Results 401-420 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Crime Data (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sexual harassment or assault cases of students and staff in each third level educational institution between 1 January 2013 and 1 July 2020, in tabular form. [26235/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of enhanced protective measures to be implemented by higher and further education institutions in view of heightened Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26236/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enhanced protective measures that have been implemented by higher and further education institutions in view of heightened Covid-19 restrictions in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26237/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Disability Services Provision (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to address the poverty rates of persons with disabilities which is 10% higher here than the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26220/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 274. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on hiring private public relations companies and communications consultants by his Department between 1 March 2020 and 21 September 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26225/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 275. To ask the Minister for Health the number of employees in occupational health departments in the HSE; and his plans to recruit additional staff [26226/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 276. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the HSE responded to the call by an association (details supplied) in March 2020 to examine and assess the amount of antenatal care that can be provided by midwives antenatally in community halls, centres and hotels or in the home; if so, if the result of the assessment will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 277. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which his Department or the HSE responded to the call by an association (details supplied) in March 2020 to invoke the use of self-employed midwives to provide continuing care to women in labour that may require transfer in from hospital instead of continuing with a home birth as their case midwife; if by issuing honorary contracts or not in view...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 278. To ask the Minister for Health if he or NPHET have considered procedures to introduce sub-county restrictions to counter future clusters or rising transmission rates of Covid-19 which is especially relevant for counties Cork or Galway which may have vastly different rates between the urban centres and rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26229/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 309. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funds granted to villages with a population of under 1,000 persons under the town and village renewal scheme by each local authority area between 1 January 2017 and 1 September 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26221/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 310. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase digital infrastructure and connectivity in County Cork in view of the increased number of persons working from home due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26222/20]

European Union (Common Fisheries Policy) (Point System) Regulations 2020 (S.I. No. 318 of 2020): Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. Third time lucky, I hope. I welcome this motion which allows us to reverse a poor decision which was made without consultation with the fishing sector. Ireland is required to enact some form of a points system and I do not think anyone disputes that. However, the Government’s approach has resulted in a process that lacks common sense...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 171. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment when the 40% restart grant plus top-up will be extended to pubs nationally that have to remain closed due to public health restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26979/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a statement by a union (details supplied) that transactions in post offices are estimated to be down by 25% which heightens serious viability challenges facing the network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26556/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours and Piers (29 Sep 2020)

Holly Cairns: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 15 September 2020, if the seaport figure include small harbours and ports; the measures in place at these points of entry or egress to monitor international travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26978/20]