Results 681-700 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if persons here with a UK driver licence that was issued in exchange for a Zimbabwean licence will be able to exchange their current driver license for an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Community Banking (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 282. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress his Department has made on implementing a new community banking service operated by An Post to be made available in all post offices throughout the country, as stated in the debate on the Private Members’ motion of 16 November 2016 on the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38528/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure student renters have additional rights including the establishment of a legal definition of rental deposits, limiting rental deposits to the value of one month’s rent and implement a deposit protection scheme which would see deposits lodged with an independent third party such as the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Residential Tenancies Board (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on providing additional investment in the Residential Tenancies Board in order that it can proactively investigate cases and to ensure properties are registered with the board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38886/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason tuition was provided on a household basis rather than an individual basis under the summer provisions when there were two or more eligible children in the same family; the reason the appeals mechanism was removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38108/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 559. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is an accepted practice for social welfare inspectors to carry out unannounced visits to the homes of persons receiving social welfare payments; if so, the guidelines and protocols the inspectors operate under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38111/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 577. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will amend the carer’s allowance and benefit requirements to allow persons to be working, self-employed or on a training or education course outside the home for 30 hours a week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38525/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Direct Provision System (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 September 2020, how he reacted effectively to issues raised in relation to services provided across the justice sector under a hashtag (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38521/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether an overreliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [38884/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether an overreliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [38879/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure that student perspectives and experiences will feature in the full-scale review of SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38880/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the full-scale review of SUSI will include engagement with the Department of Social Protection to review the back to education allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38881/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a series (details supplied) on the working conditions in the higher level education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38530/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the 440 academic staff in universities and institutes of technology that were in continuous employment in excess of two years but not on a contract of indefinite duration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38531/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the 11,200 lecturers working on a temporary or casual basis in recent years across universities and institutes of technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38532/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to address workers' rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology, ITs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38876/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Employment Rights (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to postgraduate students being required to engage in unpaid teaching in some HEIs; and the steps he is taking to address this practice. [38882/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the NPHET advice on restrictions for third level institutions will be regularly shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38877/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Nursing Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will work with the Minister for Health to ensure all student nurses and midwives are paid for the work they do in hospitals as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38878/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Institutions (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to continuing staffing gender gaps in third level education institutions including that in 2019 more women work in part-time temporary academic jobs with the gap increasing in recent years to 71% in universities and 63%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38883/20]