827. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to the report from the Citizens' Assembly on Biodiversity and Loss; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17703/23]
804. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to protect student renters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17357/23]
803. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his engagement with the Minister for Finance to reduce the costs for accountancy services for small owner-occupier companies formed under obligations in the Multi-unit Developments Act 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17356/23]
794. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on running a referendum on the public ownership of water concurrently with the announced referendum on Article 41.2 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17265/23]
793. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to ‘refer the issue of the environment, including water, and its place in the Constitution to a relevant Joint Oireachtas Committee for consideration.’ [17264/23]
783. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; the reason for delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17101/23]
762. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes which have been purchased through the tenant in situ scheme to date, broken down by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16838/23]
718. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to increase the housing assistance payment in response to rising rental costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/23]
664. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure that enough schools participate in the summer programme to ensure that all eligible children can avail of this support, including any plans for her Department to directly run regional programmes. [16831/23]
663. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to encourage teachers and SNAs to participate in the summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16830/23]
605. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to require all schools to use generic uniforms and to give students the option to wear trousers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18175/23]
421. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to extend the exception from capital acquisitions tax for a spouse or civil partner to long-term cohabiting couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/23]
415. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that a State body (details supplied) engages productively with individuals concerning arrears, and avoids a confrontational approach. [17958/23]
389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the steps he is taking to ensure State investments are protected from international market volatility. [17219/23]
388. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on engaging with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine to offer an individual a boat which was been decommissioned under the Brexit voluntary permanent cessation scheme as compensation relating to a High Court ruling (details supplied). [17218/23]
331. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm the total number of driving testers which will be employed, including those announced to be recruited recently, by October 2023; and if he will provide a breakdown of how many testers, or full-time equivalent roles, will be assigned to each testing centre by October 2023. [17966/23]
330. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address the backlog in people waiting to take driving tests in Cork testing centres. [17965/23]
278. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to restore the Cork to Leeds air route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17000/23]
268. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the options available to individuals who have been incorrectly charged for the use of public electric vehicle charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16832/23]
244. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to provide resurfacing of the N71 at Ballylickey Bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16516/23]
243. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 18 January 2023, when the 236A bus route will be operational. [16515/23]
221. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to ensure that the State leaves the Energy Charter Treaty. [17957/23]
220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will ensure that an individual (details supplied) receives the electricity account credit. [17955/23]
219. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps he is taking to develop a portal that enables households to use the information from their smart electricity meter to assist them in understanding their solar PV requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17954/23]
184. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide his response to the recommended actions on cutting rates of pollution and reducing energy poverty contained in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16833/23]
138. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to increased tensions in Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17959/23]
132. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking in response to increased tensions in Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17701/23]
53. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking in response to the Joint Committee on Justice Report on Women’s Shelters and Domestic Abuse Refuges recommendation that ‘the commissioning of a comprehensive strategy for move-on or long-term accommodation for victims of domestic abuse needs to be developed and incorporated into future national housing strategies, this should include wraparound services including the provision of safe and transitional housing, emergency crisis housing, therapeutic supports, legal supports and welfare support'. [17926/23]
284. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking in response to a disproportionate overrepresentation of a group (details supplied) in the 13 maternal death inquests held between 2007 and 2021 which returned verdicts of medical misadventure. [15819/23]
283. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that the pandemic special recognition payment which has been transferred to a private agency (details supplied) has been passed on to the relevant staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15818/23]
271. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on an application for family reunification for a refugee (details supplied). [15820/23]
233. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify what are the policies for State bodies (details supplied) responding to mothers' requests for their records, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act, including information about their child and are these policies publicly available; how are mothers being informed and notified about their rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15817/23]
44. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address staffing shortages among children's disability network teams in County Cork. [15563/23]
38. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide capital funding to family resource centres. [15565/23]
29. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagements with survivor and relative groups concerning potential interventions at the sites of former mother and baby homes. [15562/23]
22. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to provide respite services for disabled people and children with disabilities and their families in County Cork. [15564/23]
4. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to improve the operation of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 in assisting relevant persons, as defined in the Act, in accessing personal information. [15561/23]
174. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the national gender service engages with patient advocacy groups on matters relating to transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15508/23]
173. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address delays in individuals accessing public transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15507/23]
172. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he has taken in response to recommendations contained in the independent rapid review of specific issues in the CervicalCheck screening programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/23]
171. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will provide greater clarity on how the publicly funded IVF treatment system will work, including: how the funding will be distributed; how many cycles will a patient be able to avail of; if patients will only be able to avail of public treatment via a GP referral or will be able to self-refer; if there will be age or BMI restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/23]
169. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the routes available to persons wishing to report alleged abuse in nursing homes. [15503/23]
154. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice the number of family reunification applications under the terms of the International Protection Act 2015 received by his Department in 2022, by month received, in tabular form; if he will provide the number of decisions issued per month on family reunification for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/23]
87. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding opportunities that are available for sports clubs to assist them in facilitating children and young people resident in direct provision centres participating in club activities, including funding for transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15510/23]
69. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will establish an additional hourly service on the Cork-Kinsale 226 route that does not include the airport, to facilitate local passengers and commuters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15511/23]
787. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will defer the ban on the use of creosote in fencing until measures for alternative treatments are in place, including his Department’s approval of copper oil-based treatment products and the availability of same to business in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15492/23]
781. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to issue areas of natural constraint payments one month later than usual which impacts on the viability of small farmers dependent on these payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15238/23]
763. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group, including the composition of the group and its remit; the number of times it has met; and the amount of money spent to date with a breakdown of how it was spent. [14853/23]
716. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for women to access public gynaecological services, with particular reference to women diagnosed with adenomyosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15250/23]