Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Apprenticeship Programmes

Holly Cairns

1116. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address the delay in aspects of apprenticeship programmes resulting in students facing a training period longer than the four year programme they originally took up including the additional financial strain and resultant loss of earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14322/21]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Holly Cairns

1117. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on excluding the pandemic unemployment payment from income assessments of SUSI grants for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14323/21]

Third Level Education

Holly Cairns

1174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to prevent a surge in points for high demand courses due to students deferring college places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15901/21]

Domestic Violence Policy

Holly Cairns

1214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice her views on providing free psychological support for all victims after their court cases end; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14340/21]

Courts Service

Holly Cairns

1215. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice her views on providing travel expenses for jury service to ensure that those living in rural areas have equal access to serving on juries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14341/21]

Courts Service

Holly Cairns

1216. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice her views on allowing non-Irish citizens living in Ireland participate in jury service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14342/21]

Commencement of Legislation

Holly Cairns

1289. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 775 of 17 February 2021, her views on extending the statute of limitations for those persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal to lodge a High Court case given the complications of both Covid-19 and the delay in establishing the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15902/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

1467. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health when social distanced visits to nursing homes will be resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14334/21]

Domestic Violence Services

Holly Cairns

1468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide general practitioners and community social workers with specialised training in responding to the survivors and victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14335/21]

Medicinal Products

Holly Cairns

1469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the high cost of long-acting contraception which is even more challenging to overcome economic uncertainty and limited freedom of movement during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14336/21]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme

Holly Cairns

1914. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the date to which his Department is working towards to introduce the Nursing Home Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15905/21]

Abortion Services

Holly Cairns

1915. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the date to which his Department is working towards to introduce the safe access to the termination of pregnancy services Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15906/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

1916. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the waiving of intellectual property rights for Covid-19 products during the pandemic, in particular vaccines, as recommended by the World Health Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15907/21]

Cancer Services

Holly Cairns

1917. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to highlight the importance of cervical screening for persons under 25 years of age who are not yet screened but need to be aware of the significance of the screening process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15908/21]

Cancer Services

Holly Cairns

1918. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a personal public service number, PPSN is required to access cervical screening services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15909/21]

Cancer Services

Holly Cairns

1919. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that opted out of cervical screening services in each of the years 2015 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15910/21]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

1920. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of HSE psychologist posts since January 2014 in CHO4 that were competed for via local interview as opposed to the relevant national recruitment panel; the dates the posts were advertised; the exact locations of the services; the rationale in each instance for a local interview being used over the national recruitment panel process; the related recruitment rules on this process; the number of such competitions that were sanctioned by local or national human resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15911/21]

Cancer Services

Holly Cairns

1921. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the role of the liaison officers appointed to work with the persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15912/21]

Cancer Services

Holly Cairns

1922. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the document regarding liaison officers will be made available for persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15913/21]

Cancer Services

Holly Cairns

1923. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of the retrospective audit that will be offered to persons affected by the CervicalCheck scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/21]

Patient Safety

Holly Cairns

1924. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to involve persons and groups affected by failures of the State to provide proper healthcare such as a group (details supplied) in the development of the patient safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/21]

Medical Qualifications

Holly Cairns

1925. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the HSE decision to reduce the number of intern places being offered for the 2021 cohort of medical graduates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15916/21]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Holly Cairns

1926. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists for persons with endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15917/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

1927. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on permitting dental hygienists to participate in the national roll-out of Covid-19 vaccinations as vaccinators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15918/21]

Hedge Cutting

Holly Cairns

1955. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address illegal burning and hedge cutting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14313/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

1956. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhound pups born in each of the years 2011 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14314/21]

Legislative Measures

Holly Cairns

2042. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on amending the Forestry Acts to provide protection and regulation for trees in urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15896/21]

Afforestation Programme

Holly Cairns

2043. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the afforestation rates by county in each of the years 2015 to 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15897/21]

Agrifood Sector

Holly Cairns

2044. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the draft 2030 agrifood strategy will be published; the way in which the public will be consulted in the development of the final strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15898/21]

Agrifood Sector

Holly Cairns

2045. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of his engagement with the environmental pillar since its withdrawal from the 2030 agrifood strategy committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15899/21]

Gender Equality

Holly Cairns

348. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to the gender disparity data report on Irish radio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12987/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Holly Cairns

603. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will make changes to a service agreement with local community employment sponsor groups (details supplied) in County Cork to ensure the continuation of the individually and communally beneficial scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13001/21]

Passport Controls

Holly Cairns

713. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 17 February 2021, the scientific and medical evidence on which the new visa requirements on passport holders from a number of countries was based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13006/21]

Passport Controls

Holly Cairns

714. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 17 February 2021, the changes to the visa requirements for passport holders of other jurisdictions made since 17 February 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13007/21]

Passport Controls

Holly Cairns

715. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 17 February 2021, the status of the review of new visa requirements on passport holders from a number of countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13008/21]

Passport Controls

Holly Cairns

716. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 632 of 17 February 2021, if measurements such as the cumulative 14-day incidence rates of confirmed cases of Covid-19 per 100,000 population in a country and or the R number are used in deciding on the imposition of new visa requirements on passport holders from a number of countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13009/21]

HSE Staff

Holly Cairns

868. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the longest waiting time experienced by a HSE CHO4 staff member to have a grievance hearing arranged for stage 1 of the HSE grievance procedure following submission of a formal grievance; the longest waiting time experienced by a HSE CHO4 staff member for the arrangement of a stage 2 hearing following the completion of stage 1 among cases from 2020-21; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13002/21]

HSE Staff

Holly Cairns

869. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the details of appointments to HSE adult mental health psychology posts that were not subject to a competition process from January 2014 until December 2020 in CHO4 (details supplied); the reason a competition process involving eligible candidates did not take place in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13003/21]

Dental Services

Holly Cairns

870. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of medical card reimbursement for dentists who treat medical card holders in areas (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13004/21]

Dental Services

Holly Cairns

871. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to improve funding of dental health care through the medical card system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13005/21]

Driver Test

Holly Cairns

140. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on immediately introducing an online driver theory test for all categories of licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11599/21]

Cycling Policy

Holly Cairns

170. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the status of the public bike schemes in Cork, Limerick and Galway cities in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the number of registered users annually; the number of bike trips taken annually; the number of complaints regarding the condition of bikes and-or bike stations annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12174/21]

Cycling Policy

Holly Cairns

171. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the details of plans to develop and expand public bike schemes in Cork, Limerick and Galway cities including planned expansion sites and plans to deploy e-bikes and bikes suitable for those with different physical capacities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12175/21]

Cycling Policy

Holly Cairns

172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the details of investment in and cost of the public bike schemes in Cork, Limerick and Galway cities in each of the years 2017 to 2020; the amount spent on the schemes; the amount of revenue collected through registration and usage fees; the revenue from sponsorship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12176/21]

Cycling Policy

Holly Cairns

173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will make available the tendering process for the establishment and maintenance of public bike schemes in Cork, Limerick and Galway cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12177/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Holly Cairns

308. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms in place to support the housing needs of survivors of mother and baby homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11580/21]

Flood Relief Schemes

Holly Cairns

339. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide additional resources to Cork County Council to address the impact of recent flooding due to high rainfall in February 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11600/21]

Gender Equality

Holly Cairns

380. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the statements made to the Commission on the Defence Forces by an organisation (details supplied) concerning discrimination against women in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11592/21]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Holly Cairns

381. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to address the low number of women, that is, 7% in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11593/21]

Defence Forces Personnel

Holly Cairns

382. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence his views on introducing job sharing practices in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11594/21]