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Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disabilities Data
Holly Cairns
1240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority from January 2016 to April 2020 in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total list in tabular form. [9369/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Planning Issues
Holly Cairns
1241. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the instances in which he or a Minister of State in his Department made decisions contrary to the advice of the Office of the Planning Regulator in tabular form; and if he will provide a brief rationale for each instance. [9370/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
1242. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on local authorities altering their development plans to accommodate individual large-scale developments. [9371/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Wildlife Data
Holly Cairns
1264. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of reported cases of wildlife illegal poisonings and or killings from January 2016 to April 2020, in tabular form; and if in each case a person or persons were prosecuted. [9393/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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UN Missions
Holly Cairns
17. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if clarity will be provided to Defence Forces personnel serving on UN missions overseas on when they will be returning; and his plans to ensure a timely rotation. [8203/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
47. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the calculation for Covid-19 wage subsidy to be based on annual average wages to compensate for seasonal variations in income for some professions. [8212/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Health Insurance
Holly Cairns
48. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on allowing tax relief on private health insurance for dental treatments to help stimulate the sector when the emergency has passed. [7052/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Tax Reliefs Application
Holly Cairns
49. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on directing the Revenue Commissioners to amend the terms of the MED 2 scheme to allow relief at the marginal rate for the remainder of 2020. [7053/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Dental Services
Holly Cairns
88. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will temporarily suspend the collection of professional withholding tax from payments made to dentists contracted by the HSE and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to treat medical card and PRSI-eligible patients, respectively. [8199/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
111. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on putting in place a system to monitor the success, challenges and failures of the 2020 leaving certificate arrangements as a case study for future reforms of the senior cycle assessment in post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on putting in place an arbitration and mediation process for appeals on matters relating to the 2020 leaving certificate arrangements as the means of both addressing the issues involved and lessening the amount of potential court cases. [8207/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Holly Cairns
295. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the cycle to work scheme of his Department will be immediately reinstated. [8208/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
296. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the process for marking leaving certificate students if the teacher makes a professional assessment that they are not familiar enough with the student or their capacities and for the student to highlight these issues in such a case. [8209/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Third Level Education
Holly Cairns
297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure higher and further education institutions are facilitating students of courses with practical elements to receive alternative forms of course work or credit to enable them to acquire their qualification or progress to the next stage. [8210/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Leave
Holly Cairns
316. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if maternity leave will be extended for an additional three months for all current recipients to enable them avail of the benefits of support groups and access to family members. [8201/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Court Procedures
Holly Cairns
318. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on enabling affidavits to be completed remotely to facilitate the Courts services operating as long as Covid-19 social distancing restrictions remain in place. [7055/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Visa Applications
Holly Cairns
319. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on extending the temporary extension of immigration permissions from 20 May to 20 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Immigration Status
Holly Cairns
386. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure provisions are being made for employment permit holders who have been laid off or had their working hours reduced due to the Covid-19 emergency; and his views on issuing them with a stamp 4. [8205/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
482. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on establishing a rental support scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises adversely affected by the Covid-19 emergency similar to that provided to private home renters. [8200/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
503. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of PPE for dental practices and financing the structural changes required to comply with new Dental Council guidelines. [7050/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Dental Services
Holly Cairns
504. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all adults are afforded access to the public emergency dental centres being operated by the HSE in view of the fact current arrangements are only in place for children and persons with special needs. [7051/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
846. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on providing additional funding and clear guidance to local authorities on the establishment of walking and cycling infrastructure to ensure safety and social distancing are a priority in towns and cities. [8211/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maritime Safety
Holly Cairns
847. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a series of matters in respect of the safety of oil tankers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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LEADER Programmes
Holly Cairns
894. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the operation of the rural LEADER programme; the amount of rural LEADER funding drawn down to date for each of the 28 local action groups sub-regional areas; the amount of LEADER funding spent in each local action group, LAG, area; the number and types of projects completed to date in each LAG area; his plans to ensure that the deadlines for making applications under rural LEADER can be extended by each LAG in view of the Covid-19 emergency; his further plans to ensure that LAGs are supported to work with their local communities during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7054/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Holly Cairns
907. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to a response during Leaders' Questions on 30 April 2020, if short-term emergency rent supplement will be progressed which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [7048/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Holly Cairns
924. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency as the Minister with responsibility for the coordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence [8206/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Holly Cairns
1015. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [8202/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
1016. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on enabling full-time students that cannot get usual part-time or seasonal employment due to Covid-19 temporary access to the jobseeker's allowance or a comparable allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8213/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Holly Cairns
1017. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure all meat plant workers whose health or employment has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 clusters are provided with the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and illness benefit. [8215/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
1084. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason non-resident tourist travel to offshore islands can only resume in phase 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business while tourism activities in the rest of the country with appropriate restrictions are being facilitated in phase 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7049/20]