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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
120. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the backlog of forestry licences. [7038/22]
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Renewable Energy Generation
Holly Cairns
150. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to assist farmers install renewable energy generation capacities on farms. [7041/22]
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
170. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to address the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected for smaller fishing vessels and recreational fishers and that pair trawling will be prohibited inside the six-mile limit. [7040/22]
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Farm Safety
Holly Cairns
182. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to improve farm safety. [7039/22]
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Transport Policy
Holly Cairns
234. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the status of the proposed review of the Galway Transport Strategy to be held in 2022; when the review is expected to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7370/22]
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Local Authorities
Holly Cairns
235. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of the 248 posts for active travel staff in local authorities announced in January 2021 that remain unfilled by local authority. [7371/22]
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Greenways Provision
Holly Cairns
236. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if the completion of the Galway to Dublin greenway is a priority project for Government; and if the inclusion of the Galway city to Ballyloughane section in the three-year capital programme of Galway City Council as not a priority reflects this position nationally. [7372/22]
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Special Areas of Conservation
Holly Cairns
296. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a dedicated conservation management plan has been put in place for the Lough Hyne nature reserve and environs special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7367/22]
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Special Areas of Conservation
Holly Cairns
297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a dedicated conservation management plan has been put in place for the Knockomagh wood nature reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7368/22]
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Special Areas of Conservation
Holly Cairns
298. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the activities that are currently regulated by either licence or permit in the Lough Hyne marine nature reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7369/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Human Trafficking
Holly Cairns
362. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the protocol in place to assess whether an unaccompanied minor is being trafficked when they arrive into an Irish port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7411/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Holly Cairns
444. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the planned developments for Bantry Hospital; the timescale for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/22]
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
445. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons on waiting lists for CAMHS services in CHO4; and the length of time in months each has been waiting. [7414/22]
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
446. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged zero to 18 in each CHO by individual area, awaiting first-time intervention in all areas of early intervention; the number on the public list; the number on the children’s disability network teams list in each CHO, in tabular form; and the length of time they are awaiting intervention by age. [7415/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
447. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young persons aged zero to 18 in each CHO by individual area awaiting first-time intervention for CAMHS; the number on the public list; the number on the CAMHS list in each CHO, in tabular form; and the length of time they are awaiting intervention by age. [7416/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
448. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if section 39 workers who worked during the pandemic in a frontline capacity will be entitled to the €1,000 tax-free payment. [7417/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
449. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1934 of 19 January 2022, the exact CHO4 mental health service locations, that is, the adult mental health team or CAMHS team transferred out of and into in the case of each appointment to a psychology post by an unadvertised transfer since January 2014; the nature of the contract, temporary or permanent, in each instance; the exact dates those appointments by transfer took place; if he will provide the same details for any appointment by local interview since January 2014 in which that post was not first advertised to the national recruitment panel; and the reason for a transfer or local interview being used as a method of recruitment over the national recruitment panel in each instance. [7418/22]
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
450. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the human resources policy that was followed in sanctioning appointments to psychology posts by transfer or local interview that took place in the CHO4 mental health services from January 2014 onwards; the way the policy allows for recruitment by transfer or local interview in circumstances in which the post has not first been advertised to the national recruitment panel candidates for each appointment; and the eligibility criteria for being transferred into a post that has not first been advertised to other candidates. [7419/22]
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
451. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way that opportunities to transfer into CHO4 mental health service psychology posts outside of the national recruitment panel process were communicated to staff over the past five years; the way that expressions of interest were recorded; the process by which posts were allocated to candidates; and the managers, in addition to the psychology manager, that approved these appointments by transfer in each instance. [7420/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Further and Higher Education
Holly Cairns
78. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a report concerning sexual violence in Irish colleges and universities (details supplied). [6325/22]