Results 2,441-2,460 of 7,362 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an individual transport service will commence for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on the number of National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, transition consultations for children who are transitioning out of primary school into secondary school that were conducted in 2022. [2283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that children can access NEPS transition consultations to assist them transitioning out of primary school into secondary school. [2284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that a higher education course (details supplied) for special needs assistants is accredited as a level 7 programme. [2285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are waiting on a placement in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in County Cork; her plans to open further units given that all units are currently full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 937. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that she is taking to provide the school meals scheme in all DEIS and qualifying schools. [2421/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1013. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will immediately establish a new National Child Poverty Plan with a dedicated unit that encompasses an integrated and cross-governmental approach to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent. [2265/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Birth Certificates (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1014. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in response to individuals being informed that they will not be provided with their personal information within the statutory 90 days, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022, by a State body (details supplied). [2266/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Birth Certificates (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1015. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional staff who have been recruited to assist in processing applications for personal information made to a by a State body (details supplied) under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [2267/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1016. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the working group to publish proposals in relation to Government-funded transport and mobility schemes, including the disabled drivers and disabled passenger schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2310/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1018. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State’s reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2417/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Rights of People with Disabilities (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1019. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1020. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the core funding for childcare-preschool services recognises the experience of persons working in the sector for many years in the provision of funding staff. [2419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1021. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that the core funding for childcare-preschool services provides funding for staff engaging in CPD to reach the required NFQ levels, including funding to provide in lieu staff coverage. [2420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his engagement with the Minister for Health to increase the number of graduates from clinical therapies, including but not limited to occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech and language therapy and psychology to address shortages in the health services. [2427/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugee spaces for victims and survivors of domestic violence and gender-based violence currently being funded by his Department in each county, in tabular form. [2308/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1729. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that he is taking to improve recruitment to the National Ambulance Service. [2433/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1699. To ask the Minister for Health the total budget per month and the amount spent per year on paediatric aids and appliances by an organisation (details supplied) in CHO4 in each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2292/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1700. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for aids and appliances for those under 18 years of age in CHO4; the length of time that they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2293/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Holly Cairns: 1701. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his engagement with gynaecological experts and Down syndrome groups to develop specialist gynaecology services for individuals with Down syndrome. [2294/23]