Results 6,101-6,120 of 7,506 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that commonage land and land with heather is included as being eligible for payments under the results-based environment-agri pilot project scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21280/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1126. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the €79 million for agri-environmental pilot measures in the 2021 budget is being spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21276/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1127. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for selecting farmers based on either the lowest stocking rate for farmers with less than 140kg N/ha stocking rate or farmers with greater than 140kg N/ha stocking rate for the results-based environment-agri pilot project scheme; if he will provide a response to the criticism from farming organisations that this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a cap on the amount an individual farmer can receive for stone wall quality and or tree planting under the results-based environment-agri pilot project scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21278/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that the results-based environment-agri pilot project scheme has a payment of €10,000 to make it viable for farmers to participate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21279/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Language (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21896/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Irish Language (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1150. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all forms issued by his Department and agencies under his remit are available in both the Irish and English languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21914/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Gorse Burning (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to address illegal gorse fires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1173. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available to non-profit organisations that run residential and refuge services to convert buildings to make them accessible for disabled persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21281/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Irish Language (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1181. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Irish Language (28 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 1182. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if all forms issued by her Department and agencies under her remit are available in both the Irish and English languages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21927/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: I am in Leinster House. I want to touch on what Ms Coughlan said. Understandably, there is so much fear around people's stories being exposed against their will. This committee will work to balance the right to privacy with the right to access data. In Ireland, this has always been weighed very heavily in favour of privacy but there are international best practice standards we can refer...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: I want to follow on from what Mr. O'Brien said, as well as what Ms Larkin said on the coroner and the existing law being enforced. I agree and I do not understand why it has not been enforced up until now and why this is treated like something different. We know the coroner is obliged to act. The Coroners Act 1962 states that when remains are found in a coroner's district he or she is...

Common Agricultural Policy Reform: Motion [Private Members] (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: Every time I talk about agricultural policy to people who have no interest in farming, I can see their eyes start to glaze over. I get it. It can seem like a niche subject that has nothing to do with the vast majority of the public but this could not be further from the truth. We do not often view the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine as a public service, as we do the...

Direct Provision: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: The past year has been incredibly hard for everyone. We are in limbo, unsure of when the pandemic will end and we can see loved ones again, and unsure of work. This has been an abnormal year for most of us, but it is normality for the thousands of people we keep in direct provision, where families are forced into limbo for years. Life events pass by, funerals are missed, children and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 2. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the return of click and collect options/for non-essential retail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20867/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 3. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on classifying shops that exclusively sell underwear as essential retail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20868/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Transport Policy (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21049/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a broadband connection for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20870/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Transport Policy (22 Apr 2021)

Holly Cairns: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21050/21]