Parliamentary questions

Third Level Education

Holly Cairns

397. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to a pledge by a union (details supplied). [2379/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

398. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on working with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to develop a publicly financed student accommodation building strategy and charter for student tenant rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2380/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

399. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on developing a publicly financed student accommodation building strategy and charter for student tenant rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2382/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

400. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if employees of his Department have received Covid-19 vaccines due to their role in the Department; if so, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2402/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

417. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if employees of her Department have received Covid-19 vaccines due to their role in the Department; if so, the rationale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2405/21]

Citizenship Applications

Holly Cairns

425. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if new citizenship applications are being accepted and processed at present; if a photocopy of a passport will be accepted in the case of delayed processing until the application process has started and passport verification requested, given that persons applying who need their passports for essential travel need to have their passports returned in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2678/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Holly Cairns

500. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 919 of 29 September 2020, when he expects to bring legislative changes in respect of the nursing homes support scheme before Dáil Éireann that will cap contributions based on farm and business assets at three years in circumstances in which a family successor commits to working the productive asset. [2384/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

501. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if photographers can attend weddings; if live music is permitted under levels 5, 4, 3, and 2 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2385/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

502. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines administered as of 13 January 2021; the number of persons vaccinated aged 65 years and older and living in long-term care facilities; the number of front-line healthcare workers vaccinated; the number of non-front-line healthcare workers vaccinated; the number of persons aged 70 and older vaccinated; the number of administrators and managers in his Department and the HSE who are vaccinated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2387/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

503. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccines were administered to HSE administrators and managers who do not have direct contact with patients ahead of front-line healthcare workers; if so, the number; the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2388/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

504. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of Covid-19 vaccines rendered unusable, including those damaged in transport, stored incorrectly or damaged due to mishandling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2389/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

505. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if persons living in direct provision camps are included in the category 9, people aged 18-64 living or working in crowded settings of the provisional vaccine allocated groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2390/21]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

506. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2391/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

507. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if undocumented persons living in Ireland will be able to access the Covid-19 vaccine; if it can be assured that they will not be reported to the immigration authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

508. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if employees of his Department have received Covid-19 vaccines due to their role in the Department; if so, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2403/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

600. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the 5 km travel restrictions apply to non-essential travel on water, for example, sailing or rowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2672/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

601. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health when vaccines for special education service users and service providers will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2673/21]

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Holly Cairns

602. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on making permanent the pilot service offering free at home test kits for STI screening to Dublin, Cork and Kerry; if the service will be extended to the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2674/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Holly Cairns

603. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if adequate signage and directions are being provided for the Covid-19 swab centre at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2675/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

604. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the system in place for members of the public to report breaches of Covid guidelines by Covid-19 positive patients who have been notified of their positive test results but who continue to work, shop and so on or persons who have returned from abroad and are not adhering to quarantine rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2676/21]

Fur Farming

Holly Cairns

693. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of mink farms in Ireland; the schedule for culling; the entity that will carry out the culling; the means by which culling will be supervised; the way in which the carcases will be disposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2378/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

694. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if employees of his Department have received Covid-19 vaccines due to their role in the Department; if so, the rationale for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2394/21]

Harbours and Piers

Holly Cairns

703. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress regarding the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; the reason construction has stalled; and the expected completion date. [2666/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

704. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling, afforestation and forest road licences issued monthly between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [2667/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

705. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the significant backlog of forest licensing approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2668/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

706. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of tree planting rates and numbers conducted through afforestation by licence under the Forestry Act 2014, in tabular form. [2669/21]

Beef Industry

Holly Cairns

707. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the current organic beef stocking rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2670/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

722. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if employees of her Department have received Covid-19 vaccines due to their role in the Department; if so, the rationale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2407/21]

Disability Services Funding

Holly Cairns

52. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on adding a requirement that all funding from her Department includes provisions to meet and further rights of persons with disabilities. [43580/20]

National Broadband Plan

Holly Cairns

55. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timeframe for the planned remaining broadband connection points in south western areas of County Cork to be completed. [43578/20]

Island Communities

Holly Cairns

66. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the islands’ action plan and her engagement with island communities in relation to the plan since taking office. [43576/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

78. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support she is putting in place to help voluntary community groups meet operating costs during the pandemic when their usual means of fundraising cannot take place. [43577/20]

Town and Village Renewal Scheme

Holly Cairns

80. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and promote residential occupancy; when communities can start applying for this funding; and the estimated amount available to each local authority. [43579/20]

National Broadband Plan

Holly Cairns

260. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44559/20]

Driver Licences

Holly Cairns

284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if persons resident in direct provision centres can apply for a driver licence or have driver licences from relevant jurisdictions converted to an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44564/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

306. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on including outdoor activity businesses that do not have a fixed premises in the covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44558/20]

Election Monitoring Missions

Holly Cairns

362. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the arrangements his Department has in place to accommodate persons with a disability in the international election observation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44560/20]

Election Monitoring Missions

Holly Cairns

363. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the application process to be considered as an election observer includes questions on disabilities; the impact this has on the selection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44561/20]

School Curriculum

Holly Cairns

411. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on making geography a mandatory subject in the secondary school junior cycle curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44565/20]

Crime Data

Holly Cairns

488. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and-or convictions under the purchase of sexual services section of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 from when the Act was commenced until 1 December 2020; the number of persons prosecuted and-or convicted who identified as sex workers in the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44562/20]

Crime Data

Holly Cairns

489. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and-or convictions under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 and the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013 from the respective commencement of each Act until 1 December 2020; the number of persons prosecuted and-or convicted according to the categories of trafficked individuals for the purpose of sexual exploitation or labour exploitation, forced criminality, forced begging and-or the removal of their organs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44563/20]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

663. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason mussels and salmon landed in ports are not included in Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, SFPA, landing figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44566/20]

Third Level Staff

Holly Cairns

58. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 440 academic staff in universities and institutes of technology were in continuous employment in excess of two years but not on a contract of indefinite duration. [43300/20]

Third Level Education

Holly Cairns

92. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on supporting the establishment of units similar to a facility (details supplied) in all universities and institutes of technology. [43302/20]

Third Level Staff

Holly Cairns

93. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address workers’ rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology. [43298/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Holly Cairns

100. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the perspectives and experiences of current and former students will feature in the full-scale review of SUSI. [43299/20]

Third Level Staff

Holly Cairns

113. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to 11,200 lecturers working on a temporary or casual basis in recent years across Irish universities and institutes of technology. [43301/20]

Legislative Measures

Holly Cairns

260. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the online safety and media regulation Bill will contain specific mention of image-based sexual abuse and online harassment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43586/20]

Social and Affordable Housing

Holly Cairns

273. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address a matter regarding a housing list (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43004/20]

Housing Regeneration

Holly Cairns

274. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of property owners who availed of the derelict housing scheme; the amount spent on the scheme; his assessment of the impact of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43005/20]

Homeless Accommodation

Holly Cairns

275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to provide housing for the 501 persons and 65 families who are homeless in the south-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43006/20]

Maternity Benefit

Holly Cairns

386. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason those in receipt of maternity benefit do not receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43583/20]

Illness Benefit

Holly Cairns

387. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason those in receipt of illness benefit do not receive the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/20]

Carer's Allowance

Holly Cairns

388. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason those in receipt of carer’s allowance cannot avail of the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43585/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

652. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhound litters registered annually with an organisation (details supplied) between 1 January 2010 and 30 November 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

653. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhound pups registered annually for racing with an organisation (details supplied) between 1 January 2010 and 30 November 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

654. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhounds microchipped annually between 1 January 2010 and 30 November 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

655. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds registered on the race management system annually between 1 January 2010 and 30 November 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42999/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

656. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if greyhound racing trainers who have been banned from racing greyhounds in other jurisdictions are permitted to train and race greyhounds in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43000/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

657. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded injuries and deaths of greyhounds that have occurred at greyhound racing stadiums and events organised by the Irish Greyhound Board between 1 January 2011 and 30 November 2020, in tabular form. [43001/20]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

658. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the forthcoming greyhound traceability system will record racing greyhounds from birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43002/20]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

684. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the calf grant investment scheme will be available in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43582/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

129. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of Covid-19 testing in meat processing plants; the procedures for when a person is found to have Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/20]

Sport Ireland

Holly Cairns

245. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to increase the level of girls and women participating in sport and structural inequities regarding the treatment of female sports players; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42797/20]

Housing Data

Holly Cairns

283. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on housing waiting lists who have a disability recorded on their application in each local authority between 1 January 2015 and 1 December 2020, inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42795/20]

Immigration Policy

Holly Cairns

342. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Council of Europe anti-torture committee's seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42793/20]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

447. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they carry out in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42791/20]

Prison Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

448. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness in the Council of Europe anti-torture committee’s seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42792/20]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

449. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42794/20]

Beef Industry

Holly Cairns

33. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the beef task force and his response to criticisms from farming organisations on its slow pace and lack of engagement with farmers. [41695/20]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

42. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on bringing forward a statutory instrument to restrict inshore pair trawling while awaiting the appeal of the High Court ruling that overturned Policy Directive 1 of 2019. [41696/20]

Beef Industry

Holly Cairns

46. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Beef Taskforce; the number of times it has met to date; and the reports completed to date by same. [41697/20]

Postal Services

Holly Cairns

113. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 175, 176, 177, 178, 196, 200, 202 and 203 of 24t November 2020, his views on changing the long-standing Government policy that postal services will not be directly subsidised by the Government to provide funding for post offices which perform vital economic and social functions in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41374/20]

Driver Licences

Holly Cairns

145. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow persons who have previously held an Irish driver licence or has a valid driver licence from another jurisdiction to be allowed drive unaccompanied on a provisional licence for the duration of Covid-19 if they are carrying out healthcare or caring duties either voluntarily or professionally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41369/20]

Proposed Legislation

Holly Cairns

451. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the general scheme of the certain institutional burials (authorised interventions) Bill. [41373/20]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

809. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the actions he is taking as a result of the High Court ruling that overturned policy directive 1 of 2019. [41371/20]

Common Fisheries Policy

Holly Cairns

810. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41372/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Holly Cairns

100. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and amounts of capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges between 1 January 2016 and 1 November 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40782/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

158. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents that occurred in meat processing plants in each county between 1 December 2019 and 30 November 2020; the type of accident and injury involved in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41062/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

159. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism in place to ensure that Irish, EU and non-EU employees are employed under the same conditions for comparable roles in meat plants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41063/20]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

234. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the shortage of ASD units in west County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41054/20]

Domestic Violence Refuges Provision

Holly Cairns

291. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2020 as a percentage of the annual budget on domestic violence and abuse services of Tusla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41052/20]

Domestic Violence Services

Holly Cairns

292. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that staff in domestic violence and abuse services are on different pay scales and working conditions; if such funding originates from Tusla or HSE funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41053/20]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]