Results 6,421-6,440 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when clauses (details supplied) of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will be commenced; the reason for the delays in commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8362/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Costs (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department has spent on legal costs arising from litigation involving children with special educational needs on an annual basis since 1 January 2010; the number of cases involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8361/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correspondence and engagement she has had with primary school and secondary school boards of management regarding the operating of schools during the Covid-19 pandemic since 1 August 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8363/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Briefing (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 153 of 17 September 2020 and 780 of 3 November 2020, if the briefing document provided to her on her appointment as Minister has been published on the website of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8364/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to reports from a direct provision centre (details supplied) that it is allegedly serving expired food to children in the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 549. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on encouraging the use of more inclusive face masks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategy Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the short length of time for the public consultation on the Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 for his Department given both the time of year and Covid-19 context; if he will consider extending the consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategy Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of submissions made to the public consultation on the Statement of Strategy 2021-2023 for his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the investigations, reviews and actions that have commenced in relation to the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8335/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of officials in her Department requesting conscience-based refusal in dealing with legislation or the administration of areas of Departmental responsibility that have occurred since 1 January 2017; the legislation or areas concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 607. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources, training and reporting mechanisms she is putting in place to support the commencement of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8337/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of changes to the visa requirements for citizens of other jurisdictions made since 1 January 2021; the rationale for these changes; if sunset clauses are included in the changes related to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8983/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 770. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the State Claims Agency will not include or bring in external laboratories in relation to cases regarding the CervicalCheck scandal given the outcome of a High Court case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 771. To ask the Minister for Health if each Irish resident is entitled to attend a general practitioner; the recourse available to a person if a general practitioner practice refuses to engage with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8342/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 772. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 28 January 2021, the actions he or his officials have taken since he took office to ensure the development of eating disorder treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8343/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women currently involved in court cases, litigation and negotiation with the HSE regarding the alleged misreading of their smear tests from the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8344/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 774. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the provisions in the CervicalCheck tribunal for settlement amounts for the potential future recurrence of cancer; the pathways and terms on which those affected can return to the tribunal for redress in that event as provided for in the hepatitis C and HIV compensation tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8346/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tribunals of Inquiry (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 775. To ask the Minister for Health his views on extending the statute of limitations for those individuals affected by the CervicalCheck scandal to lodge a High Court case given the complications of both Covid-19 and the delay in establishing the CervicalCheck tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8347/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 776. To ask the Minister for Health his views on establishing a mediation process for those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal as an alternative to either the courts systems or the tribunal given the sensitivities of the cases and the health of those concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8348/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (17 Feb 2021)

Holly Cairns: 777. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 which is due to take place not later than three years after its commencement under section 7 of the Act; the format this review will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8350/21]