804. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a response to an organisation’s (details supplied) call for an €11 increase in the State pension. [12478/23]
803. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will engage with a group (details supplied) concerning a shortfall in funding the provision of disability support services. [12477/23]
773. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science since 1 January 2021 concerning the disparity for accreditation of similar SNA courses in two different third-level institutions (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13692/23]
749. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education her views on introducing neurodiversity lessons into the primary school curriculum to help young people learn about different conditions in a structured and inclusive manner. [13463/23]
748. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure that all students with ASD in Cork south west will be supplied with a secondary school place in their locality. [13462/23]
655. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure that all schools in Cork south west have been properly assessed and assigned the necessary number of SNAs an resource hours for their needs this academic year. [12774/23]
654. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with a group (details supplied) concerning the establishment of a special needs school in the Cork south west. [12773/23]
653. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking in relation to a shortage of spaces in secondary schools in Clonakilty, County Cork. [12772/23]
652. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to roll out early intervention ASD classes to all schools who have identified this need. [12771/23]
651. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a student (details supplied) who requires a laptop as assistive technology is provided with this essential equipment. [12770/23]
650. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will immediately make available the SNA allocations for secondary schools in Cork south west for the 2022-2023 academic year. [12768/23]
649. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on the date set for the issuing of Leaving Certificate results. [12767/23]
648. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an additional teacher is assigned to a national school (details supplied) under the criteria alleviating some of the pressure on class sizes at infant level. [12766/23]
647. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the over subscription to national schools in a town (details supplied). [12765/23]
618. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify her plans for the continued funding and development of early intervention ASD classes. [12462/23]
617. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify how the free schoolbook scheme will be rolled out; if the scheme will be administered from publishers, wholesalers or bookshops. [12461/23]
582. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to secure the release of an Irish citizen imprisoned in another jurisdiction (details supplied). [14004/23]
578. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his engagement with the Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine concerning the State's response to non-Irish registered super trawlers fishing in Irish territorial waters. [13984/23]
529. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address the delays in an individual's application to the foreign birth registry system (details supplied). [12788/23]
528. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to address the backlog of applications to the foreign birth registry system. [12787/23]
522. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure the timely processing of an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied). [12464/23]
516. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with and assist a public body under his remit (details supplied) with a view to improving their online platform, including the restoration of an online chat query service and a review of the online registration process carried in consultation with the services users [14016/23]
515. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of recorded badger baiting incidents for the years 2021 and 2022; the number of prosecutions and convictions of persons for badger baiting since 1 January 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14015/23]
514. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to address badger baiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14014/23]
513. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with self-catering accommodation providers in rural areas concerning the impact of the Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14013/23]
512. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what course of action is available to an individual if they do not qualify for social housing and find themselves homeless due to lack of private rentals available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14012/23]
491. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with inshore fishers, their representative organisations, and their producer organisations concerning the development of offshore renewable projects and their potential impact on their livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13714/23]
490. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands to 'Extend the Croí Cónaíthe Fund/Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant Scheme to the islands and increase the funding available'; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13712/23]
489. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide his response to the recommendation in the UCC report Housing and Sustaining Communities on the West Cork Islands to develop a planning process that is more responsive to the needs of island residents, ensure greater clarity in planning policy, and proactive communication of this policy, to island residents or their representative housing body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13711/23]
456. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that all policies concerning National Parks and Nature Reserves consider the needs of individuals with disabilities. [13240/23]
455. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to address dereliction in Bandon, Ballineen and Enniskeane, County Cork. [13236/23]
454. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to assist persons over 65 years in long-term rental accommodation who are seeking to purchase their own homes. [13235/23]
441. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure that the limits for the first home scheme are being consistently applied in all local authorities. [13057/23]
440. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the limits on the first home scheme will next be reviewed. [13056/23]
418. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure the protection of hedgerow habitats. [12802/23]
417. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline all funding options available to persons or non-profit groups carrying out stewardship activities of special areas of conservation. [12801/23]
416. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will ensure that any named person on a HAP application is provided with accommodation alongside their partners also named on the application. [12800/23]
411. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify what health and safety standards local authorities are supposed to adhere to in the provision of emergency accommodation. [12475/23]
394. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the operation of Sections 39 and 40 of the Wildlife Act, 1976 and Section 7 of the Heritage Act 2018 to address repeated incidents occurring annually of illegal land burning. [14001/23]
392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to the online trolling and other online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ young people. [13691/23]
374. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she is taking to address rates of online abuse targeted at LGBTQ+ people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13715/23]
315. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will ensure that the rent-a-room scheme is extended to allow households that have an available bedroom to rent it to an asylum seeker. [12786/23]
314. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the fuel grant element of the disabled drivers' and passengers scheme facilitates disabled driver charging their electric car; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/23]
302. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details on the current waiting times for each driving test centre, including the number of people waiting for tests and waiting to be invited to apply for a test, and monthly break down, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14022/23]
300. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with a group (details supplied) concerning issues relating to a semi-State transport body pension scheme. [14020/23]
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure frequent public transport options between Bandon, County Cork and Munster Technological University and University College Cork. [13476/23]
293. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to improve the frequency and expand the range of local link services in Cork south west. [13475/23]
275. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport his views on the situation where private operators could not participate in the initiative on the February bank holiday weekend whereby Leap card holders could bring another person for free on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13237/23]
257. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of when the announced Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan, Skibbereen to Killarney bus route will commence operations. [12811/23]