Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 5 de 108
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
570. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide clarity on the eating disorder treatment process; and to detail what treatments families are entitled to. [7726/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
571. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if eating disorder treatment could be provided regardless of an individual's weight; and whether individual and-or family-based therapy could be provided at every step of the treatment process. [7727/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
572. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to provide more specialised facilities for eating disorder sufferers; what steps are being taken to provide more outpatient facilities; and what steps are being taken to provide eating disorder specialists in all public hospitals. [7728/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
573. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide more in-patient facilities for eating disorder sufferers or to facilitate a reduction of catchment restrictions; and if all in-patient facilities will provide nasogastric tube feeding where required. [7729/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
574. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to recruit staff so existing eating disorder treatment teams can reach full capacity; if more staff will receive specific training to treat eating disorders; and if funding for specialised staff will be ring-fenced. [7730/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
575. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if funding will be made available to update the expired 2018 Eating Disorders Services Model of Care; if funding will be ring-fenced for more beds; and if funding can be ring-fenced to consistently fund the HSE Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders. [7731/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
576. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if transitional supports for eating disorders such as meal support and mental health supports can be provided to patients in order to improve the transition between hospitals and homes, CAMHS and AMHS. [7732/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
577. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what avenues are available for families who wish to seek recourse where the level of care for an eating disorder is not adequate; and if he will commit to putting in place such a process if one is not available. [7733/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Eating Disorders
Holly Cairns
578. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if his Department would conduct research to gain an accurate picture of how many people are suffering with eating disorders in Ireland and what resources are actually needed; and if a needs assessment for bed capacity will be carried out. [7734/24]
Máirt, 20 Feabh 2024
written
Grant Payments
Holly Cairns
647. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he would review the internal process within SUSI for classifying students under 23 years of age as being irreconcilably estranged from their parents; if he is aware that students who have become estranged from their parents after having aged out of TUSLA’s remit, must receive a court order to prove their estrangement; if alternative, less expensive avenues to prove estrangement can be introduced ahead of the upcoming academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7735/24]
Déar, 15 Feabh 2024
written
Foreign Conflicts
Holly Cairns
156. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide the value of property funded or donated by Ireland in the West Bank which has been damaged by Israeli settlers since 7 October 2023; whether the State is pursuing any legal action to recuperate costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7221/24]
Déar, 15 Feabh 2024
written
Food Waste
Holly Cairns
162. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to the fact that offshore islands are exempt from the new EU legislation in regards to brown bin collection services; what food waste collection services are available to communities on offshore islands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7222/24]
Déar, 15 Feabh 2024
written
Airport Policy
Holly Cairns
172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether there is an independent complaints mechanism available for those who wish to submit complaints against the DAA; if not, whether his Department would consider establishing such a mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7224/24]
Déar, 15 Feabh 2024
written
Airport Policy
Holly Cairns
173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport what engagement he has had with residents affected by severe noise pollution as a result of flight paths in north County Dublin; what measures his Department is taking to assist these communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7225/24]
Déar, 15 Feabh 2024
written
Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
335. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the ratification on the pay restoration proposals for section 39 workers agreed in the WRC last November; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7220/24]
Déar, 15 Feabh 2024
written
Vaccination Programme
Holly Cairns
336. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether there are plans within his Department for an expansion of the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme; and if so, to provide details of when this service will be available. [7223/24]
Céad, 14 Feabh 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
146. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the rationale for the removal of complex needs as a factor for the allocation of special education teaching hours; if she is aware that many children with complex needs do not sit standardised tests, and so are not represented in the results of standardised literacy and numeracy test scores in a school; if she will consider reinstating complex needs as a factor for allocating SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6826/24]
Céad, 14 Feabh 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
147. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the reason there are no grounds for appeal for schools with students with additional needs under the new model for allocating special education teaching hours; what avenues schools with pupils who are not receiving the educational supports they are entitled to can take in order to address these issues; and if she will consider reinstating a comprehensive appeals process for SET hours. [6827/24]
Céad, 14 Feabh 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
148. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of schools which have been allocated SET hours; and the number of schools which appealed their allocation; by county, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [6828/24]
Céad, 14 Feabh 2024
written
Rental Sector
Holly Cairns
206. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the practice of county councils increasing differential rent rates of those who are in receipt of disability allowance due to the €13 increase in the flat rate; and whether, given the increase in cost of living and the documented cost of disability, assessment of disability allowance under means testing for differential rent rates can be reviewed. [6994/24]
Céad, 14 Feabh 2024
written
Health Services
Holly Cairns
321. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the protocol for treatment of patients following a miscarriage can be reviewed in order to facilitate privacy or separate areas for scans or check-ups, as being treated in a room alongside pregnant people can be incredibly distressing to those who have experienced miscarriage. [6993/24]
Máirt, 13 Feabh 2024
written
Commissions of Investigation
Holly Cairns
134. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details on the investigation into the leak of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, including the time period in which it was conducted, the amount and grade of staff members assigned to the investigation and the budget allocated for the investigation. [6573/24]
Máirt, 13 Feabh 2024
written
Mother and Baby Homes
Holly Cairns
546. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the estimated date for the opening of applications for the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes, and the amount and grade of staff allocated to administering the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6574/24]
Déar, 8 Feabh 2024
written
Middle East
Holly Cairns
133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if his Department will engage with the family of the person in Ireland in order to ensure safe passage out of Gaza. [5938/24]
Déar, 8 Feabh 2024
written
Visa Applications
Holly Cairns
250. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice when a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be finalised; if all efforts will be made to process this visa as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5931/24]
Déar, 8 Feabh 2024
written
Family Reunification
Holly Cairns
251. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of visa applications for family reunification for immediate family members of Irish citizens that have not yet been decided upon; the number of weeks each application has been awaiting a decision; the business target for these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5937/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
Middle East
Holly Cairns
22. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met with or received any correspondence from representatives of South Africa in regards to their case against Israel in the International Court of Justice; and if so, if he would provide details of the correspondence. [5589/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
Driver Test
Holly Cairns
93. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the current wait times for driving theory tests and driving tests in each test centre; and the number of people currently booked in for each in each test centre, in tabular form. [5590/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
Bus Éireann
Holly Cairns
94. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he would consider eliminating or reducing the €10 charge for taking bicycles on Bus Éireann buses or if the charge could be dropped on off-peak hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5600/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
School Accommodation
Holly Cairns
211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school (details supplied). [5591/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Holly Cairns
212. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the development of schools (details supplied). [5596/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
International Protection
Holly Cairns
377. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the rationale used by her Department for categorising a country as a “safe country” in relation to international protection applications. [5592/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
International Protection
Holly Cairns
378. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the reasoning for categorising Algeria as a “safe country” in relation to international protection applications; what has changed in Algeria to result in this change in status; and what human rights reports her Department used to reach this decision. [5593/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
International Protection
Holly Cairns
379. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice how many other EU countries categorise Algeria as a “safe country” in relation to international protection applications. [5594/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Holly Cairns
562. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide detail on the planned closure of 16 beds across two units in Clonakilty Community Hospital in order to facilitate the opening of a new unit; whether concerns have been raised with the HSE by unions in regards to safe staffing levels in the hospital as a result of the new unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5595/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
Hospital Facilities
Holly Cairns
563. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health whether an increase in the number of community beds in Bandon Hospital could be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5597/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
General Practitioner Services
Holly Cairns
564. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the scarcity of (details supplied); the measures being taken to ensure GPs are able to prescribe alternative medication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5598/24]
Céad, 7 Feabh 2024
written
General Practitioner Services
Holly Cairns
565. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to provide up to date information to GPs of medication shortages and suitable alternatives, in order to prevent patients receiving prescriptions they are unable to fill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5599/24]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Middle East
Holly Cairns
21. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts his Department is making to ensure the safe release of a person (details supplied) from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56555/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for an ASD class (details supplied); and if it will be put in place for the opening of the 2024 school year. [56486/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Live Exports
Holly Cairns
1177. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live cattle exported monthly; the mode of transportation used; and their ultimate destination from 2021 to date, in tabular form. [56487/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Live Exports
Holly Cairns
1178. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of inspections carried out on vehicles or boats transporting live cattle for export, from 2021 to date. [56488/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Live Exports
Holly Cairns
1179. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps taken by his Department to improve animal welfare standards on live cattle export journeys. [56489/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
1180. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers affected by delays to the ACRES payment; the number of farmers affected by delays to the ACRES co-operation payment; the estimated dates of payment for each cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56490/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Agriculture Schemes
Holly Cairns
1181. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports will be made available to farmers who struggle financially due to the delay in ACRES payments. [56491/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Departmental Appointments
Holly Cairns
1182. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current makeup of the Teagasc board; the process for appointment; and if his Department has considered expanding the board in order to allow representation from currently unrepresented farming groups. [56492/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Beef Sector
Holly Cairns
1183. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what consultations took place with suckler farmers when formulating the changes to the beef index; and what information has been provided to suckler farmers following the changes to the beef index. [56493/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Beef Sector
Holly Cairns
1184. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has conducted a risk assessment on the impact of the changes to the beef index on suckler farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56494/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Beef Sector
Holly Cairns
1185. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will engage with suckler farmers on concerns they have in relation to the survival of pedigree breeding following changes to the beef index. [56495/23]
Céad, 17 Ean 2024
written
Animal Welfare
Holly Cairns
1186. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work his Department is conducting in relation to the welfare of unwanted bull calves which will be born next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56496/23]