Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Direct Provision System

Holly Cairns

85. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate steps he is taking to address the child safeguarding concerns raised in the Ombudsman for Children report Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision. [28650/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

223. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when Irish dancing classes and events will be permitted to return as it is a form of sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27673/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Holly Cairns

373. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on raising maternity benefit to €350 weekly over the lifetime of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27514/21]

School Meals Programme

Holly Cairns

374. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the free hot school meals programme to all DEIS schools and all other schools that request to participate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27515/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Holly Cairns

430. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the campaign and document from an organisation (details supplied) for the Government to issue a specific family homelessness strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27513/21]

Proposed Legislation

Holly Cairns

488. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the date on which her Department is working towards to introduce hate crime legislation to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27672/21]

Animal Welfare

Holly Cairns

527. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to recognise the importance of animal welfare and provide additional resources to monitor welfare standards by increasing the veterinary presence available on all live export consignments to third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27512/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

7. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of convergence rates which will form part of the new Common Agricultural Policy in the trilogue negotiations. [26918/21]

Renewable Energy Generation

Holly Cairns

16. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage concerning the request by associations (details supplied) for structures to enable developers to interact with inshore fishers concerning offshore renewable energy projects. [26914/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

20. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason farmers in the organic farming scheme were excluded from the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot Programme. [26917/21]

Inshore Fisheries

Holly Cairns

38. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports put in place for inshore fishers whose capacity to fish is restricted by the different stages of the preparation and construction of offshore renewable energy projects. [26915/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Holly Cairns

67. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that as many eligible persons as possible that applied for the Rural Environmental-Agri Pilot Programme will be accepted on to the scheme. [26916/21]

Sustainable Development Goals

Holly Cairns

68. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress made to consider options available to identify those items of Departmental expenditure which support specific sustainable development goals as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26875/21]

Sustainable Development Goals

Holly Cairns

151. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which his Department has lead responsibility as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020. [25757/21]

Sustainable Development Goals

Holly Cairns

152. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the specific sustainable development goal targets his Department is responsible for implementing; and the progress made in implementing those targets since 26 April 2018. [25775/21]

Social Media

Holly Cairns

153. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if he has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and the name of the social media platforms being monitored. [25793/21]

Social Media

Holly Cairns

154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach if officials in his Department are tasked with conducting online and social media monitoring and completing reports on social media coverage of his Department and his Ministerial activities; if so, the number of staff involved; the respective grades of each; and the estimated working hours committed to same. [25811/21]

Social Media

Holly Cairns

158. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive; and the percentage of posts made on each of his Departmental social media accounts and platforms that featured bilingual translations in Irish and English between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, inclusive. [26589/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

159. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidance for businesses that interact directly with the public regarding their obligations to employees for customers and clients to wear face coverings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25566/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

160. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if restart grants will be provided to assist SMEs reopen after Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25567/21]