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Organisation of Working Time (Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: I welcome the opportunity to talk on this practical intervention to help victims of domestic violence and I thank Deputies McDonald and O’Reilly for moving the Bill. I also acknowledge the Minister’s announcement of a consultation which will lead to the establishment of domestic violence leave. This is one of the issues that we are all in agreement with so I hope we can move...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on bringing forward a statutory instrument to restrict inshore pair trawling while awaiting the appeal of the High Court ruling that overturned Policy Directive 1 of 2019. [41696/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 46. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the Beef Taskforce; the number of times it has met to date; and the reports completed to date by same. [41697/20]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 175, 176, 177, 178, 196, 200, 202 and 203 of 24t November 2020, his views on changing the long-standing Government policy that postal services will not be directly subsidised by the Government to provide funding for post offices which perform vital economic and social functions...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allow persons who have previously held an Irish driver licence or has a valid driver licence from another jurisdiction to be allowed drive unaccompanied on a provisional licence for the duration of Covid-19 if they are carrying out healthcare or caring duties either voluntarily or professionally; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 451. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the general scheme of the certain institutional burials (authorised interventions) Bill. [41373/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 809. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the actions he is taking as a result of the High Court ruling that overturned policy directive 1 of 2019. [41371/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Fisheries Policy (8 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on its recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41372/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: Many works need to be done by Irish Water. Despite it being a semi-State body, the State seems to abdicate all responsibility to Irish Water. I recently asked Irish Water who is responsible and it informed me that at the end of the day, the State is. Some urgent issues have gone unaddressed for years. Shannonvale has a green space that used to be the heart of the village but now it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 129. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Covid-19 testing in meat processing plants; the procedures for when a person is found to have Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport Ireland (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to increase the level of girls and women participating in sport and structural inequities regarding the treatment of female sports players; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42797/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Data (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons on housing waiting lists who have a disability recorded on their application in each local authority between 1 January 2015 and 1 December 2020, inclusive in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42795/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 342. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Council of Europe anti-torture committee's seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 447. To ask the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they carry out in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prison Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 448. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness in the Council of Europe anti-torture committee’s seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42792/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (10 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 449. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42794/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 440 academic staff in universities and institutes of technology were in continuous employment in excess of two years but not on a contract of indefinite duration. [43300/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (15 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on supporting the establishment of units similar to a facility (details supplied) in all universities and institutes of technology. [43302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (15 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 93. 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. [43298/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (15 Dec 2020)

Holly Cairns: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the perspectives and experiences of current and former students will feature in the full-scale review of SUSI. [43299/20]