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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]

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

Holly Cairns: 393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the way in which local communities are consulted as part of the process of establishing a direct provision centre including the timelines involved and the types of consultation activities deployed. [9391/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a direct provision centre in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 480. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers in the meat processing industry who are stamp 1 or stamp 2 from January 2016 to April 2020, in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total number of workers in the sector in tabular form. [9385/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Information and Quality Authority (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 702. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 (details supplied) in relation to a concern about the lack of clinical oversight of nursing homes; and if action was taken on foot of these concerns. [9367/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 701. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the underfunding of supports for persons with disabilities as a result of the cuts to funding for not-for-profit disability service providers in January 2020. [9366/20]

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

Holly Cairns: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 in relation to a list of nursing homes sent to his Department which were regarded as high-risk from an infection control perspective; if any action was taken in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for publishing the Health Services Capacity Review as it relates to intellectual disability services. [9399/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reviewing the tie-up scheme and the fact that the current start date of 1 June 2020 fails to recognise the previous six months of hardship suffered by the fishing industry due to the Covid-19 crisis. [9372/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the tie-up scheme provides for retrospection; and the steps he is taking following the amended EU Regulation 2020/560 of 23 April 2020 with specific measures to mitigate the impact of the Covid‐19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector. [9373/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the tie-up period of one month; and the way in which it is envisaged this period will relate to the objective of removing oversupply of product on the market. [9374/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (3 Jun 2020)

Holly Cairns: 784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he did not adopt proposals of applying 30% of the full grossing of the vessel in the same period in 2019 in view of the fact that this approach is being implemented in other jurisdictions. [9375/20]