Parliamentary questions

Cycling Facilities

Holly Cairns

285. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport when the Transport for Ireland, TFI, bike share station on Connaught Avenue adjacent to University College Cork will be operational. [2622/22]

Cycling Facilities

Holly Cairns

286. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand the TFI bike share network in Cork city to suburban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2623/22]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

287. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent in 2021 on active travel projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2624/22]

A Vision for Change

Holly Cairns

288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of monthly TFI bike share scheme users in Cork, Galway and Limerick in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2625/22]

Road Traffic Accidents

Holly Cairns

289. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths and accidents recorded for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/22]

Driver Licences

Holly Cairns

290. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if a person is required to have a public services card to apply for or renew a driver's licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2627/22]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

367. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to the issues raised by the former members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2588/22]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

368. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the date on which his attention was drawn to the resignation of all members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when he planned to make this information available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2589/22]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

369. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of persons awaiting decisions by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; when a new board of appeal will be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2590/22]

Flood Risk Management

Holly Cairns

410. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [2618/22]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

611. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on developing a publicly financed student accommodation building strategy and charter for student tenant rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2611/22]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Holly Cairns

612. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the establishment of a wildlife crime unit in the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2612/22]

Heritage Sites

Holly Cairns

613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2613/22]

Heritage Sites

Holly Cairns

614. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure that Garrylucas bog, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2614/22]

Rental Sector

Holly Cairns

615. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking in response to the high rates of private rental properties that failed to meet minimum standards when assessed by Cork City Council's private rental inspection unit in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2615/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

865. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure the safety of students and staff special schools and classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2580/22]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

866. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her engagement with a group (details supplied) in relation to leaving and junior certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2581/22]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

867. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on permitting leaving certificate examinations and assessment in 2022 to use a hybrid model similar to 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2582/22]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

868. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the arrangements for the junior certificate examinations and assessment for 2022 considering the disruption endured by this cohort of students throughout the junior cycle of secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2583/22]

Departmental Functions

Holly Cairns

869. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a person (details supplied) accessing appropriate secondary school education in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2585/22]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

1062. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that PAYE and PRSI payments paid by or on behalf of undocumented workers can be counted towards social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2619/22]

Direct Provision System

Holly Cairns

1065. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in each direct provision centre by month between 1 February 2020 and 10 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2616/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Holly Cairns

1129. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date his officials are working towards regarding the introduction of legislation for the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2575/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Holly Cairns

1130. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his engagement with the forum for the survivors of mother and baby homes; the number of meetings since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2576/22]

Legislative Process

Holly Cairns

1131. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to recommendation 3 (details supplied) of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/22]

Legislative Process

Holly Cairns

1132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to recommendation 8 (details supplied) of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2578/22]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence

Holly Cairns

1133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the State is meeting its commitments under the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention including the provision of refuge spaces and support services for all of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2579/22]

Further and Higher Education

Holly Cairns

1178. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to expand the eduroam network to all towns and villages in County Cork. [2591/22]

International Protection

Holly Cairns

1331. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of same-sex couples who have been reunified under section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015 since its enactment. [2617/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Holly Cairns

1928. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide antigen tests and FFP2 masks to medical card holders without charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2596/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Holly Cairns

1929. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide antigen tests and FFP2 masks at a subsidised rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2597/22]

Hospital Services

Holly Cairns

1930. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the Bantry Hospital dental and orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2598/22]

Healthcare Policy

Holly Cairns

1931. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide medical treatment for persons diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/22]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

1932. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will revise the long-term illness scheme to cover persons diagnosed with Crohn's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/22]

Health Service Executive

Holly Cairns

1933. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the longest waiting-time experienced by a CHO4 staff member to have a grievance hearing arranged for stage 1 of the HSE grievance procedure following submission of their formal grievance and for the arrangement of a stage 2 hearing following the completion of stage 1 in 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2601/22]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

1934. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details including the location of the service, the date of appointment and contract type, that is, permanent or fixed term of appointments to HSE adult mental health psychology posts that were not subject to a competition process from January 2014 until December 2021 in CHO4 (details supplied); the reason in each instance a competition process involving eligible candidates did not take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2602/22]

Covid-19 Tests

Holly Cairns

1935. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a subsidy for antigen tests and FFP2 masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2603/22]

Dental Services

Holly Cairns

1936. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure adequate HSE dental appointments are available to children in south-western areas of County Cork. [2604/22]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

1937. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2605/22]

Hospital Services

Holly Cairns

1938. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on putting in place the resources to extend the medical assessment unit opening hours in Bantry General Hospital to a 24/7 basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2606/22]

Inshore Fisheries

Holly Cairns

2028. 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. [2560/22]

Organic Farming

Holly Cairns

2029. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of organic lamb and organic beef, respectively that were produced in Ireland in each of the years 2008 to 2021, in tabular form; the markets that consumed the total tonnage produced for each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2561/22]

Organic Farming

Holly Cairns

2030. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the markets that have been developed by the organic associations and by Bord Bia between 2009 and 2021 for organic beef, organic lamb and organic milk; the new markets that have been secured and that will be secured for each organic product in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2562/22]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

2031. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forestry licences it is planned that his Department will issue for 2022. [2563/22]

Harbours and Piers

Holly Cairns

2032. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress regarding the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; the reason construction has stalled; and the expected completion date. [2565/22]

Island Communities

Holly Cairns

2069. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Islands’ Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2620/22]

Broadband Infrastructure

Holly Cairns

2070. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll out of the broadband connection points; the number of publicly accessible broadband points that are now live by county; the number of these that are on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2621/22]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

67. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to increase transport accessibility in public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62344/21]

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

81. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his plans to install new bus shelters in County Cork in the next year. [62345/21]

Banking Sector

Holly Cairns

111. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct banks operating in the State to provide customers with written banking statements on a monthly basis, if requested by the customer. [62342/21]

Credit Unions

Holly Cairns

119. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to enable the credit union movement to grow as a key provider of community banking in the country. [62343/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members on each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62523/21]

Health and Safety

Holly Cairns

173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections of meat processing plants that have been carried out for compliance with Covid-19 regulations since 1 January 2021; the number that were unannounced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62809/21]

Health and Safety

Holly Cairns

174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents that occurred in meat processing plants in each county between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021; the type of accident and injury involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62810/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

181. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members on each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62524/21]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

194. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way persons who use pay-as-you-go electricity services will be able to avail of the announced €100 electricity credit. [62811/21]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

195. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if tenants whose rental payments include the costs of electricity bills benefit from the announced €100 electricity credit. [62812/21]

Departmental Bodies

Holly Cairns

203. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62535/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

254. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62525/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

278. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62531/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62534/21]

Sport and Recreational Development

Holly Cairns

297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to increase the level of girls and women participating in sport and structural inequities regarding the treatment of female sports players; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62829/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Holly Cairns

303. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of requests from Irish Water for additional public funding to address the need for capital investment in wastewater treatment plants; and his response to such requests between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form. [62813/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

321. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62529/21]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

343. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on housing waiting lists who have a disability recorded on their application, for each local authority, between 1 January 2015 and 1 December 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62822/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

355. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62526/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

367. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62521/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

383. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62522/21]

School Curriculum

Holly Cairns

406. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on making geography a mandatory subject in the secondary school junior cycle curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62807/21]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

407. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the shortage of ASD units in west County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62808/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

440. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62533/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

456. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62520/21]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

461. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021 as a percentage of Tusla’s annual budget on domestic violence and abuse services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62806/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

466. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an over-reliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [62823/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62527/21]

Third Level Staff

Holly Cairns

478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the low levels of persons with disabilities employed in third-level education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62814/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether an over-reliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [62815/21]

Employment Rights

Holly Cairns

480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address workers’ rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology. [62816/21]

Immigration Policy

Holly Cairns

485. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Committee’s requirements as outlined in the Council of Europe anti-torture committee’s 7th periodic visit report on Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62820/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

486. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62530/21]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

492. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and-or convictions under Part 4 of the Purchase of Sexual Services of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since the Act was commenced until 1 December 2021, in tabular form; the number of persons prosecuted and-or convicted who identified as sex workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62824/21]

Human Trafficking

Holly Cairns

493. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and or convictions under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 and the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013 since the respective commencement of each Act until 1 December 2021; the number of persons prosecuted and-or convicted relating to the categories of trafficked individuals for the purpose of sexual exploitation, or labour exploitation, forced criminality, forced begging and-or the removal of their organs, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62825/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

520. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62528/21]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

580. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62817/21]

Healthcare Policy

Holly Cairns

581. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to provide free contraception, starting with women aged between 17 and 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62818/21]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

582. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness, in the Council of Europe anti-torture Committee’s seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62819/21]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

583. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult persons currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62821/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

620. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62519/21]

Agriculture Industry

Holly Cairns

630. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider requesting to amend the Irish whiskey protected geographic indication, PGI, technical file to state barley for Irish whiskey must be sourced on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62802/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

631. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhounds microchipped annually between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62803/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

632. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds registered on the race management system annually between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62804/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

633. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded injuries and deaths of greyhounds that have occurred at greyhound racing stadiums and events organised by the Irish Greyhound Board between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form. [62805/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

642. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62532/21]

Community Development Projects

Holly Cairns

648. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support she is putting in place to help voluntary community groups meet operating costs during the Covid-19 pandemic when their usual means of fundraising cannot take place. [62826/21]

Rural Schemes

Holly Cairns

649. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and promote residential occupancy; when communities can start applying for this funding; and the estimated amount available to each local authority. [62827/21]

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

650. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on adding a requirement that all funding from her Department include provisions to meet and further the rights of persons with disabilities. [62828/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

168. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62385/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

169. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of reported Covid-19 cases found in meat processing plant workers between 1 January 2020 and 1 December 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62386/21]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a hostel for disabled persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be reopened to pre-Covid-19 service levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62389/21]

Food Industry

Holly Cairns

231. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the pledges made and initiatives taken by Ireland in the agricultural sector at the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference given Ireland's commitments at the United Nations Food Systems Summit and Food Vision's 2030 ambition for Ireland to become an international leader on sustainable food systems, specifically regarding the rationale for Ireland joining the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate but not endorsing the Policy Action Agenda for a Just Transition to Sustainable Food and Agriculture at COP26; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62384/21]