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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 4. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department will make efforts to deliver ACRES payments to participating farmers without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56100/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: There has been significant buy-in from farmers for the ACRES scheme. It is great to see such engagement with environmental schemes. It was announced last week, however, that payments due in November will only begin to be rolled out next week. Some farmers will not receive payments under the ACRES co-operation scheme until late February. That will put them under significant financial...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Agriculture Schemes (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: I thank the Minister. As he is aware, farmers operate like any other business and structure their finances around payment dates. Farmers have spent significant amounts of money to introduce environmental measures on the basis of the assumption that they would receive payments in November to cover those costs. Given the delays, they are unable to pay their bills and interest can then...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 415. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department's efforts to ban inshore trawling within the six-mile limit. [56101/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department's plan to support the development of the tillage sector. [56108/23]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: Week after week, when I ask the Taoiseach these questions, he explains to me over and over again what multilateral sanctions are and why they are the only effective form of sanction. For a month now, I have been calling for those sanctions. EU sanctions are multilateral. There is no need for the Taoiseach to come in every single week to try to explain to me over and over again what they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: What about the Israeli Government?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: I have run out of words to describe the horror being inflicted in Gaza by Israel. I have run out of words to describe how cruel it is. Israel's stated aim is the elimination of Hamas, but its relentless and indiscriminate attacks do not discern between innocent people and Hamas fighters. More than 18,000 people have now been slaughtered, 75% of them women and children. I want to read into...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: The Government says that it is cutting support to Ukrainian refugees to bring it in line with other EU countries but, of course, it is very difficult to make comparisons of temporary protection supports across the EU. That is, because, for instance, some countries have free public services and the cost of living is varied across different countries. Some provide both federal and local level...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Central Statistics Office (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 81. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider requesting that the CSO conduct a regular victims of crime survey in order to capture data on crime which is not reflected in Garda statistics due to a lack of reporting. [54699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has reached out to his counterpart in the United States, or other representatives of the United States government on the situation in Gaza; and if so, to provide details on these engagements. [55228/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the progress in introducing the Aarhus Convention Bill. [54696/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reviews of the reasonable accommodations for certified examinations were last updated; how often the committee responsible has met over the past 15 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing students with dyslexia extra time on Junior and Leaving Certificate exams, as is the norm in other European countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54698/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and amounts of capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges from 1 January 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55184/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the State is meeting its commitments under the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention including the provision of refuge spaces and support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence and abuse refuge spaces available in the State, by county, in tabular form. [55186/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to open a public consultation on the matter of trawling in inshore waters inside the six nautical mile zone and the baselines. [54695/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 705. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have been granted refugee status and remain resident in direct provision centres; and the number of these individuals who have been relocated to another direct provision centre since receiving refugee status. [55182/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 Dec 2023)

Holly Cairns: 819. To ask the Minister for Health the average response time of ambulances in west County Cork; the number of ambulances ordinarily based at each location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55183/23]