Parliamentary questions

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide public electric vehicle chargers in Allihies, Castletownbere and Eyeries, County Cork. [12484/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Holly Cairns

241. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that individuals who choose to tax their car on a quarterly basis are not charged extra than those who do so annually. [12485/23]

Marine Accidents

Holly Cairns

251. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport with his responsibilities under the Merchant Shipping (Salvage and Wreck) Act 1993; and the steps he is taking in relation to MV Alta in Ballycotton, including addressing health and safety concerns in relation to persons travelling to view the vessel. [12758/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

252. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on ensuring that Castletownbere is classified as a larger town within the Connection Ireland plan to ensure that the Beara peninsula is assigned the necessary scale of routes [12806/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

253. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an additional sheltered bus stop on the western side of Bandon to facilitate elderly residents. [12807/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

254. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure that a sheltered bus stop is put in place in Ballinhassig, County Cork. [12808/23]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

255. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure the return of the Tralee to London Eurolines route. [12809/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

256. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to regulate e-scooters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12810/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

257. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of when the announced Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan, Skibbereen to Killarney bus route will commence operations. [12811/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on the situation where private operators could not participate in the initiative on the February bank holiday weekend whereby Leap card holders could bring another person for free on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

293. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve the frequency and expand the range of local link services in Cork south west. [13475/23]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure frequent public transport options between Bandon, County Cork and Munster Technological University and University College Cork. [13476/23]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied) concerning issues relating to a semi-State transport body pension scheme. [14020/23]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

301. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the actions that he has taken to improve waiting times for driving tests [14021/23]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

302. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the current waiting times for each driving test centre, including the number of people waiting for tests and waiting to be invited to apply for a test, and monthly break down, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14022/23]

Electric Vehicles

Holly Cairns

314. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme facilitates disabled driver charging their electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/23]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

315. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the rent-a-room scheme is extended to allow households that have an available bedroom to rent it to an asylum seeker. [12786/23]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

374. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to address rates of online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13715/23]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to the online trolling and other online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ young people. [13691/23]

Gorse Burning

Holly Cairns

394. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the operation of Sections 39 and 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 and Section 7 of the Heritage Act 2018 to address repeated incidents occurring annually of illegal land burning. [14001/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Holly Cairns

411. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify what health and safety standards local authorities are supposed to adhere to in the provision of emergency accommodation. [12475/23]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

416. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that any named person on a HAP application is provided with accommodation alongside their partners also named on the application. [12800/23]

Special Areas of Conservation

Holly Cairns

417. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline all funding options available to persons or non-profit groups carrying out stewardship activities of special areas of conservation. [12801/23]

Wildlife Protection

Holly Cairns

418. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure the protection of hedgerow habitats. [12802/23]

Housing Schemes

Holly Cairns

440. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the limits on the first home scheme will next be reviewed. [13056/23]

Housing Schemes

Holly Cairns

441. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that the limits for the first home scheme are being consistently applied in all local authorities. [13057/23]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

454. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to assist persons over 65 years in long-term rental accommodation who are seeking to purchase their own homes. [13235/23]

Derelict Sites

Holly Cairns

455. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to address dereliction in Bandon, Ballineen and Enniskeane, County Cork. [13236/23]

National Parks

Holly Cairns

456. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that all policies concerning National Parks and Nature Reserves consider the needs of individuals with disabilities. [13240/23]

Planning Issues

Holly Cairns

489. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands to develop a planning process that is more responsive to the needs of island residents, ensure greater clarity in planning policy, and proactive communication of this policy, to island residents or their representative housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13711/23]

Island Communities

Holly Cairns

490. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands to 'Extend the Croí Cónaíthe Fund/Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Scheme to the islands and increase the funding available'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/23]

Inshore Fisheries

Holly Cairns

491. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with inshore fishers, their representative organisations, and their producer organisations concerning the development of offshore renewable projects and their potential impact on their livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13714/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Holly Cairns

512. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what course of action is available to an individual if they do not qualify for social housing and find themselves homeless due to lack of private rentals available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14012/23]

Housing Policy

Holly Cairns

513. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with self-catering accommodation providers in rural areas concerning the impact of the Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14013/23]

Animal Welfare

Holly Cairns

514. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to address badger baiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14014/23]

Animal Welfare

Holly Cairns

515. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of recorded badger baiting incidents for the years 2021 and 2022; the number of prosecutions and convictions of persons for badger baiting since 1 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14015/23]

eGovernment Services

Holly Cairns

516. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with and assist a public body under his remit (details supplied) with a view to improving their online platform, including the restoration of an online chat query service and a review of the online registration process carried in consultation with the services users [14016/23]

Citizenship Applications

Holly Cairns

522. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure the timely processing of an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied). [12464/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Holly Cairns

528. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry system. [12787/23]

Foreign Birth Registration

Holly Cairns

529. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address the delays in an individual's application to the foreign birth registry system (details supplied). [12788/23]

Fisheries Protection

Holly Cairns

578. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine concerning the State's response to non-Irish registered super trawlers fishing in Irish territorial waters. [13984/23]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Holly Cairns

582. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to secure the release of an Irish citizen imprisoned in another jurisdiction (details supplied). [14004/23]

School Textbooks

Holly Cairns

617. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify how the free schoolbook scheme will be rolled out; if the scheme will be administered from publishers, wholesalers or bookshops. [12461/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

618. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify her plans for the continued funding and development of early intervention ASD classes. [12462/23]

School Enrolments

Holly Cairns

647. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the over subscription to national schools in a town (details supplied). [12765/23]

School Staff

Holly Cairns

648. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an additional teacher is assigned to a national school (details supplied) under the criteria alleviating some of the pressure on class sizes at infant level. [12766/23]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

649. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on the date set for the issuing of Leaving Certificate results. [12767/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

650. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will immediately make available the SNA allocations for secondary schools in Cork south west for the 2022-2023 academic year. [12768/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

651. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a student (details supplied) who requires a laptop as assistive technology is provided with this essential equipment. [12770/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

652. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to roll out early intervention ASD classes to all schools who have identified this need. [12771/23]