Results 7,041-7,060 of 7,461 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Natural Heritage Areas (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork will be designated as a natural heritage area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26553/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an association (details supplied) was consulted before the revised guidelines for the agricultural science curriculum were published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26554/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 828. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to deal with the waiting lists for speech and language therapy in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26557/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 919. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to bring legislative changes in respect of the nursing home support scheme before Dáil Éireann that will cap contributions based on farm and business assets at three years in which a family successor commits to working the productive asset [26980/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 1010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an estimate by an association (details supplied) indicating that the value of the tillage sector will be down by 15% due to the difficult harvest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26555/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: When will the Government bring the legislative changes to the fair deal scheme that will cap contributions based on farm and business assets at three years in the same way as it is done for homes? This will reflect a family’s ability to pay rather than anything else. It is an item of considerable concern for farmers and small business owners. The general scheme of the Bill for these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implications of the upcoming policy statement on banning the importation of fracked gas on the planned LNG project by the Port of Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26218/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to allegations that local authorities are allowing construction waste to be buried under road projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the cycle to work scheme to cover the purchasing of child seats or trailers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26243/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 39 homeless persons have died in Dublin to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26223/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the technical report from officials in her Department on the calculated grades and standardisation process will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26238/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on implementing flexibilities into the staffing schedule for primary schools to enable schools to retain teachers to ensure that classes can be kept at a small a size as possible during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26239/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of requests received for additional special needs assistants from schools in County Cork; and the number of requests that have been approved. [26240/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools in County Cork without hot water facilities; and the steps taken to rectify such issues in view of the fact children have returned to school. [26241/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Minor Works Scheme (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifying criteria for schools to be eligible to receive the minor works grant; the schools in receipt of the grant in County Cork; the reason schools were denied a grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26242/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to universities limiting the number of students that can defer their places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26230/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to communications from NUI Galway to postgraduate research students for them to undertake unpaid teaching contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26231/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all higher education institutions are implementing a physical distance of 2 m under all circumstances possible as required in the Implementation Guidelines for Public Health Measures in Higher Education Institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26232/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the exemption for the physical distance of 2 m for students in higher education institutions in the Implementation Guidelines for Public Health Measures in Higher Education Institutions applies to classroom or lecture theatre settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26233/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if research will be funded into the psychological and emotional impacts of Covid-19 and the restrictions on society, including persons that contracted the disease. [26234/20]