Results 5,381-5,400 of 7,461 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding opportunities are available for sports clubs to integrate children and young people resident in direct provision centres, including funding for transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure that the Firearms Expert Committee engages with firearms owners’ associations and hunting associations. [14879/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will engage with a trade union (details supplied) concerning proposed changes to workers status under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the role of microchipping animals in preventing the theft of companion animals; the number of Garda stations that have microchip scanners; the locations of these stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of awareness campaigns run by his Department or An Garda Síochána concerning preventing the theft of companion animals, including details of how much was spent on these campaigns, and the media through which they were distributed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with a disability (details supplied) can apply for a computer with accessible software under the technical aids grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14867/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 667. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the medical assessment unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24-hours-a-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14869/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 668. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide appropriate levels of staff in the SouthDoc facilities in Castletownbere, Bantry, Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Clonakilty and Bandon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details on the SouthDoc website are up-to-date and correct. [14871/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 670. To ask the Minister for Health the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each facility to care for individuals who need one-to-one care; the number of people who have used these facilities annually in 2021 and 2022, inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 671. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans for the development of respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families, including the increase in staffing levels, the facilities that are planned or where works are underway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14873/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the injury unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24 hrs a day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 716. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for women to access public gynaecological services, with particular reference to women diagnosed with adenomyosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group, including the composition of the group and its remit; the number of times it has met; and the amount of money spent to date with a breakdown of how it was spent. [14853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to issue areas of natural constraint payments one month later than usual which impacts on the viability of small farmers dependent on these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: 787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will defer the ban on the use of creosote in fencing until measures for alternative treatments are in place, including his Department’s approval of copper oil-based treatment products and the availability of same to business in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/23]

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: As the Bill is on the last Stage, we can speak about it.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: There are a lot of amendments, so I will be speaking in respect of them. I welcome this and any Bill that helps to improve situations for workers, employers and families. It has many benefits in transposing into Irish law, the European directive of 2019 on work-life balance for parents and carers. However, many of the flaws identified at the pre-legislative scrutiny stage remain and...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: What I am saying is around amendments Nos. 20, 22 and 23. That is what I am getting to. I am supporting the point I am trying to make.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: From the Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Holly Cairns: I will skip my last point if the Ceann Comhairle wants me to move on more quickly. Is there a reason we are under time pressure?