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Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
475. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make supports available to children under three years who require tube feeding who must attend childcare. [19179/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
476. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the funding streams and training options available to assist in caring for children with disabilities who require tube feeding but are under three-years-of-age. [19180/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Nursing Homes
Holly Cairns
537. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to a HIQA report (details supplied). [19077/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Holly Cairns
538. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of people on waiting lists for eye treatments, including the length of time spent waiting broken down on a quarterly basis, in tabular form. [19078/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Medical Cards
Holly Cairns
539. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that private opticians will accept medical cards to cover eye tests and eye-related healthcare. [19079/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
560. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that current trainee educational psychologists in a third-level institution (details supplied) will receive the same renumeration and funding supports as incoming first years. [19183/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Education and Training Boards
Holly Cairns
637. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that ETB tutors are given full-time contracts including holiday pay cover and pension entitlements. [19075/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Education and Training Boards
Holly Cairns
638. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that the remuneration received by ETB tutors is allotted on an incremental basis comparable with other educational professionals and reflecting experience/years of service. [19076/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Holly Cairns
6. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to recruit more staff for the out-of-hours GP cover, SouthDoc, in counties Cork and Kerry. [18353/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Home Help Service
Holly Cairns
45. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide home support hours to individuals assessed to need them in CHO4. [18354/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
82. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to prohibit pair trawling inside the six-mile limit. [18344/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Inshore Fisheries
Holly Cairns
124. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support the inshore fishing sector. [18346/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Harbours and Piers
Holly Cairns
127. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide his response to a resolution from Cork County Council that he meets with a delegation of Dáil Deputies and councillors from west Cork to discuss funding to reconstruct Keelbeg Pier. [18348/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
131. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to increase rates of afforestation. [18347/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to the call in the European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2022 on the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (2021/2168(INI)) for ‘Member States to ensure a level playing field and equal opportunities for all fishers to allow for fair access to marine resources’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18345/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Programme for Government
Holly Cairns
10. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment 'As Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, we do not believe that it makes sense to develop LNG gas import terminals importing fracked gas, accordingly we shall withdraw the Shannon LNG terminal from the EU Projects of Common Interest list in 2021. We do not support the importation of fracked gas and shall develop a policy statement to establish that approach.' [18456/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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School Transport
Holly Cairns
39. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of funding schemes currently open or schemes that will be open this year to which local authorities can apply to improve active travel infrastructure adjacent to national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18607/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Hospital Staff
Holly Cairns
48. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that participants in a psychology training programme (details supplied) are provided with the same funding and supports as persons pursuing similar programmes. [18455/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Hospital Staff
Holly Cairns
60. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if he will ensure that participants in a psychology training programme (details supplied) are provided with the same funding and supports as persons pursuing similar programmes. [18454/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Departmental Funding
Holly Cairns
65. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education when the ancillary grant will be paid to national schools; what advice is being issued to schools to cover staffing costs for the delay in the payment of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18602/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Island Communities
Holly Cairns
66. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide her response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the west Cork Islands to support young families on the islands through services and infrastructure, including free ferries where access to schooling is not available on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18603/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Online Safety
Holly Cairns
67. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline her engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communication concerning online trolling and other online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ young people. [18601/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
74. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking in response to contract restrictions preventing the sale of properties to local authorities or approved housing bodies for social housing. [18457/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Planning Issues
Holly Cairns
81. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 513 of 21 March 2023, if he will engage with self-catering accommodation providers in rural areas concerning the impact of the Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18609/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Animal Welfare
Holly Cairns
98. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on funding a national trap, neuter and return programme for the wild cat population. [18453/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
104. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the provision of community neuro-rehabilitation teams in each CHO. [18606/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Education Policy
Holly Cairns
144. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to ensure that funding is provided to trainee educational psychologists to enable them complete professional training. [18458/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Health Service Executive
Holly Cairns
145. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in relation to the high volume of cases of alleged sexual harassment and workplace bullying in the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18459/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Disease Management
Holly Cairns
179. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide funding for individuals who need to seek medical treatment for oesophageal cancer which is currently unavailable in the State. [18605/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Island Communities
Holly Cairns
188. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide her response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the west Cork Islands to support young families on the islands through services and infrastructure, including free ferries where access to schooling is not available on the islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18608/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Domestic Violence
Holly Cairns
53. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Committee on Justice Report on Women’s Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges recommendation that ‘the commissioning of a comprehensive strategy for move-on or long-term accommodation for victims of domestic abuse needs to be developed and incorporated into future national housing strategies, this should include wraparound services including the provision of safe and transitional housing, emergency crisis housing, therapeutic supports, legal supports and welfare support'. [17926/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Middle East
Holly Cairns
132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to increased tensions in Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17701/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Middle East
Holly Cairns
138. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to increased tensions in Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17959/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Climate Change Policy
Holly Cairns
184. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide his response to the recommended actions on cutting rates of pollution and reducing energy poverty contained in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16833/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Energy Usage
Holly Cairns
219. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to develop a portal that enables households to use the information from their smart electricity meter to assist them in understanding their solar PV requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17954/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that an individual (details supplied) receives the electricity account credit. [17955/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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International Agreements
Holly Cairns
221. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure that the State leaves the Energy Charter Treaty. [17957/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Bus Services
Holly Cairns
243. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 18 January 2023, when the 236A bus route will be operational. [16515/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Road Network
Holly Cairns
244. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide resurfacing of the N71 at Ballylickey Bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16516/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Electric Vehicles
Holly Cairns
268. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the options available to individuals who have been incorrectly charged for the use of public electric vehicle charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16832/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Air Services
Holly Cairns
278. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to restore the Cork to Leeds air route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17000/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Driver Test
Holly Cairns
330. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address the backlog in people waiting to take driving tests in Cork testing centres. [17965/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Driver Test
Holly Cairns
331. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm the total number of driving testers which will be employed, including those announced to be recruited recently, by October 2023; and if he will provide a breakdown of how many testers, or full-time equivalent roles, will be assigned to each testing centre by October 2023. [17966/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
388. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on engaging with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to offer an individual a boat which was been decommissioned under the Brexit voluntary permanent cessation scheme as compensation relating to a High Court ruling (details supplied). [17218/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fiscal Policy
Holly Cairns
389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the steps he is taking to ensure State investments are protected from international market volatility. [17219/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Revenue Commissioners
Holly Cairns
415. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that a State body (details supplied) engages productively with individuals concerning arrears, and avoids a confrontational approach. [17958/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Tax Exemptions
Holly Cairns
421. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to extend the exception from capital acquisitions tax for a spouse or civil partner to long-term cohabiting couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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School Uniforms
Holly Cairns
605. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to require all schools to use generic uniforms and to give students the option to wear trousers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18175/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Education Policy
Holly Cairns
663. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to encourage teachers and SNAs to participate in the summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16830/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Education Policy
Holly Cairns
664. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure that enough schools participate in the summer programme to ensure that all eligible children can avail of this support, including any plans for her Department to directly run regional programmes. [16831/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Housing Policy
Holly Cairns
718. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to increase the housing assistance payment in response to rising rental costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Rental Sector
Holly Cairns
762. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes which have been purchased through the tenant in situ scheme to date, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16838/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Holly Cairns
783. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17101/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Water Services
Holly Cairns
793. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to ‘refer the issue of the environment, including water, and its place in the Constitution to a relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee for consideration.’ [17264/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Water Services
Holly Cairns
794. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on running a referendum on the public ownership of water concurrently with the announced referendum on Article 41.2 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17265/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Holly Cairns
803. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his engagement with the Minister for Finance to reduce the costs for accountancy services for small owner-occupier companies formed under obligations in the Multi-unit Developments Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17356/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Rental Sector
Holly Cairns
804. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to protect student renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17357/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Citizens' Assembly
Holly Cairns
827. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to the report from the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity and Loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17703/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Rental Sector
Holly Cairns
828. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to calls for a public body (details supplied) to establish a dedicated investigation unit to identify unregistered, privately rented properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17704/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Rental Sector
Holly Cairns
857. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that all landlords are registered with the Residential Tenancies Board. [18177/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Support Services
Holly Cairns
896. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department recognises a disability employment service (details supplied) as 23 separate companies, and how this will impact on tendering processes for the services it currently offers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Support Services
Holly Cairns
897. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports and capacity building funding is available to assist not-for profit organisations currently providing services funded by her Department that will be required to tender to receive this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Support Services
Holly Cairns
899. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that the staff in a disability employment service (details supplied) receive a suitable increase in remuneration to reflect the absence of such an increase since 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16999/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Schemes
Holly Cairns
914. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ensuring that the rates of payment under the job initiative scheme are benchmarked to cost-of-living rates. [17266/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Holly Cairns
915. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on ensuring that individuals on job initiative schemes are eligible for the fuel allowance. [17267/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Oireachtas Committees
Holly Cairns
992. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use's recommendation that "steps are taken to introduce a regulatory model for certain drugs". [17507/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Oireachtas Committees
Holly Cairns
993. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice Report on Women's Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges' recommendation that "the infrastructure of refuges in Ireland be evaluated and that funding be provided to upgrade refuges in accordance with the standards of the Istanbul Convention. It should be ensured that newly built refuges are all built to comply with these standards". [17508/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1102. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the implications of a court case in a European jurisdiction (details supplied) on the allocation of the bluefin tuna quota by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17207/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1103. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his response to the conclusions of a report (details supplied) concerning the economic impact of the Irish small-scale fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17208/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1104. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to the call in the European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2022 on the implementation of Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy Regulation (2021/2168(INI)) for member states to design allocation systems so as to guarantee simplicity, avoid burdensome bureaucratic processes and, ultimately, allow operators and stakeholders to monitor the allocation criteria and process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17209/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1105. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.5.2.1 in the report of the seafood task force concerning inshore short-term support, including the amount of funding for this scheme sought under the de minimis provision as per Commission Regulation (EU) No 717/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17210/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1106. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.5.3.1. in the report of the seafood task force concerning an inshore marketing initiative, including the amount spent to date on the provision of marketing and promotional support to the inshore fisheries sector of the €2.5 million recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17211/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1107. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.5.4.1. in the report of the seafood task force concerning an inshore processing support, including the amount spent to date on the provision to shellfish processing enterprises to support the development of the inshore sector and protect employment within coastal communities of the €10 million recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17212/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1108. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken in response to recommendation 2.6.4.1. in the report of the seafood task force concerning public marine infrastructure, including the amount spent to date on the development of publicly owned marine infrastructure of the €80 million recommended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17213/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
1109. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided by his Department to address the viability of a greyhound stadium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17214/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Energy Production
Holly Cairns
1112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient firewood for domestic consumption in the country. [17260/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
1122. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing dogs entered on the RCETS for each of the years 2021 and 2022; the breakdown of the 35,701 greyhounds entered on RCETS by year of birth, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17366/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
1123. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on how many of the non-coursing greyhound pups born in 2020 were registered on the RCETS in 2021; how many of the non-coursing greyhound pups born in 2021 were registered on RCETS in 2021; how many of the non-coursing greyhound pups born in 2021 were entered on RCETS in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17367/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
1124. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing greyhounds born in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 who were raced in Ireland; the number of non-coursing greyhounds born in the years 2017 to 2021, inclusive, listed under the category ‘export international’ and the country of destination, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17368/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
1125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information from the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System on the number of non-coursing greyhound pups who were born in 2019, 2020 and 2021 who were registered on RCETS but did not race, and a breakdown of what happened to these dogs; the breakdown of the cause of death in the case of the 1,867 dogs listed as dead in 2022; the breakdown of the status (reason for inactivity) of the 8,314 dogs listed as inactive on the RCETS for the years 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17369/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
1126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide his response to the draft report on co-management of fisheries in the EU and the contribution of the fisheries sector for the implementation of management measures (details supplied), with particular reference to main obstacles to co-management in the Union and possible solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17370/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
1135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide his response to the issue of only four afforestation licences in March 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17495/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
1136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to meet with an organisation (details supplied) concerning issues in the forestry licensing system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17496/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1175. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families, including the increase in staffing levels, the facilities that are planned or where works are underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16068/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1176. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each facility to care for individuals who need one-to-one care; the number of people who have used these facilities annually in 2021 and 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16069/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1190. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing disability services with comparable workers in the HSE. [16507/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1191. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his engagement with the Minister for Transport concerning the operation of the 236A bus route required for young people in Beara, County Cork, to access day services in Bantry, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Holly Cairns
1192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on providing temporary funding assistance to the families of children on waiting lists for children’s disability network teams to get an assessment of need through a regulated and registered private provider. [16509/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Holly Cairns
1205. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will increase the ECCE capitation to address the operational costs of preschools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16829/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1239. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the National Report of Children's Disability Networks Team Staff Census and Workforce Review for 2022 that there are 707.32 vacancies across the 91 CDNTs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17216/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to the finding in the National Report of Children's Disability Networks Team Staff Census and Workforce Review for 2022 that the total therapy hours provided decreased by 6% in 2022 compared to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17217/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Childcare Services
Holly Cairns
1242. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the national childcare scheme payments for afterschool clubs are accessible by children who require less than five days' care; if he will ensure that children who use these services three days a week will not be penalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17261/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
1249. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the progress made with implementing the white paper on ending direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17371/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1254. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the staffing-to-caseload ratios used to calculate the numbers, types, and scale of therapists and clinicians required for each children's disability network team; how regularly these ratios are reviewed; and what processes are in place to reconfigure services according to local needs. [17504/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1308. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the HSE Funding for Transitions to Adult Supports for Autistic People; if he will provide more information about how funds are allocated between different CHOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17950/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1309. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment concerning the provision of grants to employers to facilitate the employment of individuals with a disability. [17951/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Child Protection
Holly Cairns
1310. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken in response to a report (details supplied), including any actions to ensure immediate reforms within the organisation. [17952/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Flexible Work Practices
Holly Cairns
1311. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify whether a State body (details supplied) will engage in a public consultation process in the development of a code of conduct concerning the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17953/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1387. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure pay parity for employees of Section 39 organisations providing healthcare services with comparable workers in the HSE. [16510/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1388. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of lactation specialist roles and-or public health nurses with a specialisation in lactation that it is planned to establish and fill in each LHO in CHO4 during 2023. [16511/23]