Results 641-660 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure that fishing communities are consulted on the development of any offshore wind energy projects and the way the principles of a just transition will be applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35748/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of proper infrastructure along regional and expressway bus routes to accommodate customers who are wheelchair users. [35754/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the no-double-taxation agreement between the UK and the Republic of Ireland regarding pensions after 31 December 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35753/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 240. To ask the Minister for Health if persons are allowed to bring an accompanying person with them to accident and emergency departments under levels 4 and 5 restrictions. [35750/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 241. To ask the Minister for Health if the provision of water births as part of the home birth service is currently being facilitated; if the practice is under review; if a specific incident is under review; if so, the professionals who are conducting the review; and the timeframe for completion and decision and any reviews. [35751/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 242. To ask the Minister for Health if craniosacral therapists are classified as essential health workers; and the rationale on which this assessment was made. [35752/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and fisherwomen who availed of South and South West Fisheries Local Action Groups by each category of the scheme and in absolute and relative terms to the estimated total eligible number of boats in tabular form. [35743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process by which information on the scale and amounts of inshore fishing is gathered and collated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35744/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of fishermen and fisherwomen who are members of existing producer organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35745/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 262. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on implementing prohibitions on vessel and net sizes for inshore fishing rather than a blanket ban on pair trawling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35746/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Inshore Fisheries (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 263. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will meet with organisations (details supplied) to discuss the High Court ruling that overturned policy directive No. 1 of 2019 and related matters. [35749/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: National Disability Inclusion Strategy: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: I want to keep some time for answers, so a very quick, huge, big thank you to all of the witnesses for their contributions and submissions today. They have been so informative and helpful. On the issue of surveys and guidelines and all these things over and over again, there is a real understandable frustration with these things when, like Dr. McDonagh has said, we do not need them to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: The gender pay gap in Ireland is currently 14.4%, which means that from this week women in Ireland effectively work for free for the remainder of the year. In 1975, Icelandic women went on strike to protest wage discrepancy. Some 90% of Iceland's female population did not go to their paid jobs and did not do any housework or child rearing for the day. Needless to say, Iceland's parliament...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the development of cycling networks separate from greenways in rural areas. [35797/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (12 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure the development of safe cycling routes to rural schools and the provision of cycling parking facilities within schools in rural areas. [35796/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Control Strategy (12 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on subsidising radon testing services to encourage more household testing for this cancer-causing radioactive gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36088/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (12 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on extending driver licences for those whose licences expire between 1 September and 30 November 2020 for seven months due to ongoing backlogs in the NDLS system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36087/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (17 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 154. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the implementation of Action 1.14 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to increase the minimum wage to €10.50 per hour over the next five years, relying on the recommendations from the Low Pay Commission on the level of adjustment each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36378/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Legislative Measures (17 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 155. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the status of the implementation of Action 1.15 of the National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017-2020 to bring forward legislation in response to problems caused by the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious work among men and women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36379/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (17 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if temporary multi-coloured crossings are allowed on public roads under the Roads Act 1961; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36385/20]