Parliamentary questions

Bus Services

Holly Cairns

81. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his plans to install new bus shelters in County Cork in the next year. [62345/21]

Banking Sector

Holly Cairns

111. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will direct banks operating in the State to provide customers with written banking statements on a monthly basis, if requested by the customer. [62342/21]

Credit Unions

Holly Cairns

119. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to enable the credit union movement to grow as a key provider of community banking in the country. [62343/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members on each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62523/21]

Health and Safety

Holly Cairns

173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of HSA inspections of meat processing plants that have been carried out for compliance with Covid-19 regulations since 1 January 2021; the number that were unannounced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62809/21]

Health and Safety

Holly Cairns

174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents that occurred in meat processing plants in each county between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021; the type of accident and injury involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62810/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

181. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members on each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62524/21]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

194. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way persons who use pay-as-you-go electricity services will be able to avail of the announced €100 electricity credit. [62811/21]

Energy Prices

Holly Cairns

195. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if tenants whose rental payments include the costs of electricity bills benefit from the announced €100 electricity credit. [62812/21]

Departmental Bodies

Holly Cairns

203. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62535/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

254. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62525/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

278. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62531/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62534/21]

Sport and Recreational Development

Holly Cairns

297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to increase the level of girls and women participating in sport and structural inequities regarding the treatment of female sports players; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62829/21]

Wastewater Treatment

Holly Cairns

303. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of requests from Irish Water for additional public funding to address the need for capital investment in wastewater treatment plants; and his response to such requests between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form. [62813/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

321. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62529/21]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

343. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on housing waiting lists who have a disability recorded on their application, for each local authority, between 1 January 2015 and 1 December 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62822/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

355. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62526/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

367. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Defence the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62521/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

383. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62522/21]

School Curriculum

Holly Cairns

406. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on making geography a mandatory subject in the secondary school junior cycle curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62807/21]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

407. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the shortage of ASD units in west County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62808/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

440. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62533/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

456. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62520/21]

Domestic Violence

Holly Cairns

461. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the capital grants for the provision of domestic violence and abuse refuges between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021 as a percentage of Tusla’s annual budget on domestic violence and abuse services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62806/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

466. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an over-reliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [62823/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

469. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62527/21]

Third Level Staff

Holly Cairns

478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the low levels of persons with disabilities employed in third-level education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62814/21]

Student Accommodation

Holly Cairns

479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether an over-reliance on the private market for student accommodation has contributed to the issues students and their families are facing regarding getting refunds on accommodation costs and deposits. [62815/21]

Employment Rights

Holly Cairns

480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to address workers’ rights for postgraduate researchers in universities and institutes of technology. [62816/21]

Immigration Policy

Holly Cairns

485. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to address the unsuitable detention of immigration detainees in prisons and the need for a specifically designed centre for immigration detainees with specific immigration rules in accordance with the Committee’s requirements as outlined in the Council of Europe anti-torture committee’s 7th periodic visit report on Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62820/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

486. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62530/21]

Departmental Data

Holly Cairns

492. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and-or convictions under Part 4 of the Purchase of Sexual Services of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017 since the Act was commenced until 1 December 2021, in tabular form; the number of persons prosecuted and-or convicted who identified as sex workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62824/21]

Human Trafficking

Holly Cairns

493. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions and or convictions under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 and the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) (Amendment) Act 2013 since the respective commencement of each Act until 1 December 2021; the number of persons prosecuted and-or convicted relating to the categories of trafficked individuals for the purpose of sexual exploitation, or labour exploitation, forced criminality, forced begging and-or the removal of their organs, respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62825/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

520. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62528/21]

Health Services Staff

Holly Cairns

580. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare settings as part of mandatory placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62817/21]

Healthcare Policy

Holly Cairns

581. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the programme for Government to provide free contraception, starting with women aged between 17 and 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62818/21]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

582. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the issues raised in relation to the care afforded to vulnerable prisoners, notably those with a mental illness, in the Council of Europe anti-torture Committee’s seventh periodic visit report on Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62819/21]

Mental Health Services

Holly Cairns

583. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of adult persons currently on waiting lists to see a psychiatrist in each of the HSE regions in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62821/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

620. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62519/21]

Agriculture Industry

Holly Cairns

630. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider requesting to amend the Irish whiskey protected geographic indication, PGI, technical file to state barley for Irish whiskey must be sourced on the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62802/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

631. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhounds microchipped annually between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62803/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

632. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds registered on the race management system annually between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62804/21]

Greyhound Industry

Holly Cairns

633. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recorded injuries and deaths of greyhounds that have occurred at greyhound racing stadiums and events organised by the Irish Greyhound Board between 1 December 2020 and 30 November 2021, in tabular form. [62805/21]

State Bodies

Holly Cairns

642. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of State boards under the remit of her Department or its agencies, in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared disability on each board; and the percentage of each board that is made up of persons with a declared disability. [62532/21]

Community Development Projects

Holly Cairns

648. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support she is putting in place to help voluntary community groups meet operating costs during the Covid-19 pandemic when their usual means of fundraising cannot take place. [62826/21]

Rural Schemes

Holly Cairns

649. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict buildings back into use and promote residential occupancy; when communities can start applying for this funding; and the estimated amount available to each local authority. [62827/21]

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

650. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on adding a requirement that all funding from her Department include provisions to meet and further the rights of persons with disabilities. [62828/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

168. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been detected in meat processing plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62385/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

169. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of reported Covid-19 cases found in meat processing plant workers between 1 January 2020 and 1 December 2021, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62386/21]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if a hostel for disabled persons (details supplied) in County Cork will be reopened to pre-Covid-19 service levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62389/21]

Food Industry

Holly Cairns

231. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the pledges made and initiatives taken by Ireland in the agricultural sector at the COP 26 United Nations Climate Change Conference given Ireland's commitments at the United Nations Food Systems Summit and Food Vision's 2030 ambition for Ireland to become an international leader on sustainable food systems, specifically regarding the rationale for Ireland joining the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate but not endorsing the Policy Action Agenda for a Just Transition to Sustainable Food and Agriculture at COP26; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62384/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

232. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures that are in place in meat processing plants to halt the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62385/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

233. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the measures in place to monitor the health and working conditions in meat processing plants to prevent further clusters of Covid-19. [62387/21]

Departmental Funding

Holly Cairns

234. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding provided to a scheme run by a farming organisation (details supplied) annually since 2017; the role of his Department in oversight of the spending of these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62388/21]

Climate Change Policy

Holly Cairns

42. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the report by an advisory body (details supplied) regarding the implementation gap between climate action policy and action. [61537/21]

Waste Management

Holly Cairns

77. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way his Department will support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61536/21]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

121. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the supports or grants in place for hotels converting heating systems to CHP boilers to become more energy efficient. [61237/21]

Public Transport

Holly Cairns

181. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to increase transport accessibility in public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61241/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if employment wage subsidy scheme employment supports will be restored for hospitality businesses to November 2021 levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61557/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

212. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if hospitality businesses will be eligible in December 2021 to be given the opportunity to requalify for the employment wage subsidy scheme supports in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61558/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

213. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will permit automatic qualification for the Covid restrictions support scheme in cases in which hospitality businesses qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61559/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

214. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will apply a 30% revenue drop threshold for the Covid restrictions support scheme supports for hospitality businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61560/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

215. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will set the weekly cap on the Covid restrictions support scheme payments at €25,000 in order to ensure larger hospitality businesses are not disadvantaged by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61561/21]

Sports Funding

Holly Cairns

250. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when all applicants to the sports capital programme will be informed of the outcome of the assessment of their applications. [61563/21]

Housing Policy

Holly Cairns

294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will update housing circular 41 of 2012 to reflect the relevant changes in Irish immigration law such as SI No. 548/2015 - European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015. and relevant case law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61562/21]

Schools Building Projects

Holly Cairns

386. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the status of the planning of a new building for a school in (details supplied). [61236/21]

Departmental Reports

Holly Cairns

430. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will immediately publish a report (details supplied). [61240/21]

Coroners Service

Holly Cairns

498. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps she is taking to address the backlogs in the Cork City Coroner’s Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61239/21]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

571. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all acute hospitals, community hospitals, health centres and primary health care centres are fully wheelchair accessible. [61238/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

766. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for the transfer of €7 million in capital expenditure from the forestry budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61234/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

767. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to ensure that the €7 million in capital expenditure intended to be moved from the forestry budget is spent on community and small-scale tree-planting initiatives for National Tree Week 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61235/21]

EU Programmes

Holly Cairns

84. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that the budget for the Leader Programme 2023 - 2027 is maintained at the levels of the 2016 - 2020 Programme. [60250/21]

Social Isolation

Holly Cairns

90. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to tackle social isolation in rural areas, especially for older people and people with disabilities. [60253/21]

EU Programmes

Holly Cairns

96. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the budget will be increased for the Leader Transitional Programme for 2021-2023 to take account of rising construction costs. [60251/21]

EU Programmes

Holly Cairns

97. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to increase the amount of funding for communities available under the Leader Programme 2023 - 2027. [60252/21]

Personal Injuries Assessment Board

Holly Cairns

132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that insurance companies must engage with the Personal Injuries Assessment Board process. [60188/21]

Personal Injuries Assessment Board

Holly Cairns

133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to introduce time limits to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board process to ensure the timely completion of cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60189/21]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

141. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the RESS-2 scheme. [59901/21]

Climate Change Policy

Holly Cairns

142. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the engagement he has had to date with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to supporting and promoting efforts at local government level on climate action, particularly in relation to County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59902/21]

Housing Policy

Holly Cairns

247. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that 7% of all new builds are fully wheelchair accessible. [60191/21]

Foreign Policy

Holly Cairns

263. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has officially communicated with the state of Barbados in relation to the country becoming a republic recently. [59903/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

322. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she is accommodating requests form schools for additional CO2 monitors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60186/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

323. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of additional CO2 moniors that have been distributed to schools since 1 October 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60187/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

343. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the consideration that was given to the advice from a statutory authority (details supplied) concerning the reduction of the minimum age for the application of mask wearing requirements and recommendations in the issuing of guidance on the use of face coverings in primary schools on 30 Nov 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60537/21]

School Admissions

Holly Cairns

344. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a place in a local secondary school is made available for a young person (details supplied). [60538/21]

Care Services

Holly Cairns

569. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his response to a recommendation made by a representative body (details supplied) that day services and respite services for adults with an intellectual disability be reinstated to pre-pandemic levels. [60190/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

634. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he sought advice from a statutory authority (details supplied) since 1 September 2021 concerning the reduction of the minimum age for the application of mask wearing requirements and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60539/21]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

635. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the progress made in meeting the Neurorehabilitation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60540/21]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

636. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the timeline for when community neurorehabilitation teams will be established and fully staffed in each community healthcare organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60541/21]

Health Services

Holly Cairns

637. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of specialist rehabilitation beds that are currently in place in each HSE region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60542/21]

Departmental Strategies

Holly Cairns

638. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE national steering group responsible for the implementation of the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy has met since 1 January 2017; the dates they met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60543/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

639. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if the National Public Health Emergency Team sought advice from a statutory authority (details supplied) since 1 September 2021 concerning the reduction of the minimum age for the application of mask wearing requirements and recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60544/21]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

640. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide multi-annual funding to disability services providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60545/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

649. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the significant backlog in the applications for forest road licences. [59897/21]

Forestry Sector

Holly Cairns

650. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on his engagement with private forestry companies and their representatives regarding the delays in forestry related licences. [59898/21]

Agriculture Industry

Holly Cairns

651. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on establishing a statutory red meat regulator. [59899/21]

Pesticide Use

Holly Cairns

652. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on banning or restricting the use of glyphosate by public bodies. [59900/21]

Common Agricultural Policy

Holly Cairns

665. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to the concern by a group (details supplied) that the proposed Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan does not address the main issues faced by young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60182/21]

Departmental Schemes

Holly Cairns

666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the dieback scheme to help farmers clear the diseased trees and to replant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60183/21]