Results 6,761-6,780 of 7,461 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason tuition was provided on a household basis rather than an individual basis under the summer provisions when there were two or more eligible children in the same family; the reason the appeals mechanism was removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is an accepted practice for social welfare inspectors to carry out unannounced visits to the homes of persons receiving social welfare payments; if so, the guidelines and protocols the inspectors operate under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the carer’s allowance and benefit requirements to allow persons to be working, self-employed or on a training or education course outside the home for 30 hours a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 September 2020, how he reacted effectively to issues raised in relation to services provided across the justice sector under a hashtag (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38521/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether an overreliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [38884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether an overreliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [38879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that student perspectives and experiences will feature in the full-scale review of SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38880/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full-scale review of SUSI will include engagement with the Department of Social Protection to review the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a series (details supplied) on the working conditions in the higher level education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38530/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the 440 academic staff in universities and institutes of technology that were in continuous employment in excess of two years but not on a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38531/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the 11,200 lecturers working on a temporary or casual basis in recent years across universities and institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38532/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address workers' rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology, ITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to postgraduate students being required to engage in unpaid teaching in some HEIs; and the steps he is taking to address this practice. [38882/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the NPHET advice on restrictions for third level institutions will be regularly shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Minister for Health to ensure all student nurses and midwives are paid for the work they do in hospitals as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to continuing staffing gender gaps in third level education institutions including that in 2019 more women work in part-time temporary academic jobs with the gap increasing in recent years to 71% in universities and 63%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38883/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Social Media Regulation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 September 2020, the number of officials engaged in social media listening as part of their communications duties; the grade of each; the way in which she has reacted effectively to issues as they arose relating to services being provided across the justice sector; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to persons being updated on their application for a stamp 4 by a post-it affixed to their passport; if this is standard practice; the action being taken as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38522/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the practice of international protection seekers denied leave to remain being summoned monthly to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, or the Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, at Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 during level 5 restrictions to report for possible deportation; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the visiting restrictions in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38105/20]