Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Crime Data

Holly Cairns

375. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of prosecutions relating to wildlife crimes under the Wildlife Acts 1976 to 2012 and the European Communities Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations 2011 from January 2014 to May 2020, inclusive, in tabular form. [15895/20]

School Transport

Holly Cairns

672. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on increasing the school transport remote area grant to reflect the cost for children who live on an island and attend school on the mainland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15898/20]

Invalidity Pension

Holly Cairns

780. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason contribution conditions for the invalidity pension include a condition (details supplied). [15896/20]

Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme

Holly Cairns

842. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason dairy farms are excluded from the TAMS grant in respect of solar panels in view of the fact pig and poultry farms are covered. [15889/20]

Ministerial Meetings

Holly Cairns

843. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has met representatives of organisations (details supplied); and if not, when he will do so. [15890/20]

Obesity Strategy

Holly Cairns

1279. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health when an initial progress report on each recommendation in the Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016-2025 will be issued by the obesity policy implementation oversight group. [15891/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

1280. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that will be able to attend weddings in September 2020 under the revised Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business guidelines. [15893/20]

Environmental Protection Enforcement

Holly Cairns

140. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the training, capacity building and investment necessary to support the national maritime oil and HNS spill contingency plan; and the timeline for the roll out of same. [14582/20]

National Parks and Wildlife Service

Holly Cairns

249. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the obligations of the NPWS on proposed natural heritage areas. [14574/20]

Programme for Government

Holly Cairns

330. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if he will provide detailed information on the roll out of the affordable services sites in the programme for Government. [14573/20]

Departmental Circulars

Holly Cairns

472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will adjust Circular No. 0037/2020 regarding the implementation of the calculated grades model for the leaving certificate 2020 to make explicit reference to considerations or special exceptions for student mental health issues which may have impacted on school attendance or participation. [14576/20]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

473. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be made to cater for the specific needs of students scheduled to sit the leaving certificate exams in 2021. [14577/20]

State Examinations Commission

Holly Cairns

474. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she has spoken formally with the chief executive officer and or chairperson of State Examinations Commission since her appointment as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14578/20]

Carer's Allowance

Holly Cairns

534. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will allow persons to exclude savings for a specific purposes, for example, to purchase a home, to be excluded from means-testing for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14572/20]

National Broadband Plan

Holly Cairns

547. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which the sites for the Airband technology exploratory initiative were chosen. [14570/20]

National Broadband Plan

Holly Cairns

548. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will include a site in west County Cork in the Airband technology exploratory initiative. [14571/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

572. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 30 June 2020, if he will provide the evidence on which the statement is based (details supplied). [14581/20]

Maternity Benefit

Holly Cairns

657. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if clarity will be provided on the measures to temporarily extend maternity leave and maternity benefit by three months for those that are currently on maternity leave in view of Covid-19. [14580/20]

Midwifery Services

Holly Cairns

875. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of recruitment of 40 additional clinical midwife specialists in mental health. [14579/20]

Human Rights

Holly Cairns

17. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent infringement by Poland on LGBTQ rights and attempts to classify LGBT as an ideology. [13522/20]

Third Level Institutions

Holly Cairns

225. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the results of a survey by a union (details supplied) regarding student experiences of sexual violence, sexual harassment and college-based education, prevention and support strategies; and the steps she is planning to take to address the matter. [13520/20]

State Examinations

Holly Cairns

226. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if clarification will be provided on a special case regarding predictive grading relating to the leaving certificate 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13521/20]

Farm Safety

Holly Cairns

344. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to evidence indicating that injuries and fatalities related to agriculture are increasing; and the steps he is taking to address the matter. [13508/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

359. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Covid-19 is not classified as an occupationally acquired illness under health and safety legislation. [13514/20]

Maternity Services

Holly Cairns

543. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health when women will have access to full prenatal, maternity and postnatal services; and when family visits to maternity hospitals will resume. [13503/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

544. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on advising local authorities to ensure that public toilets are kept open and regularly maintained to ensure people have access to hand-washing facilities. [13504/20]

Nursing Staff

Holly Cairns

545. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of additional ICU nurses employed in each hospital group between March and June 2020, in tabular form. [13505/20]

Mental Health Policy

Holly Cairns

546. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if representatives from a college were invited to the launch of Sharing the Vision - a Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and if not, the reason therefor. [13506/20]

Seafood Sector

Holly Cairns

609. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on running a promotional campaign to urge consumers and restaurants to purchase seafood from Irish fishermen and women to help offset the economic impact of Covid-19. [13507/20]

Farm Safety

Holly Cairns

610. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on increasing the provision of farm safety education through practical skills training and continuous professional development. [13509/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

611. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and women that have availed of the Covid-19 tie-up payment by each category of the scheme and in absolute and relative terms to the estimate total eligible number of boats.
[13510/20]

National Broadband Plan

Holly Cairns

644. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the situation in which workers have to work in their cars in a church carpark in Bandon, County Cork due to poor broadband in areas close to Bandon (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13517/20]

National Broadband Plan

Holly Cairns

645. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the provision of broadband for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13518/20]

Domestic Violence Services

Holly Cairns

780. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that of the six family units in the one domestic violence emergency refuge in Cork city and county only two can operate due to social distancing; and the steps he is taking to provide additional emergency refugee spaces.
[13516/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

922. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when persons that own homes on offshore islands but do not reside there can travel to the islands.
[13511/20]

Island Communities

Holly Cairns

923. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the estimated date for the publication of the islands action plan. [13512/20]

Island Communities

Holly Cairns

924. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on putting in place funding to provide public toilet facilities on each offshore island. [13513/20]

UN Missions

Holly Cairns

13. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the delay of UN mission rotation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12668/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

83. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will assist in securing an extension for a moratorium on business debt for businesses that are unlikely to see a recovery until 2021 at the earliest. [12669/20]

Flood Risk Management

Holly Cairns

101. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the policies and procedures that ensure there is a coherent whole-of-Government approach to flooding as outlined in the annual transition statement. [12653/20]

School Equipment

Holly Cairns

298. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if exceptional payments will be provided for schools to purchase laptops and-or tablets to enable students learning online in anticipation of restrictions on attendance in the 2020/2021 school year. [12656/20]

Traffic Fines

Holly Cairns

354. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that have been fined to date on foot of legislation governing the overtaking of pedal cyclists. [12654/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

387. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if it will be ensured that all grants and supports are accessible by businesses which operate on offshore islands (details supplied). [12655/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

572. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the guidelines will be changed to enable persons travelling on ferries to offshore islands social distance at 1 m with compulsory facemasks in order to ensure the viability of the services. [12659/20]

Disabilities Data

Holly Cairns

573. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with intellectual disabilities residing in acute or long-stay psychiatric settings in Cork city and county between January 2016 and May 2020, in tabular form. [12660/20]

Disabilities Data

Holly Cairns

574. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adults with disabilities residing in nursing settings in Cork city and county between January 2016 and May 2020, by age in tabular form. [12661/20]

Housing for People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

575. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on producing a scheme to ensure that persons with disabilities under 70 years of age who are residing in nursing homes but do not have a medical nursing care need can be housed in more appropriate sheltered and supported accommodation services. [12662/20]

Harbours and Piers

Holly Cairns

617. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dedicated funding will be put in place for small coastal piers in order to support sustainable fishing and coastal and island communities. [12650/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

618. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Coivd-19 fishing tie-up scheme will be reviewed and adjusted to greater meet the needs of fishing communities and ensure more fishers avail of same. [12651/20]

Fishing Communities

Holly Cairns

619. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a support scheme will be provided for fishers similar to the support scheme for beef finishing farms. [12652/20]