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Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Tax Credits
Holly Cairns
192. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on providing a tax credit for parents and guardians for childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15742/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Holly Cairns
290. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address delayed processing of carer’s allowance applications. [15747/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
398. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on the policy of requiring parents of children with disabilities to attend training courses in order that they can carry out therapies on their own children who remain on long waiting lists. [15743/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
399. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of home births facilitated by HSE midwives in each CHO since 1 January 2015, in tabular form. [15744/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
400. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of children with disabilities that have been removed from waiting lists for assessments of need in each CHO annual since 1 January 2017. [15745/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Proposed Legislation
Holly Cairns
401. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the safe access to termination of pregnancy Bill that is due to be published. [15746/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Agriculture Industry
Holly Cairns
407. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to ensure that farmers have access to affordable fertiliser. [15735/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Holly Cairns
142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to address the barriers for individuals applying for parent’s benefit including digital literacy issues, necessity for a public services card to apply via MyGovID.ie and attendant difficulties in accessing paper application forms for applicants who are unable to apply online. [15506/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Community Development Projects
Holly Cairns
155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timelines for any potential funding stream in 2022 for community centres and community facilities; and if he will report on the potential to create a specific LGBT+ community resource centre fund in recognition of the need for infrastructure investment for the LGBT+ community nationwide and to build on the positive impact of the LGBT+ project funding in 2021. [15500/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1055 of 31 March 2021, the entire duration in weeks experienced by the CHO4 staff member referred to in the response from the submission of their grievance prior to a stage 1 hearing until they received feedback from their stage 2 hearing which took place subsequent to the HSE's response to Parliamentary Question No. 1055; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15501/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
212. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the funding and supports available in each CHO to support home births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
213. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide his response to the recommendations in a report (details supplied) concerning progressing disability services for children and young people. [15503/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
241. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the timelines for any potential funding stream in 2022 for community centres and community facilities; and if she will report on the potential to create a specific LGBT+ community resource centre fund in recognition of the need for infrastructure investment for the LGBT+ community nationwide and to build on the positive impact of the LGBT+ project funding in 2021. [15504/22]
Wed, 23 Mar 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Holly Cairns
242. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding streams available to men’s sheds to acquire their own premises to operate out of. [15505/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Census of Population
Holly Cairns
93. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach his views on the Central Statistics Office automatically assigning male or female sex to those who choose not to declare on the 2022 census form. [15065/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Census of Population
Holly Cairns
94. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach the options that are available to persons who do not identify as either female or male on the 2022 census form. [15066/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Holly Cairns
159. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of a broadband connection for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15050/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Driver Licences
Holly Cairns
222. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure the resumption of walk-in appointments for renewing driving licences. [15070/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Swimming Pools
Holly Cairns
301. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to provide funding to public swimming pools to enable all young people to avail of the facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15067/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Arts Policy
Holly Cairns
302. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to ensure that the supports offered under the live performance support scheme 4 are being distributed as quickly as possible to prevent the permanent closure of venues. [15068/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Arts Policy
Holly Cairns
303. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the status of the roll-out of the live performance support scheme 3; the amount of funding allocated as of 15 March 2022; and the timeline for the distribution of the remaining funding. [15069/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Housing Schemes
Holly Cairns
359. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new social housing units built or made available in south-west Cork since 1 January 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15061/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Broadband Infrastructure
Holly Cairns
556. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure a national school (details supplied) has access to broadband. [15047/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
557. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a young person (details supplied) can access an ASD unit place in a secondary school in their locality. [15048/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Holly Cairns
568. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure accessibility in applying for the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance, in particular for applicants having difficulties with computer literacy, language, broadband and ICT. [15049/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Departmental Data
Holly Cairns
784. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of Syrian, Afghan, and Ukrainian citizens who have been refused entry into the country annually in each of the years 2014 to 2021, inclusive. [15062/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Residency Permits
Holly Cairns
785. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to address problems for first-time applicants for Irish residence permits in securing online appointments in Burgh Quay. [15063/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1089. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide chiropody services for public patients in Bandon and Kinsale, County Cork. [15051/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
1090. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to review adult mental health services in view of the systematic issues identified with the South Kerry CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15052/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1091. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 825 and 826 of 1 February 2022, the precise specialisms in adult mental health psychology and the exact criteria referred to in the response which warrant a bypassing of the national recruitment panel system for HSE psychologists; if these specialisms and criteria have been agreed to by the HSE's national human resources department and trade unions as constituting exceptions to the national recruitment panel system for HSE psychologists; and if so, the location in which these details are recorded and collectively signed off in policy form. [15053/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Holly Cairns
1092. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way that service need can legitimately constitute a reason for bypassing the national recruitment panel system for HSE psychologists when that service need can be met through recruitment from the relevant national panel; the CHOs in which service need was advanced as a reason for bypassing the national recruitment panel system for psychologists since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15054/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1093. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure the availability of respite beds in Bantry General Hospital. [15055/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1094. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to the plans to sell off facilities for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15056/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Holly Cairns
1095. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his engagement with family members representing service users with physical and intellectual disabilities concerning plans to sell off a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15057/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1096. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of feeding eating, drinking and swallowing impairments pathways for assessment and treatment in CHO4. [15058/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
1097. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address an issue raised by a union (details supplied) regarding the process of the way SLT FEDS cases are referred to speech and language therapists in CHO4. [15059/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Natura 2000
Holly Cairns
1157. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of the mitigation measures outlined within the Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement (details supplied). [15043/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Natura 2000
Holly Cairns
1158. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Forestry Service has integrated data from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Irish Raptor Study Group, The Irish Hen Harrier Winter Survey or other data sets into the GIS mapping systems used by foresters (details supplied). [15044/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Natura 2000
Holly Cairns
1159. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a copy of the review of data gaps in regard to the locations of Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement Annex I habitats and species. [15045/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Natura 2000
Holly Cairns
1160. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of monitoring measures from the Forestry Programmes Natura Impact Statement; and if he will provide a copy of the relevant monitoring reports (details supplied). [15046/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps that she is taking in increase the number of spaces in special classes in south-west areas of County Cork. [13536/22]
Wed, 9 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
139. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of exceptional appeals made each month by schools that were refused the number of SNA or resource hours applied for regarding children and young people with special needs between 1 September 2019 and 30 October 2021; the number of appeals which were successful; the number of appeals with were upheld in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13541/22]
Wed, 9 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
235. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure the resumption of chiropody services for public patients in Bantry, County Cork. [13542/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Credit Unions
Holly Cairns
213. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of credit unions which have closed and or amalgamated with other credit unions since 1 January 2010 annually; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13130/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Credit Unions
Holly Cairns
214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the policy and regulatory framework that has required credit unions to amalgamate with other credit unions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13131/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
359. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports in place to assist persons with disabilities transition from second-level education to third-level education or employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13129/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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International Protection
Holly Cairns
377. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants that have been referred to vulnerability assessment processes annually since 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12878/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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International Protection
Holly Cairns
396. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the vulnerability assessment process for linking international protection applicants to healthcare services and supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12876/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
433. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place to assist persons with disabilities to transition from second-level education to third-level education or employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13132/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
434. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the planning his Department engages in to provide supports and places for students with disabilities transition from secondary education to third-level education and follow-on courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13133/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
435. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of post-secondary education follow-on courses that are available for persons with intellectual disabilities; the location of these courses; the primary discipline area covered by these courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13134/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Travel Documents
Holly Cairns
461. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the current processing time for travel documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13135/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Hospital Staff
Holly Cairns
649. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the recruitment of a PrEP clinical nurse manager in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork. [12879/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
650. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of new service users engaged with the Cork PrEP service every month between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021. [12880/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
651. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the public alternatives that have been put in place for new PreP service users who have been unable to engage with the PrEP service since 4 October 2021 in the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork. [12881/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Public Transport
Holly Cairns
77. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to increase transport accessibility in public transport in rural areas. [11734/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Bus Services
Holly Cairns
95. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his plans to install new bus shelters in south-west areas of County Cork. [11735/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that he is taking to assist local authorities taking over housing estates and developments from private developers when these estates and developments need additional infrastructure investment for issues such as lighting, roads and wastewater infrastructure. [11736/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Planning Issues
Holly Cairns
263. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress in addressing action 60 of the Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 (details supplied). [8664/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Credit Unions
Holly Cairns
89. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to make the necessary regulatory changes to enable credit unions to significantly increase their footprint in the mortgage market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12156/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Credit Unions
Holly Cairns
90. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to fulfil the commitment in the Programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking. [12157/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Foreign Conflicts
Holly Cairns
119. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to provide aid to individuals and families fleeing violence in Ukraine. [12160/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Foreign Conflicts
Holly Cairns
120. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to provide aid to other European countries that are taking in large numbers of Ukrainian refugees. [12161/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Asylum Seekers
Holly Cairns
139. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will commit to resettle Ukrainian refugees with family members living in Ireland. [12158/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Official Engagements
Holly Cairns
144. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission concerning the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [12155/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Foreign Conflicts
Holly Cairns
157. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice if she will put in place humanitarian admission provisions for persons from Ukraine fleeing the current violence. [12159/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Office of Public Works
Holly Cairns
69. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken by the Office of Public Works to ensure that buildings it has responsibility for are fully accessible for persons with disabilities including having suitable toilet changing places facilities. [11087/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Local Authorities
Holly Cairns
162. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when guidance on decarbonising zones will be issued to local authorities following them identifying suitable locations in 2021; and his views on the support that will be provided to ensure these initiatives prove successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11116/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Rail Network
Holly Cairns
206. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the monthly passenger numbers on the Limerick-Galway train line since 1 January 2019. [11120/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Rail Network
Holly Cairns
207. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of investments or service improvements made on the Limerick-Galway train line since 1 January 2019. [11121/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Electric Vehicles
Holly Cairns
208. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the consideration that is given to safety in deciding on the location of public EV charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Arts Policy
Holly Cairns
317. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the live performance support scheme 4, including the funds to be allocated; and the timeline for the distribution of funding. [11117/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Arts Policy
Holly Cairns
318. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the live performance support scheme 3, including the amount of funding allocated as of 21 February 2022; and the timeline for the distribution of remaining funding. [11118/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Arts Policy
Holly Cairns
319. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the delays in the live performance support schemes live venue collective. [11119/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Derelict Sites
Holly Cairns
370. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if each local authority is required to maintain a publicly accessible list of all derelict and abandoned properties within its area of responsibility. [11464/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Traveller Accommodation
Holly Cairns
389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the mid-term review for local authority Traveller accommodation programmes to occur in view of the delay announced in December 2021 as well as the impacts of Covid-19 on progressing capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11788/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Foreign Policy
Holly Cairns
421. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that Ireland is taking in response to the Russian Federation's recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics. [11460/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Naval Service
Holly Cairns
446. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the number of days that naval vessels were engaged in patrolling activities annually between 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2021. [11458/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Naval Service
Holly Cairns
447. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the measures that are in place to ensure that Defence Forces personnel serving on naval vessels during patrol activities are getting sufficient rest and recreation time. [11459/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the shortage of ASD units in primary schools in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11109/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of applications from primary and post-primary schools for special classes which have been refused since 1 January 2020; the counties in which these schools are located in tabular form; and the rationale for the refusal. [11110/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Holly Cairns
516. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine a situation in which a person (details supplied) has been denied maternity benefit and has received less illness benefit than they are entitled to. [11465/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Holly Cairns
517. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for maternity benefit in 2021; the number who were granted maternity benefit and who were refused maternity benefit; the number who appealed being disallowed maternity benefit; the number of persons whose appeal was successful or disallowed in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11466/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Holly Cairns
518. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for illness benefit in 2021; the number who were granted illness benefit and who were refused illness benefit; the number who appealed being disallowed illness benefit; the number of persons whose appeal was successful or disallowed in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11467/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
536. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process that the allowances currently paid to persons in direct provision should be increased from January 2021 and regularly reviewed in line with the cost of living. [11789/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
539. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with Tusla concerning the birth information and tracing Bill 2022 since taking office. [11106/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
540. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with the Adoption Authority of Ireland concerning the birth information and tracing Bill 2022 since taking office. [11107/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
541. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with the Mother and Baby Home Collaborative Forum since taking office; the dates of those meetings; the main outcome of the meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11108/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
549. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 since taking office. [11456/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
550. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 since taking office. [11457/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
556. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 since taking office. [11781/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Meetings
Holly Cairns
557. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of meetings he has had with an organisation (details supplied) concerning the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022 since taking office. [11782/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Third Level Admissions
Holly Cairns
570. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process that applicants should have the right to access higher education on the same basis and at the same fees as Irish people once they meet the qualifying criteria. [11783/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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International Protection
Holly Cairns
607. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the progress made in addressing the recommendation in the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process to clear the backlog of current cases and that a one-off case-processing approach should be introduced for all applications that have been more than two years in the system. [11784/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of psychologists in the CHO 4 HSE mental health services who were informed of opportunities to transfer into posts for each of the years 2014 to 2021; the context and means by which these opportunities were communicated; the number of psychologists in CHO 4 who expressed an interest in writing in availing of opportunities to transfer into posts for each of these years; the number of psychologists in CHO4 wjp were facilitated in each of these years to transfer into posts that were not first advertised to eligible candidates on the relevant national recruitment panel. [11111/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
667. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the way appointments by transfer for psychologists in the CHO 4 mental health services were adjudicated; the process involved in allocating these posts; the rationale for their approval by senior management in each of the years 2014 to 2021 given the national panel process that applies to psychology recruitment and the absence of a transfer policy within the discipline; if unadvertised transfers which are not preceded by attempts to fill those posts through the relevant recruitment panel will continue as a form of recruitment for psychologists in CHO 4 in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
668. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the percentage of appointments to permanent contract psychology posts in the Cork adult mental health services between August 2017 and January 2021 that took place through unadvertised transfers; if he will identify each psychology appointment and the recruitment method in that period for the CHO 4 adult mental health services; and the date of the appointment and the service location of each. [11113/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Mental Health Services
Holly Cairns
669. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the reason a local interview was used as the method of recruitment to a senior psychologist adult mental health post in the St. Stephen's Hospital, Fermoy home-based crisis team in March 2017 instead of the relevant national recruitment panel; the reason the relevant national recruitment panel was later used in October 2017 when the post was vacated and again advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11114/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Services
Holly Cairns
670. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the availability of STI testing kits in each CHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11115/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
written
Hospital Facilities
Holly Cairns
746. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to progress the endoscopy unit in Bantry General Hospital.
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