulations) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (1 Dec 2016)

Catherine Martin: ...fíor-shásta tacaíocht a thabhairt don Bhille seo. I commend Deputy Kenny on bringing this Bill before the House, which I will support. The Green Party has long called for appropriate legislation to decriminalise the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes, and our recent submission to the national drugs strategy supports this position. As long as the use of cannabis for...

Local Government (Mayor and Regional Authority of Dublin) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: Is cúis áthais dom é an Bille seo a thabhairt os comhair an Tí uasail seo inniu. Is é sin go mbeadh toghchán i gceist le haghaidh ról Ard-Mhéara na cathrach seo, príomhchathair na hÉireann. Léiríonn an Bille seo freisin na cumhachtaí a bheadh ag an Ard-Mhéara agus na hearnálacha agus grúpaí lena mbeadh...

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: For many years, we saw our bogs as a resource to be exploited. We did not understand their value as natural and archaeological heritage, flood regulators and carbon sinks protecting our climate. We were not unique. Most European countries have damaged most of their peatlands. Some, such as the Netherlands, have gone from having enormous expanses of peatland to having almost no bogs left....

Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Nov 2016)

Catherine Martin: With Deputy Shortall, yes. The Green Party broadly welcomes many aspects of the Bill before the House and commends the Minister and the previous Seanad on all the hard work they invested in it. We are particularly pleased to see the proposed new criminal offences to protect children against grooming, new measures to protect them from online predators, new and strengthened offences to tackle...

Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2016)

Catherine Martin: ...in 2006. That innovative document inspired hope and was a clear roadmap for a mental health service where our most vulnerable citizens would be placed at the heart of their personal journey to recovery. Ten years later the implementation of this excellent document has been appallingly slow. The tragic truth is our citizens with mental health difficulties have been let down. We need to...

United Kingdom Referendum on European Union Membership: Statements (27 Jun 2016)

Catherine Martin: ...people voted the way they did must be assessed in the fullness of time in the cold light of day, we must, first and foremost, respect the democratic decision taken by our neighbours. On this momentous and challenging occasion, I am reminded of the words of Martin Luther King: "We have inherited a large house, a great world 'world house' in which we have to live together - black and white,...

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (14 Apr 2016)

Catherine Martin: Toisc gurb í seo an chéad uair dom labhairt sa Dáil, ba mhaith liom i dtús báire mo bhuíochas a ghabháil le muintir Bhaile Átha Cliath - Ráth an Dúin as an onóir seo a thabhairt dom agus as a gcuid muiníne ioman a léiriú chun ionadaíocht a dheánamh ar a son sa Dara Dáil is Tríocha. As this is my first...