Parliamentary questions

Social Media Regulation

Holly Cairns

720. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 September 2020, the number of officials engaged in social media listening as part of their communications duties; the grade of each; the way in which she has reacted effectively to issues as they arose relating to services being provided across the justice sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38112/20]

Residency Permits

Holly Cairns

738. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to persons being updated on their application for a stamp 4 by a post-it affixed to their passport; if this is standard practice; the action being taken as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38522/20]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

739. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the rationale for the practice of international protection seekers denied leave to remain being summoned monthly to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, or the Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, at Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 during level 5 restrictions to report for possible deportation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38523/20]

Nursing Home Accommodation

Holly Cairns

815. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will review the visiting restrictions in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38105/20]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

816. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way in which the implementation of the immediate priority to ensure that short-term additional supports are available for persons who are making the transition from CAMHS to GAMHS at 18 years of age given the issues and vulnerabilities that can prevail as outlined in Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38107/20]

Departmental Staff

Holly Cairns

884. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 17 September 2020, the number of officials engaged in actively listening to public views and concerns from the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic collating commentary on social and traditional media; the grade of each official; the way in which decision-making in his Department has been impacted by this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38524/20]

Wildlife Protection

Holly Cairns

972. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident of inappropriate snaring of animals (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38109/20]

Wildlife Protection

Holly Cairns

973. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the guidelines under which Department employees or those working on behalf of his Department set snares or other traps for badgers will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38110/20]

Wage-setting Mechanisms

Holly Cairns

154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of Action 1.14 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to increase the minimum wage to €10.50 per hour over the next five years, relying on the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission on the level of adjustment each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36378/20]

Legislative Measures

Holly Cairns

155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of Action 1.15 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to bring forward legislation in response to problems caused by the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious work among men and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36379/20]

Road Signage

Holly Cairns

208. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if temporary multi-coloured crossings are allowed on public roads under the Roads Act 1961; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36385/20]

Health Promotion

Holly Cairns

551. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the ERSI/HSE report Talking about Sex and Sexual Behaviour of Young People in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37100/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

552. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 431 of 10 November 2020, the number of the 195 appeals made to the Primary Appeals Board that cited the availability of classrooms for social distancing in the context of Covid-19; if any school was allowed to retain a post or gain an additional teaching post based solely or partially on facilitating social distancing or using additional classrooms in the context of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37101/20]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

553. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the redress or opportunity for a review for a student (details supplied) whose leaving certificate marks were significantly downgraded by the standardisation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37104/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

595. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to amend the wage subsidy scheme guidelines to enable persons with disabilities to engage in apprenticeships programmes while receiving the subsidy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37106/20]

Gender Equality

Holly Cairns

600. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress in achieving Action 1.21 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to undertake a package of measures to tackle the gender pay gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36380/20]

Gender Equality

Holly Cairns

601. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of progress in achieving Action 1.22 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36381/20]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) showing a sharp increase in women and children fleeing domestic violence during Covid-19, including 3,450 women and 589 children contacted a domestic violence service for the first time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36383/20]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

635. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on establishing a national development plan to address the sharp increase in women and children fleeing domestic violence during Covid-19 as outlined in the report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37103/20]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Holly Cairns

646. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to remove barriers for those with disabilities that may not be able to work full-time from accessing apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37105/20]