Results 141-160 of 2,912 for in 'Written Answers' speaker:Holly Cairns

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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rural Broadband Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure sufficient broadband access is provided in rural areas to facilitate online learning. [19162/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (28 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if applications for the renewal of driver licences for vulnerable or at-risk groups that require a letter from a doctor can be made available for online application. [19150/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with a union (details supplied) in the week prior to the announcement on 21 July 2020 of the delay in leaving certificate results. [19151/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (28 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in the week prior to the announcement on 21 July 2020 of the delay in leaving certificate results. [19152/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD special classes in primary and secondary schools by county for the period 1 Jan 2016 to 30 June 2020, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Jul 2020)

Holly Cairns: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on providing ASD special class-specific inspectors tasked solely with the inspection of said classes. [19154/20]