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Tue, 9 May 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
299. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a disability service for young people (details supplied) to run the summer programme; if she will ensure that her Department officials engage with this service to facilitate same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21676/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Health and Safety
Holly Cairns
300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment concerning changes to the Health and Safety Authority's guidelines regarding the use of glyphosate on school grounds and in the vicinity of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21677/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Tourism Policy
Holly Cairns
316. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking regarding the lack of accessibility at a publicly funded tourist attraction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21686/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Departmental Properties
Holly Cairns
328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether his Department owns a site (details supplied). [21241/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Hedge Cutting
Holly Cairns
335. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on offering greater protection to hedgerows as important habitats, including restrictions on hedgerow removals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21344/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Holly Cairns
364. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group, including the expected date for the publishing of its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21681/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Holly Cairns
403. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to enable full-time carers who are also pensioners to access the State pension (non-contributory) €200 cost-of-living lump sum payment as well as the carer's allowance cost-of-living lump sum payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21346/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Holly Cairns
404. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on adjusting the qualifications for the jobseeker's transition payment to enable single parents with joint equal custody of a child or children to apply for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21347/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Holly Cairns
405. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on adjusting the qualifications for the one-parent family payment to enable single parents with joint equal custody of a child or children to apply for it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21348/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Holly Cairns
417. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if the cost-of-living measures for families announced on 21 February 2023 include a payment to individuals receiving pensions as qualified adults; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21684/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Animal Welfare
Holly Cairns
479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update to an individual (details supplied) seeking health certs for livestock. [21234/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department has not accepted any afforestation, ash dieback or forest road applications since 1 January 2023 from private individuals and companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21235/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
481. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the forestry licensing plan for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21236/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Holly Cairns
490. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to regulate unincorporated agriculture associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21332/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
491. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the funding for the straw incorporation measure by 50% and increasing the acreage that can be applied for by an individual farmer from the current 40 ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
492. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase to €200,000 the targeted agriculture modernisation scheme (TAMS 3) investment ceiling from the current €90,000 to reflect the current cost of equipment for tillage farmers; if he will expand the types of eligible equipment/structures, including combine harvester; if he will request teagasc tillage equipment specialists to provide a report on types of eligible equipment/structures under TAMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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EU Directives
Holly Cairns
493. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he has taken to address his obligations under the Sustainable use of Pesticides Directive (2009/128/EC) regarding the tillage sector. [21335/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Teagasc Activities
Holly Cairns
494. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that the tillage sector is represented on the Teagasc authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21336/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
495. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will adjust the tillage incentive scheme to support current tillage farmers, including the requirement that the land must remain in tillage for at least five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21337/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Holly Cairns
518. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on banning or restricting the use of glyphosate. [21674/23]