Results 701-720 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Social Media Regulation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 720. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 10 September 2020, the number of officials engaged in social media listening as part of their communications duties; the grade of each; the way in which she has reacted effectively to issues as they arose relating to services being provided across the justice sector; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 738. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to persons being updated on their application for a stamp 4 by a post-it affixed to their passport; if this is standard practice; the action being taken as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38522/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 739. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the practice of international protection seekers denied leave to remain being summoned monthly to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, or the Garda National Immigration Bureau, GNIB, at Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 during level 5 restrictions to report for possible deportation; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 815. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the visiting restrictions in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38105/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 816. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the implementation of the immediate priority to ensure that short-term additional supports are available for persons who are making the transition from CAMHS to GAMHS at 18 years of age given the issues and vulnerabilities that can prevail as outlined in Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 884. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 214 of 17 September 2020, the number of officials engaged in actively listening to public views and concerns from the outset of the Covid-19 pandemic collating commentary on social and traditional media; the grade of each official; the way in which decision-making in his Department has been impacted by this process; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to an incident of inappropriate snaring of animals (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the guidelines under which Department employees or those working on behalf of his Department set snares or other traps for badgers will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38110/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse and Greyhound Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (24 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: It is very disappointing that this increase in funding is so broadly welcomed by this committee. This increase will bring the funding for the greyhound racing industry to a staggering €19.2 million. Last year, we learned that 16,000 greyhounds are bred every year to keep this industry going and almost 6,000 of them are killed because they fail to make qualification times or their...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: I move: “That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Irish greyhound industry receives substantial public funding; — in 2021, the Exchequer will subsidise greyhound racing in Ireland by €19.2 million, an increase of €2.4 million from 2020; — the industry has received approximately €280 million in taxpayer funding since 2000;...

Greyhound Industry: Motion [Private Members] (25 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: I will start by addressing some of the blatant misinformation aired by Deputies this morning. Sinn Féin and the Government stated that €302 million is generated for the economy by the greyhound industry. There were 1,606 race meetings last year and the average attendance was 288. Are we to believe that every meeting generates €188,000? The other claim is that some of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (26 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on the waiting list for a secondary school place in secondary schools in Bandon, County Cork for the 2021-2022 school year; and the steps she is taking as a result. [39505/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (26 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the low levels of persons with disabilities employed in third level education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39503/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the progress of the family courts Bill, including its expected passage through the Houses of the Oireachtas. [39504/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

Holly Cairns: 403. To ask the Minister for Health the consideration given to the risk of image-based sexual abuse occurring when the HSE issued advice for persons not living together to have sex online to stop the spread of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39506/20]

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: Since our motion last week to reverse the increase in funding for the commercial greyhound racing industry I have heard little legitimate defence of the sector from its proponents. I have seen no serious effort to address the loss-making nature of the industry or animal welfare concerns or even acknowledgement of them. Instead, I have seen attacks of a personal nature on those of us who do...

Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2020: Motion (1 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: He is a board member of a State organisation whose wages are paid out of the staggering €19.2 million the industry will receive in 2021. He is paid by the taxpayer, by all of us. I was not deeply hurt or offended by the man's comments - I will not say his name from now on. My initial reaction was to ignore it. I instinctively felt it did not deserve any energy or thought. Indeed,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (1 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any of the four newly appointed persons to the board of the Road Safety Authority were known to him before he appointed them; if so, the capacity in which they were known to him; if any were members of the Green Party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40183/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 729. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to plans to record a new series of the Rotunda in 2021; if this is considered sensitive to the ongoing restrictions in maternity hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40184/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agrifood Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 805. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of the barley used to make Irish whiskey that is Irish-grown barley; if genetically modified barley grown outside Ireland is used in the production of Irish whiskey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40180/20]