Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

General Practitioner Services

Holly Cairns

749. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that out-of-hours GP services can recruit and retain doctors, including non-EEA locums, to cover the service requirements. [4802/23]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

803. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the call by a fishing representative organisation (details supplied) for an equitable allocation of fishing opportunities to small-scale low impact fishers, using Article 17 to reallocate fishing rights to smaller scale, environmentally compatible, economically viable and socially responsible fishery activities, rewarding a positive history of compliance and ending the sole use of track records as the tool for allocating fishing opportunities by member states, and putting an end to the privatisation of fishery resource access. [4798/23]

Wastewater Treatment

Holly Cairns

98. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to assist communities in improving wastewater infrastructure. [3404/23]

Housing Provision

Holly Cairns

126. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes that were built in County Cork in the years 2021 and 2022. [3403/23]

Insurance Coverage

Holly Cairns

80. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance what steps he is taking to reform the provisions of flood insurance. [3064/23]

Insurance Industry

Holly Cairns

152. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to reduce the cost of insurance for the hospitality sector. [3063/23]

Waste Management

Holly Cairns

192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3125/23]

Equality Issues

Holly Cairns

446. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a report (details supplied) concerning students with disabilities on placement. [3124/23]

Medical Aids and Appliances

Holly Cairns

593. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify that the contract for the national standardised list of community-funded aids and appliances and prescribing criteria is in place; and if he will outline the requirements for the equitable distribution of aids and appliances in each CHO for people who are blind or vision-impaired. [3126/23]

Medicinal Products

Holly Cairns

594. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to address the ongoing risk of medicine shortages. [3127/23]

Patient Deaths

Holly Cairns

595. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a group has been established by his office or any other institution of his Department or HSE for the purpose of carrying out investigations into maternal deaths; if so, if he can clarify the rationale for such a group; the reason that such investigations are not conducted, as a matter of course, by HIQA; the budget for this group; the source from which it is allocated; the way that the group is constituted, including membership and governance structures; the person or body that the group reports to; if the establishment of the group has been subject to Houses of the Oireachtas or Cabinet-approval; and when reports and finding of the group will be made public. [3128/23]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

596. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will immediately provide the necessary capital funding to retain 18 beds in the acute mental health unit in Bantry Hospital. [3129/23]

Brexit Supports

Holly Cairns

659. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of European Union Brexit funding that has been made available to the fishing sector, including a breakdown of all the relevant schemes; and his plans to provide further funding from EU Brexit funding to the sector. [3120/23]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

660. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided for afforestation annually for each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive, in tabular form, including a breakdown of the amounts provided to farmers, private forestry companies, community/non-profit groups, public/semi-state bodies, and any other relevant category. [3122/23]

Fishing Industry

Holly Cairns

661. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the call by a fishing representative organisation (details supplied) to provide for specific small-scale fisher infrastructure investment to improve facilities in landing areas, strengthen short supply chains and food security, and prioritise decarbonisation of the small-scale fleet. [3123/23]

Transport Policy

Holly Cairns

59. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on ensuring that Castletownbere is classified as a larger town within the Connecting Ireland plan to ensure that the Beara peninsula is assigned the necessary scale of routes. [2091/23]

Flood Risk Management

Holly Cairns

142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the flood relief scheme in Bantry, County Cork. [2093/23]

National Car Test

Holly Cairns

201. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve the recruitment and retention of staff in NCT centres. [2687/23]

Tax Credits

Holly Cairns

211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will adjust the tax credit for renters to include students renting in a ‘rent-a-room’ or ‘digs’ type arrangement. [2683/23]

Quarrying Sector

Holly Cairns

238. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on introducing regulations concerning the use of rock-breaking equipment. [2685/23]