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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: Does the Minister acknowledge that some food production sequesters carbon and that his statement that all food production increases emissions is actually incorrect?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: Crops, horticulture.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: In respect of overall reduction of emissions, which is what we are talking about, it is untrue to say that all types of food production will increase our greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: I have a statement and three questions for the Minister. Thus far, not only has the State’s response to the climate crisis been wholly inadequate, the manner in which it has been carried out has created fear. It has made farming and fishing communities fearful of climate action. I often end up asking the question as to whether farmers should be more worried about climate action or...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Communications (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to convey the condemnation of persons here of the actions of the President of the United States of America and those that seek to fuel racial tensions and racial inequality in the United States of America and elsewhere. [10154/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations or special exceptions that will be made when predicting grades for leaving certificate students that have had low attendance or struggled with class participation due to mental health related issues. [10147/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children and young persons travelling to primary school from offshore islands will be provided with adequate funding in line with the principles of the primary school transport scheme through a mechanism such as a remote area grant to ensure they are not disadvantaged in accessing their education. [10149/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 233. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of racial crimes and the rate of prosecution between January 2015 and December 2019, inclusive in tabular form. [10150/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Growing for the Future document is still the strategic plan for the development of the forestry sector here. [10151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 626. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to volunteer centres in each local authority area to enable the community call scheme; and the amount returned by each volunteer centre in tabular form. [10153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (9 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 666. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be subject to forms of clawback in the future. [10148/20]

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: I am pleased that the Minister has acknowledged the extent of our reliance on those voluntary sectors. This highlights one of my questions. Does the Minister acknowledge that maybe there is an over-reliance on these organisations having to fundraise? The State should not abdicate responsibility in that sense.

Covid-19 (Rural and Community Development): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: I have a brief statement to make and then three questions for the Minister. Like many, I am outraged at the killing of George Floyd and the treatment of Black Lives Matter protesters in the US. As public representatives, it is important we respond to these events and listen to and amplify the voices of those affected. We cannot ignore this; that is how racism thrives. We also need,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Cycle to Work Scheme (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the reach of the bike-to-work scheme to include students, jobseekers, those on disability allowance or doing unpaid work; and his further views on increasing the €1,000 limit to include e-bikes, cargo bikes and non-traditional bikes such as tricycles, handcycles and other modified bikes appropriate for those that require same...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 102. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on reclassifying the VAT status for the bus and coach sector to harmonise the VAT systems in view of the fact that operators in Northern Ireland have an advantage in their ability to claim VAT back on expenditure which the operators here are not able to do. [9389/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will encourage banks to extend the moratorium on farmers repayments into the autumn in view of the ongoing impact of Covid-19. [9388/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Allowances (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to review the current public sector motor travel rates; and if they include appropriate compensation for those using bikes and e-bikes which informs the rates that are paid tax free to private sector workers (details supplied). [9387/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an indicative roadmap will be provided on when and the way in which primary and secondary schools will be returning. [9382/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision System (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the process by which decisions are made on the area in which a direct provision centre will be located; and the criteria that inform such a decision. [9390/20]