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Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Climate Change Policy
Holly Cairns
101. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which his Department defines the concept of just transition; and the information on which the definition is based. [35120/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Energy Production
Holly Cairns
135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the development of a microgeneration scheme to incentivise persons generating their own energy. [35119/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Driver Licences
Holly Cairns
260. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the reason persons living here with UK driver licences will not be able to exchange their current driver license for an Irish driver licence after 31 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34756/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Driver Licences
Holly Cairns
261. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if persons here with British Commonwealth driver licences will be able to exchange their current driver license for an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34757/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Data Protection
Holly Cairns
417. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department facilitates the release of personal information under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, by persons with personal data in the archive of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse. [34752/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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School Staff
Holly Cairns
431. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools that have requested an additional teacher, based on the availability of classrooms rather than student numbers, to enable smaller classes and social distancing between 1 May and 31 October 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34760/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
Holly Cairns
548. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if experienced data protection law experts will be engaged to oversee the processes by which survivors of mother and baby homes and other relevant persons can access their personal information from the mother and baby homes commission archive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34761/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Legislative Measures
Holly Cairns
549. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Civil Registration Act 2004 will be amended to ensure that all adopted persons have access to their publicly registered birth certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34762/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Legislative Measures
Holly Cairns
550. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an Act will be introduced to ensure respect for the dignity and privacy rights of persons with experience of historical abuse within the social care and adoption system here by providing them with explicit statutory rights and clear avenues to access their personal data, to facilitate them in depositing personal data or other information about their experiences for the national historical record where desired and to facilitate an ongoing process of national truth telling in respect of Ireland’s social care and adoption system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34763/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Immigration Support Services
Holly Cairns
600. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to cases of passports being lost, misplaced or sent to the wrong person by INIS; if all relevant cases have been reported to the Data Protection Commission; if persons affected will be refunded the administration fees they paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34758/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Immigration Support Services
Holly Cairns
601. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of passports either lost and-or misplaced or sent to the incorrect address by INIS between 1 October 2019 and 1 November 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34759/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Holly Cairns
691. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if routine Covid-19 testing is available for home helps and carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34754/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
819. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and women that availed of the Covid-19 tie up payment by each category of the scheme and in absolute and relative terms to the estimated total eligible number of boats in tabular form. [35195/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
820. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost when the Covid-19 tie up payment scheme was devised; the areas in which the remaining funds in the difference between the two have been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35196/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Beef Industry
Holly Cairns
821. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the applications by organisations (details supplied) to become producer organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35197/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Library Services
Holly Cairns
833. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if libraries are allowed to operate collection and drop-off services in branches and mobile libraries under level 4 and 5 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34755/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Flexible Work Practices
Holly Cairns
15. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the development of town and village hubs and broadband connection points announced in the budget, including the timelines for roll-outs and the means by which areas will be prioritised. [34169/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Community Services Programme
Holly Cairns
17. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided to projects supported by the community services programme to make up for shortfalls as a result of Covid-19. [34173/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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Housing Regeneration
Holly Cairns
31. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of funding to develop master plans to revitalise town centres and encourage more persons to live in town centres announced in budget 2021 including the timelines for roll-outs and the means by which areas will be prioritised. [34170/20]
Thu, 5 Nov 2020
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LEADER Programmes
Holly Cairns
35. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the LEADER programme and the transitional arrangements from this programme cycle to the next. [34172/20]