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Written Answers — Department of Defence: UN Missions (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if clarity will be provided to Defence Forces personnel serving on UN missions overseas on when they will be returning; and his plans to ensure a timely rotation. [8203/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on adjusting the calculation for Covid-19 wage subsidy to be based on annual average wages to compensate for seasonal variations in income for some professions. [8212/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Health Insurance (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on allowing tax relief on private health insurance for dental treatments to help stimulate the sector when the emergency has passed. [7052/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Tax Reliefs Application (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 49. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on directing the Revenue Commissioners to amend the terms of the MED 2 scheme to allow relief at the marginal rate for the remainder of 2020. [7053/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dental Services (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will temporarily suspend the collection of professional withholding tax from payments made to dentists contracted by the HSE and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection to treat medical card and PRSI-eligible patients, respectively. [8199/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on putting in place a system to monitor the success, challenges and failures of the 2020 leaving certificate arrangements as a case study for future reforms of the senior cycle assessment in post-primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7057/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for marking leaving certificate students if the teacher makes a professional assessment that they are not familiar enough with the student or their capacities and for the student to highlight these issues in such a case. [8209/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on putting in place an arbitration and mediation process for appeals on matters relating to the 2020 leaving certificate arrangements as the means of both addressing the issues involved and lessening the amount of potential court cases. [8207/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Cycle to Work Scheme (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cycle to work scheme of his Department will be immediately reinstated. [8208/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure higher and further education institutions are facilitating students of courses with practical elements to receive alternative forms of course work or credit to enable them to acquire their qualification or progress to the next stage. [8210/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Maternity Leave (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if maternity leave will be extended for an additional three months for all current recipients to enable them avail of the benefits of support groups and access to family members. [8201/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Procedures (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on enabling affidavits to be completed remotely to facilitate the Courts services operating as long as Covid-19 social distancing restrictions remain in place. [7055/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on extending the temporary extension of immigration permissions from 20 May to 20 August 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7056/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure provisions are being made for employment permit holders that have been laid off or have had their working hours reduced due to the Covid-19 emergency; and his views on issuing them with a stamp 4. [8205/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 482. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on establishing a rental support scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises adversely affected by the Covid-19 emergency similar to that provided to private home renters. [8200/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the provision of PPE for dental practices and financing the structural changes required to comply with new Dental Council guidelines. [7050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 504. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all adults are afforded access to the public emergency dental centres being operated by the HSE in view of the fact current arrangements are only in place for children and persons with special needs. [7051/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 846. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on providing additional funding and clear guidance to local authorities on the establishment of walking and cycling infrastructure to ensure safety and social distancing are a priority in towns and cities. [8211/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 847. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a series of matters in respect of the safety of oil tankers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8214/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: LEADER Programmes (27 May 2020)

Holly Cairns: 894. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the operation of the rural LEADER programme; the amount of rural LEADER funding drawn down to date for each of the 28 local action groups sub-regional areas; the amount of LEADER funding spent in each local action group, LAG, area; the number and types of projects completed to date in each LAG area; his plans...