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Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
407. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the systems in place to ensure supermarkets and other retail spaces are adhering to Covid-19 guidelines. [11541/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
461. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if supports or grants will be put in place for businesses that operate from privately-owned home premises in view of the fact the restart grant being issued by local authorities is inequitable as it only caters for businesses paying commercial rates. [11543/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Work Permits
Holly Cairns
462. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employment permits issued to boners of meat from August 2015 to April 2020, in tabular form. [11544/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
708. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health his views on the reopening model introduced by other countries such as France, Italy and China that focused regional variations using registers including the population density of an area and confirmed cases of Covid-19. [11524/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Departmental Funding
Holly Cairns
709. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for healthcare professionals including carers who cannot access or afford private vehicle transport to purchase bicycles and pedicels to travel to work in view of social distancing requirements and the vulnerability of the patients, clients, and family members they work with. [11525/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Disability Support Services
Holly Cairns
710. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the expected timeline for children with special educational needs to be able to attend appointments for speech and language and occupational therapy. [11539/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
711. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the procedures being put in place at airports, ports and other places of entry to ensure persons travelling will self-isolate for the appropriate period of time. [11540/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
712. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on social distancing guidelines that hotels, restaurants and cafés must follow; and the estimated length of time these restrictions will be in place [11542/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
885. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated timeline that overseas travel will be regularised again to enable the hospitality and tourism industry prepare and engage in medium-term planning. [11545/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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LEADER Programmes
Holly Cairns
945. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a breakdown for LEADER programme funding will be provided according to categories used by his Department for the period January 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; the amount of funding apportioned to women's projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11526/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Community Enhancement Programme
Holly Cairns
946. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of women's sheds groups that applied for and were successful under the most recent community enhancement fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11527/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Holly Cairns
1025. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending the pandemic unemployment payment to those who were in full-time employment prior to the crisis and are now full-time carers as a direct result of the pandemic. [11528/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Carer's Support Grant
Holly Cairns
1026. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide additional exceptional payments for carers to access equipment to enable them to safely and effectively work, for example, PPE and additional work clothing. [11530/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1027. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have availed of the temporary wage subsidy scheme. [11532/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Holly Cairns
1028. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 9 June 2020 and her contribution to the Dáil debate of 28 May 2020, if she will clarify the position regarding the future clawback of the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied). [11533/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Commercial Rates
Holly Cairns
1085. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on encouraging local authorities to suspend commercial rates for hotel and hospitality businesses when they are closed for the winter months; and his further views on providing local authorities with funding to make up a shortfall. [11546/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
1112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected date non-resident travel to offshore islands can resume under the reopening roadmap. [11534/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Ministerial Communications
Holly Cairns
25. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to convey the condemnation of persons here of the actions of the President of the United States of America and those that seek to fuel racial tensions and racial inequality in the United States of America and elsewhere. [10154/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
165. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations or special exceptions that will be made when predicting grades for leaving certificate students that have had low attendance or struggled with class participation due to mental health related issues. [10147/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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School Transport
Holly Cairns
166. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if children and young persons travelling to primary school from offshore islands will be provided with adequate funding in line with the principles of the primary school transport scheme through a mechanism such as a remote area grant to ensure they are not disadvantaged in accessing their education. [10149/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Crime Data
Holly Cairns
233. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number and location of racial crimes and the rate of prosecution between January 2015 and December 2019, inclusive in tabular form. [10150/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Forestry Sector
Holly Cairns
479. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Growing for the Future document is still the strategic plan for the development of the forestry sector here. [10151/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
626. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to volunteer centres in each local authority area to enable the community call scheme; and the amount returned by each volunteer centre in tabular form. [10153/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Holly Cairns
666. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment will not be subject to forms of clawback in the future. [10148/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Holly Cairns
46. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on expanding the reach of the bike-to-work scheme to include students, jobseekers, those on disability allowance or doing unpaid work; and his further views on increasing the €1,000 limit to include e-bikes, cargo bikes and non-traditional bikes such as tricycles, handcycles and other modified bikes appropriate for those that require same due to physical capacities. [9386/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
101. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will encourage banks to extend the moratorium on farmers repayments into the autumn in view of the ongoing impact of Covid-19. [9388/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Value Added Tax
Holly Cairns
102. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on reclassifying the VAT status for the bus and coach sector to harmonise the VAT systems in view of the fact that operators in Northern Ireland have an advantage in their ability to claim VAT back on expenditure which the operators here are not able to do. [9389/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Public Sector Allowances
Holly Cairns
135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to review the current public sector motor travel rates; and if they include appropriate compensation for those using bikes and e-bikes which informs the rates that are paid tax free to private sector workers (details supplied). [9387/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
293. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if an indicative roadmap will be provided on when and the way in which primary and secondary schools will be returning. [9382/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Youth Services
Holly Cairns
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9384/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the process by which decisions are made on the area in which a direct provision centre will be located; and the criteria that inform such a decision. [9390/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the way in which local communities are consulted as part of the process of establishing a direct provision centre including the timelines involved and the types of consultation activities deployed. [9391/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
394. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to establish a direct provision centre in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9392/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Employment Data
Holly Cairns
480. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers in the meat processing industry who are stamp 1 or stamp 2 from January 2016 to April 2020, in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total number of workers in the sector in tabular form. [9385/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Services Funding
Holly Cairns
701. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the underfunding of supports for persons with disabilities as a result of the cuts to funding for not-for-profit disability service providers in January 2020. [9366/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Health Information and Quality Authority
Holly Cairns
702. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 (details supplied) in relation to a concern about the lack of clinical oversight of nursing homes; and if action was taken on foot of these concerns. [9367/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
703. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will address the matter raised in a statement from HIQA at the Special Oireachtas Committee on Covid-19 Response on 26 May 2020 in relation to a list of nursing homes sent to his Department which were regarded as high-risk from an infection control perspective; if any action was taken in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9368/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Health Services Reports
Holly Cairns
705. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the timeline for publishing the Health Services Capacity Review as it relates to intellectual disability services. [9399/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on reviewing the tie-up scheme and the fact that the current start date of 1 June 2020 fails to recognise the previous six months of hardship suffered by the fishing industry due to the Covid-19 crisis. [9372/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
782. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the tie-up scheme provides for retrospection; and the steps he is taking following the amended EU Regulation 2020/560 of 23 April 2020 with specific measures to mitigate the impact of the Covid19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector. [9373/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
783. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the tie-up period of one month; and the way in which it is envisaged this period will relate to the objective of removing oversupply of product on the market. [9374/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Industry
Holly Cairns
784. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason he did not adopt proposals of applying 30% of the full grossing of the vessel in the same period in 2019 in view of the fact that this approach is being implemented in other jurisdictions. [9375/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
785. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the deaths and injuries of greyhounds at tracks here from 1 January to 31 December 2019. [9376/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Holly Cairns
786. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by month and track of all greyhound drug testing since 2015, in tabular form as a percentage of starters at each track. [9377/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Harbours and Piers
Holly Cairns
787. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the way in which funding for piers and other marine infrastructure projects is prioritised; and the consideration that is given to small piers in supporting coastal and island communities. [9378/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Harbours and Piers
Holly Cairns
788. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown of funding granted for piers and marine infrastructure projects in each local authority for the period January 2015 to April 2020, in tabular form. [9379/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Hare Coursing
Holly Cairns
789. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on legislation that would ban hare coursing. [9380/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Forestry Management
Holly Cairns
790. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on encouraging Coillte to designate as many forests as possible across the country to be for recreational and biodiversity use only in view of its recent announcement regarding nine Dublin forests. [9381/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
966. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support the staff and owners of limousine SPSV tour operating businesses during the recovery from Covid-19. [9357/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
967. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to support the bus and coach companies in adapting their vehicles to cater for social distancing. [9358/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Public Transport
Holly Cairns
968. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on establishing a public transport recovery taskforce including all key organisations involved in public transport to restart the industry with social distancing measures and advise on post-Covid-19 transport changes particularly in relation to infrastructure provision, active transport and the climate crisis. [9359/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Youth Services
Holly Cairns
1031. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to provide young persons with non-formal educational and outdoor activities resources and opportunities for the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9383/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
1052. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his views on providing additional funding for community organisations to provide young persons with resources and opportunities for socially distanced outdoor activities during the summer months in the context of an absence of usual summer camps. [9360/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1133. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of disability allowance who have lost employment due to Covid-19. [9361/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1134. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there will be a supplementary payment to support persons on disability allowance to supplement their income if they are unable to return to work (details supplied). [9362/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Data Protection
Holly Cairns
1135. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the firewall will continue with regard to information sharing with the Department of Justice and Equality on social welfare payments for migrant workers (details supplied). [9363/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Direct Provision System
Holly Cairns
1136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on extending payment eligibility to those who have lost employment due to Covid-19 but reside in direct provision. [9364/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disability Allowance
Holly Cairns
1137. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to review the anomalies in operational guidelines on disability allowance (details supplied). [9365/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Disabilities Data
Holly Cairns
1240. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of persons with disabilities on social housing lists for each local authority from January 2016 to April 2020 in absolute and percentage terms relating to the total list in tabular form. [9369/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Planning Issues
Holly Cairns
1241. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the instances in which he or a Minister of State in his Department made decisions contrary to the advice of the Office of the Planning Regulator in tabular form; and if he will provide a brief rationale for each instance. [9370/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Housing Provision
Holly Cairns
1242. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on local authorities altering their development plans to accommodate individual large-scale developments. [9371/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Wildlife Data
Holly Cairns
1264. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of reported cases of wildlife illegal poisonings and or killings from January 2016 to April 2020, in tabular form; and if in each case a person or persons were prosecuted. [9393/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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UN Missions
Holly Cairns
17. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
47. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Health Insurance
Holly Cairns
48. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Tax Reliefs Application
Holly Cairns
49. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Dental Services
Holly Cairns
88. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
111. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Cycle to Work Scheme
Holly Cairns
295. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the cycle to work scheme of his Department will be immediately reinstated. [8208/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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State Examinations
Holly Cairns
296. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Third Level Education
Holly Cairns
297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maternity Leave
Holly Cairns
316. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Court Procedures
Holly Cairns
318. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Visa Applications
Holly Cairns
319. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Immigration Status
Holly Cairns
386. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he is taking to ensure provisions are being made for employment permit holders who have been laid off or had their working hours reduced due to the Covid-19 emergency; and his views on issuing them with a stamp 4. [8205/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
482. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
503. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Dental Services
Holly Cairns
504. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
846. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Maritime Safety
Holly Cairns
847. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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LEADER Programmes
Holly Cairns
894. Deputy Holly Cairns asked 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 to ensure that the deadlines for making applications under rural LEADER can be extended by each LAG in view of the Covid-19 emergency; his further plans to ensure that LAGs are supported to work with their local communities during the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7054/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Holly Cairns
907. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to a response during Leaders' Questions on 30 April 2020, if short-term emergency rent supplement will be progressed which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [7048/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Holly Cairns
924. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will put in place a short-term emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to access safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency as the Minister with responsibility for the coordination of the emergency Covid-19 response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence [8206/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Domestic Violence Services
Holly Cairns
1015. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reconsider her decision not to facilitate access to emergency rent supplement which would enable women and children in need of immediate relocation due to domestic violence to secure safe housing for a period of three months and-or the duration of the Covid-19 national emergency. [8202/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Holly Cairns
1016. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on enabling full-time students that cannot get usual part-time or seasonal employment due to Covid-19 temporary access to the jobseeker's allowance or a comparable allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8213/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Holly Cairns
1017. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to ensure all meat plant workers whose health or employment has been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 clusters are provided with the Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment and illness benefit. [8215/20]
Wed, 27 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Holly Cairns
1084. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason non-resident tourist travel to offshore islands can only resume in phase 5 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business while tourism activities in the rest of the country with appropriate restrictions are being facilitated in phase 4; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7049/20]