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Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
626. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to volunteer centres in each local authority area to enable the community call scheme; and the amount returned by each volunteer centre in tabular form. [10153/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Holly Cairns
666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be subject to forms of clawback in the future. [10148/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Holly Cairns
46. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the reach of the bike-to-work scheme to include students, jobseekers, those on disability allowance or doing unpaid work; and his further views on increasing the €1,000 limit to include e-bikes, cargo bikes and non-traditional bikes such as tricycles, handcycles and other modified bikes appropriate for those that require same due to physical capacities. [9386/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
101. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will encourage banks to extend the moratorium on farmers repayments into the autumn in view of the ongoing impact of Covid-19. [9388/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Value Added Tax
Holly Cairns
102. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on reclassifying the VAT status for the bus and coach sector to harmonise the VAT systems in view of the fact that operators in Northern Ireland have an advantage in their ability to claim VAT back on expenditure which the operators here are not able to do. [9389/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Public Sector Allowances
Holly Cairns
135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to review the current public sector motor travel rates; and if they include appropriate compensation for those using bikes and e-bikes which informs the rates that are paid tax free to private sector workers (details supplied). [9387/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
293. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an indicative roadmap will be provided on when and the way in which primary and secondary schools will be returning. [9382/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Youth Services
Holly Cairns
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9384/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the process by which decisions are made on the area in which a direct provision centre will be located; and the criteria that inform such a decision. [9390/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the way in which local communities are consulted as part of the process of establishing a direct provision centre including the timelines involved and the types of consultation activities deployed. [9391/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
394. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a direct provision centre in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9392/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Employment Data
Holly Cairns
480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers in the meat processing industry who are stamp 1 or stamp 2 from January 2016 to April 2020, in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total number of workers in the sector in tabular form. [9385/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Services Funding
Holly Cairns
701. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the underfunding of supports for persons with disabilities as a result of the cuts to funding for not-for-profit disability service providers in January 2020. [9366/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Health Information and Quality Authority
Holly Cairns
702. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 (details supplied) in relation to a concern about the lack of clinical oversight of nursing homes; and if action was taken on foot of these concerns. [9367/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
703. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 in relation to a list of nursing homes sent to his Department which were regarded as high-risk from an infection control perspective; if any action was taken in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9368/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Health Services Reports
Holly Cairns
705. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the timeline for publishing the Health Services Capacity Review as it relates to intellectual disability services. [9399/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reviewing the tie-up scheme and the fact that the current start date of 1 June 2020 fails to recognise the previous six months of hardship suffered by the fishing industry due to the Covid-19 crisis. [9372/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
782. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the tie-up scheme provides for retrospection; and the steps he is taking following the amended EU Regulation 2020/560 of 23 April 2020 with specific measures to mitigate the impact of the Covid19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector. [9373/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
783. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the tie-up period of one month; and the way in which it is envisaged this period will relate to the objective of removing oversupply of product on the market. [9374/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
784. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he did not adopt proposals of applying 30% of the full grossing of the vessel in the same period in 2019 in view of the fact that this approach is being implemented in other jurisdictions. [9375/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
785. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the deaths and injuries of greyhounds at tracks here from 1 January to 31 December 2019. [9376/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
786. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and track of all greyhound drug testing since 2015, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [9377/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Harbours and Piers
Holly Cairns
787. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which funding for piers and other marine infrastructure projects is prioritised; and the consideration that is given to small piers in supporting coastal and island communities. [9378/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Harbours and Piers
Holly Cairns
788. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of funding granted for piers and marine infrastructure projects in each local authority for the period January 2015 to April 2020, in tabular form. [9379/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hare Coursing
Holly Cairns
789. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on legislation that would ban hare coursing. [9380/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Forestry Management
Holly Cairns
790. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on encouraging Coillte to designate as many forests as possible across the country to be for recreational and biodiversity use only in view of its recent announcement regarding nine Dublin forests. [9381/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
966. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support the staff and owners of limousine SPSV tour operating businesses during the recovery from Covid-19. [9357/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
967. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support the bus and coach companies in adapting their vehicles to cater for social distancing. [9358/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Public Transport
Holly Cairns
968. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on establishing a public transport recovery taskforce including all key organisations involved in public transport to restart the industry with social distancing measures and advise on post-Covid-19 transport changes particularly in relation to infrastructure provision, active transport and the climate crisis. [9359/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Youth Services
Holly Cairns
1031. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9383/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
1052. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on providing additional funding for community organisations to provide young persons with resources and opportunities for socially distanced outdoor activities during the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9360/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have lost employment due to Covid-19. [9361/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1134. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be a supplementary payment to support persons on disability allowance to supplement their income if they are unable to return to work (details supplied). [9362/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Data Protection
Holly Cairns
1135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the firewall will continue with regard to information sharing with the Department of Justice and Equality on social welfare payments for migrant workers (details supplied). [9363/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
1136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending payment eligibility to those who have lost employment due to Covid-19 but reside in direct provision. [9364/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1137. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to review the anomalies in operational guidelines on disability allowance (details supplied). [9365/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disabilities Data
Holly Cairns
1240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority from January 2016 to April 2020 in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total list in tabular form. [9369/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Planning Issues
Holly Cairns
1241. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the instances in which he or a Minister of State in his Department made decisions contrary to the advice of the Office of the Planning Regulator in tabular form; and if he will provide a brief rationale for each instance. [9370/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
1242. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on local authorities altering their development plans to accommodate individual large-scale developments. [9371/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Wildlife Data
Holly Cairns
1264. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of reported cases of wildlife illegal poisonings and or killings from January 2016 to April 2020, in tabular form; and if in each case a person or persons were prosecuted. [9393/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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UN Missions
Holly Cairns
17. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if clarity will be provided to Defence Forces personnel serving on UN missions overseas on when they will be returning; and his plans to ensure a timely rotation. [8203/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
47. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the calculation for Covid-19 wage subsidy to be based on annual average wages to compensate for seasonal variations in income for some professions. [8212/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Health Insurance
Holly Cairns
48. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on allowing tax relief on private health insurance for dental treatments to help stimulate the sector when the emergency has passed. [7052/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Tax Reliefs Application
Holly Cairns
49. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on directing the Revenue Commissioners to amend the terms of the MED 2 scheme to allow relief at the marginal rate for the remainder of 2020. [7053/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Dental Services
Holly Cairns
88. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will temporarily suspend the collection of professional withholding tax from payments made to dentists contracted by the HSE and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to treat medical card and PRSI-eligible patients, respectively. [8199/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
111. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on putting in place a system to monitor the success, challenges and failures of the 2020 leaving certificate arrangements as a case study for future reforms of the senior cycle assessment in post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on putting in place an arbitration and mediation process for appeals on matters relating to the 2020 leaving certificate arrangements as the means of both addressing the issues involved and lessening the amount of potential court cases. [8207/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Holly Cairns
295. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the cycle to work scheme of his Department will be immediately reinstated. [8208/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
296. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process for marking leaving certificate students if the teacher makes a professional assessment that they are not familiar enough with the student or their capacities and for the student to highlight these issues in such a case. [8209/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Third Level Education
Holly Cairns
297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure higher and further education institutions are facilitating students of courses with practical elements to receive alternative forms of course work or credit to enable them to acquire their qualification or progress to the next stage. [8210/20]