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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 887. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the applications of organisations (details supplied) to become producer organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3731/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (27 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 923. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund; when details of the fund will be available to stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4498/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (27 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 924. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of projects currently funded under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund; if he will provide stop-gap funding to ensure the completion of projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disability Act Employment Targets (27 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 925. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by his Department in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020; if these persons are in full-time or part-time roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4520/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (27 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 933. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on doubling the amount of funding available through the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme to help support more rails, walkways, cycleways and blueways and outdoor recreational infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3744/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Disability Act Employment Targets (27 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 946. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by her Department in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020; if these persons are in full-time or part-time roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4533/21]

Brexit (Fishing Industry): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: I commend the Minister on his engagement with the industry so far. It is quite rare on big issues such as this when engaging with stakeholders to have so much correspondence with the Minister. I hope he keeps it up and I commend him for it. We are all aware of the considerable concerns in the fishing sector, with the Brexit agreement seeing a total loss of €43 million and Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the matter of a tenant trying to purchase social housing (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative systems she is considering putting in place instead of the standard written leaving certificate exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3190/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on ensuring that the findings of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and other reports on institutional and organised abuse are incorporated into post-primary curricula; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in each direct provision centre by month between 1 February 2020 and 15 January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of deaths as a result of Covid-19 in direct provision centres between 1 February 2020 and 15 January 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the pharmaceutical companies involved in non-consensual medical trials in mother and baby homes have liabilities for these actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 256. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department released copies of the report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes to journalists ahead of it being made available online to survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3182/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the sixth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes was withheld until the release of the final report from the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3183/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to conduct a full survey of the Bessborough estate in County Cork in response to the fifth interim report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes, which states that the commission considers that it is likely that some of the 859 unaccounted children are buried in the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on working with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to use ministerial directives under the Planning and Development Act 2000 to halt any development on the Bessborough mother and baby home site ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proposed contents of the redress scheme for survivors of mother and baby homes; the eligibility criteria for same ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to expand a network (details supplied) to all towns and villages in County Cork. [3187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Reform (21 Jan 2021)

Holly Cairns: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on working with third level institutions to amend the CAO system to allow students to use their best three grades to apply for courses in view of the challenges faced by the 2020-21 leaving certificate cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3188/21]