Results 7,001-7,020 of 7,457 for speaker:Holly Cairns

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget Statement (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 219. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on investing €1.5 million in an assistive technology passport in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29507/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in direct provision; the number of households in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29505/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 241. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ring-fence funding for support services for persons with disabilities to enable the 2,900 persons with disabilities living in congregated settings to live in homes in the community in budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29549/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 302. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the statement by a federation (details supplied) that the €10 million in aid allocated to disability services in the Winter Plan is not enough to meet the needs of service users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE medical or therapeutic staff, including dentists, nurses, physiotherapists, SLTs and OTs, that have been deployed to Covid-19 contact tracing or testing duties on a weekly basis between 1 May 2020 and 1 October 2020, inclusive; and the breakdown of the professional roles of each in tabular form. [29500/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the 27 recommendations in review of approval processes for afforestation in Ireland the Mackinnon report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29502/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Afforestation Programme (8 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for commencing a new national forestry programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29503/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the report of the fishing and seafood development programme from the Northern Ireland Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29504/20]

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Is it not the case that in the first round, the parties that tabled the motion get to speak?

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: I will use this ten minute slot and Deputies Pringle and O'Donoghue can take mine.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Deputy O'Donoghue and whoever else can use my time later.

Disability Services: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Yes, perfect. Thank you, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Here is what we know. Since before Covid-19 arrived in Ireland, people with disabilities have experienced higher rates of discrimination than people without disabilities. That discrimination is more likely to occur and be more serious. People with disabilities are more than three times likelier to experience poverty and deprivation than...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: We know from media reports that the Minister for Health was urged by legal advisers to introduce legislation to allow the Government to forcibly close meat plants. We know entire counties have had to close on account of meat plants, that a plant in Cork with 226 cases never closed and that meat plants have been a consistent problem in terms of clusters of Covid-19, posing a serious risk to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Is it proposed to introduce legislation?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: Will the Taoiseach introduce the legislation?

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Sick Pay Scheme (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 157. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that an organisation (details supplied) is refusing to engage unions on issues relating to sick pay for workers in meat plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28252/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Losses (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 158. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment if he will intervene in situations in which employees of meat processing plants are laid off due to the fact they live in direct provision. [28253/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the road collision reporting guidelines produced by an organisation (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28250/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to plans by Bus Éireann to close a number of its intercity routes, including the x8 from Cork city to Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28256/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (6 Oct 2020)

Holly Cairns: 290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to the visit by the Minister of State for the OPW, if he will seek reports from the local authorities on the recent flooding events in west County Cork during August 2020 to address flood mitigation works for the areas concerned. [28254/20]