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Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Holly Cairns
323. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way testing for Covid-19 is being carried out in meat processing plants; the number of tests carried out; the number of plants in which tests have been conducted between 1 August and 30 November 2020; the procedures for when a person is found to have Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41060/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Holly Cairns
324. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to cases of Covid-19 in meat processing plants in county Cork between 1 August and 30 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41061/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Ambulance Service
Holly Cairns
377. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way in which response times for HSE ambulance services are calculated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41055/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
378. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the mechanism by which the close contacts of a person who has tested positive for Covid-19 are informed of same; the time frame it takes for close contacts to be informed on average after the diagnosis is made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41056/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
379. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if partners or accompanying persons will be permitted to attend with patients attending maternity services in circumstances in which maternity services know that distressing or potentially distressing information is being presented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41057/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
380. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the Programme for Government to provide free contraception starting with women aged 17 to 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41058/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
381. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the research by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41059/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Appointments to State Boards
Holly Cairns
188. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if any of the four newly appointed persons to the board of the Road Safety Authority were known to him before he appointed them; if so, the capacity in which they were known to him; if any were members of the Green Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40183/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Maternity Services
Holly Cairns
729. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to record a new series of the Rotunda in 2021; if this is considered sensitive to the ongoing restrictions in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40184/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Agrifood Sector
Holly Cairns
805. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the barley used to make Irish whiskey that is Irish-grown barley; if genetically modified barley grown outside Ireland is used in the production of Irish whiskey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40180/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Agrifood Sector
Holly Cairns
806. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to encourage Irish whiskey producers to source the barley for their produce from farmers within the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40181/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Agrifood Sector
Holly Cairns
807. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider requesting to amend the Irish whiskey protected geographical indication, PGI, technical file to state barley for Irish whiskey must be sourced on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40182/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Schools Data
Holly Cairns
283. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of students on the waiting list for a secondary school place in secondary schools in Bandon, County Cork for the 2021-2022 school year; and the steps she is taking as a result. [39505/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Third Level Staff
Holly Cairns
322. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the low levels of persons with disabilities employed in third level education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39503/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Proposed Legislation
Holly Cairns
336. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the status of the progress of the family courts Bill, including its expected passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [39504/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Proposed Legislation
Holly Cairns
403. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the consideration given to the risk of image-based sexual abuse occurring when the HSE issued advice for persons not living together to have sex online to stop the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39506/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Post Office Network
Holly Cairns
175. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress his Department has made on addressing the actions relevant to his areas of responsibility outlined in the Private Members’ motion of 16 November 2016 on the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38527/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Post Office Network
Holly Cairns
176. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress his Department has made on addressing the actions relevant to his areas of responsibility outlined in the Private Members’ motion of 16 November 2016 on the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38529/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Post Office Network
Holly Cairns
196. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress his Department has made on addressing the actions relevant to his areas of responsibility outlined in the Private Members’ motion of 16 November 2016 on the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38526/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Driver Licences
Holly Cairns
237. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 144 of 12 November 2020, the rationale for the requirement to have a public services card to access the national driver licence service, NDLS, online system; the legislative or statutory provision on which the requirement is based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38103/20]