Results 7,261-7,280 of 7,461 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (22 Jan 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1763. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of any public contracts issued to a company (details supplied) over the last ten years, including the value of the contract and the purpose of the contract, in tabular form. [2059/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Transport (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned phasing out of the ‘nearest school’ rule for the school transport scheme; a timeline for its abolishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Child Protection (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her attention has been drawn to the calls from organisations (details supplied) for an urgent review of the reporting mechanism for the use of restraint in schools; whether she would consider instigating an independent child protection review of the guidelines and the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Enrolments (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are being provided by her Department to national schools under the threat of closure due to low enrolment numbers. [2870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Accommodation (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and guidance given to national schools in regards to the leasing of sections of their premises to pre-schools. [2871/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Special Educational Needs (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current collaboration between the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and her Department in terms of signposting the level of need for assessments of needs and disability services among students and the timely provision of those services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2872/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wastewater Treatment (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he has engaged with Uisce Eireann in regard to the need for a wastewater treatment plant in Shannonvale, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Housing Provision (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 584. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of and estimated timing for a decision on properties (details supplied). [2397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 683. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current quality standards for hot school lunches; and the way these standards are monitored and maintained. [2873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 684. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of schools under the hot meal programme currently; and the number of schools which have registered complaints with the quality of the food to the relevant office in his Department. [2874/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Insurance Coverage (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 870. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports available to farmers who experienced farm damage as a result of the recent storms. [2875/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 910. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider a sensitive excavation of the suspected burial grounds at Sean Ross Abbey; whether engagements with survivors have been conducted to seek their views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 911. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether she will consider a sensitive excavation of the suspected burial grounds at Bessborough; whether engagements with survivors have been conducted to seek their views; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 978. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide the current wait lists for assessments of needs for each local health area, including the number on the waiting lists; and the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form. [2868/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 979. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current average waiting period for assessments of needs in each CHO; the national average waiting periods; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (5 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 1025. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the recent accreditation of a drug (details supplied) and the lack of a generic version of the medication; and if she would consider including the medication under the drugs payment scheme to ensure affordable access to vital treatment. [2154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (6 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 205. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (6 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 220. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on the Government's policy towards the farming of hemp, particularly in light of a number of cases of licensed hemp farmers being monitored and raided by An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (11 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a report of the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the hot school meals programme; and to provide a representative sample of lunches provided, with an ingredient and preparation method breakdown. [3999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (11 Feb 2025)

Holly Cairns: 471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,666 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021, who were being tracked on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system as of 15 August 2024, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported etc; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3991/25]