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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social housing bungalows with three bedrooms or more, built or made available to families with a member who has a disability on a local authority basis between 1 January 2016 and 1 June 2020, inclusive in tabular form. [17109/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an accelerated system for schools to get access to additional classroom space such as prefabs will be provided in order to accommodate social distancing for their return in September 2020. [17112/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clear guidance will be provided that classroom space designated for ASD or other special needs units will not be appropriated by schools out of necessity to accommodate social distancing, thus negating the pedagogical and social benefits of the separate units. [17113/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will enhance the school transport remote area grant to cover the real costs for children who live on islands but go to school on the mainland. [17114/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 521. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the upgrading of Dinish Pier in Castletownbere, County Cork; the reason construction has stalled; and when the upgrade is expected to be completed. [17097/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of licences for felling, afforestation and forest roads issued by month between 1 January 2015 and 1 June 2020, inclusive in tabular form. [17098/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 523. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the significant backlog of forest licensing approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17099/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 524. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average age of a felling licence for the calendar years 2015 to 2019, inclusive (details supplied); and the number of applications, in absolute and relative terms, that are decided in periods of time greater than four months. [17100/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 525. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of tree planting rates and numbers conducted through afforestation by license under section 22 of the Forestry Act 2014 in tabular form. [17101/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 526. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a failure to ensure sales note return by fish buyers has resulted in almost one quarter of the boats under ten metres in length that applied for the July tie-up scheme have been deemed ineligible; the number of inshore boats being turned down for the temporary tie-up scheme for June 2020; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Meat Processing Plants (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 527. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will establish a taskforce to review working conditions in the meat processing industry in view of recent media reports and statements presented to the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17103/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the online renewal system for non-EU migrants, which currently only applies to Dublin, will be extended to the rest of the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17104/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will clarify the nature of the review concerning the detention of a person (details supplied) who was kept in solitary confinement for more than a week in Mountjoy Prison after immigration officials refused to allow them into the country; the expected timeline for this review; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the Immigration Detention and Border Control in Ireland report, which documents immigration-related detention practices including the absence of appeals or a complaints process for persons refused leave to land at the border; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17106/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (21 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 596. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of proposals yet to be processed from the Irish refugee protection programme humanitarian admission programme call which ended in February 2019; if she will provide a breakdown by nationality of the sponsors and the potential beneficiaries who have yet to receive a decision, in tabular form; and the reason for the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: The pandemic did not cause the impact of underinvestment in social and healthcare services by the State but it did expose it more. It also showed the incredible resolve and dedication of people with disabilities, their families and volunteers and workers in sports organisations. We know this is a particularly challenging time for people with disabilities and additional health complications....

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: The witnesses have collectively highlighted the shocking estimate of 1,500 people under the age of 65 living in nursing homes. I have unsuccessfully tried to get figures from the HSE for Cork on this matter. All Deputies need to do whatever we can to end the practice of accommodating under-65s with disabilities in nursing homes. There are multifaceted issues around students with...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Impact of Covid-19: People with Disabilities (17 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: When writing, I ask them to also give us a sense of the types of legislation and policies we need to give immediate effect to the UNCRPD.

Employment Rights: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: I too welcome the opportunity to speak on the Social Democrats first Private Members' motion in the new Dáil. The pandemic has highlighted how undervalued so many of our essential workers are. Like my colleague said, we all owe them a debt of gratitude but gratitude is not just paying lip service. Real gratitude is providing them with fair pay, better conditions and basic rights....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: The programme for Government seeks to accelerate the roll-out of the national broadband plan, NBP. Dependable broadband is essential to support rural communities, foster businesses in our towns and villages and enable people to work from home and students to learn online. Every day, I am contacted by people who are extremely frustrated at their appalling Internet access. Throughout...