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Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Ministerial Meetings
Holly Cairns
843. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met representatives of organisations (details supplied); and if not, when he will do so. [15890/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Obesity Strategy
Holly Cairns
1279. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health when an initial progress report on each recommendation in the Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016-2025 will be issued by the obesity policy implementation oversight group. [15891/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
1280. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that will be able to attend weddings in September 2020 under the revised Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business guidelines. [15893/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Environmental Protection Enforcement
Holly Cairns
140. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the training, capacity building and investment necessary to support the national maritime oil and HNS spill contingency plan; and the timeline for the roll out of same. [14582/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Holly Cairns
249. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the obligations of the NPWS on proposed natural heritage areas. [14574/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Programme for Government
Holly Cairns
330. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide detailed information on the roll out of the affordable services sites in the programme for Government. [14573/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Departmental Circulars
Holly Cairns
472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will adjust Circular No. 0037/2020 regarding the implementation of the calculated grades model for the leaving certificate 2020 to make explicit reference to considerations or special exceptions for student mental health issues which may have impacted on school attendance or participation. [14576/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
473. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be made to cater for the specific needs of students scheduled to sit the leaving certificate exams in 2021. [14577/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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State Examinations Commission
Holly Cairns
474. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has spoken formally with the chief executive officer and or chairperson of State Examinations Commission since her appointment as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14578/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Carer's Allowance
Holly Cairns
534. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow persons to exclude savings for a specific purposes, for example, to purchase a home, to be excluded from means-testing for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14572/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Holly Cairns
547. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which the sites for the Airband technology exploratory initiative were chosen. [14570/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Holly Cairns
548. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will include a site in west County Cork in the Airband technology exploratory initiative. [14571/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
572. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 30 June 2020, if he will provide the evidence on which the statement is based (details supplied). [14581/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Maternity Benefit
Holly Cairns
657. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if clarity will be provided on the measures to temporarily extend maternity leave and maternity benefit by three months for those that are currently on maternity leave in view of Covid-19. [14580/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Midwifery Services
Holly Cairns
875. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruitment of 40 additional clinical midwife specialists in mental health. [14579/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Human Rights
Holly Cairns
17. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent infringement by Poland on LGBTQ rights and attempts to classify LGBT as an ideology. [13522/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Third Level Institutions
Holly Cairns
225. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the results of a survey by a union (details supplied) regarding student experiences of sexual violence, sexual harassment and college-based education, prevention and support strategies; and the steps she is planning to take to address the matter. [13520/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
226. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided on a special case regarding predictive grading relating to the leaving certificate 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13521/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Farm Safety
Holly Cairns
344. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to evidence indicating that injuries and fatalities related to agriculture are increasing; and the steps he is taking to address the matter. [13508/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
359. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Covid-19 is not classified as an occupationally acquired illness under health and safety legislation. [13514/20]