Results 241-260 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities and families including persons with disabilities that were on social housing waiting list for each local authority in the period 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2019; and the number on such a list to 31 May 2020, in tabular form. [20147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Civil Marriages (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the criteria used by registrars under the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 to assess the way in which a proposed marriage is deemed to be a marriage of convenience. [20143/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 926. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental, social and economic criteria used by Ireland for allocating fishing quota Article 17 of the Common Fisheries Policy; and the process for weighting or prioritising the criteria. [20133/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 927. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentives provided to fishing vessels to use selective fishing gear or using fishing techniques with reduced environmental impact; the number of quota holder incentives provided since 1 January 2018; the number that them are small-scale vessels (details supplied); the percentage of fishing vessels registered here they...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 928. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the national quota that is allocated to small-scale vessels and or vessels using low impact gear (details supplied) for the period 1 January 2017 to 30 June 2020, in tabular form. [20135/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 929. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a report (details supplied), in particular its conclusions on sustainable fishing. [20136/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 930. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the minutes and action points will be provided arising from his recent meeting with representatives of an organisation (details supplied). [20137/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 931. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the minutes and action points arising will be provided from his recent meeting with EU Fisheries Commissioner, Virginijus Sinkevicius. [20138/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 932. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the connection between the €10 million to support on-farm renewable energy investments in the July stimulus and the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes. [20139/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 933. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the minutes and action points arising will be provided from his recent meeting with organisations (details supplied). [20132/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Brexit Issues (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 1042. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it will be ensured that the INIS website fully reflects the agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community 2019/C 384 I/01 for non-EEA family members of British citizens residing here. [20142/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 1043. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the mechanisms by which undocumented migrants can become regularised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20144/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 1044. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Bill 2017 will be reintroduced to make image-based sexual abuse and revenge porn criminal offences. [20145/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (30 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 1045. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported cases of human trafficking in Ireland in the period 1 January 2015 to 30 June 2020, in tabular form. [20146/20]

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses for their statements and for being here today. Given all the harrowing information we have heard from representative organisations, such as we have heard here today, the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland's report, various media reports on workers' conditions in the industry and the fact that before this the industry was most recently associated with farmers' protests...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: This committee has been calling for a task force and I have written to the Chair about establishing it. Could I have a brief response from the other two organisations on whether they would support the establishment of a task force to examine workers' rights in this sector?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I thank the witnesses. I have one quick question. Why did it take workers being infected with Covid to bring all this out? Were the unions aware of conditions in meat plants before this?

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: To clarify, the unions were aware of worker conditions before the pandemic but the power of the beef lobby was too great to enable those voices to be heard.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: The beef tribunal in the 1990s examined allegations of political influence in relation to alleged abuses of the system and failure of regulatory authorities. Its conclusion highlighted widespread improper relationships between the beef industry and Government. A shocking set of scandals was uncovered and virtually nothing happened. No one was held to account and public trust was totally...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Covid-19: The Situation in Meat Processing Plants (13 Aug 2020)

Holly Cairns: I have explained the relevance.