Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

600. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding will be provided for an organisation (details supplied) that cares for greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36317/21]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

58. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if it will be ensured that a primary school (details supplied) is provided with a SNA allocation and SET hours to meet its needs in September 2021. [35177/21]

Transport Policy

Holly Cairns

91. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the way she is encouraging active travel to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35178/21]

Programme for Government

Holly Cairns

125. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to’ develop a carer’s guarantee proposal that will provide a core basket of services to carers across the country regardless of where they live. [35288/21]

Pension Provisions

Holly Cairns

155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to develop a pension solution for family carers that recognises their important work. [35287/21]

Birth Certificates

Holly Cairns

284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if it will be ensured that all same-sex parents are facilitated in being recognised as the parents of their children, including being permitted to have both their names on birth certificates. [28648/21]

Child Protection

Holly Cairns

322. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35704/21]

Equality Proofing of Policies

Holly Cairns

323. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will update the document How to Conduct a Disability Impact Assessment Guidelines for Government Departments to reflect legislative and regulatory changes since its publication in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35705/21]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

324. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure all playgrounds have accessible features for children with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35706/21]

Family Law Cases

Holly Cairns

352. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if her plans to reform the family law court system can ensure that in future family law cases are held in local courts to facilitate the families concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35707/21]

Family Law Cases

Holly Cairns

353. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will work with family and victim support organisations to provide an alternative to the planned system of regional family courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35708/21]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

495. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to recruit more clinical psychologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29270/21]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

496. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the disability capacity review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29271/21]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

52. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014. [34861/21]

Equality Proofing of Policies

Holly Cairns

53. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; and the process by which these assessments are monitored. [34879/21]

Fisheries Protection

Holly Cairns

57. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his response to a report of a fish kill (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35189/21]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

94. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 137 of 23 June 2021, the steps she is taking to regulate elements of the short-term letting sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35196/21]

Tourism Funding

Holly Cairns

95. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will increase Fáilte Ireland’s financial contribution to the work of rural recreational officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35197/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

98. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if one-on-one personal training is permitted in private gyms and studios under current restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28039/21]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

109. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to Hungary’s recent anti-LGBTQ legislation. [35192/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Holly Cairns

110. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 27 January 2021, if the Holy See has provided a response to the final report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35193/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

150. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to review and update the National Carers’ Strategy. [35312/21]

General Practitioner Services

Holly Cairns

151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to extend free general practitioner care to carers in receipt of the carer’s support grant. [35313/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Holly Cairns

152. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on recognising the costs associated with caring in the deductions allowable for carer’s allowance and assess income on its net rather than gross value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35314/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Holly Cairns

153. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending eligibility for carer’s benefit to include persons who are self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35315/21]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Holly Cairns

154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on extending eligibility for domiciliary care allowance to children residing in hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35311/21]

Equality Proofing of Policies

Holly Cairns

163. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on revising the language used to refer to persons with disabilities and disabled persons in all legislation under his remit; the steps he is taking to ensure that the language in legislation being written and future legislation will refer to persons with disabilities and disabled persons appropriately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35237/21]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

164. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking in response to an organisation’s (details supplied) report on the rise of reported domestic violence in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35306/21]

An Garda Síochána

Holly Cairns

188. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking in response to the cancelling of emergency domestic violence calls by gardaí between 2019 and October 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35309/21]

Immigration Status

Holly Cairns

189. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to create new pathways for long-term undocumented persons and their dependents meeting specified criteria to regularise their status within 18 months of the formation of the Government. [35310/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

258. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 914, 941, 945, 947, 954, 963, 981, 982, 983, 984, 988, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1041, 1069, 1078, 1083 and 1087 of 28 April 2021, the status of vaccines (details supplied) receiving EMA approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28038/21]

Legislative Process

Holly Cairns

263. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the date on which his Department is working towards to introduce the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021 to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28044/21]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

378. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase the Irish fishers’ share of the EU fishing quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35186/21]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

379. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will suspend the mackerel swaps to other EU member states pending a review of mackerel swaps approved through the Quota Management Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35187/21]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

380. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on allocating line caught mackerel quota to the small scale fleet under 12 metre vessels using low-impact gear on an equitable basis as per Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35188/21]

Aquaculture Industry

Holly Cairns

381. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1011 of 10 February 2021, the status of aquaculture licence applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35190/21]

Animal Feedstuffs

Holly Cairns

382. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the lifting of the ban on processed animal protein feed for livestock by the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35191/21]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will employ more rural recreational officers and ensure they are allocated according to the work plans being operated by the local development companies. [35194/21]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

394. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will employ an additional rural recreational officer in the west Cork Development Partnership to reflect the workload of the role. [35195/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

75. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34852/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

76. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34869/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

87. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34853/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

88. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34870/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34864/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

134. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments and the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34881/21]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on and response to a report from an organisation (details supplied) outlining the actions required to support the private bus and coach sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34903/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

158. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34854/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

159. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34871/21]

Departmental Policies

Holly Cairns

169. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit fulfil their obligations under section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34859/21]

Disabilities Assessments

Holly Cairns

170. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way his Department and public bodies and agencies under his remit undertake disability impact assessments; the process by which these assessments are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34876/21]